This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes a strong showing for 21CF at the Oscars, “The Masked Singer” ending its first season on a high note, “Alita: Battle Angel” soaring overseas, “Beverly Hills, 90210” returning to FOX and more.
- Oscars: Fox leads studio wins as Universal upsets Netflix (Los Angeles Times)
- Oscar scorecard: Wins by film & studio (Deadline)
- Disney-Fox deal passes in Brazil with divestment accord (Bloomberg)
- TV ratings: ‘Masked Singer’ finale hits series high (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘The Masked Singer’ boss on surprising winner and leaning into the crazy for Season 2 (The Hollywood Reporter)
- February 2019 ratings: FOX News averaged more viewers than any other basic cable network (TVNewser)
- ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ flies to $65M China debut, sets Fox & IMAX records (Deadline)
- ‘Last Man Standing’ keeps Friday ratings hold while CBS scores double win (Deadline)
- ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ revival set at FOX (Variety)
- ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ renewed for two more seasons at FOX (Variety)
- Kevin Hart-produced comedy series with rapper Lil Dicky heads to FX (TheWrap)
- Fox has parked Ford Vs. Ferrari movie in awards season; ‘Kingsman’ prequel and ‘Free Guy’ set for 2020 (Deadline)
- Genie Bouchard’s Super Bowl date bet tale in works at Fox 2000 (Deadline)
- Fox Searchlight lines up ‘Sleeping with the Enemy’ reboot, ‘One Man, Two Guvnors’ film & White House astrologer pic (Deadline)
- MyNetworkTV, 10 years after strategic pivot, is a quiet but steady engine for Fox (Deadline)
- National Geographic wants to tackle more documentaries after ‘Free Solo’s’ Oscar win (Adweek)
- ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ gets surprise permission for China release (The Hollywood Reporter)
- ‘Alien’ 40th anniversary 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray is coming in April (Nerdist)
- ‘Alien: Isolation’ trailer announces digital series debut on IGN (IGN)
Enjoy the weekend!
