Tag: Comedy Central
ViacomCBS Networks Int’l Announces New Youth & Entertainment Leadership
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), a unit of ViacomCBS Inc., has announced three key Youth & Entertainment leadership appointments. Reporting to Kerry Taylor, Executive Vice...
Comedy Central Inks ‘Beavis & Butt-head’ Redo/Expansion Deal with Mike Judge
Comedy Central announced Wednesday an expansive deal with Emmy Award-winning Mike Judge to reimagine MTV’s seminal, Gen X-defining animated comedy Beavis and Butt-Head, as...
‘Trolls’ Director Mike Mitchell Adapting ‘We’re Not from Here’ for Columbia
Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to develop Geoff Rodkey's middle-grade comedy sci-fi novel We're Not from Here as a hybrid live-action/animated feature film....
ViacomCBS, DIRECTV GO Mexico Deal Brings Nickelodeon to OTT
ViacomCBS Networks Americas announced its global channels MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Comedy Central and Paramount Channel are available on the DIRECTV GO Over-The-Top (OTT)...
Sony Casts Abbi Jacobson as ‘The Mitchells vs the Machines’ Lead
Four-time Emmy nominee Abbi Jacobson has joined the cast of Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming family comedy The Mitchells vs. the Machines as “Katie Mitchell,”...
Jules Borkent Named EVP Kids & Family in ViacomCBS Int’l Restructure
ViacomCBS has unveiled a management restructure of its international networks division, which is intended to leverage the company’s expanded operations post-merger to drive new...
Fox Developing ‘Temporary Humans’ Toon Produced by Will Arnett
Fox is in development on another new animated comedy series, Variety reports. Dubbed Temporary Humans, the show centers on a hapless 20-something named Jake...
HBO Max Scores ‘Rick and Morty’ Library, ‘South Park’ Deal & Kids Slate
WarnerMedia’s HBO Max is busily building up its animation slate, with more exciting announcements for both grown-up fans and kids & family audiences revealed...
Comedy Central Orders Bobby Moynihan’s ‘Loafy’, ‘Blark and Son’ S2
Comedy Central has placed a digital series order for Bobby Moynihan’s new animation project Loafy, and a new season order for puppet comedy Blark...
‘South Park’ Sparks Streaming Bid Battle
Despite its recent troubles with China, Comedy Central's tentpole adult toon South Park has sparked a half-billion-dollar bidding war as it tests the waters...
‘South Park’ Gets National Purge After “Band in China” Episode
Following a recent Season 23 episode of Comedy Central's South Park which aimed its stick firmly at Hollywood’s perceived creative acquiescence to the censors...
Comedy Central Signs First-Look Animation Deal with Donick Cary
Comedy Central has inked a first-look deal with Donick Cary, which will see the Emmy-winning writer and producer create animation projects with the network’s...
Creative Arts Emmys: ‘Simpsons’ Reclaims Animation Crown
The Television Academy dished out its 2019 Creative Arts Emmy Awards on the evenings of Saturday, September 14 and Sunday, September 15, honoring outstanding...
It’s Official: CBS and Viacom Reach Merger Deal
CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. are going ahead on their long-frustrated merger, combining forces for a stronger foothold in a rapidly evolving market. If...
News Bytes: ‘Steven Universe’ Wins Peabody, ‘Naruto’ & ‘One-Punch Man’ Hit Tubi, Assemblage Exec Makes Forbes List & More
Lauren Corrao Joins Freeform as Executive Vice President, Original Programming and Development
Corrao most recently was co-president of Tornante TV, where she developed and exec...
MIPTV News Roundup
Cyber Group Studios has formed a major alliance with Discovery Kids Latin America for a new event animated series Sadie Sparks (52 x 11’)...
Stoopid Buddy’s ‘Blark & Son’ Puppet Series Heads to Comedy Central YouTube
Stoopid Buddy Stoodios’s live-action puppet comedy, Blark & Son, is now exclusively available on the recently launched Comedy Central Originals YouTube channel. Created by...
Cartoonist & Animation Artist Ted Stearn Dies Age 57
Ted Stearn, creator of the off-kilter alternative comic Fuzz & Pluck and contributor to many beloved adult-targeted animated series, died February 1 at age...
Skydance Distributor Paramount Blindsided by Lasseter Hire
Following yesterday’s explosive announcement that John Lasseter has been named Head of Animation for Skydance Media right after completing his outgoing “consulting" period with...
Fox Teases ‘Predator’ Animated Holiday Special
Holiday magic will take a twisted, extraterrestrial turn when a new retro-influence stop-motion special inspired by The Predator debuts next week. The plasticine blood...
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