Three television projects from 21st Century Fox businesses took home top honors at the 29th Annual GLAAD Media Awards in New York City on May 5, including Twentieth Century Fox Television’s “This Is Us,” FOX’s “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” and National Geographic’s “Gender Revolution: A Journey with Katie Couric.” The awards recognize media and entertainment for fair, accurate, and inclusive representations of the […]
Category Archives: TV
21CF news recap for the week ending May 4, 2018
‘Empire’ Season 5, ‘It’s Always Sunny’ team’s FOX comedy, ‘Spamalot’ movie This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes “Empire” getting a fifth season on FOX, a series order for “What We Do in the Shadows” on FX Networks, an extra episode for “Legion” Season 2, streaming service Hotstar’s continued […]
FOX Sports premieres its World Cup documentary miniseries ‘PHENOMS’ at Tribeca Film Festival
The five-part series begins with back-to-back episodes on Friday, May 25, at 8 p.m. ET/PT on FOX FOX Sports screened the world premiere for its soccer documentary mini-series “PHENOMS” at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival last week. The screening was followed by a special panel discussion hosted by FOX Sports host Rachel Bonnetta and featuring […]
Fox Archives: Gossip columnists and film studios
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, gossip columnists rose to prominence reporting on the lives and careers of Hollywood’s celebrities. During this period, film studios carefully crafted the public images of the actors they had under contract, and they would often collaborate with gossip columnists to write columns to support these images. Frequently, studio publicity […]
21CF news recap for the week ending April 27, 2018
FOX’s World Cup team, ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ movie, ‘Deadpool 2’ tracking for big debut This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes a look at FOX’s World Cup broadcast team, FOX Sports’ NFL aspirations, a “Choose Your Own Adventure” interactive movie from 20th Century Fox Film, “Deadpool 2” on […]
21CF news recap for the week ending April 20, 2018
Nat Geo’s upfront, ‘Scully Effect,’ FOX Sports launching TNF pregame show This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes National Geographic’s Further Front event, Sky and Nat Geo fighting to eradicate plastic litter in oceans, FOX Sports launching a Thursday Night Football pregame show, FoxNext’s ‘Alien’ location-based VR experience and […]
21CF news recap for the week ending April 13, 2018
Fox Searchlight’s TV division, “Legion” gets a Peabody nomination, big IPL viewership for Star This week’s recap of news about 21st Century Fox and its businesses includes Fox Searchlight’s television division, a Peabody Award nomination for FX’s “Legion,” Star getting big viewership numbers for the inaugural match of the 11th Indian Premier League season and […]
21CF Chats: Jennifer Pransky on features for the 2018 World Cup
Senior Coordinating Producer for FOX Sports talks about what it takes to connect with viewers It’s safe to say that not many viewers who will tune in to watch the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, which begins June 14 on FOX, will care about every one of the 32 teams in the tournament. But […]
Star India and BCCI launch ‘Best vs. Best’ anthem and campaign for VIVO IPL 2018 cricket tournament
With the VIVO Indian Premier League (IPL) 2018 cricket tournament less than a month away, Star India has collaborated with BCCI (Board of Control for Cricket in India) for the first time to debut the “Best vs. Best” anthem and marketing campaign. The 11th edition of VIVO IPL begins Saturday, April 7, 2018. “The very […]
21CF Chats: Robert Gottlieb, EVP of Marketing for FOX Sports, on the final 100 days to the 2018 World Cup
There are only 100 days to go until the start of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, and that means FOX Sports’ marketing efforts are about to ramp up in a meaningful way. There have been a couple times when the network dropped some strategic messaging during the NFC Championship game and a year […]
