This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes the launch of Fox Nation, big ratings for the Michigan vs. Ohio State game, “The Favourite” with a big bow, FX Networks winning a diversity award and more.
- FOX News goes over the top with streaming ‘Fox Nation’ (Variety)
- Michigan vs. Ohio State game earns FOX’s highest regular-season rating (The Detroit News)
- ‘The Favourite’ reigns over indie box office with best screen average in almost two years (Variety)
- Directors Guild honors FX Networks with Diversity Award (Variety)
- FOX News Channel dominates November cable TV (Deadline)
- Primetime ratings: ‘Empire’ brings FOX to victory (Broadcasting & Cable)
- TV ratings: ‘911’ fall finale, ‘The Voice’ improve Monday (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Meredith Vieira-hosted syndicated game show picked up for fall launch (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘Paddington’ duo Paul King & David Heyman team up on ‘magical love story’ ‘Time’s Fool’ for Fox Searchlight (Deadline)
- FOX buys ‘Sunny D’ based on UK comedy from Saladin Patterson, Keenen Ivory Wayans, The Tannenbaum Co. & Lionsgate (Deadline)
- Nat Geo explores ‘The Bible From Space’; All3Media’s caravan to produce Albert Lin-fronted documentary two-parter (Deadline)
- FOX, Chernin Entertainment tap Jonny Sun to pen ‘Paper Lanterns’ hybrid film (Deadline)
- FOX UK acquires ‘The Passage’ starring Mark-Paul Gosselaar, sets January premiere (TVWise)
- Sportradar signs data and analytics supply deal with FOX Sports (Gaming Intelligence)
- Emmys: FOX sets 2019 show for traditional Sunday before premiere week (Deadline)
- ‘Pose’ stars on why the FX show ‘feels like a form of activism’ (The Hollywood Reporter)
- WTVT captures local character on social (TVNewsCheck)
- Black Friday fuels return of ‘Deadpool 2’ to No. 1 on disc sales charts (Media Play News)
- Screen Awards 2018 winners include Fox, Curzon and Disney (Screen Daily)
- FOX Sports expands rights deal with New York Racing Association (Variety)
Enjoy the weekend!
