Rupert Murdoch may be a master of the universe, but that doesn’t mean he always makes the right call. Spending $5.4 billion to buy the Wall Street Journal just months before the newspaper business all but collapsed? Doesn’t seem such a genius move these days. The purchase was supposed to help turn Fox...
In an unexpected development, Fox Broadcasting Chairman Peter Liguori is leaving the network, stepping down as part of a restructuring that will give Tony Vinciquerra full control of News Corp.’s TV networks business. Replacing Mr. Liguori will be Peter Rice, who had been president of Fox Searchlight...
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Fox is giving its one-hour musical comedy “Glee” a post-”American Idol” premiere, but it will hold back the show’s regular airings until the fall. In what the network is calling a broadcast first, the Ryan Murphy-created series will air its initial episode on Tuesday, May 19, at 9 p.m., immediately following...
Fox Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori said he and other executives at Fox are breathing "a sigh of relief" in the wake of solid premiere ratings for the new season of "American Idol." "When you look at the broadcast environment (this season), where so many of the top shows...
Tis the season for year-end columns—and all the cliches that come with them. Including, apparently, lead sentences that begin with “‘tis the season.” Lists, of course, are always a staple of columns this time of year. Coming up with New Year’s resolutions for public figures also is popular with scribes...
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Production has halted on the Joss Whedon drama “Dollhouse” amid indications that some executives inside Fox are deeply concerned about the creative direction of the series. The last day of filming on “Dollhouse” was last Thursday, a spokesman for the show’s studio, 20th Century Fox TV confirmed today...