TNN news: Howard Stern, Ren and Stimpy

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TNN Calling All Young Males
Net Remaking Itself Yet Again, Plans Animated Stern Series
By Louis Chunovic

Howard Stern is in talks for a new scripted series that would be seen on The New TNN.

It would be an animated show and focus on one of the subjects Mr. Stern refers to with regularity on his weekday nationally syndicated radio program: his tortured adolescence as a nerd. Mr. Stern could provide the voice for his self-titled character, and would likely executive produce as well.

Tentative titles for the new series include Howard Stern's High School Years and Howard Stern: The Teen Years.

Executives at The New TNN declined to comment; Mr. Stern and his agent, Don Buchwald, declined too.

Mr. Stern's radio show is immensely popular with men 18 to 34; coincidentally, that's a demo the New TNN, which is trying to build a heavily male-oriented schedule, is very interested in targeting.

The network, building on the strong animation-world connections of Nickelodeon, its sister cable network, also is making a strong push into original animated series aimed at adults.

Mr. Stern would be joining an animated roster that includes high-profile voice stars Kelsey Grammer and Pamela Anderson, both of whom have New TNN animated-series projects coming up.

Mr. Grammer will be the voice of Gary the Rat, an animated New York attorney so fiercely focused on winning the rat race that he becomes an actual rodent.

Ms. Anderson will be the voice of Stripperella, an animated series in development from Stan Lee (the co-creator of Spider-Man, among others) about a "stripper by night who is a superhero by later at night," as the network characterizes it.

Additionally, TNN is bringing back The Ren & Stimpy Show, animator John Kricfalusi's cult-hit cartoon series from the first half of the 1990s, about the comic (and often gross) misadventures of a chihuahua and a cat.

The network already has a strong male orientation with series such as Star Trek: The Next Generation and WWE Raw, the most-watched show on advertiser-supported cable, and its viewership is already approximately two-thirds male 18 to 49.

While Stern's radio show and the late-night TV version on E! Entertainment Television are problematic buys for many marketers, one buyer said depending on the content, the animated series could be much more advertiser friendly. Mr. Stern was also responsible for a now-canceled series on FX called Son of a Beach, but that show did not feature a Stern namesake.#

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Speaking of Howard Stern:

Shock jock Howard Stern sues over "Are You Hot?"
Fri Mar 14, 3:41 AM ET Add Entertainment - Reuters/Variety TV to My Yahoo!


By Janet Shprintz

HOLLYWOOD (Variety) - Shock jock Howard Stern sued Telepictures Prods. and ABC on Thursday, claiming the reality series "Are You Hot? The Search for America's Sexiest People" is a ripoff of the videotaped version of his radio show, which airs on E! Entertainment Television.



The suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, also names as defendants series creator Mike Fleiss and co-executive producer and show runner Scott Einziger.


Einziger is the former producer of Stern's television show. Stern's former head writer, Jackie Martling, also was hired for "Hot," but is not named in the suit.


Stern's attorney, Marty Singer, was not available for comment. A representative for Telepictures, the producer of the series, said the company does not comment on litigation.


According to the complaint, which seeks more than $10 million in damages and alleges unfair business practices, unfair competition and misappropriation of trade secrets, Stern developed a segment on his show called "The Evaluators," in which he and his guests decided if a contestant was hot enough to be a playmate in Playboy magazine.


The suit claims "Hot" is strikingly similar to Stern's "Evaluators" in that it has a single male host and a panel of three blunt and harsh judges who use a laser pointer to highlight body parts during the critiquing process.


Stern also claims he was in negotiations to develop a show based on "The Evaluators" for network or pay cable before "Hot" was developed. Once "Hot" was broadcast, talks for Stern's show broke off, he alleges.


Stern, who has been complaining publicly about "Hot" for weeks, said on his radio show Wednesday that he planned to sue ABC over "Hot" because it ruined a deal for a similar show he was working on with another network.


"Hot," which started to air last month, has not been a ratings success and was described by Daily Variety's review as a "poorly executed soft-core porn special that thinks it's a genuine beauty contest."


Reuters/Variety

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and I never feel bad for any of those evaluated broads either becuse they are askin for it. But boy, does it get uncomfortable watching Ralph with that lazer pointer ;).
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

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you're a sadistic bastard aren't you. hehe, I wanted to use sardonic, but sadistic is a better word for you... :chainsaw:
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

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hermnsgrl wrote:you're a sadistic bastard aren't you. hehe, I wanted to use sardonic, but sadistic is a better word for you... :chainsaw:
I'm surprised you didn't say zadistic. :satan:

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darkness wrote:
hermnsgrl wrote:you're a sadistic bastard aren't you. hehe, I wanted to use sardonic, but sadistic is a better word for you... :chainsaw:
I'm surprised you didn't say zadistic. :satan:
F-That, I'm your General Zod and you're my Non, Get your ass back in the plexiglass :), haha. I don't like to be Ursa, so TC and I fight over who gets to be General Zod and Logan is NON, but now you are the new one. Keep it up and you will be demoted to URSA (who does a mean female prison warden along with Brigitte Nielsen) :P
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

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hermnsgrl wrote:F-That, I'm your General Zod and you're my Non, Get your ass back in the plexiglass :), haha. I don't like to be Ursa, so TC and I fight over who gets to be General Zod and Logan is NON, but now you are the new one. Keep it up and you will be demoted to URSA (who does a mean female prison warden along with Brigitte Nielsen) :P
Zod was a wimp and Non could have broken him in half with just one hand. He just chose not to because he didn't want the hassle of leadership. He wanted to let Zod think he was really calling the shots. There's always a real power pulling the strings of the visible leader, and I say it was Non. :wink:

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well, there is also power in being small and wimpy but smart. NAPOLEON. hehe. That's all I will say and my teacher would be proud.
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

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hermnsgrl wrote:well, there is also power in being small and wimpy but smart. NAPOLEON. hehe. That's all I will say and my teacher would be proud.
Well, he died alone and in exile, so that didn't really turn out too well for him did it? :)

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Well, yeah, but as my teacher so poignantly pointed out, he died with his own empire. They gave him some charges so he could still feel as thought he was some sort of emperor, and they don't do that for just anyone :). I mean, we all know that John Hall was the leader of Hall and Oates. He was just particluarly quiet about it. :mrgreen:
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

pwah

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The line from SUPERMAN 2 that always annoys me is 'he's caged Non'. It's very out of place and lame. And lame! But S2 was always one of my favorites way back when.

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If I really want to date myself, I saw S2 in a drive=in when they had the playgrounds and your parents would let you play on the swingsets while they watched the movie. That is my favorite Superman also. Except, when I watch it now, it's not so exhilirating to me anymore :). Gotta watch some of the aliens. My idol is Vasquez. Anyone have any rancid opinions about her? Can't fuck with Vasquez. hehe. :killer:
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt

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I was telling TC today that I want to become unisex, hehe. I am gonna shave my head and get bulked out. I wanna join some sort of military venture. (I think he is on the phone with some deprogrammers as we speak) :killer:
"The Blood Stains, the Charred Remains, the poor bastard who blew out his brains, I've seen it all before, it's routine to me....crime scene." DEADbolt