This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes “The Masked Singer” continuing to attract big audiences, FOX News notching another milestone, “Family Guy” celebrating 20 years and more.
- Primetime ratings: FOX wins with booming ‘Masked Singer’ (Broadcasting & Cable)
- ‘The Masked Singer’ renewed for Season 2 by FOX (Deadline)
- January 2019 ratings: FOX News marks 17 straight years as most-watched cable news network (TVNewser)
- SAG Awards: ‘Black Panther’ nabs top film prize; Rami Malek, Glenn Close among winners (The Hollywood Reporter)
- State of the Union address prompts premiere date moves for FOX’s ‘Mental Samurai’ & ‘MasterChef Junior’ (Deadline)
- China box office: ‘Deadpool’ makes splash in quiet pre-holiday weekend (Variety)
- ‘Family Guy’ turns 20 today (sorta) & FOX celebrates with three clips reels (Deadline)
- FOX orders criminal psychologist drama pilot ‘Prodigal Son’ from ‘Deception’ team (Variety)
- FOX orders ‘Patty’s Auto’ comedy pilot from Darlene Hunt & Elizabeth Banks (Deadline)
- ‘Empire’ continues production following assault on Jussie Smollett (Variety)
- Sundance: Fox Searchlight nabs short film ‘Lavender’ (Variety)
- Gabriel Byrne, Elizabeth McGovern join Fox’s ‘War of the Worlds’ series (Variety)
- GLAAD Media Awards nominations: ‘Love, Simon,’ ‘Crazy Rich Asians,’ and ‘Pose’ recognized for LGBTQ inclusion (Deadline)
- ‘Greatest Showman’ matches ‘Sgt. Pepper’ on British charts (Forbes)
- FOX Sports hires former ESPN racing journalist Bob Pockrass (Awful Announcing)
- ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ will have free, early screenings at select theaters (CBR.com)
- Alita’s eye in ‘Battle Angel’ has over 100x more detail than all of Gollum (Inverse)
- FOX News Radio to launch new podcast with Bret Baier (Radio Online)
- Former congressman Trey Gowdy joins FOX News as ranks of cable-news contributors swell (Variety)
- MLB may make play to buy local FOX sports networks (New York Post)
- Oscar-nominated ‘The Favourite’ on digital Feb. 12, disc March 5 (Media Play News)
- Fox releasing ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ on home video in February (Media Play News)
- 30 most impactful TV Newsers of the past 15 years: Suzanne Scott (TVNewser)
- Rs 2,000-Cr ad spends set aside for IPL (The Economic Times)
- Fox Home Entertainment is putting Snapchatters on stage with Queen during Super Bowl LIII (Adweek)
Enjoy the weekend!
