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MTV is teaming up with Emma Roberts to produce and possibly star in a show for the television channel. The cable channel is trying to revamp and reinvigorate it’s programming and has lots of new talent lined up, including Roberts. With more layoffs announced again yesterday, Viacom, MTV’s parent company, has lots of work ahead of itself to produce some unique new shows for the once innovative channel. Let’s hope Emma ends up in something good and not another lame ‘reality’ show that the channel is now known for.

Move over Miley Cyrus, Miranda Cosgrove may just usurp your throne. The Nickelodeon star of iCarly is hot hot hot and her show is now the most popular with kids ages 2 – 14. She is so successful that a movie is being developed for her to star in: a Paramount pictures comedy called How Could You Do This To Me?  While Cosgrove continues to star in iCarly, she has been capturing audiences with her charm and her album has done quite well.

“And in the two years the show has been on the air, [producer Dan] Schneider and Cosgrove have turned the product into a ratings behemoth for Nickelodeon, a network that was under significant pressure to replicate the kinds of successes that Disney had with the High School Musical franchise.”

That is quite a coup for Cosgrove. The Disney marketing group is formidable and to have iCarly turn into such a success without that backing shows that she is just as great at capturing attention without all the paparazzi following her.

Cyrus seems to have another year or so left for Hannah Montana and she is moving on to movies (other than the HM features she has been so successful at.) Author Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe,) is creating a novel to be made into a movie, with Cyrus as the lead. Miley also has a fantastic musical career and life seems to be going great for her. Miranda Cosgrove is moving into that same territory and we hope things go as well for her as they are for Miley Cyrus. Both are talented girls with a lot more to come. I can’t wait to see what both have in store for us.