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Paul Telegdy has been upped to the newly created position of President of alternative and late-night programming at NBC.our editor recommendsNBC's New Season TV Shows: 'Playboy Club,' 'Prime Suspect' and More'30 Rock': Behind the ScenesPTC vs. TV: 10 Television Show Controversies PHOTOS: NBC's New Shows The promotion puts late-night in Teledgy's portfolio and follows on the heels of the breakout success of singing competition The Voice, which he shepherded as head of unscripted at NBC. STORY: NBC Nabs Women's Prison Drama From John Wells (Exclusive) "Paul is an exemplary executive who has tremendous creative vision in the area of unscripted programming which makes him perfect for this expanded role," NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt said in a statement. "I know he will bring his uniquely inventive eye to our venerable late-night institutions and I'm personally pleased that he is extending his relationship with NBC as we seek to build the best team of top executives possible." At late night, Telegdy replacesRick Ludwin, a 31-year NBC veteran who has held various programming posts at the network. Ludwin will become a consultant at NBC. "I couldn't have asked for or imagined a more rewarding job than the one I've had at NBC," said Ludwin in a statement. "To have been a part of TV history with Seinfeld, our late night franchises, Saturday Night Live and with all our producers, writers and talent has been unbelievable." It is the latest in a string of executive moves for Greenblatt, who took over as entertainment chairman last January at the completion of the NBCUni-Comcast merger. Earlier this week, Greenblatt announced the renaming of in-house studio -- which has a new topper in Bela Bajaria -- to Universal Television. Related Topics The Voice NBC Entertainment

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Kevin Sausage Recalls Famous 'Footloose' Moment

FROM HOLLYWOOD CRUSH: Is not it time for you to chop loose? While watching October 14 premiere in the buzzy "Footloose" reboot (starring Julianne Hough and Kenny Wormald) the first eighties dance flick continues to be re-released on DVD and Blu-ray! Should you wont be capable of start your Sunday shoes until September 27, we've a distinctive featurette to acquire your toes tapping meanwhile. See the full story at Hollywood Crush!

'Contagion' Outbreak Signals 'End Around The Globe Show'

"Contagion" is infecting moviegoers countrywide, along with a box office-winning weekend is not the only real consequence of its release. Since it has been unleashed in theaters, Steven Soderbergh's disease-minded feature has a lot of us within the MTV Newsroom wondering what we should would do if society began falling apart and also the world found an abrupt, nasty finish. Which "Fast and also the Furious" cast member would you want to spend our last couple of remaining days on the planet with? Which Film Clip movies would we, uh, you realize to? We put these hard questions and much more to Matt Damon, Marion Cotillard along with other stars attending the "Contagion" premiere in New You are able to City a week ago as well as their solutions may sicken you!

