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CBS and Fox Share 2022-23 Ratings Title as On-Air Viewing Continues to Slip
CBS is marking its 15th consecutive season as the most watched broadcast network, and Fox claimed the 2022-23 season among adults 18-49. Each of the seven top broadcasters, however, lost some on-air audience amid the ongoing shift from linear to streaming viewing. CBS finished the September-to-May season, which officially wrapped Wednesday night, with a primetime […]
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Jay Leno Pauses Production on ‘You Bet Your Life’ Amid Writers Strike
Jay Leno’s game show You Bet Your Life will pause production amid the WGA work stoppage in support of striking writers. The comedian, WGA member and host of the Fox comedy quiz series announced the decision on Monday morning. “As a member of the Writers Guild for almost 40 years, I truly understand and stand in […]
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Fox Loads Up on Unscripted Series for 2023-24
For the second straight year, Fox is not releasing a fall schedule at its upfront presentation. Whenever the network does announce its plans, it will include a healthy dose of unscripted programming. The broadcaster did release its slate of primetime series for the 2023-24 season Monday morning, and it features near parity between the number […]
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‘Next Level Chef’ Plates Two-Season Renewal at Fox
Fox is ordering up two more helpings of Next Level Chef. The network has renewed the cooking competition show from Gordon Ramsay for two more seasons, which will take Next Level Chef through season four. The renewal comes just ahead of the show’s season finale Thursday night. The pickup for Next Level Chef continues Fox’s […]
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‘Animal Control’ Renewed for Second Season on Fox
Fox will continue to go to the dogs, and cats, and other household and exotic animals. The network has renewed its comedy series Animal Control, about a group of municipal animal control officers who work better with the creatures they handle than other humans. The show, starring Joel McHale, is Fox’s first wholly owned live-action […]
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‘Fantasy Island’ Canceled After Two Seasons on Fox
Fox won’t be making any more trips to Fantasy Island. The network has canceled its drama series after two seasons and 23 episodes. The end for the series comes a day after its second-season finale aired. Created and run by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain, Fantasy Island is a sequel to and update of the […]
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‘Call Me Kat’ Canceled After Three Seasons on Fox
The cat cafe is closing its doors. Fox has canceled its comedy Call Me Kat, starring The Big Bang Theory alum Mayim Bialik, after three seasons. The news comes a day after the show’s season (now series) finale aired on the network. Call Me Kat stars Bialik as a woman who leaves her job as […]
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Jamie Foxx to Miss New Season of ‘Beat Shazam,’ Speaks Out Following Hospitalization
Nick Cannon is expected to fill in as a guest host for season six of the game show Beat Shazam following Jamie Foxx’s ongoing hospitalization. “This season, not wanting fans of the game show to miss a minute of the fun, Nick Cannon has offered to fill in as guest host for his friends, Jamie […]
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‘911’ Renewed for Season 7 — at ABC
ABC is responding to a 911 call. The Ryan Murphy-produced procedural is ending its run on Fox after six seasons and moving to ABC for its seventh season. Spinoff 911: Lone Star, meanwhile, has been renewed for its fifth season and will remain on Fox. Disney’s 20th Television owns both 911 and Lone Star. Fox’s […]
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John Wells-Produced Lifeguard Drama Nabs Fox Series Order
Fox is hitting the waves on the North Shore of O’ahu. The broadcast network has given a straight-to-series order to Rescue: Hi-Surf, a drama following a group of heavy-water lifeguards in Hawaii. The show, slated to be part of Fox’s 2023-24 lineup, comes from writer Matt Kester (Animal Kingdom) is executive produced by John Wells, […]
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Tucker Carlson Breaks Silence After Fox News Firing
Tucker Carlson has broken his silence since Monday’s surprise announcement that he was fired from Fox News. In a more-than-two-minute video posted to his Twitter, the former host of Tucker Carlson Tonight began by saying that stepping “outside the noise for a few days” has shown him “how many genuinely nice people there are in […]
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The Fox-Dominion Settlement Was a Disappointing Conclusion for Late Night: “That Does Nothing for Our Democracy”
In a last-minute move, Fox News and Dominion Voting Systems reached a $787 million settlement Tuesday as part of a high-profile defamation suit filed by the company that produces and sells electronic voting hardware and software against the media company. The settlement, one of the largest in history for a defamation suit, came just moments […]
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