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Fox Corp. Will Pursue M&A Deals, CEO Lachlan Murdoch Says
Fox Corp. is ready to deal. During an interview at a Goldman Sachs conference Tuesday, Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch explained the company’s strategy in sports, news, and entertainment, but also indicated that it is quite willing to cut some deals. Murdoch, asked what the next couple of years look like for his company, said that […]
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‘Universal Basic Guys’ Review: Fox’s Good-Natured Bro Toon Is Too Familiar to Feel Fresh
The animated comedy follows two South Jersey brothers through a series of wacky adventures funded by an income pilot program they were enrolled in after losing their factory jobs.
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Marlon Wayans on Why His Family Left ‘In Living Color’: “You Ain’t Going to F*** My Brother”
Thirty years after In Living Color ended, Marlon Wayans is opening up about why his family walked away from the Fox show that launched them into fame. During a recent interview on the Club Shay Shay podcast, the actor-writer-producer got candid about his family’s exit from the ’90s sketch comedy show, created by his brother Keenen Ivory Wayans, […]
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Fox Inks Broadcast Direct Deal With ‘Doc’ EP Hank Steinberg
Fox is adding another veteran writer and producer to its roster of broadcast direct deals. The network has signed Without a Trace and The Last Ship creator Hank Steinberg to such a pact, under which Steinberg will develop drama series that will be wholly owned by Fox. Steinberg is currently an executive producer of Doc, […]
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‘911: Lone Star’ Ending With Season 5 on Fox
The forthcoming season of 911: Lone Star will be its last at Fox. The series, a Texas-set spinoff of 911 (which now airs on ABC after moving from Fox last season), is set to begin its fifth season on Sept. 23. The show took the 2023-24 season off following last year’s labor strikes, and speculation […]
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Lawmakers Target Disney-Fox-Warner Sports Streaming Platform Over Antitrust Concerns
Lawmakers are ramping up scrutiny of streaming sports bundle Venu, with the aim of blocking the joint venture. In a letter, Sens. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas) called on the Justice Department and Federal Communications Commission to initiate a probe of Venu and stop Disney, Fox and Warner […]
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‘The O.C.’: Rachel Bilson, Creator Josh Schwartz Celebrate Anniversary With Surprise L.A. Concert
Rachel Bilson and a few close friends welcomed fans back to The O.C. Bilson, who starred on the Fox teen drama series The O.C. as Summer Roberts, was joined by show creator Josh Schwartz and executive producer Stephanie Savage on Wednesday in West Hollywood to celebrate the 21st birthday of the fondly remembered program that […]
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‘Krapopolis’ Gets Early Season 4 Renewal at Fox
Fox is getting an early start — very early, in fact — on the future of its animated series Krapopolis. The network has ordered a fourth season of the show from creator Dan Harmon, which is set in a mythical version of ancient Greece where humans, gods and monsters intermingle. The early renewal is nothing new for […]
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‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ Review: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman Rely on Smirks and Sentiment in Overstuffed Team-Up
Emma Corrin plays a powerful adversary and Matthew Macfadyen a shady tech agent in Shawn Levy's adrenaline-charged superhero threequel.
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Fox Will Use NFL to Launch New Series ‘Universal Basic Guys,’ ‘Rescue: Hi-Surf’
Fox will use its biggest possible launchpad — Sunday NFL games — to help introduce two of its three new series for the fall to viewers. The animated comedy Universal Basic Guys will premiere after an NFL doubleheader on Sept. 8 and air a new episode each week before settling into its regular place behind The Simpsons […]
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Fox Strikes TV Licensing, Distribution Pact With Foxtel in Australia
Fox Entertainment has unveiled a licensing and distribution deal with Australian pay TV and streaming group Foxtel, which is controlled by Rupert Murdoch. The international agreement will see the two partners co-develop original series for the Australian and U.S. markets. Fox Entertainment Global, the nascent international distribution arm of the U.S. network, will handle foreign sales […]
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Fox-Backed Streaming Platform Caffeine Abruptly Shuts Down
Another streaming platform bites the dust. Caffeine, a social streaming sports platform that had raised nearly $300 million from companies like Fox, Disney, Cox, Andreessen Horowitz and Greylock, abruptly shuttered on Wednesday. “We’re at the point where we are still not quite profitable, so we’ve made the decision to end the service as of June […]
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