Linda Ellerbee News

Marjorie Cohn, a 23-year veteran of Nickelodeon has been promoted to the position of President, Original Programming and Development, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group. The announcement was made today by Cyma Zarghami, President, Nickelodeon/MTVN Kids and Family Group, to whom she will continue to report.

There is as much water in the world today as there ever was, yet one in five people do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. Water-related illness is the leading cause of human sickness and death, killing almost four million people every year. Nick News with Linda Ellerbee looks at this global crisis in Your Thirsty World, premiering Sunday, April 18, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. In the half-hour special, kids in Honduras, Bangladesh, California and New Jersey explain the water problems where they live, and what, if anything, is being done to help.

There is as much water in the world today as there ever was, yet one in five people do not have access to clean, safe drinking water. Water-related illness is the leading cause of human sickness and death, killing almost four million people every year. Nick News with Linda Ellerbee looks at this global crisis in Your Thirsty World, premiering Sunday, April 18, at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT. In the half-hour special, kids in Honduras, Bangladesh, California and New Jersey explain the water problems where they live, and what, if anything, is being done to help.

Nickelodeon celebrates Earth Day with the premiere of an environmentally conscious SpongeBob SquarePants' special, 'SpongeBob's Last Stand,' on Thursday, April 22, at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. The half-hour special is part of a green-themed day of programming, beginning at 9:00 a.m. ET/PT, which includes new episodes of preschool series Team Umizoomi, The Fresh Beat Band, Go, Diego, Go!, Ni Hao Kai-lan and The Backyardigans, encores of iCarly, True Jackson, VP and SpongeBob SquarePants, as well as family favorites on Nick at Nite. The network's ode to Mother Earth begins with Nick News with Linda Ellerbee: Your Thirsty World, a special about kids who are taking action to fight for everyone's right to free and clean water, on Sunday, April 18 at 8:30 p.m. ET/PT.

Nickelodeon brought its annual Upfront presentation to Los Angeles for the first time ever, where it announced new additions to its robust 2010-11 programming slate originally unveiled during its March 11 presentation in New York. Joining six new series and new seasons of 16 returning hits such as top-ranked iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants and Team Umizoomi, Nickelodeon also will premiere three new TV movies, including: Fred: The Movie, starring Lucas Cruikshank as online sensation Fred Figglehorn; Boy Who Cried Werewolf, starring Victoria Justice and Brooke Shields; and Best Player starring iCarly's Jerry Trainor and Jennette McCurdy. Nickelodeon also has acquired My Wife and Kids (123 episodes), starring Damon Wayans (In Living Color, Major Payne), which will debut on Nick at Nite this fall.

At its 2010 annual upfront presentation which featured top talent across the worlds of television, music and film, Nickelodeon today announced a slate of new programming that will be added to the network's 2010-11 schedule, including: six new series and new seasons of 16 returning hits such as top-ranked iCarly, SpongeBob SquarePants and Team Umizoomi. Additionally, five brand-new series will bow across Nick's digital nets, which include TeenNick, Nick Jr. and Nicktoons, during the 2010-11 season. Nickelodeon, the top-ranked basic cable network in total day for almost 16 years, is poised to close 1Q10 as its most-watched quarter ever in its 30-year history and just celebrated January as its most-watched month ever.

The 2009 Creative Arts Emmy Awards awarded 82 Emmys including those given for Outstanding Guest Actor/Actress in a Comedy Series, Outstanding Guest Actor/Actress in a Drama Series, Outstanding Reality Series and Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special. For more information, click here.

So far at this evening's Emmy Awards, theater stars Jeremy Piven, Dianne Wiest, Laura Linney, Dame Eileen Atkins and Zeljko Ivanek are among the winners.

The complete list of winners in the creative arts categories of the 60th annual Primetime Emmy Awards from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences are...