This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes Academy Award nominations for 21CF, continued strong ratings for FOX’s “The Masked Singer,” a premiere date for FX’s “Fosse/Verdon” series, a look at FOX’s live version of “Rent,” the history of FOX Sports’ Cleatus and more.
- Academy Awards: ‘Roma,’ ‘The Favourite’ dominate Oscar nominations with 10 each (Variety)
- CBS and FOX cheer big turnout for NFL conference championships (Variety)
- Live+7 ratings for week of Dec. 31: ‘Masked Singer’ premiere grows by 40 percent (Variety)
- Primetime ratings: ‘Masked Singer’ stays sizzling on FOX (Broadcasting & Cable)
- Abernethy: Stations need to get with 3.0 (TVNewsCheck)
- FOX’s potent station group fine-tunes strategy for post-Disney deal era (Deadline)
- Basic cable ranker: Week of Jan. 14 (TVNewser)
- Box office: Inside ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s’ $800M champion world tour (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Sean Hannity reveals his plans for FOX News streaming service (Variety)
- Meredith Vieira back in syndication game with ’25 Words or Less’ (Variety)
- FX announces ‘Fosse/Verdon’ series premiere date (EW.com)
- ‘L.A. to Vegas,’ ‘Grace and Frankie’ veterans land comedy pilots at FOX (The Hollywood Reporter)
- Nat Geo Documentary Films nabs Ron Howard look at California wildfires (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘Roma’ and ‘The Favourite’ lead London Critics’ Circle winners (Variety)
- Gaming creators are warming up to Fox-backed Twitch competitor Caffeine (Digiday)
- National Geographic to screen documentary on Indian Air Force this Republic Day (Scroll)
- The rise of sports streaming in India, and how live cricket separates Hotstar from the rest (YourStory)
- ‘Rent’ cast opens up about pressure to deliver for FOX’s live musical (The Hollywood Reporter)
- How FOX’s live version of ‘Rent’ honors and ‘enhances’ Jonathan Larson’s vision (Variety)
- Inside the production design of FOX’s live version of ‘Rent’ (Variety)
- The secret history of Cleatus, FOX Sports’ bizarre football robot (Fast Company)
Enjoy the weekend!
