This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes the Oscars, “Atlanta Robbin’ Season” with a strong return, Fox Networks Group’s ambitions to reduce TV ad time and more.
- Oscars: ‘Shape of Water’ is top-grossing Best Picture winner in five years (The Hollywood Reporter)
- FX’s ‘Atlanta Robbin’ Season’ bow earns strong ratings (Deadline)
- Fox wants to reduce ad time to two minutes per hour by 2020 (The Wall Street Journal)
- ‘9-1-1’ goes global after Twentieth Century Fox Television distribution sells into 100 territories including Sky in UK (Deadline)
- ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ gets return date by FOX, will replace ‘Ghosted’ on Sunday (Deadline)
- Fox News Channel dominates primetime cable ratings for 7th straight week (Multichannel News)
- ‘9-1-1’ showrunner Tim Minear signs 20th Century Fox TV deal (Variety)
- Fox lands ‘Epoch Index;’ Brad Peyton directs, Matt Reeves producing, Justin Rhodes scripting (Deadline)
- FOX to develop drama ‘Paradise Cove’ from Gail Berman’s Jackal Group (Variety)
- FoxNext opens new narrative-focused games studio in San Francisco (PocketGamer.biz)
Enjoy the weekend!
