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Careless Teens ushers in MTV Canada’s winter schedule
The specialty channel’s winter schedule includes rookie series Buckwild, about nine teenagers in West Virginia, and Washington Heights, a docu-drama about reckless youth in New York City (Careless Teens pictured).
Cuppa Coffee Studios to produce The F’n Osbournes as primetime comedy
No live cameras this time: The animated comedy will see the Black Sabbath frontman and his family voice cartoon versions of themselves, after their MTV reality series The Osbournes ran from 2002 to 2005.
MTV adds Pauly D and Punk’d to Thursday night
The celeb prank show’s return will follow the debut of The Pauly D Project on March 29.
MTV scores with two new original series
The premiere episodes of MTV Creeps and Jersey Shore at Sheena’s House rank high for the Bell Media channel.
MTV orders pilot for a rejigged The Buried Life
The four Canadian creators of the inspirational reality TV series are at work on a new version of the MTV and MTV Canada show.
Bell Media restructures specialty TV management
Bell Media’s Rick Brace looks within the organization to promote MacLeod, Basmajian and Staite to lead three strategic channel groups.
Crash Canyon goes international with MTV
Viacom programming and content exec David Booth talks to Playback Daily about the appeal of the Breakthrough Entertainment series.
D360 picks up nonlinear rights to Undressed
Distribution360’s head of sales Stephanie Rockmann-Portier talks to Playback Daily about taking the MTV series to online platforms.
Canadian buyers at Los Angeles Screenings
Etan Vlessing breaks down the scene this week in Hollywood as Canadian indie nets and majors compete for new shows.
Brad Schwartz to Fuse in the U.S.
In his new role at Fuse, Schwartz will expand development of new original programming for the music-driven TV channel, increasing coverage of live events and growing the Fuse brand.
eOne, Company and MTV partner on Skins
Production is currently underway on a North American adaption of the UK hit drama series Skins. The 10 x 1-hour series is produced by Entertainment One, Company Pictures and MTV, in association with The Movie Network and Movie Central.
Justin Bieber to Punk’d as host?
Canadian singing sensation Justin Bieber is in talks for a permanent TV gig as host of MTV’s Punk’d celebrity hidden-camera series.
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