TV News: Sibling to NatGeo Channel prepares for launch -- Closing in on its March 29 launch, Nat Geo Wild is announcing at its Wednesday upfront a slate of nine series that crisscross the animal kingdom.

Legit Reviews: Nixon-era radio drama has a lot going for it.

Web Exclusive: 'Education' screenplay writer joins agency -- Author Nick Hornby, an Oscar nominee this year for adapted screenplay for "An Education," has signed with WME for representation in film and TV.

Los Angeles: Director, writer combo for King Arthur saga -- Warner Bros. is launching a King Arthur project with "Sherlock Holmes" helmer Guy Ritchie attached to direct and "Trainspotting" scribe John Hodge scripting for Atlas Entertainment and Hollywood Gang.

Front Page: Cabler snaps up 'iCarly' creator -- Nickelodeon has inked a three-year, eight-figure production pact with "iCarly's" BFF, series creator and exec producer Dan Schneider.

Guild News: Next hearing date set for April 16 -- Following extensive objections by Writers Guild of America members, a state court judge has delayed for at least a month approval of the final settlement in the tangled WGA foreign levies case.

Film News: Film to come from Tower Hill -- Kevin Macdonald is set to direct the whodunit "Murder Mystery," the first feature from production company Tower Hill Entertainment.

Web Exclusive: Exec has spent 20 years at the TV and film funding agency -- Longtime Telefilm Canada staffer Carolle Brabant has been appointed executive director of the country's film and TV funding agency, it was announced Tuesday by federal Heritage Minister James Moore.

Front Page: Thesp expected to return next week -- Charlie Sheen is expected to return next week to the set of CBS' "Two and a Half Men."

Web Exclusive: Journalist to contribute news programs, specials -- After long being a fixture on Black Entertainment Television, Ed Gordon has returned to the net.

Web Exclusive: Green, Cusack starrer to be released in March 2011 -- Disney has set a launch date for Mars.

Music News: Comcast-Spectacor purchased ticketing service -- The sale of ticketing service Paciolan to Comcast-Spectacor was completed Tuesday, fulfilling a major proviso for approval of the Live Nation Entertainment merger by the Department of Justice.

Sports News: CBS, LG, Cinedigm pact for venture -- CBS Sports, LG Electronics and Cinedigm have teamed up to beam the Men's NCAA basketball Final Four to up to 100 digital 3D equipped theaters.

Gotham: Thesp named Comedy Star of the Year -- Zach Galifianakis will receive the 2010 ShoWest Comedy Star of the Year award when theater owners gather in Las Vegas next week for their annual confab.

Brian Lowry: Disney-Cablevision standoff highlights revised values -- An L.A. radio reporter did one of those dim-witted Academy Award previews last week where he noted that while going to movies can be expensive, "Watching the Oscars is free."

TV News: Fox appears close to ending series run -- "24's" time is up.

Film News: 'Diaries' director taking on nature drama for New Line -- Walter Salles ("The Motorcycle Diaries") is in talks to helm the conservation-themed drama "Our Wild Life" for New Line.

TV Reviews: Appears to hate its "characters" every bit as much as it hopes viewers will.

Reality TV: 'Real Housewives,' Mizrahi among those returning to net -- Bravo arrives at tomorrow's Gotham upfront with "Project Runway" far in its rearview mirror.

Web Exclusive: Show's format remains undetermined -- E1 is joining the KISS army. Canadian production shingle will team with band founding members Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley on an untitled kids TV series.