NBC seeks upward mobility with new shows

What's promising for NBC is it has nowhere to visit but up.Stuck in 4th place within the last many years, the Peacock includes a new leader in Bob Greenblatt along with a new corporate owner in Comcast, prepared to spend out whatever needs doing to garner a couple of hits.But as numerous TV executives have shateringly learned, it isn't gold coin that provides eyeballs, but quality. Greenblatt fully realizes the difficulties ahead."The goals with this season but for the next couple of years will be to rebuild the schedule," he states. "We are likely to be very aggressive and develop trendy original implies that hopefully attract our audience, which happens to be more trendy and much more desirable for marketers than the other systems. You want to restore NBC to its leadership position in quality."Peacock states it is going the feminine empowerment route using its hourlong dramas. Internet revisits the sixties with "The Playboy Club" inside a tough 10 p.m. Monday timeslot, while Maria Bello provides a Stateside undertake "Prime Suspect" within the same hour Thursday.While NBC's dramas have experienced a hard time attaining much traction recently, it is the comedies -- "Community," "Parks and Entertainment," "WorkInch -- which have received critical praise. The things they can use, though, tend to be more audiences.Greenblatt is adding "Whitney" towards the Thursday mix and starting a comedy beachhead Wednesday with laffers "Up Through The Night" and "Free Agents."NBC will need to show lots of persistence, though, as both is going to be facing solid ABC comedies "The CenterInch and newcomer "Suburgatory," CBS' reality stalwart "Survivor" and Fox's much buzzed about Simon Cowell newcomer "The X Factor."SPOTLIGHT"Prime Suspect"Because of Dick Wolf, cop dramas happen to be an excellent lifeline at NBC in the last handful of decades. Now network vet Maria Bello ("ER") looks to carry on that trend with Gotham-centric "Prime Suspect."Professional producer Alexandra Cunningham states revamping a U.K. staple is created simpler by Bello's singleminded undertake a gritty take-no-garbage detective, frequently prepared to do whatever needs doing to obvious cases -- including suffering indignities in the men in their precinct. But that does not mean there can not be some laughs on the way.InchI believe our character has all of the characteristics that made Jane Tennison so watchable, but we are attempting to incorporate maybe a bit more humor compared to British version," she states. "What we should have, which not one other show has, is Maria. She's so watchable, you are not likely to have the ability to take your vision off her."NEW FOR 2011-12"Free Agents"Hank Azaria and Kathryn Hahn work and, from time to time, sleep together. He's coming off an psychologically devastating divorce while she puts up a powerful front, yet is psychologically wounded too. From "Party Lower" creator John Enbom, series has another strong comedy voice within the ranks: "Malcolm in the centreInch vet Todd Holland may be the pilot's director."Grimm"NBC delays until March. 21 to premiere this offering, inspired by Grimm's Favorite Anecdotes. Peacock figures Friday is the greatest place for something that's fairly offbeat for broadcast, though it can be really better suited to Syfy. It'll have to achieve success by itself, because "Chuck" will not likely provide a powerful lead-in."The Playboy Club"Wishing a few of the "Mad Males" buzz rubs off here, NBC is making use of an legendary logo and prepared to battle the barbs and arrows from such conservative-based groups because the conservative Parents Television Council. In "NYPD Blue" fashion, maybe the debate can boost both interest and rankings?"Up Through The Night"Sitcom veterinarians Christina Applegate and can Arnett play a husband and wife, battling with learning to look after an infant. Pilot has gone through some tweaks -- particularly replacing Maya Rudolph's character and Applegate's profession -- meaning some were not pleased with the creative direction the show was headed."Whitney"A well known stand-up comedian and star of Comedy Central's roasts, Whitney Cummings takes the primetime plunge. NBC is wishing a comparatively cozy timeslot -- wedged between "WorkInch and "Prime Suspect" on Thursday -- can help draw auds to Cummings' frequently irreverent make of humor. Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Fall TV: Whatever stays

