Lauren Corrao, the longtime Comedy Central head of programming and development more recently responsible for ushering in "The Sarah Silverman Program," is leaving the cable channel.
In a memo sent to staffers Monday, MTV Networks Entertainment Group President Doug Herzog said he and Comedy Central President Michele Ganeless would use the next few months to find a replacement. Corrao's direct-reports are Senior Vice President Jim Sharp and newly hired Lisa Leingang, but sources said an external hire is more likely. Corrao will stay at the Viacom-owned cable network through the end of hercontract, which expires in December, and will thereafter segue intoproducing.
Herzog credited Corrao, who has been at the network for seven years, with the rise of hits like the short-lived "Chappelle's Show," "Drawn Together" and "Reno 911!" More recently, she signed comedian Demetri Martin to his own series ("Important Things with Demetri Martin").
But lately, the network has struggled to find new hits. Among the more recent high-profile launches that didn't click are "Krod Mandoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire" and the David Alan Grier news show "Chocolate News," both of which flopped. A renewal for "Michael & Michael Have Issues" is also unlikely.
In a statement, Corrao said, "I feel that this is exactly the right time in this ever changing world of television to personally create, produce and own content. I am very much looking forward to the new and exciting challenges in the next chapter of my career."Before joining Comedy Central, Lauren was a programming executive at Fox.
-- Denise Martin
Photo credit: Comedy Central
'CSI' sends Ray Langston on a three-city, crossover odyssey
CBS is planning a "CSI" extravaganza for November sweeps -- star Laurence Fishburne (Dr. Raymond Langston) will appear in all three scene-of-the-crime shows in one week, and the whole thing wraps up on the flagship "CSI" on Nov. 12. Mild spoilers about the episodes follow.
Langston will first visit "CSI: Miami" on Nov. 9; he travels south in an episode titled "Bone Voyage" to investigate a case with ties to Las Vegas. Fishburne and "CSI: Miami" star David Caruso are pictured at left; perhaps Langston and Horatio Caine are talking about cool sunglasses, which Langston is still sporting when he arrives in New York on Nov. 11 (Fishburne and "CSI: NY" star Gary Sinise are pictured at right).
In that "CSI: NY" episode, "Hammer Down," according to CBS, "a big-rig accident results in the discovery of an interstate truckingring that specializes in human cargo and black-market organ harvesting, and sets off a race against time to save a hostage."
The three-part crossover concludes on Nov. 12 on "CSI." In that episode, viewers will learn more about what Langston is investigating: "a nationwide human trafficking network that abducts young girls forces them into prostitution," according to David Weddle, who penned the episode with his writing partner, Bradley Thompson.
Ubiquitious guest star Mark Sheppard, who played Romo Lampkin on "Battlestar Galactica" (a character who knew a thing or two about shades), has a guest role in that Nov. 12 "CSI" episode. Sheppard, who has a credit list as long as your arm and apparently by law must appear on every scripted show in existence, also appears on USA's new show "White Collar" Oct. 23 and "Supernatural" on Nov. 19.
Artistes campaign to wipe out hunger
Anti-poverty campaigners have called on African artistes, governments and policy makers to act immediately and end poverty, hunger and injustice in the continent.And in response, more than 30 musicians from over ten African countries will release an album to preach against AfricansÂ' sufferings in an event to be held on Saturday at the Bomas of Kenya, Nairobi.
Chicago auction house all shook up over Elvis hair
CHICAGO — The King may be dead, but that doesn't mean it's too late to run your fingers through his hair.
Ralph Nader's New Project: Novels
Crusading social critic Ralph Nader has ventured into new territory — the writing of novels. He has just published a 700-page work of fiction called Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us.
ARGENTINA: Opposition, Media Giants to Fight New Law
BUENOS AIRES, Oct 12 (IPS)While civil society groups celebrated Argentina's new broadcasting law, media giants threatened to fight it with a wave of lawsuits, and opposition lawmakers pledged to revise it after the next Congress convenes in December.
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