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In the ongoing battle against organized retail theft at Los Angeles County stores, police arrested 10 people during a two-day undercover operation at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles.

The arrests were made Thursday and Friday, and more than $3,000 of recovered merchandise was returned to Nike, according to the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department.

Detectives with an Lasd burglary-robbery task force worked with the East Los Angeles Station Crime Enforcement Team, Summer Enforcement Team and Nike Loss Prevention on various surveillance operations “to apprehend suspects, deter criminal activity, and protect life and property at the Nike Community Store in East Los Angeles,” the department said.

Of those apprehended, four were for alleged felonies, according to the Lasd. Two of the suspects had outstanding arrests warrants, one of which was a shoplifting warrant. Two criminal street gangs have been identified in connection with the thefts.

Sonipat, Oct 26 (Ians) The Centre for Victimology and Psychological Studies (Cvps) at Jindal Institute of Behavioural Sciences (Jibs) organised the 11th International Conference on Victim Assistance at O.P. Jindal Global University campus in Sonipat, Haryana.

The conference aimed to nurture critical thinking in the field and encourage a network of victimologists around the world to come together to deliberate on issues of concern in the discipline from an interdisciplinary perspective. More than 200 professionals, researchers, academicians, practitioners and young scholars from five continents participated in the conference.

These sessions during the conference provided hands-on and applied knowledge on victim assistance practices to conference participants utilised by field professional themselves.

The three-day conference began with a pre-conference workshop that included sessions conducted by professionals from the field of Criminology, Victimology, Psychology, Social Work, Behavioural Sciences and various other allied disciplines.

C. Rajkumar, Vice Chancellor, O.P. Jindal Global University, presented the inaugural address during the conference,...

ABC has put in development a half-hour family comedy from Kelsey Grammer and his Grammnet Productions, veteran sitcom writer-producer Robert Peacock, creator of The Haunted Hathaways, and ABC Studios. Written and executive produced by Peacock, the untitled project centered on a military vet who returns home only to be greeted by a mountain of debt and a depressed job market. He has no choice but to move his family in with his widowed mother, an opinionated conservative…...

A series I have yet to watch a single episode of has been renewed for a second season. Nickelodeon has ordered a 22-episode second season (after a 20-episode first season) of its freshman half-hour comedy project The Haunted Hathaways, from writer-producer Robert Peacock. The series, which drew 2.3 million total viewers on average (and a 4.0 rating), airing during the Saturday 8:30 Pm slot, centers on a single mother (played by Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde), who move to New Orleans and learn that their new house is already occupied by a father (played by Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris & Lil’...

Exclusive: Nickelodeon has ordered a 22-episode second season of promising new comedy series Haunted Hathaways. Additionally, the cable network has extended the second season of Nick at Nite‘s See Dad Run with an order for 13 additionally episodes. In its first season, Haunted Hathaways is drawing 2.3 million total viewers and averages a 4.0/1.3M with kids 2-11 and a 5.0/959K with kids 6-11. The series is posting 13% year-over-year gains with kids 2-11 and 6-11 in the Saturday 8:30 Pm slot. In its second season, See Dad Run is averaging 1.2 million total viewers, up 3% among adults 18-49 in the Sunday 8 Pm period. Related: Nickelodeon Orders Two Animated Series, Four Live-Action Pilots Following a much publicized ratings slump, Nickelodeon has been on a rebound, finishing the recent third quarter up 12% vs. 2012. Since May, Nick has successfully launched five new series: Sam & Cat, Haunted Hathaways, Instant Mom (on Nick at Nite), Sanjay & Craig, and Paw Patrol.

Nickelodeon has announced that The Haunted Hathaways, their new supernatural comedy, will debut on Saturday, July 13th. The cable channel has ordered 20 installments to start.

The series stars Amber Montana, Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Jr., Breanna Yde, Chico Benymon, Curtis Harris, and Ginifer King.

Here's the official press release:

Nickelodeon Scares Up Laughs With New Live-action Supernatural Comedy, "The Haunted Hathaways," Premiering Saturday, July 13, At 8:30 P.M. (Et/Pt)

Original Ensemble Sitcom Introduces Viral Hip-Hop Sensation Benjamin "Lil P-Nut" Flores Jr., Breanna Yde, Amber Montana and Curtis Harris; Ginifer King and Chico Benymon Round Out Series

Santa Monica, Calif. - July 1, 2013 - Nickelodeon conjures up some supernatural fun in the brand-new live-action comedy series, The Haunted Hathaways, debuting Saturday, July 13, at 8:30 p.m. (Et/Pt). Created by veteran comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock...