Dinosaurs! Playboy rabbits! Fairytale mobile phone industry's!Got your attention? The systems certainly hope then when it involves the hooks behind their fall shows. High concepts and gimmicks really are a attempted-and-true way of drawing eyeballs to new series, but they are they getting when it comes to what keeps audiences returning: story and figures?Channing Dungey, senior Vice president of drama at ABC, states a crowded landscape for brand new shows is what's driving the search nowadays for nice hooks. "I had been reading through somewhere you will find something similar to 46 new shows premiering within the first three days from the fall season, and that is crazy when it comes to obtaining the average consumer to give consideration," states Dungey, whose network is dangling the conceptual celery of stylish '60s stewardesses ("Pan Am"), storybook figures ("Not so long ago") and twentysomething vengeance ("Revenge") this fall.But she appreciates it's just one area of the puzzle: "A large hook could be great you will have a large opening. But when you have not got the best foundation, you are not going to keep that train about the tracks."Jennifer Salke, NBC Entertainment prexy confirming to new chairman Bob Greenblatt, states that after she's hearing pitches, she looks to determine the way a hook is definitely an additive, not the primary component. "You need to love the show and also the figures having a non-existent hook, after which in the event that hook improves it, i quickly feel you have a shot at something,Inch Salke states.There might be no bigger bag of hooks this fall than Fox's costly "Terra Nova," which Salke assisted develop in her own previous job at Last Century Fox Television and that provides fishing lures on-camera (dinosaurs), within the storytelling (time travel) and behind-the-moments (professional producer Steven Spielberg). Based on "Terra Nova" showrunner Brannon Braga, a conceptual hook could make the familiar appear new again, however it should not overpower a persons factor. "Dinosaurs will encourage them to stay tuned, however the individuals will encourage them to stay," states Braga, who confesses casting "Terra Nova" was "the toughest factor we did about this show."Possibly the very best example in recent memory of high concept and portrayal meeting in high-rankings harmony was the rollout of "Lost" in 2004. An airplane crash and mysterious sights gave the pilot episode oomph, however it was a focus on establishing the survivors' tales each episode that lay the footwork for that more difficult concepts in the future. The graveyard of less-than-galvanizing copycat serials with wild hooks in ensuing years ("FlashForward," "The Big EventInch) only offered to underscore the problem from the task."They were given you committed to individuals figures," states Dungey about "Lost." "They required their some time and required you to definitely places in which the island travels over time. I believe the error us along with other places made (with later series) is the fact that we began traveling over time on episode three."Is the time over, then, whenever a network could drop a star right into a hospital or precinct, title the show following the character and expect audiences? Or possess a show about several buddies that does not need to be known as "Cougar Town" first, to cite a set that made it regardless of a sensationalistic title that does not describe it any longer?Dungey states that less hook-driven ABC hits for example "Grey's Anatomy," which depended on its ensemble and writing, and also the star-powered, procedural-oriented "Body of Proof," did well because of midseason launches not even close to the madding crowd."I am unsure, had we put 'Body of Proof' on within the fall, it might have had exactly the same chance for sampling," Dungey states. " It could have been overcome."For TV Guide critic Matt Roush, whenever a show does not deliver on its hook, this is an especially condemned feeling he thinks results in just one conclusion: An excellent show sells its greatness. "In the very best of all TV mobile phone industry's," Roush states, "the reveal becomes the hook."FALL TV PREVIEW: ABC Cable CBS CW Fox NBC PBS Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Simon Cowell Requires 'Red or Black' Champion to provide Back Billion Dollar Prize

LONDON - Simon Cowellhas walked directly into address the growing unease within the debut champion of his new British gameshow, Red-colored Or Black?,saying the champion from the first million pound ($1.7 million) prize should examine his conscience within the award.our editor recommendsSimon Cowell Show 'Red Or Black?' Axes Participants With Criminal History Records "I'd like him to provide the cash back however i'm not capable of pressure anybody to complete anything. That's why he got the cash,Inch Cowell stated inside a hastily arranged briefing for showbiz reporters working in london Thursday. "Basically was him I understand what I'd do - I'd hand out the cash towards the person he'd the altercation with along with a charitable organisation. I'd get it done,Inch he stated, based on the Sun. 31-year-old Nathan Hagemanwas the very first champion on that's thought as ITV's most costly show, costing $25 million for any seven evening run within the flamboyant, casino-style giveaway. However the victory was marred if this emerged the builder have been sentenced to 5 years imprisonment for any violent attack on the former girlfriend. Hageman had told the show's producers he had offered time, but said excitedly the victim of his attack would be a guy. Related Subjects Simon Cowell Worldwide

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Imagine ramps up '364' for Ron Howard

Howard Imagine Entertainment is creating "364," an authentic twist about the super hero genre from author/director David Guggenheim that Ron Howard is thinking of getting to direct for Universal.Peter Kramer will oversee for U, while Imagine's John Grazer will produce. Pic centers around a man who's normal 364 days annually -- and something day he's superhuman forces.Two photos Guggenheim authored have been in publish-production, "Safe House" and "Medallion." Both of them are slated for any 2012 release.Howard's got a complete dance card ahead, with race vehicle pic "Hurry" set to begin principal production within the next couple of several weeks. Contact Rachel Abrams at Rachel.Abrams@variety.com