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Amy Friedman, the head of kids and family programming at Warner Bros., took part in a keynote conversation at the TV Kids Summer Festival this morning highlighting the success of the Cartoonito block, the expanded live-action slate and the importance of co-viewing.

Cookbook Media’s catalog includes the animated comedy Big & Ridiculous, created by Greg Grabianski (Beavis and Butthead), based on his experience growing up in a blended family.

Image Nation Abu Dhabi has secured the rights to the NBCUniversal Formats reality format Million Dollar Listing for the UAE, where it will be available on STARZPLAY.

First Day, following a transgender student as she navigates high school, leads the Australian Children’s Television Foundation’s highlights.

Halle Stanford on The Jim Henson Company’s animation development pipeline.

Cineflix Rights has closed multiple international deals for true-crime, history and science content from its North American producer partners.

FilmRise has tapped Cristina Guggino to fill the newly created position of director of unscripted production.

Paramount’s Layla Lewis, POP Channels’ Francesca Newington, Sensical’s Bethany Boles and De Agostini Editore’s Brenda Maffuchi shared their acquisition wish lists and discussed increasingly complex rights negotiations as the TV Kids Summer Festival kicked off today.

FOX has formally set its fall schedule, which will see 9-1-1 paired with The Cleaning Lady and The Resident paired with Monarch.

Bunim/Murray Productions (BMP), a division of Banijay Americas, has bolstered its development and current programming teams with a raft of promotions and new hires.