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Univision to Premiere Animated Series

Univision will premiere the first ever prime-time Spanish-language animated series on Sunday, Jan .20, with the debut of El Chavo Del 8 (The Kid from #8).

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CBS to Air Dion, Brooks Concert Specials

To fill the void of fresh scripted programming during the Writers Guild of America strike, CBS will be airing a pair of concert specials later this month and in February. The network will air a Garth Brooks concert from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday night, Jan. 25, from the Staples Center in Los Angeles, and a Celine Dion concert from 9 p.m. to 10 p.m. on Friday night, Feb. 15 from the Wiltern Theatre in Los Angeles.

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McCarthy Joins Univision as VP Client Development

Lisa McCarthy, most recently executive vp of MTV Networks' cross-platform Brand Solutions unit, has joined Univision as executive vp of Client Development and Partnership Marketing, a new position.

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CBS Orders Reality/Alternative Series

With first-run episodes running out as a result of the Writers Guild of America strike, CBS has ordered three new reality/alternative series for broadcast later this season. They include a biweekly celebrity talent contest called Secret Talents of the Stars; a hidden camera game show Game Show in My Head; and search for Americaï¿½ï¿½s Top Dog.

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CBS to Handle All Int'l Distribution for CSI

CBS Corp. will assume control of all international television distribution for the CSI franchise. CBS Television Distribution has sold the domestic syndication rights for the CSI franchise within the US since the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation series went on the air in October 2000.

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CBS Cuts Ties With Jackman

With both sides in the writers strike digging in for the long haul, the five major TV studios enacted the force majeure clause in their talent deal contracts over the past week, allowing them to dissolve creative and financial ties with writers, producers and directors--most of whom had no active projects at those studios.

NBC Orders 'Top Gear' Pilot

NBC has ordered a pilot for the BBC Worldwide America series Top Gear. Top Gear features super-cars, extreme stunts, time trials and road tests, and assesses the performances of some of the world's most popular cars. It also features celebrity guests.

Top Execs Shuffle at 20th TV

In a major executive reshuffling at 20th Century Fox TV, executive vp drama development Jennifer Nicholson Salke is being upped to oversee both drama and comedy development at the studio.

ION, Agencies to Create Multicultural Content

ION Television network, Omnicom's OMG Entertainment & Sports unit and Star Media are partnering to make more African-American programming available on television--with the ultimate goal to begin producing targeted, original content.

Star Media, ION, OMG to Create Black Originals

With UPN shut down, The CW airing only a couple of first-run scripted shows with African-American casts and neither BET nor TV One televising first-run scripted fare, Star Media chairman and CEO Dennis Ray was looking for an outlet that could remedy the dearth of black-themed scripted shows.