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Fantasy Island and Lego Masters are moving from Fox's summer schedule to in-season. The low-cost drama and the Will Arnett-hosted unscripted series were previously set to launch on May 31. However, this morning with the reveal of Fox's latest slate, the two shows are being pushed to later in the season. “There's some…

Fox has adjusted its primetime schedule for next week to accommodate the postponement of two NFL games over positive Covid tests. The Seattle Seahawks-Los Angeles Rams and Washington Football Team-Philadelphia Eagles face-offs, originally slated for Sunday, Dec. 19, have been moved to Tuesday, Dec. 21. Starting at 7…

We’ll be seeing more of Javier in Fantasy Island. John Gabriel Rodriquez, who recurred as the character in Season 1, has been promoted to series regular for the upcoming second season of Fox's contemporary version of the classic drama series. Starring Roselyn Sanchez and Kiara Barnes, Fantasy Island takes place at a…

Fox has picked up a second season of its popular summer drama series Fantasy Island. The renewal announced today follows strong ratings for the contemporary version of the classic 1977-84 series, from writer-producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain. This past summer, the reboot starring Roselyn Sanchez and Kiara Barnes…

Fox is hot on Fantasy Island. The network is considering a second season of the summer drama series, which is a reboot of the 1977 original. Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline that as its "first real, recent attempt at a cost effective" drama series, the network and producers Sony Pictures…

The America’s Got Talent quarterfinals on Tuesday gave NBC the top primetime top with the most-watched and highest-rated program of the night. The two-hour episode earned an average 0.8 rating in the 18-49 demographic and 6.55 million viewers, per Nielsen Live+Same Day fast affiliates. AGT was steady ratingswise from l…

This week marks the 48th anniversary of the fabled “Back to School Jam” hosted by DJ Kool Herc at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx, a gathering that is now celebrated as the birth of hip hop. With that belated Happy Birthday on decks and a touch of #throwbackthursday, there are some serious series dropping on the…

NBC, which steadily won primetime over the course of its 2020 Tokyo Olympics coverage, returned to top Tuesday viewership and ratings with America’s Got Talent. The competition show’s two-hour quarterfinals aired to 6.86 million viewers and earned a 0.9 rating int he 18-49 demo, per fast affiliates. America’s Got Talen…

Fantasy Island is back and just as magical as before in a fresh teaser for the upcoming Fox reboot. The teaser, which Fox unveiled on Monday, gives fans of the original and new viewers a glimpse at what Fantasy Island has to offer: beautiful scenery, crystal-clear waters and life-changing magical powers. Fantasy Island…

Roselyn Sanchez (Devious Maids, Grand Hotel) has been tapped as the lead in Fantasy Island, Fox's contemporary version of the classic drama series that has a straight-to-series order to debut Aug. 10. Sanchez will play Elena Roarke, a descendant of the original series’ enigmatic Mr. Roarke, in the project, from…

The Bold and the Beautiful star Kiara Barnes has been cast as a series regular and John Gabriel Rodriquez (If Loving You Is Wrong) as heavily recurring in Fantasy Island, Fox’s contemporary version of the classic drama series that has a straight-to-series order to air this summer. The project hails from…

Fox is heading to Fantasy Island for the summer. The network has given a straight-to-series order to a contemporary version of the classic drama series. The project, from writer-producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain (The 100), Sony Pictures TV and Gemstone Studios, will air next summer. This marks the first green light…