Fox has ordered the new singing competition series for 2018 “The Four,” which begins where most competitions end: with the four finalists. The logline: Four super-talented and fiercely competitive singers, chosen from their auditions by the show’s panel of music industry experts (to-be-announced(, will try to defend their coveted spots on the stage, as they […]
Interactive music game show “Beat Shazam,” hosted and executive-produced by Jamie Foxx, has been renewed for a second season by Fox. Foxx will return as host and executive producer for season two, along with executive producers Mark Burnett and Jeff Apploff. Debuting on May 25, “Beat Shazam” pits teams of two against the clock and […]
From Campaign US: With Fourth of July now a memory, broadcasters have their eyes set on the new and returning primetime series this fall. Summer, for any prospective advertiser, is a time to assess just where these brands want to place their valuable marketing dollars. To help in that decision-making, let me take you through each […]
Get inside the 2017 upfronts with Marc Berman, editor in chief of Programming Insider. Marc and PromaxBDA’s Paige Albiniak go deep on nonlinear viewership, programming trends, superheroes and revivals on the Daily Brief Podcast. From May 15-19 and June 6, 2017, Programming Insider‘s Douglas Pucci was a guest on “The Morning Fix” with JJ and […]
Fox has announced a live musical production of the Tony Award, Grammy Award and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical “Rent.” Television and theater producer Marc Platt (“Grease: Live,” “La La Land,” “Wicked”), along with the estate of writer/composer Jonathan Larson, will executive-produce the event. “Rent” is a re-imagining of Puccini’s “La Bohème,” and is set in New […]
Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group, have unveil the FOX primetime slate for the 2017-2018 television season, which will be presented this afternoon at the Beacon Theater in New York City. The new dramas joining the schedule this fall are “The Gifted” and “The Orville.” Produced in association with Marvel […]
Fox and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television are partnering with producer Marc Platt (“Grease: Live,” “La La Land”) on the live musical event “A Christmas Story,”inspired by the holiday classic feature “A Christmas Story” and the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production “A Christmas Story: The Musical.” The three-hour live television production of “A Christmas Story” will air […]
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Following news of “The Gifted” comes word of the second new scripted drama pick-up by Fox, “The Resident.” From 3 Arts Entertainment & Fuqua Films in association with Twentieth Century Fox Television, “The Resident” focuses on a tough, brilliant senior resident (Matt Czuchry) who guides an idealistic young doctor (“Catch Fire’s” Manish Dayal) through his […]
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Fox has opted against a third season of scripted procedural drama “Rosewood,” which only sunk further in the ratings after Fox moved it from Thursday to Friday. Debuting on Sept. 23, 2015, the series starred Morris Chestnut as Dr. Beaumont Rosewood Jr., a private pathologist working in Miami, Florida in high demand with law enforcement. […]
