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LOS ANGELES -- The MTV Europe Music Awards will be held Nov.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterNina L. Diaz will now head up unscripted and adult animation for Paramount Plus, Variety has learned exclusively.The promotion was announced by Chris McCarthy in a memo to MTV Entertainment Group staffers on Thursday, which can be read in full below.Diaz will now serve as chief creative officer for unscripted entertainment and adult animation at Paramount Plus, while remaining CCO and president of content for MTV Entertainment Group.

“‘Yellowstone’ is a massive hit show with tens of millions of fans – with ‘1883,” we are taking those fans back to the origin story, and in the process, turning the ‘Yellowstone’ world into a global hit franchise to fuel the growth of Paramount+,” said Chris McCarthy, President/CEO, MTV Entertainment Group.

ViacomCBS has promoted two top executives in a move to streamline its U.S. and international leadership structure, the company announced Thursday.MTV Entertainment Group’s Chris McCarthy and Nickelodeon’s Brian Robbins have both been upped to President and CEO of their respective groups and have added oversight of their respective brand’s international operations.

Brian Steinberg Senior TV EditorViacomCBS said it would unite the company’s domestic and international businesses under top executives, and assigned new duties to three of its senior operating executives that expands their influence across the media conglomerate.Chris McCarthy, president of the company’s linear entertainment-focused cable networks, becomes president and CEO of MTV Entertainment Group.

ViacomCBS has restructured its international reporting structure, bringing its global business under the control of a trio of U.S. execs.

Today, ViacomCBS announced the long rumored restructuring of its streaming operations with a new content leadership team comprised by some of the top TV group executives across the Viacom and CBS sides of the company, including George Cheeks, President and Chief Executive Officer, CBS; Chris McCarthy, President, MTV Entertainment Group; David Nevins, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Showtime Networks; Brian Robbins, President, Kids & Family Entertainment; and Nicole Clemens, President,

Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterViacomCBS has shuffled seven top content executives in a new leadership structure designed to bolster its streaming service Paramount Plus.Teased recently by ViacomCBS Streaming president and CEO Tom Ryan, the new structure is intended to bolster original programming and help Paramount Plus achieve scale in a crowded market.Executives George Cheeks, Jim Gianopulos, Bruce Gillmer, Chris McCarthy, David Nevins, Nicole Clemens and Brian Robbins will all help the

ViacomCBS is still putting the finishing touches on the top programming executive team of Paramount+ but some of the key pieces have fallen into place.

MTV Entertainment Group has found its next marketing chief. Former Curaleaf and Beats by Dre exec Jason White will take over the CMO role that has been vacant since Jacqueline Parks stepped down last year.

ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment has named Jason White, former Global Head of Marketing for Beats by Dr. Dre, as Chief Marketing Officer. He will oversee marketing, creative and social engagement across the MTVE portfolio, reporting to President Chris McCarthy and serving on his leadership team.

Paramount+ has unveiled the inaugural music slate for its new streaming service, highlighted by revivals of two of the most iconic music shows in VH1 and MTV histories.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVMTV Entertainment Group is marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a public-service spot across all its brands.

ViacomCBS’ MTV Entertainment Group (formerly Entertainment & Youth) has named PBS NewsHour and former Nightline producer James F. Blue III as SVP, Head of Smithsonian Channel. Blue will also oversee News and Factual Unscripted content for MTV Entertainment’s portfolio of brands across streaming, linear and digital, dual-reporting to Chris McCarthy, President, MTV Entertainment Group and Nina L. Diaz, President of Content and Chief Creative Officer.

Chris McCarthy’s path to becoming a television executive began on the white sand beaches of Panama City Beach, Fla.It was spring break 2005. The executive who now leads the second-largest unit of ViacomCBS by revenue was tasked with hawking MTVU-branded credit cards to college students in various stages of inebriation and undress.

