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Meredith Video Studios is seeking fun, savvy and enthusiastic first-time moms and moms-to-be to document and share their motherhood experiences with other first-time parents. Selected participants will receive a handheld camcorder to record and upload video to the My First Baby website. The video submissions will become part of a special webisode series featured online and on the nationally syndicated lifestyle television show Better. Some participants may also receive baby products courtesy of Graco. Eligible participants must be either a new first-time mom who has given birth or adopted a newborn within the past six months, or a woman expecting her first baby. Interested moms can send an email to callingfirsttimemoms@myfirstbaby.com and include your age, baby’s birth date or due date, location, a photo of yourself, a photo of your baby and a brief bio.

FOX’s American Idol will host its final auditions for the upcoming 10th season in Los Angeles on September 22. The expanded eligibility age range is now 15 to 28 years old for men and women who are also eligible to work in the US. Some restrictions apply; visit americanidol.com for full details. The auditions will be held at The Forum, 3900 West Manchester Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90305. The 10th season of American Idol debuts next January on FOX. American Idol is produced by 19 Entertainment, FremantleMedia North America, Inc. and Big Red 2 Entertainment.

World of Wonder Production is casting for a new television series, Honey, I Will Take Over! to air on a major cable network. The series will follow a spouse who takes over the other spouse’s business for a short while to run the enterprise “their way.” The production company is interested in married couples where one is involved in running a family business and the other thinks they can do it better; where the stress of the job is getting to them; and where their lives are totally consumed with the business. The married couples must live and own a business in the Los Angeles area. Send an email to weingradcasting@gmail.com and include a brief bio of who you are, name, age, occupation, contact numbers, location of residence and business and detail what type of family business you have and what the struggles are and how it is affecting you. Also include points on how you could do it better and what you would do if given the opportunity. Additionally, include recent photos of you and your spouse

3 Ball Productions, behind such reality shows as The Biggest Loser and Beauty and the Geek, is casting women and men aged 20-35 years where the woman is dating two men at the same time and can’t choose between them. This project will allow the woman to explore what a future with each man would be like before making her final choice. 3 Ball Productions is producing a non-airing pilot (subject to change) where scientific profiles will be used to determine what a man will be like in the future. Interested participants should send an email to torncasting@gmail.com and include name, age, city, contact numbers and email, two recent photos and your story.

The Newlywed Game, produced by Embassy Row and airing on the Game Show Network (GSN), is casting for married couples who have wed in the last two years or less. The show is looking for outgoing married couples located in the NYC tri-state area. If interested, send an email to CastingNewlyweds@Gmail.com and include a recent photo, phone numbers, email, your wedding date and city/state. Detailed applications will follow once emails are submitted.

A TV production team is seeking individuals who are coping with a major healthcare situation to appear on a syndicated show pilot. The selected participants will receive expert advice to help them overcome current hardships and guidance on how to work within the healthcare system to achieve the best results. Interested individuals should be located in the New York tri-state area or in the San Francisco Bay area. Please email a synopsis of your healthcare situation to Lisa@allennee.com.

Philadelphia-based production company and a national cable network are casting restaurants for a new television show with production beginning this summer and into the fall. Restaurants to be considered should be ones that are at risk of closing and in need of an infusion of customers, good reviews and overall revenue. The restaurant owners and management will be taking advice from a celebrity chef and must be willing to restructure their menu, decor and theme to put the business on the path of success. Family run restaurants are a plus with the restaurant’s owners having strong, outgoing personalities. For more information, please call 267-514-7684.

World of Wonder Productions, behind such shows as Bravo’s Million Dollar Listing and Oxygen’s Tori & Dean: Home Sweet Hollywood, is working with a major cable network to develop a new TV show that would reunite high school musical students for a another shot at stardom on stage. The show is looking for men and women who graduated from high school at least 10 years ago and were part of their school’s musical theater program. Former leading stars, supporting players, to the class clown to the class couple, the producer may want to talk to you. Send an email to WEINGRADCASTING@GMAIL.COM and include a brief bio about yourself including name, occupation, where you live currently, contact numbers, where you went to high school, what was the play or musical you performed in and what year was the production. Also include a description of what you loved about high school and how you are different today as well as photos of yourself. (more…)

Syfy is seeking a male host for a new television series titled Artifact Search Show. The ideal male candidate is 25-40 years old and is a real-life archaeologist, explorer, symbologist, world traveler, adventurer or world historian. Experts and enthusiasts are welcome to apply. Personality-wise the candidate should be funny, quirky, smart and likeable. The selected candidate must be able to travel internationally. Those interested should email a photo and bio to Jacqui@pitmancasting.com .

Here is a new twist in product placement, V1 Entertainment Films is auditioning advertisers and sponsors to feature prominently in its new NASCAR-themed television series, The Ride. The series is on tap as a spring 2011 network replacement series. Giancarlo Esposito (AMC’s Breaking Bad) will direct the project and Tony Sommo is penning the script. The Ride is set in the Lake Norman area of North Carolina about a group of drivers, who are friends though they come from different backgrounds. The advertising sponsors will be considered important characters in the storyline. Aspen Hughes, CEO of V1 Entertainment Films is inviting brand managers and marketing executives of food, automotive and packaged goods companies in addition to advertising agencies to contact him in this rather unusual casting call. Selected advertisers will work directly with all top decision-makers on the show’s production from the beginning. For more information about how your advertiser can audition for a part in The Ride, visit www.V1EntertainmentFilms.com .

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