Tag "Russell Hicks"

Nick Announces Winners of Shorts Program

May 7, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Nickelodeon has announced the 12 winners of its second annual Animated Shorts Program, which is designed to identify and develop original comedy-driven content for kids. The cabler says this year, the program received close to 900 pitches from artists, designers, writers, directors and comedians globally. The winners will be developed [...]

‘Sanjay and Craig’ to Premiere on Nick in May

April 22, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Sanjay and Craig, a fun new animated show about the adventures of 12-year-old Sanjay (Maulik Pancholy) and his best buddy, a snake named Craig (Chris Hardwick) is set to premiere on Nickelodeon on Saturday, May 25 at 10:30 a.m. The 20-episode series, produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studios, will begin airing on [...]

Development President Marjorie Cohn Quits Nickelodeon

April 15, 2013 by Ramin Zahed 4 Comments divider image

Marjorie Cohn, Nickelodeon’s president of content development, is leaving the cabler. Nickelodeon Group president Cyma Zarghami announced her departure in a company-wide email on Monday, according to Deadline.com. The 24-year veteran of the kids cable network oversaw the development of animated series such as The Penguins of Madagascar and Fanboy [...]

Nickelodeon Expands Its Animated Shorts Program

February 26, 2013 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

Kids cabler Nickelodeon has renewed and expanded its animated shorts program which was created to find original comedy-driven content for kids. This year’s initiative will look to a new set of creative voices and visionaries to produce a minimum of 10 shorts that will have the potential of becoming animated series [...]

Hicks Is Nick’s New President of Content/Production

August 29, 2012 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

Russell Hicks, a 14-year Nickelodeon veteran and its Chief Creative Officer since 2008, has been named to the new position of President, Content Development and Production for the Nickelodeon Group. The announcement was made today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon Group, to whom Hicks will continue to report. The newly created [...]