Morning briefing

South Pacific Pictures has appointed Tim Balme as new head of development, taking over from Chris Gist. Balme has worked been a storyliner and scriptwriter on Outrageous Fortune.

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Joe Manganiello (One Tree Hill, How I Met Your Mother) will play werewolf Alcide on True Blood. Natasha Alam (The Bold and the Beautiful) will play Yvetta, Eric’s new dancer at Fangtasia.

Nate Berkus, decorator and design expert on Oprah, is getting his own talk show.

Nickelodeon has renewed SpongeBob SquarePants for another 26 episodes, taking the total to 178.

Here’s the Season 3 poster for Chuck.

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  • shantaram

    I had no idea Chris Gist was the head of development at SPP.  All the best to him for his move back to Australia.