FOX UNVEILS 2017 “FOX WRITERS LAB” PARTICIPANTS

Fox Inclusion today announced the participants in its sixth annual Fox Writers Lab (formerly known as the Fox Writers Intensive), the company’s writers’ platform is designed to nurture experienced writers who have diverse voices, backgrounds and life experiences, as well as create a strong pipeline of well-rounded talent for potential staffing on Fox television, feature film and digital entertainment productions.

The participants will spend 14 weeks honing their crafts and establishing deeper connections with a wide range of Fox staff writer…

FOX ORDERS A SECOND SEASON OF “STAR”

An All-New Episode Airs Tonight on FOX

FOX has renewed the drama series STAR for a second season, it was announced today by David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“Lee Daniels is a true visionary and he and Tom Donaghy have delivered a series with a unique and meaningful point of view,” said Madden. “Our incredible cast, led by Queen Latifah and Benjamin Bratt, instantly infused their characters with tremendous depth and passion, and the show has proved to be both powerful and really entertaining. We are thrilled…

TOMMY GARGOTTA NAMED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT, CREATIVE MARKETING, FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has appointed Tommy Gargotta Executive Vice President of Creative Marketing, it was announced today by Angela Courtin, Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Fox Broadcasting Company.  Reporting to Courtin, Gargotta will oversee FOX’s on-air promotions and design departments, spanning the network’s print, outdoor, broadcast and digital design strategy and innovation.  He will start on March 6th.

“Tommy is one of the most creative marketers in the business," said Courtin.  “His extensive experie…

“LETHAL WEAPON” RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON ON FOX

An All-New Episode Airs Tonight on FOX

FOX has ordered a second season of the hit action drama LETHAL WEAPON, it was announced today by David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“LETHAL WEAPON continues to fire on all cylinders,” said Madden. “Every week, it delivers a big, fun rollercoaster ride, but also remains touchingly human and genuinely emotional, and that’s due to the chemistry that’s developed not only between Damon Wayans and Clayne Crawford, but the entire cast. We want to thank our producing pa…

DEMI MOORE TO JOIN “EMPIRE” IN A RECURRING ROLE

EMPIRE Returns Wednesday, March 22, on FOX

Film icon and celebrated actress Demi Moore will guest-star in a multiple-episode arc on broadcast’s No. 1 drama, EMPIRE, beginning this spring on FOX. Moore will make her debut in the Season Three finale, playing a take-charge nurse with a mysterious past, who will become ever more treacherously entangled with the Lyon family in Season Four.

Moore joins previously announced actors and musicians who will appear on EMPIRE this spring, including Eva Longoria, Taye Diggs, Phylicia Rashad, Nia Long and…

“THE MICK” RENEWED FOR A SECOND SEASON ON FOX

An All-New Episode Airs Tonight on FOX

Hit comedy THE MICK, starring Kaitlin Olson, has been renewed for a second season, it was announced today by David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

“From the earliest stages of development, all of us at FOX had enormous faith in THE MICK, and it hasn’t disappointed,” said Madden. “Kaitlin is a fearless comedic force, and the rest of the cast has just proven to be phenomenal. John and Dave Chernin have a very clear vision of what this show is, and they execute on that visi…

CHEF AARÓN SÁNCHEZ TO JOIN JUDGES’ PANEL OF “MASTERCHEF” SEASON EIGHT, PREMIERING SUMMER 2017 ON FOX

Celebrated chef and restaurateur Aarón Sánchez will join Chefs Gordon Ramsay and Christina Tosi as the third judge throughout Season Eight of the hit culinary competition series MASTERCHEF, premiering Summer 2017.

 

 

 

A James Beard Award-winning chef, Sánchez is chef/owner of Mexican restaurant Johnny Sánchez, with locations in New Orleans and Baltimore. He co-starred on "Chopped" and "Chopped Junior," and is the author of two cookbooks – "Simple Food, Big Flavor: Unforgettable Mexican-Inspired Recipes from My Kitchen to Yours" and "La Comid…

“LUCIFER” RENEWED FOR THIRD SEASON ON FOX

Series Returns for its Spring Premiere Monday, May 1, on FOX

FOX has ordered a third season of LUCIFER, the devilishly fun series about the original fallen angel who moves to Los Angeles and teams up with the LAPD to take down criminals. Twenty-two episodes have been ordered.

 

“LUCIFER is one of those rare shows that starts strong out of the gate, and just keeps getting better and better,” said David Madden, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company. “Tom, Lauren and the entire cast have really made these characters three-di…

ROB WADE JOINS FOX BROADCASTING COMPANY AS PRESIDENT, ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT AND SPECIALS

Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) has named producer and executive Rob Wade, President, Alternative Entertainment and Specials, it was announced today by Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group. Reporting to Newman and Walden, Wade will oversee the network’s unscripted programming, specials and alternative development slate. He will join the network in March.

“Unscripted programming is one of the true hallmarks of broadcast television. No other platform captures the immediacy and excitement of a big, broad, breakout…