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Fox has given a formal series order to an animated comedy from Emmy-winning creator Dan Harmon (Rick & Morty, Community) and Fox-owned animation studio Bento Box Entertainment, to premiere in 2022. Set in mythical ancient Greece, the series, which is currently casting, centers on a flawed family of humans, gods and…

Fox-owned streaming service Tubi said total viewing hit 2.5 billion hours in 2020, up 58% from 2019. Half of all viewers of the free, ad-supported platform were younger than 35 years old, the company added in its year-end audience report. Black, Hispanic and Asian audiences made up 39% of Tubi’s total base of 33…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development Daylight, a one-hour thriller drama based on Marion Pauw’s bestselling Dutch novel Daglicht, from writer Denise Hahn (Untitled Jason Katims Project) and Blue Ant Studios. Pauw will serve as an executive producer on the project. Written by Hahn, Daylight is a family drama and…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has acquired CTV’s Holmes Family Effect, an unscripted series starring home renovation contractor and TV personality Mike Holmes, from Bell Media for a midseason 2020-21 premiere. The four-part series, which has completed production, is slated to premiere in Canada on CTV in early 2021. American…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is continuing to double down on animation – adding hybrid animated-single-cam project Demi-God from Bella and the Bulldogs writer Katie Greenway to its development slate. The network has handed the project, from writer and exec producer Greenway, a script commitment and is developing the project…

John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, who directed the pilot episode of NBC's This Is Us, have inked a broadcast first-look deal with Fox Entertainment. The pair, who run Zaftig Films with production partner Charlie Gogolak, previously had an overall deal with 20th Century Fox Television. This comes as John Slattery A.I…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has given a script commitment with penalty to a one-hour drama based on Joshilyn Jackson’s bestselling suspense novel Never Have I Ever, from Nurse Jackie co-creator Liz Brixius, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Davisson’s Appian Way and Universal TV. The project is a co-production between Universal TV…

Comedian Denis Leary has signed a development deal with Fox Entertainment. This comes two weeks after The Moodys, which he stars in alongside Elizabeth Perkins, was picked up for a second season by Fox. Leary, who also previously starred in FX drama Rescue Me, will develop and produce comedy, drama and animation via…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox has put in development Free Will, a one-hour family drama from writer Kirk A. Moore (American Crime, 13 Reasons Why) and Will Packer Media. Quinton Peeples (11.22.63, Runaways) is aboard as showrunner. Fox Entertainment is the studio. Written by Moore, Free Will is a provocative family drama that…

EXCLUSIVE: Fox Entertainment is taking the next big step in its animation expansion with its first fully owned series. It will come from Emmy-winning Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon, who has signed a broadcast network-only exclusive direct animation deal with Fox Entertainment. Under the pact, Fox Entertainment’s…

Episodes of unscripted juggernaut The Masked Singer will stream on Tubi, Fox Corp.’s free, ad-supported service, the companies have announced. Tubi, whose acquisition by Fox closed Monday, will add the first two seasons of the competition series to its platform starting Thursday night. As to current-season episodes…

Guggenheim analyst Michael Morris on Thursday slapped a buy rating on shares of Fox Corp. — a rare upgrade in a period of dislocation and dire predictions by Wall Street across media and entertainment. Morris upped his recommendation from “neutral” – basically a hold – calling Fox the best positioned among its…