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Fox “Taking A Step Back” From Live-Action Comedies While Mulling Viable Business Model

Deadline·Nellie Andreeva·21 days ago
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Fox is down to one live-action comedy series next season, Animal Control , starring Joel McHale, after cancelling sophomore Going Dutch . While a couple of half-hour projects, including Mammoth, Thunderjacks , King Gary and an Andrea Savage show, had been heating up at the network over the past few of weeks, Fox Entertainment CEO Rob Wade and Fox Television Network President Michael Thorn indicated that they are hitting pause on live-action comedy greenlights until they come up with a business model that works for a linear network. A couple of years ago, Fox established a $3 million-$4 million per episode range for drama series as it was adjusting to its status as an independent broadcast network following Disney’s acquisition of Fox assets, including studio 20th Television. Watch on Deadline Recently, I’ve been hearing chatter that Fox has been floating a $1.6M per episode price tag for live-action comedies.…

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