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MTV Names Duo Co-Heads Of Scripted

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday February 14, 2011 @ 1:20pm PSTTags: David Janollari MTV, MTV, MTV Scripted Series, TV
Nellie Andreeva

Clay Spencer, who recently joined MTV as VP scripted series, and Justin Levy, who recently re-upped his deal at the network as VP scripted series, will run the cable network’s scripted department.They succeed David Janollari, who was recently promoted to head of programming in the wake of Tony DiSanto’s departure from the network. Spencer and Levy will be based in Santa Monica, reporting to Janollari.

Over the past year, MTV has made scripted programming a priority with an aggressive development slate, which has resulted in 6 series orders: The Hard Times of RJ Berger, which is returning for a second season, Skins, and the upcoming Teen Wolf, This is Awkward, I Just Want My Pants Back and Good Vibes. Levy has been VP scripted series at MTV since July 2008 spearheading such projects as The Hard Times of RJ Berger, Teen Wolf and This is Awkward.  Spencer, who joined MTV in August and has been involved in Good Vibes and Pants as well as the Inbetweeners pilot. He previously worked with Janollari at the WB where he served as VP drama development. “Clay fit right in and he and Justin formed a great relationship – they get along great and have similar sensibility,” Janollari said. Additionally, the feel was that a team of 2 execs would have a better handle on the rapidly expanding MTV’s scripted portfolio than a single executive, Janollari noted. Along with the appointments for Spencer and Levy, Anne-Marie McGintee has been promoted to manager scripted development.

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MTV’s ‘Hard Times’ To Launch Second Season After ‘Jersey Shore’ Finale

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday February 8, 2011 @ 10:34am PSTTags: Cable TV, Jersey Shore, MTV, MTV Scripted Series, MTV The Hard Times of RJ Berger, TV
Nellie Andreeva

MTV is using reality juggernaut Jersey Shore to launch another scripted series. After debuting raunchy new teen drama Skins after an original episode of Jersey Shore last month, MTV has now slotted the second season premiere of comedy The Hard Times of RJ Berger behind the season finale of Jersey … Read More »

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MTV Picks Up ‘I Just Want My Pants Back’ To Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Friday January 14, 2011 @ 2:37pm PSTTags: Dave Bartis, David Rosen, Doug Liman, I Just Want My Pants Back, MTV, MTV Pilot Pickup, MTV Programming, MTV Scripted Series, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

EXCLUSIVE: MTV has picked up drama pilot I Just Want My Pants Back to series, the latest addition to the cable network’s rapidly expanding portfolio of scripted original series. The project, based on … Read More »

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MTV Picks Up Two Scripted Comedy Series

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday September 14, 2010 @ 6:30pm PDTTags: David Janollari MTV, MTV, MTV Scripted Series, Skins MTV, That Girl MTV
Nellie Andreeva

MTV continues to rapidly expand its scripted series portfolio by greenlighting two new half-hour series, the coming-of-age comedy That Girl and horror comedy Death Valley. Each has received a 12-episode order. After reentering the scripted arena last year with the series order to The Hard Times of RJ Berger, which was recently renewed for a second season, MTV has stepped up its scripted efforts, especially after the appointment of David Janollari as EVP of scripted development in January. In the past 4 months, MTV has picked up a whopping 5 new scripted series, dramas Skins and Teen Wolf, comedies That Girl and Death Valley and animated comedy Good Vibes. That is 2.5 times as many Read More »

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MTV Renews ‘Hard Times’ For Season 2

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday August 2, 2010 @ 8:03am PDTTags: MTV, MTV Movie Awards, MTV Scripted Series, MTV The Hard Times of RJ Berger, MTV Tony DiSanto
Nellie Andreeva

MTV has renewed original comedy series The Hard Times of RJ Berger for a second season with an order for 12 new episodes. The coming-of-age, about a late-blooming loser, did so-so in its premiere following the MTV Movie Awards. But, while … Read More »

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