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Fox Alternative Entertainment (FAE) is building up its international slate through its International Formats Fund. The in-house Fox unscripted studio has today unveiled a pair of series made through the fund. Beat My Mini-Mes (working title) is for TF1 in France and Marriage Market is for Germany’s…

Fox Entertainment has tapped Diana Ruiz as Executive Vice President, Experiences and Design. She will lead Fox’s global events team and work cross-functionally across entertainment, sports, news, streaming and ad sales. Her areas of focus will include the development and execution of marketing…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment and Bento Box are developing an animated comedy called HAVOC! from veteran television writer Michael Glouberman and CRE84U Entertainment, the production company co-founded by Nancy Cartwright (The Simpsons), Monica Gil-Rodriguez (Borrego) and Jaime Aymerich (producer of Julie a…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment has announced the names of the five Fellows for the 2023 Fox Writers Incubator (FWI), an initiative designed to nurture diverse and creative voices, as well as provide training to five writers of all genres, including comedy, drama and animation. Savannah Lobel, Annie C…

Fox has handed early two-season renewals to three of its animation mainstays — The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers — taking them through the 2024-25 broadcast cycle. The Simpsons will extend its standing as the longest-running primetime scripted series in television history with a renewal for…

Fox Entertainment has entered into a non-exclusive broadcast development deal with writer, producer and director McG (Supernatural, Lethal Weapon, We Are Marshall). McG and his production company, Wonderland Sound & Vision, will develop and produce drama series for Fox, which will own and sell the…

Fox’s reality supremo Rob Wade has been elevated to CEO of Fox Entertainment. Wade, previously President of Alternative Entertainment and Specials of Fox Entertainment, has landed the top job vacated by Charlie Collier, who exited last month to join streamer Roku. Wade will report to Lachlan Murdoch…

EXCLUSIVE: There is a change at the helm of Fox’s comedy department. Julia Franz is stepping down as SVP and Head of Comedy for Fox Entertainment after three years. She will be succeeded in the role by former 20th Television head of comedy development Cheryl Dolins, who will be based in Los Angeles, reporting to Fox…

Fox Entertainment is re-entering the international distribution business by launching a sales unit ahead of Mipcom Cannes next month. Based in LA at the Fox Studios lot, Fox Entertainment Global will unveil a debut slate including the international launches of animated shows such as Dan Harmon’s Krapopolis and the Jon…

Hot Take: The Depp/Heard Trial, a scripted original movie based on the controversial Johnny Depp-Amber Heard defamation case, is set to premiere on Tubi on September 30. Starring Mark Hapka (Parallels) as Depp and Megan Davis (Alone in the Dark) as Heard, the film is written by Guy Nicolucci (The Daily Show) and…

Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier will give a keynote speech at Mipcom in October, as the event prepares to welcome back several U.S. and UK studios following pandemic-triggered absences. The event, which has been quietly rebranded as Mipcom Cannes in recent weeks, runs from October 17-20 at the Palais des…

More than two years into its run at Fox Corp., Tubi is ramping up in original programming, planning 100 new film and TV titles over the next year as viewership continues to rise. The programming push was one of the central messages of the streaming service’s NewFronts presentation this evening in New York. Since being…