TV producer and development executive Rick Austin has joined Fox Television Studios as vp alternative development, reporting to executive vp alternative development Holly Jacobs. Austin comes to Fox TV Studios from Joel Gallen's Tenth Planet Prods., through which he served as a producer on such specials as Comedy Central's Roasts of William Shatner and Pamela Anderson, the 2006 and 2005 MTV Movie Awards and the telethon Shelter from the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast. Prior to that, Austin served as vp of alternative programming for Sci Fi Channel where he launched Scare Tactics and Mad Mad House. Austin began his career at MTV and VH1 in 1987 and was one of the creative forces that launched the inaugural MTV Movie Awards in 1992.
- 9/21/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Sci Fi Channel will launch a new night of original programming on Thursdays, network officials said at the Television Critics Assn. press tour Wednesday. Beginning March 4, a two-hour block will sandwich returning series Scare Tactics between the rookie reality program Mad Mad House and new cartoon Tripping the Rift. Sci Fi currently utilizes Friday as its exclusive outpost for original series, anchored by the veteran show Stargate SG-1. "It will be a bit edgier, far less traditional and targeted at a younger crowd," Sci Fi president Bonnie Hammer said. Sci Fi also said Wednesday that it will begin production in New Zealand on Earthsea, a four-hour miniseries scheduled to air in December from Hallmark Entertainment in association with Bender-Brown Prods.
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