Tag "television"

Hub’s ‘Pound Puppies’ Earns Humanitas Prize in Writing

August 8, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Hub’s animated series Pound Puppies has received the Humanitas Prize for excellence in writing for children’s television animation. Writer Joe Ansolabehere was honored in the category of Children’s Animation for the episode “I Never Barked for My Father.” The Humanitas Prize was created in 1974 to honor film and television [...]

‘Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja’ Debut Set on Disney XD

August 7, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean 1 Comment divider image

Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja, a new animated comedy series is set to premiere on Disney XD with a special preview episode on Aug. 13 at 9 p.m. ET/PT and the series premiere on Sept. 17 at 7 p.m. ET/PT. The series follows the adventures of an unlikely hero who, [...]

Disney Channels Lifts Programming, Acquisitions Exec Miller

April 5, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Disney Channels Worldwide has promoted Karen K. Miller to executive director of worldwide programming strategy, acquisitions and co-productions. Miller joined the company last year as director of acquisitions and co-productions. She will be responsible for directing the development of overall scheduling strategies to ensure regional and local programming plans are [...]

Sales for ‘Poppy Cat,’ ‘Ben and Holly,’ ‘Oscar’s Oasis’

January 19, 2012 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Here’s the word on three of the most-recent animated series sales from around the globe: • Coolabi has secured a terrestrial broadcast deal for Poppy Cat with CITV in the United Kingdom. CITV will begin airing in the spring the 52 x 11 min. animated series, which has been airing on [...]

‘Sid the Science Kid’ Returns with Girl-Friendly Tech Episodes

November 2, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean 3 Comments divider image

Sid the Science Kid is coming back with five new episodes focused on technology and engineering — and he’s bringing a few friends to help. The new episodes will air the week of Dec. 5 on PBS Kids!, and will kick off with an episode that features Emmy-winning actress America [...]

New ‘SpongeBobs’ Join Nick’s ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Premiere Week

November 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Nick is celebrating next week’s premiere of Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness — a new animated series based on the popular movies — by pairing Po with new episodes of the network’s star series SpongeBob SquarePants. The half-hour series Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness will premiere Monday, Nov. [...]

VES Announces Dates for 2012 Awards

August 17, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The 10th Annual VES Awards Show has been scheduled for February 7, 2012 at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. The Annual Awards show will honor the best in 23 visual effects categories in features, TV series, commercials and games. The society has also announced the following related event [...]

Deluxe Merges CIS into Method Studios

June 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

Deluxe Entertainment Services Group is merging two visual effects studios, absorbing CIS Visual Effects into its recently acquired Method Studios. The merge is intended to create a single studio that can offer a broad range of services for feature films, TV and commercials with an integrated workflow across mulitple locations. [...]