In today’s TV news roundup, Quibi released a trailer for Jennifer Lopez’s “Thanks A Million,” and Variety got an exclusive first look at the trailer for “JJ Villard’s Fairy Tales.”
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CBS All Access has announced “Tooning Out The News” has resumed production and will now premiere April 7. The show was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, but has now restarted with production working remotely. The series will feature a cast of animated characters, led by anchor James Smartwood, parodying top news stories and interviewing real-world guests, newsmakers and analysts. The series is executive produced by Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht.
CW has announced its summer lineup: “Masters of Illusion” will premiere a new season May 15 at 8 p.m.; “Burden of Truth” Season 3 will premiere May 21 at 8 p.m.; “Bulletproof” Season 2 will premiere June 17 at 9 p.m. and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” will premiere its new season June 22 at 9 p.
Dates
CBS All Access has announced “Tooning Out The News” has resumed production and will now premiere April 7. The show was postponed due to the coronavirus outbreak, but has now restarted with production working remotely. The series will feature a cast of animated characters, led by anchor James Smartwood, parodying top news stories and interviewing real-world guests, newsmakers and analysts. The series is executive produced by Stephen Colbert and Chris Licht.
CW has announced its summer lineup: “Masters of Illusion” will premiere a new season May 15 at 8 p.m.; “Burden of Truth” Season 3 will premiere May 21 at 8 p.m.; “Bulletproof” Season 2 will premiere June 17 at 9 p.m. and “Penn & Teller: Fool Us” will premiere its new season June 22 at 9 p.
- 3/31/2020
- by Klaritza Rico
- Variety Film + TV
Former Stx Entertainment executive Evan Shames has joined Fox Entertainment’s SideCar Content Accelerator as Vice President, Development. The move, which is effective immediately, comes as SideCar ramps up development and continues to expand its content output. Based in Los Angeles, Shames will report to Hend Baghdady, Evp of Development and Production, SideCar Content Accelerator.
In his new role, Shames will be heading up the development and production of content that SideCar provides to all platforms, spanning broadcast, cable and streaming. He joins SideCar’s executive leadership, including Gail Berman, Chairperson; Susan Lierle, Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs; Jeff Nemon, Senior Vice President of Drama Development; Matthew Chadwick, Vice President of Alternative Programming and Production; and Eduardo Lopez-Mendez, Manager of Business and Legal Affairs.
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In his new role, Shames will be heading up the development and production of content that SideCar provides to all platforms, spanning broadcast, cable and streaming. He joins SideCar’s executive leadership, including Gail Berman, Chairperson; Susan Lierle, Senior Vice President of Business & Legal Affairs; Jeff Nemon, Senior Vice President of Drama Development; Matthew Chadwick, Vice President of Alternative Programming and Production; and Eduardo Lopez-Mendez, Manager of Business and Legal Affairs.
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- 3/31/2020
- by Denise Petski
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Jennifer Howell, head of 20th Century Fox TV‘s animation department, is leaving the studio to pursue other opportunities. I hear her contract is up in May and is not being renewed. Howell has headed the department since 20th TV created it in 2008. The series developed on her watch include Fox’s Bob’s Burgers, the recently picked up Murder Police as well as Napoleon Dynamite and Allen Gregory. 20th Century Fox TV chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman are expected to find a replacement. Additionally, Howell ran the joint Fox/20th TV Fox Inkubation initiative focused on breaking new animation talent by evaluating potential toon series through fully-formed 2-minute shorts rather than by traditional script development. The program, also started in 2008, developed a number of projects though none got on the air. It was dissolved last year after Fox shifted its attention to the launch of a late-night animation block,...
- 2/19/2013
- by NELLIE ANDREEVA
- Deadline TV
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