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TCA 2018: Chris Rock Is on Board for Season Four of ‘Fargo’

Season four of FX hit drama Fargo will feature Chris Rock. The new season depicts a pair of what FX is calling “great American migrations”—southern Europeans to the U.S., and African-Americans leaving the south. Says FX, “In Kansas City, Missouri, two criminal syndicates have struck an uneasy ...

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TCA 2018: FX Orders ‘Shogun’ Limited Series

FX has ordered Shogun, which it calls the network's largest international scale production to date. There are ten episodes, based on the novel by James Clavell. John Landgraf, CEO of FX Networks and FX Productions, announced the project at TCA press tour in Beverly Hills. Andrew Macdonald and ...

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TCA 2018: FX+ Now Available to All Subscribers

FX+, the commercial-free on-demand hub for new seasons of FX original series, plus nearly every original series in the network’s history, is now available to all FX subscribers for $5.99 per month. Subscribers can upgrade to FX+ via FXNetworks.com and view via web, iOS and Android mobile devices ...

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TCA 2018: Scripted Shows Up 5% This Year, Says Landgraf

Beverly Hills, Calif. — John Landgraf, FX Networks CEO, offered his unofficial state of the industry update at FX’s TCA summer press tour session Friday in Beverly Hills. Landgraf said there are 319 scripted shows so far this year, a 5% gain from this point last year. Basic cable is down 11%, ...

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TCA 2018: FX Orders Alex Garland Limited Series ‘Devs’

FX has ordered the limited series Devs from writer/director Alex Garland. Eight-episode Devs will premiere on FX in 2019. FX Productions is producing. The cast includes Sonoya Mizuno, Nick Offerman, Jin Ha, Zach Grenier, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Cailee Spaeny and Alison Pill. Garland will ...

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Stingray Digital Makes $120M Offer for Music Choice

Canadian digital and music video company Stingray Digital Group said it has made an unsolicited offer to purchase pay TV stalwart Music Choice for $120 million. Stingray and Music Choice have a long history. In 2015, Music Choice sued Stingray for patent infringement after AT&T U-verse dropped ...

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Ergen: Univision Blackout Is ‘Probably Permanent’

Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen isn’t kidding around when it comes to the high cost of programming, telling analysts Friday that its dispute with Spanish-language broadcaster is “probably permanent.” Univision channels went dark to Dish customers on June 30, when the two failed to reach a ...

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Showtime Political Show ‘The Circus’ Back Sept. 16

Political documentary series The Circus returns to Showtime Sunday, Sept. 16. Hosted by John Heilemann, Mark McKinnon and Alex Wagner, there are nine new episodes as the show covers the midterm elections. The first part of The Circus’ third season launched in the spring and averaged 1.3 million ...

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ICE Juvenile Detention Centers Depicted In ShortsTV’s Gripping Short, Icebox, Starring Coco’s Breakout Star Anthony Gonzales

Los Angeles, CA - August 4, 2018 --- As controversy swirls around the reunification of immigrant children separated from their families at the Mexican border, ShortsTV™, the world’s only Short Film Channel (www.shorts.tv) and official distributor of the OSCAR® Nominated Short Films is releasing the ...

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