Nick Jonas and Delta Goodrem Split

Community The darkest timeline is over: Community will return on Thursday, March 15, NBC announced Tuesday.In addition, the network announced premiere dates for midseason shows Bent, Best Friends Forever and Betty White's Off Their Rockers.Off the schedule since December, Community will re-inherit its 8/7c slot from 30 Rock, which will shift to 8:30/7:30c, followed by The Office and Up All Night. Parks and Recreation will return on Thursday, April 19 at 9:30/8:30c after Up All Night wraps its freshman season.Exclusive: Giancarlo Esposito talks about his Community guest spotBent, starring Amanda Peet as a high-strung single mother who hires a laid-back womanizing construction worker (David Walton), will premiere Wednesday, March 21 at 9/8c with back-to-back episodes. It will air back-to-back episodes for the following two weeks as well.Betty White's Off Their Rockers and Best Friends Forever will premiere Wednesday, April 4 at 8/7c and 8:30/7:30c, respectively, after Whitney and Are You There, Chelsea? complete their first seasons. Starring Lennon Parham and Jessica St. Clair, Best Friends Forever is about a woman and her live-in boyfriend who take in her best friend after a divorce.To make room for Bent, Rock Center with Brian Williams will move back one hour to 10/9c starting Wednesday, March 7 for five weeks and then return to 9/8c on April 11.Law & Order: Special Victims Unit will return with new episodes on Wednesday, April 11 at 10/9c, leading to its season finale on May 23.

Canuck high court: ISPs unlike b'casters

Canada's Top Court on Thursday declined the argument that Online sites companies ought to be treated like tv stations and forced to stick to exactly the same rules that govern local TV systems.A number of Canada's cultural unions and guilds had petitioned a legal court so that they can make ISPs that provide download or streaming services, including Bell and Rogers, to follow along with Canadian content and funding rules."When supplying internet access, the only purpose of ISPs put into problem through the reference question, they take no part within the selection, origination or packaging of content," a legal court mentioned.It is a blow for stars union ACTRA, the Canadian Media Production Assn., the Company directors Guild of Canada and also the Authors Guild of Canada, which initially introduced the question towards the Federal Court of Appeal in '09. That court also ruled the ISPs weren't "broadcast undertakings." The cultural groups reason that the broadcasting rules are technology neutral -- quite simply it does not matter if your Television show has been proven on the TV network or on the web, exactly the same rules should apply.The coalition states it'll still press for those involved with broadcasting to lead to Canadian production.The Television systems need to follow Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission rules that pressure these to finance local production and provide shows significant airtime. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

New trailer for Battleship

The Avengers were not the only real celebrities to obtain a Super Bowl airing a few days ago, using the extra-terrestrial bad guys of Peter Berg's Battleship also making their presence felt, in large, explodey style...The brand new footage adopts a bit more detail concerning the film's plot, by having an entering alien craft stationing itself at ocean and starting a lengthy-range attack around the traditional US of the. Constructing an impenetrable forcefield around itself, the alien ship is protected in the protecting American forces... or perhaps is it?A lone battleship was positioned within the affected radius once the forcefield was erected, meaning it's lower to 1 brave crew to protect Earth from the extra-terrestrial intruders.Have a look in the new trailer below... From the feel of the experience sequences, a clip is greater than a little similar to fellow Hasbro property Transformers, using the entering animals searching noticeably robot to look at.In most honesty, it appears like absolute nonsense, but that is not saying it will not be fun, particularly with Liam Neeson on scenery-eating responsibilities like a grizzled old military guy. Battleship opens within the United kingdom on 11 April 2012.

Univision, ABC talk all-news funnel

Univision and ABC News will be in talks for possible partnership to create an British-lingo news cable network specific to Hispanics.Particulars in the deal were first reported Monday with the Wall Street Journal. Inside the this past year, Univision Boss Randy Falco has spoken within the thought of growing Univision's achieve with new channels, including a thrilling-news outlet then one devoted to telenovelas (Daily Variety, April 13). Univision is poised to create an British-lingo news website, climax not considered to possess any ties to ABC News.Sources close to both companies informed the discussions are actually on-going for many days nevertheless the sides continue being not close to making formal announcement. There's undoubtedly that despite muscle of Disney and Univision's heft inside the Hispanic market, a thrilling-news funnel launch will probably be a continuing fight with cablers and satcasters.ABC News and Univision have past cooperating on some newsgathering activities, including polling and several ABC News correspondents have came out on Univision news programs.ABC News has flirted with beginning a thrilling-news network on / off for several years. The significance in the discussions with Univision reflect the elevated interest at major media companies in concentrating on rapid-growing British-speaking Hispanic demo with assorted media and entertainment characteristics.Reps for Disney-ABC Television Group declined discuss the issue. A Univision repetition could not be showed up at for comment. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com