Another Cancellation; Exec Producer Moving On


• KTEH, of San Jose, will not be renewing EastEnders in 2010 due to low ratings, according to an executive at KQED, of San Francisco, which oversees KTEH’s operations. The impending cancellation would leave 10 public TV stations broadcasting the series in the U.S.

• EastEnders executive producer Diederick Santer announced he plans to move on after the show’s 25th anniversary next February. Santer has been in the position since October 2006, and will be replaced by Bryan Kirk wood, who has been a producer on the British soap Hollyoaks. Prior to that, Kirkwood spent 10 years working on Coronation Street as a storyliner.

Santer will continue to work for the BBC Drama Production as an executive producer with a special responsibility for developing new shows that can be internationally co-pro duced. The aim will be for him to develop dramas that can be made through BBC Drama Production in conjunction with BBC World Wide Los Angeles.

• EastEnders: E20 is a new online spin-off show, which starts in January 2010 and will introduce a group of sixth form students expe riencing the highs and lows of teenage life. It’s part of the EastEnders 25th anniversary cele brations.

• The YouTube BBC/EastEnders channel also promises for the anniversary on Feb. 19, 2010, uploads throughout December some classic Christmas and New Year’s clips.




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