“Greek” Returns March 30

As part of its Year in Review, Twitter has compiled a list of 2011’s hottest topics as determined by user mentions on the microblogging site over the past year, divided into various categories. In the television category, ABC Family’s hit series Pretty Little Liars was named the hottest topic on Twitter this year. This is probably no surprise, given how expertly the network and the show’s creative team have used Twitter as a marketing tool for the series. As an ABC Family release pointed out in relation to this news – “Twitter is a staple of the Pretty Little Liars […]

Third generation venture capital investor and Draper University founder Tim Draper appeared before the Television Critics Association this morning to talk about his new ABC Family reality series Startup U. Set on the university’s Silicon Valley campus — where, Draper says, his immersive program “transforms ordinary people into heroic entrepreneurs” — Startup U stars Draper, his former student turned program director Charlie Taibi, 26, Draper University entrepreneur in residence Sequoia Blodgett, 31, and ten students eager to become business legends. Draper told reporters that some 400 students from around the globe have gone through the program, launching 220 companies and scoring $22 […]

ABC Family’s popular series Greek will have four books based on the show published by Harlequin (under the Harlequin TEEN brand), the network announced today. “The new Greek Harlequin TEEN titles are a perfect fit with our audience,” says Naz Haider, vice president of business management for ABC Family. “The books will reflect at their core the mix of romance, rivalry, humor and heart that Greek fans have come to love about the series.” The first entry of the book series, Double Date, will be written by Marsha Warner and published in May 2010. In Double Date, ZBZ sorority sister […]