ABC started the countdown to the finale of its signature comedy series Modern Family at today’s upfront. The entire cast of the Emmy-winning series and co-creator/executive producer Steve Levitan took the ABC upfront stage at Lincoln Center’s Geffen Hall one last time as the series heads into its 11th and final…

Fox Television Group Chairman/CEO Gary Newman is not expecting any Fox Broadcast talent or creators to bail in protest over Fox News Channel. The scrum question was a natural given last month’s outrage over some of the more “fringe sh*t” coming out of Fox News Channel stars these days, as Seth MacFarlane described it…

Every hot streak is bound to come to an end. For the first time since its 2009 launch, ABC’s Modern Family failed to land a comedy series or acting nomination for its its most recent ninth season. Modern Family garnered eight consecutive best comedy series noms for its first eight seasons, winning five years in a row…

It’s been an extraordinary confluence of events. Seth MacFarlane’s Saturday tweet slamming Fox News for their “fringe” appeals to viewers to not believe any other news organizations was quickly magnified by the conservative-leaning news channel’s coverage of the immigrant child separation crisis. As Fox News hosts and…

Paul Feig, whose movies at 20th Century Fox include the Melissa McCarthy comedies Spy and The Heat, has condemned the movie studio’s sibling Fox News Channel for its coverage of the Donald Trump administration’s immigration policies. The writer-director-producer joins the likes of fellow producer-director Judd Apatow…

UPDATED with Levitan’s statement: After Steve Levitan tweeted last night that he was "disgusted" to work for Fox following a controversial statement by a Fox News star, Laura Ingraham, the Modern Family co-creator/co-showrunner this morning said on Twitter that he will be cutting ties with the company. Levitan, who…

Days after Family Guy and The Orville creator Seth MacFarlane tweeted that was “embarrassed to work for” Fox over comments by Fox News’ Tucker Carlson, another top 20th Century Fox TV showrunner, Modern Family co-creator Steve Levitan, is joining him, tweeting that he is “disgusted” to work for Fox following a controve…

Nearing 40 years since Airplane! hit the big screen, the airline industry hasn’t run out of gas for laughs with Fox’s LA to Vegas.  “This is my reinvention,” Golden Globe winner and Emmy nominee Dylan McDermott said about making the jump from dark dramas like American Horror Story to the new comedy series executive…

After lengthy negotiations, ABC in May renewed Modern Family for two more seasons, taking the Emmy-winning comedy’s run to ten seasons. That will likely be the show’s final chapter, according to co-creator/executive producer Steve Levitan. While a 10-year run was not something he and fellow co-creator Christopher…

No official announcement has been made and contract negotiations are still reportedly in play, but according to EP and co-creator Steve Levitan, it looks like Modern Family will live to see its ninth season. "In about a month or so, the writers will re-gather and we will sit down and we will start the season with a…

After largely flying under the radar early on, LA -> Vegas, from writer Lon Zimmet (NBC's Superstore) and Gary Sanchez Prods., is starting to emerge as one of Fox’s hottest comedy pilots this season. It was one of a slew of pilots to court the highly sought-after Damon Wayans Jr. this year and the one he is seriously…

If Fox Network Group chairmen Dana Walden and Gary Newman sounded funnier than your general variety upfront presentation banter this year, it may be because they had some professional help. I hear Modern Family co-creator/executive producer Steve Levitan was flown in to New York and helped punch up the duo’s lines…