Tune in alert as Nickelodeon conjures up some supernatural fun in the brand-new live-action comedy series, The Haunted Hathaways, debuting Saturday, July 13, at 8:30 p.m. (Et/Pt). Created by veteran comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock (Reba, The Jeff Foxworthy Show), the scripted half-hour series features a talented ensemble cast and chronicles the journey of Michelle Hathaway and her two daughters Taylor and Frankie, as they move to New Orleans only to discover that their new home is already being occupied by a dad and his sons. who happen to be ghosts. New episodes of The Haunted Hathaways will air regularly Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. (Et/Pt) on Nickelodeon, and will also be available the day after air on iTunes, Amazon...

This almost slipped by us... thanks to the several readers who emailed or sent me tweets about it. Nickelodeon has ordered 20-episodes of a new half-hour comedy project titled The Haunted Hathaways, from writer-producer Robert Peacock. The series centers on a single mother (played by Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde), who move to New Orleans and learn that their new house is already occupied by a father (played by Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris, Lil’ P-Nut). And as if that isn't already enough of a surprise, they further discover that the father and his sons happen to be ghosts. By the way, in case you haven't already...

Whenever I happen to change the channel to Nickelodeon, without fail it will always be airing the latest episode of some bizarre creation that, for whatever reason, has somehow become popular. Please, don’t read that as negativity; weird is a better bet than trying to be plain, vanilla pudding normal. Just look at Adventure Time. That show is without a doubt this generation’s most strange concoction, but it deserves every ounce of popularity it’s managed to scrounge up. I can only hope Nickelodeon’s latest creation finds the same comfort zone of weirdness, especially since they’ve committed to 20 episodes. May I introduce to you Nickelodeon’s The Haunted Hathaways.

Coming from comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock, The Haunted Hathaways is the story of a very unconventionally blended family. No, we aren’t talking about a Scottsman who married a Persian and their wacky adventures – though that might be pretty cool.

Exclusive: Nickelodeon has handed a 20-episode order to The Haunted Hathaways, a half-hour project from veteran comedy writer-producer Robert Peacock. Created by Peacock, The Haunted Hathaways features an unconventional blended family and can be described as The Brady Bunch with a supernatural twist. It centers on a mom (Ginifer King) and her daughters (Amber Montana, Breanna Yde) who move to New Orleans and discover that their new house is already occupied by a dad (Chico Benymon) and his sons (Curtis Harris, Lil’ P-Nut)… who happen to be ghosts. Boyce Bugliari & Jamie McLaughlin, creators of the 2011 Nick series Bucket & Skinner’s Epic Adventures, have come on board as showrunners. The Haunted Hathaways was originally picked up to pilot in August. It joins another recently picked up Nickelodeon series, Dan Schneider’s Sam & Cat, starring iCarly‘s Jennette McCurdy and Victorious‘ Ariana Grande reprising their roles.

Less than a year after venturing on his own as an independent producer, Steve Stark is filming his third pilot and has a half-dozen other projects in the works.

Stark, a longtime development executive at Paramount TV and Columbia TriStar TV, ran Kelsey Grammer's CBS Par-based Grammnet Prods. for seven years before going solo early this year with the launch of Steve Stark Prods.

"With every job I take, I say I can't possibly work harder," Stark said. "I'm working harder then ever now, but the rewards are greater. There is an incredible flexibility in selling directly to the networks; I am able to do things a little faster and be a little more agile."

Stark is in production on USA Network's hourlong pilot "Facing Kate," which stars Sarah Shahi as a lawyer who becomes a professional mediator.

In the past 11 months, his company also produced two pilots...

Cybill Shepherd has been tapped to star in Lifetime's comedy pilot "Alligator Point," which will be directed by Kelsey Grammer.

Lauren Stamile, Brian Patrick Wade, Robyn Lively, Leslie Jordan, Joel McCrary and Charlie Robinson also have been cast in the multicamera project, from Steve Stark Prods.

Written by Robert Peacock, "Point" revolves around an eccentric group of Floridians who find refuge in the Southern hospitality of Mae's (Shepherd) Oyster Bar. Their lives change when a Yankee (Stamile) becomes part of their disjointed family.

Peacock and Stark, former president of Grammer's Grammnet Prods., are exec producing, with Franco Bario co-exec producing and Grammer producing.

Peacock and Grammnet originally developed "Point" for NBC during the 2002-03 season when it went to pilot starring Nathan Fillion, Jaime Pressly and Paula Marshall as well as McCrary, who will be reprising his role as a boat mechanic in the Lifetime pilot.

Shepherd, repped by Fortitude and Hofflund/Polone,...