Fox Heads Into Fall with Reboots, Sports and New Dramas
It’s a whole new ballgame for Fox Entertainment since 20th TV and 21st Century Fox were absorbed by Disney, making Fox an indie without a studio partner. Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier touted the appeal of being a slimmed-down network at the Television Critics Association summer press tour last week at the Beverly Hilton. “Our independence allows us to question every assumption about what it means to be a broadcast...
FX Sets Forth an Edgy Mix of New and Returning Programming
FX made headlines when it announced that the new installment of “American Crime Story” will focus on the events that led up to impeachment proceedings of President Bill Clinton.—even as it was criticized in some quarters for slotting the Ryan Murphy anthology series just before the 2020 presidential election. But there was other news as the cable network presented its upcoming programming at the Television Critics Assn. summer press...
JImmy Kimmel Gets the Party Started for ABC’s Fall Programming Preview
Late night host Jimmy Kimmel was up early in the morning to kick off ABC’s TCA day at the Beverly Hilton’s International Ballroom Monday, cracking jokes with abandon and riffing off of reporter’s questions fired at him. His series with Norman Lear, “Live in Front of a Studio Audience,” will produce two more installments re-imagining classic TV shows, following on the success of “All in the Family and The Jeffersons” this past May, but...
Revivals, Send-offs and Superheroes Slated for Showtime and the CW
It’s been more than a decade since “The L Word” signed off on Showtime, and details of the revival of the groundbreaking LGBTQ show about a group of lesbian friends living in Los Angeles were a highlight of the cable network’s presentation at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour last week. “The L Word: Generation Q” mixes returning characters with a younger cast including trans actor Leo Sheng and looks at the generational...
CBS Showcases ‘The Unicorn,’ ‘Evil,’ ‘Carol’s Second Act’ and ‘All Rise’ at TCA
Even as audiences continue to fragment in this multi-platform world, there’s no question that broadcast network television still got game – and lots of it. Perhaps the argument for the desirability of network TV was most succinctly made by CBS Entertainment president Kelly Kahl and senior executive vice president of programming Thom Sherman as they opened the Eye’s session at the Television Critics Assn. summer press tour last week in...
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