Fox executives have been waiting a long time to invite their audience to step in Krapopolis, and are betting they’ll want to keep doing it for a long time. I’m just not sure they’re right. In mid-2020, Fox signed a deal with Community boss Dan Harmon to develop a new …
Read More »Welcome to 'The O.C.' Book, Bitch
On August 5, 2003, the Fox network premiered The O.C., a teen drama set against the lush backdrop of Newport Beach, California, about the chaos that ensues when wealthy lawyer Sandy Cohen (Peter Gallagher) takes Ryan Atwood (Ben McKenzie), a kid from the wrong side of the tracks, to live …
Read More »How the Actors' Strike Will Turn Hollywood Upside Down
After the Screen Actors Guild – American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) spent four weeks negotiating with the Alliance of Motion Pictures and Television Producers (AMPTP), which represents Hollywood’s studios and streamers, the two sides failed to agree on a new contract and SAG-AFTRA has now joined the …
Read More »Tucker Carlson Says He 'Knows Nothing' About Producer Suing Him. Text Messages Prove Otherwise
Tucker Carlson last week denied any knowledge of the producer suing him over allegations of a toxic and misogynist workplace, but text messages obtained by Rolling Stone demonstrate the two corresponded frequently while she worked on his show. “I know nothing about her. I never met her,” Carlson told NPR …
Read More »Why Are Firefighter Shows All the Rage on TV Right Now?
Fox’s latest hit drama, 9-1-1 Lone Star, stars Rob Lowe and Gina Torres. Lowe plays a veteran New York firefighter named Owen Strand, who is in the midst of cascading personal tragedies (a death in the family, a recent lung cancer diagnosis) and has decamped to Austin, Texas, to rebuild …
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