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LOS ANGELES: Jane Tranter is planning to exit her post as head of BBC Worldwide Productions and Adjacent Productions this August, to be succeeded by Matt Forde, currently the executive VP of TV sales and digital distribution. Forde's role will expand to include leading both L.A.-based production units, under the …

WASHINGTON, D.C.: National Geographic Channel (NGC) has revealed the cast for Saints & Strangers, a four-hour TV movie event directed by Paul Edwards and produced by Sony Pictures Television with Little Engine Productions. Saints & Strangers tells the story of the first European settlers at Plymouth and their interactions with …

ATLANTA: The hit anime series Parasyte: The Maxim is slated to begin airing as part of Adult Swim's Toonami programming block in the fall. Originally broadcast by Nippon TV in Japan, Parasyte: The Maxim centers on a 17-year-old boy during an alien invasion. The show is produced by Madhouse and was …

BURBANK: Vince Roberts, the executive VP of global operations and chief technology officer at Disney/ABC Television Group (DATG), is set to retire in January 2016, after 33 years with the company. Roberts joined Disney Channel prior to its launch in 1983 as a staff engineer. He has led DATG’s operational …

VANCOUVER/MIAMI: Sunday’s FIFA Women’s World Cup final, which saw the U.S. trounce Japan to win the title for a third time, set viewing records for both English- and Spanish-language broadcasts in the victors' home country. According to Nielsen, the game became the most-watched soccer match in U.S. history, posting 12.9 …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has lined up a third season of @midnight with Chris Hardwick, a multiplatform late-night talk show produced by Funny Or Die. @midnight with Chris Hardwick sees the titular comedian review happenings on the internet. The Emmy-nominated program is exec produced by Hardwick, Thomas Lennon and Robert …

ATLANTA: Amid the ongoing controversy surrounding the disgraced comedian Bill Cosby, Bounce TV has decided to immediately stop airing the Cosby series. Records proving that Cosby admitted to purchasing drugs with the intention of giving them to females he wanted to have sex with were recently made public. This comes …

LOS ANGELES: The Chernin Group (TCG) has appointed Mike Kerns as president of digital, who, among other duties, will work to establish the company’s presence in San Francisco. In his new position, veteran digital executive, entrepreneur and investor Kerns will work closely with Peter Chernin, CEO and chairman, and Jesse …

NEW YORK: Comedy Central has given the go-ahead to three additional seasons of South Park, keeping the hit animated series on the network through 2019. The order will bring the longest running prime-time scripted series on cable to an episode count of 304, over 23 seasons. Creators Trey Parker and …

LOS ANGELES: All six principal voice performers from The Simpsons—Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria and Harry Shearer—will return to the classic FOX animated series for the 27th and 28th seasons. Harry Shearer, who voices Simpsons characters Mr. Burns, Ned Flanders, Principal Skinner and Kent Brockman, …