Tollin, Robbins sign with Touchstone

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
published

Prolific producers Mike Tollin and Brian Robbins have signed a multiyear
production deal with Touchstone Television, leaving Warner Bros. Television
after four years.

Tollin/Robbins Productions this year has been a top producer for The WB
Television Network, with three shows currently on the air: Smallville, What I Like About You and Black Sash.

Tollin/Robbins also produced Birds of Prey for The WB, but that show was
canceled in December.

For the fall, Tollin/Robbins has four pilots in production: Better
Days for ABC; I'm with Her, also for ABC; an untitled comedy for Fox;
and One Tree Hill for The WB.

In cable, the team produces All That and Nick Cannon for
Nickelodeon and Slamball for The New TNN.

Tollin/Robbins has also produced two feature films, Big Fat Liar and
Varsity Blues.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.