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[01/14/14 - 10:55 AM] FX at TCA: "Justified" to End After Six Seasons; "Fargo" Gets Premiere Date By Brian Ford Sullivan (TFC) |
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LOS ANGELES (thefutoncritic.com) -- "It was really Graham's [Yost] and Tim Olyphant's decision," John Landgraf, President & General Manager, FX Networks, told reporters about the choice to end "Justified" after six seasons during his executive session at the TCA Winter Press Tour. "I would like to have more 'Justified.' It's one of my favorite shows. I just really love it personally. I have a long standing adoration of all things Elmore Leonard. And we talked about it a year ago.
And they felt that the arc of the show and what they had to say would be best served by six years, six seasons instead of seven. So regretfully I accepted their decision. We've tried to as much as we could not to make business drive creative, therefore not to extend shows beyond their lifespan or cut them short before they ought to be. I can't tell you that we've never extended a show longer than it probably should have been or cut it a little shorter than it should've been but we really try hard not to do that. So regretfully that's their decision."
Beyond "Justified," Landgraf affirmed its plans for its limited series "Fargo," which premieres on Tuesday, April 15 at 10:00/9:00c. "'Fargo' is a closed ended story with a beginning, middle and end," he said. "And if there were subsequent seasons of 'Fargo,' they would be sort of like 'American Horror Story' or perhaps 'True Detective' in that they would be entirely different self-contained stories with different casts and different characters. I haven't even heard a prospective story for a subsequent season of 'Fargo.'"
Speaking of "American Horror Story," Landgraf said he didn't have any info about the franchise's fourth installment. "I think it will probably be a period piece again. I don't think it will be contemporary. I know that most of the current cast will be returning in some form although they don't know what characters they're playing and also I'm waiting for Ryan to tell me."
The executive prefaced said statements with, "Ryan [Murphy] has virtual carte blanche at this point to do whatever he wants to do. That really is his baby. While I and other people at the company still read every script and still watch every rough cut and still give the occasional note, I have to say we don't really have very much input."
And finally, the company revealed FXX will launch "Ali G: Rezurection" - featuring new wraparounds with Sacha Baron Cohen directed by "The League's" Jeff Schaffer - on Wednesday, February 26 alongside the new season of "Legit." Exact times (i.e. which will air at 10:00/9:00c and 10:30/9:30c) are still being determined.
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[02/11/25 - 01:15 PM] FOX "Super Week" Kicks Off, Breaking Records with "The Floor" as Season's #1 Entertainment Series Telecast and New Survival Competition "Extracted" Off to a Wild Start For six consecutive seasons, FOX has delivered the highest-rated unscripted entertainment series telecast.
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[02/11/25 - 12:28 PM] HBO Announces the End of Filming for the Second Season of "City of God: The Fight Rages On" The second season, consisting of six episodes, was filmed in several locations in São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro.
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[02/11/25 - 12:00 PM] Netflix Top 10 Week of Feb. 3: "Kinda Pregnant" Delivers, "The Night Agent" Holds Strong in Top 10 Fans also basked in the Southern charm of Season 4 of "Sweet Magnolias," which debuted at No. 4 in English TV (4 million views), and flocked to the Australian limited series "Apple Cider Vinegar" (No. 5 in English TV, 3.8 million views).
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[02/11/25 - 11:38 AM] FOX Sports' Presentation of Super Bowl LIX Delivers Most-Watched Super Bowl of All-Time with 127.7 Million Viewers Across All Platforms Philadelphia's big win in the bayou peaked at 137.7 million viewers in the second quarter (8:00 PM - 8:15 PM ET), per Nielsen Media Research.
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[02/11/25 - 11:24 AM] TNT Sports to Showcase NBA All-Star 2025 Across TNT, TBS, truTV, Bleacher Report & Max, Feb. 14-16, from San Francisco Bay Area The 2025 NBA All-Star Game - TNT's 23rd consecutive year airing the event - will feature a new mini-tournament format, with the 24 NBA All-Star selections divided evenly into three teams and the fourth team composed of the Castrol Rising Stars champions.
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[02/11/25 - 11:08 AM] Karl Ravech, David Cone, Eduardo Perez and Buster Olney Return for Fourth Season as ESPN "Sunday Night Baseball" Broadcast Team The 36th season of "Sunday Night Baseball" begins on March 30, when the San Diego Padres host the Atlanta Braves at 7 p.m. ET.
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[02/11/25 - 11:04 AM] Paramount+ to Exclusively Premiere "Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party" on Tuesday, March 11 The news marks the first time the fully restored version of the classic '80s documentary from legendary and Academy Award-winning director Cameron Crowe will be widely available to a global audience.
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[02/11/25 - 11:01 AM] "The Day of the Jackal" Becomes Peacock's Most-Watched New Original Drama Series Viewership of the series in its first 75 days has surpassed that of any other original drama series in the same timeframe.
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[02/11/25 - 10:00 AM] Video: Starz Releases Gripping Trailer for Season Four of Its Hit Series "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" Season three of "Power Book III: Raising Kanan" averaged over 9M viewers per episode, hitting a high compared to the prior season.
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[02/11/25 - 10:00 AM] "Beyond the Gates: Welcome to the Neighborhood," An "Entertainment Tonight" Five-Part Behind-the-Scenes Special, to Air Monday, Feb. 17 Through Friday, Feb. 21 on CBS The five-part news special, hosted by Kevin Frazier and comedian and television host Sheryl Underwood, airs in the week leading up to the series premiere, Monday, February 24 (2:00-3:00 PM, ET; 1:00-2:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+.
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[02/11/25 - 09:56 AM] Amy Adams Joins Javier Bardem in "Cape Fear" - A New Series Coming to Apple TV+ The duo will star in Nick Antosca's adaptation of the classic thriller.
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[02/11/25 - 09:39 AM] First Look and Date Announcement: "Jessica Kirson: I'm the Man" The special will premiere on Friday, April 25 and is the sixth original special in Hulu's new stand-up comedy initiative, Hularious.
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[02/11/25 - 09:31 AM] Video: "Deli Boys" - Official Trailer - Hulu When their convenience store-magnate father suddenly dies, a pair of pampered Pakistani American brothers (Asif Ali, Saagar Shaikh) lose everything and are forced to reckon with their Baba's secret life of crime as they attempt to take up his mantle in the underworld.
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[02/11/25 - 09:31 AM] Dave Chappelle Named President's Award Recipient for "56th NAACP Image Awards" Previous recipients include Usher, Gabrielle Union-Wade, Dwyane Wade, Rihanna, LeBron James, Kerry Washington, Spike Lee, Muhammad Ali, Jesse Jackson, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Shawn "JAY-Z" Carter, and Ms. Lauryn Hill.
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[02/11/25 - 09:18 AM] Showtime Original Series "Dexter: Resurrection" Adds Emmy and Golden Globe Winner Peter Dinklage Dinklage will play the series regular role of Leon Prater, a billionaire venture capitalist.
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