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Rob Sorcher
Robert Sorcher (born December 22, 1961) is an American television executive producer for Warner Bros. Television Group. Sorcher was formerly executive vice president and global chief content officer at Cartoon Network, starting his job in 2008, and promoted in 2013. He was a producer for ''We Bare Bears'', ''Adventure Time'', ''Clarence'', ''Regular Show'', ''Steven Universe'', ''Over the Garden Wall'', ''The Powerpuff Girls'' and ''Ben 10''. As chief content officer, he was responsible for original content development for Cartoon Network and Cartoon Network Studios Sorcher previously worked at AMC Network where he introduced scripted originals to the channel, including the Emmy award winning Broken Trail and the Peabody Award winning series; ''Mad Men'' and ''Breaking Bad''. Career Rob Sorcher oversaw Cartoon Network Studios in Los Angeles, where he executive produced content for worldwide distribution to 192 countries and 370 million homes. He managed all content, which i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peabody Awards
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and online media. The awards were conceived by the National Association of Broadcasters in 1938 as the radio industry’s equivalent of the Pulitzer Prizes. Programs are recognized in seven categories: news, entertainment, documentaries, children's programming, education, interactive programming, and public service. Peabody Award winners include radio and television stations, networks, online media, producing organizations, and individuals from around the world. Established in 1940 by a committee of the National Association of Broadcasters, the Peabody Award was created to honor excellence in radio broadcasting. It is the oldest major electronic media award in the United States. Final Peabody Award winners are selected unanimously by the prog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benton & Bowles
Benton & Bowles (B&B) was a New York-based advertising agency founded by William Benton and Chester Bowles in 1929. One of the oldest agencies in the United States, and frequently one of the 10 largest, it merged with D'Arcy-MacManus Masius in 1985, and continued business until a reorganization in 2002. History The agency's success was closely related to the rise in popularity of radio. Benton & Bowles invented the radio soap opera to promote their clients' products, and by 1936 were responsible for three of the four most popular radio programs on the air. In 1956, B&B and their client Procter & Gamble launched the nationally televised soap opera ''As the World Turns'' on CBS. B&B created some of the most memorable commercials on television, including "Look, Ma, No Cavities" for Crest toothpaste and "When E.F. Hutton Talks, People Listen" for the New York brokerage house. In 1981, they set up Telecom Entertainment as a subsidiary to handle production, which would handle $12 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Universe Future
''Steven Universe Future'' is an American animated limited series created by Rebecca Sugar for Cartoon Network. It serves as an epilogue to the 2013–2019 original series ''Steven Universe'' and its follow-up 2019 animated film '' Steven Universe: The Movie''. It premiered on December 7, 2019 and concluded on March 27, 2020. The series focuses on the aftermath of the events of ''Steven Universe'', where humans and Gems coexist in harmony after the end of the war between the Crystal Gems and Gem Homeworld. Without the threats of the Diamonds or corrupted Gems, Steven must deal with the everyday challenges that still come with his now relatively peaceful life, and question his new life objectives. Like the original series, ''Steven Universe Future'' has been critically acclaimed, with the design, music, voice acting, characterization, and prominence of LGBT themes being similarly praised; ''Future'' has been singled out for addressing issues some had with the original series, for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Distant Lands
''Distant Lands'' (Dalniye Strany, Дальние страны) is a 1932 novel by the Soviet children's author Arkady Gaidar.Ebin, F. Commentaries to Дальние страны. Works by Arkady Gaidar in 4 volumes. Detskaya Literatura Publishers. Moscow, 1964. Vol. 2. Pp 431-432. Background According to Gaidar's diary, he started working upon the novel in the summer of 1931, while staying in the All-Union Young Pioneer camp Artek with his son Timur. On August 3 the novel was finished. According to the writer's friend Ruvim Frayerman, "''Distant Lands'' with its quiet railway station, the mysterious forest and trains passing by, has been undoubtedly prompted by memories of his own childhood when he, a small boy, was standing with sister Natasha on the barn’s roof watching trains running away." History The novel was first published in 1932 by Molodaya Gvardiya, illustrated by A.Yermolayev. Also in 1932 it featured in a small Gaidar compilation ''Moi Tovarishchi'' (My Comrad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Close Enough
''Close Enough'' is an American animated sitcom created by J. G. Quintel. Originally intended to air on TBS in 2017, the project faced various delays and setbacks before eventually premiering on HBO Max on July 9, 2020. The series has received positive reviews, with critics comparing it favorably to Quintel's previous series, ''Regular Show''. In July 2022, HBO Max cancelled the series after three seasons. A month later, the show, alongside several other original and non-original content, was removed from the service. Premise A couple in their early thirties, Josh and Emily, and their young daughter, Candice, live in a Los Angeles duplex with their divorced friends, Alex and Bridgette. They get into what seem like normal domestic crises, which tend to escalate in surreal (often even science fiction-esque) ways. Cast and characters Main * Joshua "Josh" Singleton (voiced by J.G. Quintel) – an aspiring video game developer who works for Plugger-Inners; a television ins ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tig N' Seek
''Tig n' Seek'' (originally called ''Tiggle Winks'') is an American animated television series created by Myke Chilian for Cartoon Network. Prior to the series, he served as a designer on ''Rick and Morty'' as well as a writer and artist on ''Uncle Grandpa''. The series is produced by Cartoon Network Studios. It was originally set to premiere on Cartoon Network, but was moved to the then-upcoming streaming service, HBO Max. The first season premiered on July 23, 2020 on the streaming service. The series was renewed for a second season which premiered on March 11, 2021. The series made its linear premiere on Cartoon Network on August 6, 2021, with some episodes aired out of order. The third season was released on September 16, 2021, only six months after the show's second season premiered. The fourth season was released on May 26, 2022. The show also was the last to feature the voice of Louie Anderson before his death on January 21, 2022. On August 18, 2022, the series was removed f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fungies!
