Neil Gaiman in animated form on the kids show Arthur (via Wired.com)

redesignrelated:

The Tony Award trophy gets a redesign (spoof)

“…The Tony statue, designed by Herman Rosse in 1949, is a pedestal with a hanging medallion that is etched on one side with the masks of comedy and tragedy and on the other with the profile of the actress and director Antoinette Perry, the award’s namesake and a founder of the American Theater Wing…Concepts for the New Tony varied wildly: Milton Glaser’s squat figure, Jonathan Adler’s golden banana, Winterhouse’s applause sign with audio…” —excerpt from And the Banana Goes To…  article in NYT

We really like the humor in Milton Glaser’s new ‘Tony’ design and the bold “Applause” trophy by Jessica Helfand & Knowlton (Winterhouse) , and Pensa presents a beautiful concept.

(slide show featuring all 6 of The New Tony designs via NYTimes.com)

“Hello Kitty The Show”

“The first theatrical performance to immortalize the Japanese icon, Hello Kitty The Show is a collaboration between Italian school of performing arts Mas and Hello Kitty creator Sanrio, currently on view at the Teatro Nuovo in Milan…”
—Paolo Ferrarini for Cool Hunting

(discovered via Cool Hunting, more info to follow on Hello Kitty The Show official site)

redesignrelated:

The classic MTV logo sort of gets a redesign. A newly cropped design removes the tagline which emphasizes that the brand represents “music television.” This is the first official logo redesign for the brand in 29 years.

image & more info via The Wrap: “It’s Official: MTV No Longer About ‘Music’”

another “threatening” message in my inbox from Time Warner Cable: 
Roll Over or Get Tough

“The online video directory service Clicker launches Thursday at the NewTeeVee Live conference. If you watch TV, you will love this site…”  (via CNET)

redesignrelated:

The CNN.com redesign launched over weekend features a prominent new (red) navigation and adds their new “NewsPulse” to the mix. Right now this looks like it is primarily just a way to get to articles on the site based on how they determine popularity, but we’re sure that this will evolve with the refreshed site.

The design was done by HUGE and the CNN.com team (previously Razorfish and CNN.com).

via Multichannel News

redesignrelated:

The New CNN.com (First Screenshots) via Tech Crunch

“Today, CNN has invited a number of journalists to One Time Warner Center in New York City to witness a preview of the new CNN.com homepage (they’re calling the event “The Unveiling“). The site serves as one of the Internet’s most popular news sites and is also among the most trafficked sites overall, so a major redesign is no small undertaking…”

redesignrelated:

Food Network launches its first iPhone app centered around its nighttime shows. Full episodes and clips stream over wifi and 3g with 6 shows at launch: The Next Iron Chef, Ace of Cakes, Chopped, Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives, The Next Food Network Star, and The Best Thing I Ever Ate.

The design was done in-house at Scripps Networks Digital with their Developer partner Rhythm New Media.

We’ve been waiting for the 2nd season of The Next Iron Chef, so this couldn’t have dropped at a better time…

Download on iTunes

The Best Television Shows Are Always Canceled
(via the laughing squid via bad mouth)

The Early TV Memories commemorative postage stamps will be first released on August 11th, 2009 at the Academy of Television Arts & Science.

They honor the following television shows & personalities: Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Dinah Shore Show; Dragnet, Ed Sullivan Show, George Burns & Gracie Allen Show, Hopalong Cassidy, The Honeymooners, Howdy Doody, I Love Lucy, Kukla, Fran and Ollie, Lassie, The Lone Ranger, Perry Mason, Phil Silvers Show, The Red Skelton Show, Texaco Star Theater, Tonight Show, Twilight Zone, and, You Bet Your Life.

(via USPS Postal News)

“It’s official: ‘Futurama’ is reborn!” (via EW.com)