South Park pandemic special has scored the series its highest ratings in seven years.The one-off hour-long special episode, titled ‘The Pandemic Special’, premiered on Wednesday (September 30) on Comedy Central.The episode was watched by 2.3million Live+ Same Day viewers, and scored a 2.1 rating.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TVViacomCBS has opened the door to working again with Nick Cannon, more than a month after the company severed ties with him over anti-Semitic comments the multi-hyphenate made on his podcast.Speaking at a town hall with employees Monday, Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS, praised work that Canon claims to have done to make amends for his comments and gain a better understanding of why they were offensive.

Daniel Holloway Executive Editor, TV“The Ren & Stimpy Show” is the most recent Viacom throwback getting a new life.Comedy Central announced Wednesday that it has ordered a revival of the ’90s animated series. The move comes amid a significant push into adult animation at ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group, which comprises most of the company’s cable brands and is headed by Chris McCarthy.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVEXCLUSIVE: ViacomCBS Entertainment & Youth Group has appointed former Marvel Studios and 20th Century Fox TV animation executive Grant Gish to spearhead the expansion into adult animation.Gish will lead the new Adult Animation Unit as SVP, Adult Animation, Entertainment & Youth Brands.

Elaine Low Senior TV Writer“Sex and the City” and “Younger” creator Darren Star has inked an overall production and development deal with ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group.“Darren is a creative force behind some of the most seminal shows of our time and we are thrilled he will continue to call ViacomCBS his home as we rapidly expand our studios business,” said Chris McCarthy, president of ViacomCBS’ entertainment and youth group.Star will develop projects for the division’s various

Also Read: How John Mulaney Got Jake Gyllenhaal for 'The Sack Lunch Bunch' (Video)“We couldn’t be more excited about John’s return to Comedy Central and hope this is just the beginning of a long-standing partnership,” Chris McCarthy, president of ViacomCBS entertainment & youth brands, said in a statement Tuesday.Mulaney added: “I was an intern at Comedy Central when I was barely older than the kids in the ‘Sack Lunch Bunch.’ I wasn’t a very good intern, so I am psyched they hired me again.

Also Read: 'Beavis and Butt-Head' Reboot Headed to Comedy Central With 2-Season Order“We thrilled to reunite with Phil Lord, Chris Miller and Bill Lawrence to re-imagine this cult classic as we rapidly grow our portfolio of beloved and iconic adult animation series,” said Chris McCarthy, President, ViacomCBS Entertainment and Youth Group.“Clone High” joins “Daria” and “Beavis and Butt-Head” as former MTV cartoons to get a second life in the 2020s.

Also Read: Tracee Ellis Ross-Led 'Daria' Spinoff 'Jodie' Lands at Comedy Central“We are thrilled to be working with Mike Judge and the great team at 3 Arts again as we double down on Adult Animation at Comedy Central” says Chris McCarthy, President of Entertainment & Youth Group.

Klaritza Rico Industry presidents, executives, actors, showrunners and more joined Variety’s virtual TV Summit to discuss how they are navigating the ever-changing business, especially amid the COVID-19 pandemic and as America, and Hollywood, addresses its history of systemic racism.

Klaritza Rico “We like to say ‘Franchises fuel our future’ ” — that’s the focus that Chris McCarthy, president of entertainment and youth brands at ViacomCBS Domestic Networks, is bringing to managing a large portion of the company’s traditional cable brands at the newly enlarged media giant.In conversation with Variety business editor Cynthia Littleton at Variety’s virtual TV summit, McCarthy explained how the merger of Viacom and CBS late last year has led to the change of transforming

Entertainment industry powerhouses ViacomCBS, WarnerMedia and Disney voiced their support of and unity with the black community following the wave of both peaceful and violent protests over the weekend that was in response to the death of George Floyd.

By Nellie Andreeva

Chris McCarthy is solidifying the management ranks in his rapidly growing Entertainment & Youth Group at ViacomCBS. With MTV, VH1, CMT and Logo GM Amy Doyle stepping down after a 20-year run, McCarthy has promoted several of his longtime staffers to help fill the void as Doyle will remain on board through the transition. Nina L. Diaz, who was president

By Nellie Andreeva