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National Geographic announced today that 'The Hot Zone,' the network's highest-rated scripted series to date, has been greenlit for a second season, which will focus on the anthrax attacks of 2001.

Environmental conservation organization, EcoHealth Alliance will honor award-winning Hollywood producer and author, Lynda Obst at the nonprofit's spring benefit “Going Viral – Connecting You to a Healthier World” on May 16 at Guastavino's in NYC for her work on National Geographic's The Hot Zone. Lynda took the time to speak with us about her work.

Twenty-five years ago, moviegoers fell in love with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan as two strangers searching for a soulmate in 'Sleepless in Seattle.' As the romantic-comedy by director Nora Ephron marks its silver anniversary, Fathom Events and Sony Pictures Entertainment are bringing the enchanting film back to cinemas nationwide for two days only.

National Geographic, Fox 21 Television Studios and Scott Free Productions today announced the cast joining previously announced Julianna Margulies ('The Good Wife,' 'ER') in THE HOT ZONE, based on the eponymous international best-seller by Richard Preston. Noah Emmerich ('The Americans'), Liam Cunningham ('Game of Thrones'), Topher Grace ('Blackkklansman'), Paul James ('The Path'), Nick Searcy ('The Shape of Water'), Robert Wisdom ('The Wire') and Robert Sean Leonard ('House') will all star in the six-episode global miniseries inspired by the terrifying true story of the origins of the Ebola virus and its first arrival on U.S. soil in 1989. James D'Arcy ('Homeland') joins the cast as a series guest star. Production begins today in Toronto and will also shoot in South Africa in early December. THE HOT ZONE will premiere globally on National Geographic in 2019.

Golden Globe and Emmy Award Winner Julianna Margulies Tapped for National Geographic Scripted Series THE HOT ZONE

Rogue Initiative, a leading cross-medium digital entertainment studio and technology company, has partnered with Emblematic Group, one of the world's premiere producers of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality, to create and produce cross-medium content through both existing slates and future collaborative idea generation.

The network reveals three new scripted development projects from some of the world's most renowned storytellers and announces new showrunner Dee Johnson to oversee the second season of MARS.

The first original sitcom in TV Land's history completed its landmark run last year, and now, the last hilarious episodes can be experienced all over again as HOT IN CLEVELAND Season Six is released on DVD on April 26, 2016.

“When you slip on the banana peel, people laugh at you. But when you tell people you slipped on the banana peel, it's your laugh. So you become the hero, rather than the victim of the joke.” This was Nora Ephron's philosophy, inherited from her own mother. She believed that being a writer meant turning the bad things that happen to you into comedy. Written and directed by her son, Jacob Bernstein, the candid portrait EVERYTHING IS COPY Nora Ephron: Scripted & Unscripted debuts MONDAY, MARCH 21 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

Written and directed by her son, Jacob Epstein, the candid portrait EVERYTHING IS COPY debuts MONDAY, MARCH 21 (9:00-10:30 p.m. ET/PT), exclusively on HBO.

The first original sitcom in TV Land's history completed its landmark run last year, and now, the last hilarious episodes can be experienced all over again as HOT IN CLEVELAND Season Six is released on DVD on April 26, 2016.

Over the weekend, the Environmental Media Association (EMA) announced the 25th Anniversary EMA Award winners, presented by Toyota and Lexus.

Amazon today announced the lineup for its fall pilot season which is scheduled to debut later this year exclusively on Amazon Video in the US, UK, Germany and Austria.

HELIX, Sony Pictures Television's intense sci-fi series, returns on Blu-ray and DVD today, July 28 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases HELIX: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON.

HELIX, Sony Pictures Television's intense sci-fi ?series, returns on Blu-ray and DVD July 28 when Sony Pictures Home Entertainment releases ?HELIX: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON.

Mark Ghanimé, star of the Syfy drama series HELIX, took to Twitter to reveal the news that his how has been cancelled following a two-season run.

Deadline writes that Syfy has cancelled its drama HELIX after two seasons. 

Hailed as “the most exhilarating film this century”, director Christopher Nolan's “must-see masterpiece” (New York Post) INTERSTELLAR makes its highly anticipated debut on Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and On Demand today, March 31, 2015

THE HOLLYWOOD NETWORKING BREAKFAST (HNB) Presents The President of HBO Films, Len Amato

Inspired by Paramount's Academy Award®-winning epic, Interstellar, Google Play today announced the release of EMIC - a short film comprised of almost 8,000 video submissions from people all around the world, highlighting the human spirit and how that manifests itself around the globe.