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Production designer John Shaffner has been elected to a three-year term as Chair of the Art Directors Council, effective immediately, replacing Thomas A. Walsh, who continues in the position of President of the overall Art Directors Guild (ADG, IATSE Local 800). Shaffner was formerly Vice-Chair of the Council, a…

A new day may be coming for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences if Warner Bros Television Group president Bruce Rosenblum has his way. The high-powered exec — who also holds the title of Office of the President, Warner Bros Entertainment (along with Jeff Robinov and Kevin Tsujihara) — has essentially been…

ReelzChannel is expanding its foray into the TV awards show area. After televising the inaugural Critics' Choice Television Awards in June, the fledgling cable channel has now picked up the Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards, which have aired on E! for the past 9 years. Here is the release: NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA…

Diane Haithman is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. Jane Lynch said that executive producer Mark Burnett surprised her on the plane back to L.A. from the TV upfronts in New York earlier this year by asking her to save a place on her dance card to host the 2011 Emmys. Burnett, the reality kingpin behind Surviv…

Melissa McCarthy (Mike & Molly) and Joshua Jackson (Fringe) will announce nominations for the 63rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards alongside ATAS chairman and CEO John Shaffner at 5:40 AM PT Thursday, July 14. The TV Academy made the announcement today. The Primetime Emmys are Sept…

Ray Richmond in contributing to Deadline’s Emmy and TCA coverage. Primetime Emmy executive producer Don Mischer expressed some frustration at a TCA session hyping NBC’s 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards telecast: so many awards and so little time. “We’ve got to hand out 27 of them in 2 hours, 6 minutes, and 54 seconds — and…