''The Fungies!'' is an American animated comedy television series created by Stephen P. Neary for HBO Max. The first part of the first season premiered on August 20, 2020, on HBO Max, followed by the second part of the season on October 8, 2020. The series made its linear premiere on Cartoon Network on June 4, 2021. Premise ''The Fungies!'' is set in a prehistoric and mythological metropolis of Fungietown in a strange prehistoric world inhabited by some fungi-looking creatures and occasional dinosaurs. The series follows the adventures of Seth, one of the town's young mushroom inhabitants, whose love for scientific adventures often ends with him stirring trouble with the local inhabitants and learning to understand others. Cast * Harry Teitelman as Seth * Zaela Rae as Claudette * Justin Michael as Nevin * Niki Yang as Lil' Lemon * Grace Kaufman as Champsa, Holk * Sam Richardson as Cool James, Mr. Mayor * Stephen P. Neary as Pascal, Sir Tree * Edi Patterson as Mertha, Anna ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Cartoonstitute
''The Cartoonstitute'' was a planned Cartoon Network project created by Cartoon Network's executive Rob Sorcher that would have been a showcase for animated shorts created without the interference of network executives and focus testing. It was headed by Craig McCracken (creator of ''The Powerpuff Girls'', ''Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends'', ''Wander Over Yonder'' and ''Kid Cosmic'') and Rob Renzetti (creator of ''My Life as a Teenage Robot''). 39 shorts for the project were in development at Cartoon Network Studios, but only 14 of these were completed. Eventually, balancing 5 upcoming shows and adding another proved difficult and the project was scrapped. Of the shorts which were made, only ''Regular Show'' and ''Uncle Grandpa'' have been greenlit to become animated series. On May 7, 2010, Cartoon Network released nearly all of the shorts to their website. The only shorts not released were ''Maruined'', ''3 Dog Band'', and ''Joey to the World''. History The series was first ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fox Family Channel
The American cable and satellite television network that is now known as Freeform was originally launched as the CBN Satellite Service on April 29, 1977, and has gone through several different owners (and six different name changes) during its history. This article details the network's existence from its founding by the Christian Broadcasting Network to its current ownership by The Walt Disney Company, which renamed ABC Family to Freeform on January 12, 2016. CBN Satellite Service The network was founded by Pat Robertson as the CBN Satellite Service (CBN Satellite Network), an arm of his television ministry, the Christian Broadcasting Network (CBN). When the channel launched on April 29, 1977, it became the first basic cable channel to be transmitted via satellite from its launch and, effectively, the first national basic cable-originated network. Initially, the network offered only religious programs aimed at a Christian audience. The offerings on the CBN Satellite Service du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug Herzog
Doug Herzog (born July 16, 1959) is an American television executive. He was formerly the president of Viacom Music and Entertainment Group, he oversaw MTV, VH1, Logo, Comedy Central, Palladia, TVLand and Spike, Herzog has been credited with evolving the MTV brand by steering the network away from music related programming. Biography Herzog received his B.S. degree in Mass Communications from Emerson College in Boston, where he is a long time Trustee. Herzog's career began at CNN in 1981. He became a segment producer at ''Entertainment Tonight'' in 1983. His Viacom career began in 1984 when he joined MTV. Prior to his return to the company in 2004, he served as President of USA Network igniting the network's campaign of quality original programming with the award-winning ''Monk''. Herzog also served as President of Entertainment for FOX Broadcasting Company where he greenlit and the Emmy Award-winning ''Malcolm in the Middle'' and three animated sitcoms ''The PJs'', ''Family ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Network
USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison Square Garden Sports Network, one of the first national sports cable television channels, before being relaunched under its current name on April 9, 1980. Since then, USA steadily gained popularity through its original programming, a long-established partnership with WWE and, for many years, limited sports programming that increased significantly in 2022 after the shutdown of NBCSN. As of September 2018, USA Network is commercially available to about 90.4 million households (98% of households with pay television) in the US. History Madison Square Garden Sports Network (1977–1980) USA Network originally launched on September 22, 1977, as the Madison Square Garden Sports Network (not to be confused with the New York City-area regional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Broken Trail
''Broken Trail'' is a 2006 Western television miniseries directed by Walter Hill and starring Robert Duvall and Thomas Haden Church. Written by Alan Geoffrion, who also wrote the novel, the story is about an aging cowboy and his nephew who transport 500 horses from Oregon to Wyoming to sell them to the British Army. Along the way, their simple horse drive is complicated when they rescue five Chinese girls from a slave trader, saving them from a life of prostitution and indentured servitude. Compelled to do the right thing, they take the girls with them as they continue their perilous trek across the frontier, followed by a vicious gang of killers sent by the whorehouse madam who originally paid for the girls. ''Broken Trail'' weaves together two historical events: the British buying horses in the American West in the late 19th century and Chinese women being transported from the West Coast to the interior to serve as prostitutes. The movie was filmed on location in Calgary, Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
