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FX chairman John Landgraf shared an update on the long-awaited return of Donald Glover’s Atlanta, set for release in early 2022, during the network’s TCA presentation on Friday.

Little Miss Sunshine helmers Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris have been tapped to direct multiple episodes of Fleishman Is in Trouble, FX on Hulu’s limited series based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner’s New York Times bestselling debut novel . 

FX Boss John Landgraf official today at the network’s virtual summer 2021 TCA day: Fargo creator’s adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s Cat Cradle is officially not happening at the network.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorImproving the level of diversity and inclusion in Hollywood is a worthy goal that makes business sense an in increasingly multicultural world.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterStacey Sher has signed an overall deal with FX Productions.“It’s been a great privilege for me and the whole FX team to work with Stacey as an executive producer, and I’m grateful that she will continue to call FX her home,” said John Landgraf, chairman of FX. “Stacey’s track record of success speaks for itself.

American Horror Story has been confirmed for the US.FX Networks chief John Landgraf announced that the forthcoming season, titled Double Feature, will air on Hulu in July alongside spin-off American Horror Stories.“Coming in July, exclusively for FX on Hulu is American Horror Stories, a spin-off of our long-running, award-winning hit series,” Landgraf said in a statement obtained by Digital Spy.“American Horror Stories is a weekly anthology series that will feature a different horror story each

“American Horror Story” Season 10 and the Ryan Murphy franchise’s new FX on Hulu spinoff series, “American Horror Stories,” will both debut this summer.“Coming in July, exclusively for FX on Hulu is ‘American Horror Stories,’ a spinoff of our long-running, award-winning hit series ‘American Horror Story,'” FX Networks chief John Landgraf said Tuesday during parent company Disney’s media briefing ahead of its upfront presentation.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterIn the “pre-show to the big show,” the Walt Disney Company put on a full-fledged production for its press briefing ahead of its upfront presentation later Tuesday, highlighting its full array of networks, from ESPN to ABC to NatGeo.

New chapters of the American Horror Story and American Crime Story franchises are on the horizon with the latest iterations set to premiere in the summer and early fall.

Elaine Low Senior TV WriterLongtime FX business affairs lawyer Shola Ajewole has been named to the newly formed position of senior vice president of creative and cultural diversity at the premium cabler.Ajewole, who will report to FX chairman John Landgraf, will head FX and FX Productions’ diversity and inclusion efforts, to “help ensure they are reflected in all aspects of its culture, creative relationships and content, working closely with talent to support their goals.” He will also work

FX’s business affairs executive Shola Ajewole has been named to the newly created position of SVP, Creative and Cultural Diversity, FX.

EXCLUSIVE: We hear that production on the remaining seasons of FX’s multi-Emmy and Golden Globe winning comedy series Atlanta will soon be underway.

The coronavirus pandemic, which crippled Hollywood production for months, likely brought about the peak in what FX CEO John Landgraf once famously coined as Peak TV.

The story of the Rolling Stones is getting the TV treatment.

The Rolling Stones is in the works, per The Hollywood Reporter.The project will be developed by FX, overseen by About A Boy and High Fidelity author Nick Hornbyas well as the producers of The Crown from Left Bank.FX CEO John Landgraf confirmed the news at Disney’s Investor Day yesterday (December 11), saying the network is in “advanced talks” for the series.The story would follow the band during their formative years, specifically mapping the 1960s through to 1972.

FX has renewed its flagship comedy It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia for four seasons, a move that will take the series into a record 18th season. It had already broken Ozzie & Harriet‘s record for longest-running live-action comedy when it was renewed for Season 15 in May.

The Rolling Stones are set to be immortalized on television in new limited series for FX from the team behind The Crown.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterA series set in the “Alien” universe from Noah Hawley is officially set up at FX, Variety has learned.The announcement was made Thursday by FX chief John Landgraf as part of the Disney Investor Day presentation. Hawley will write and executive produce the series under his 26 Keys banner, with “Alien” mastermind Ridley Scott in advanced talks to executive produce via Scott Free.

FX Boss John Landgraf made official what has been out there for some time: The cable network is moving quickly to make a series based on the hit 20th Century Fox movie series Alien with Fargo and Legion creator Noah Hawley stepping into the creator and EP chair with the network in advance talks with the franchise’s helmer Ridley Scott to join as EP. Landgraf announced the news about the Alien series today during Disney Investor Day.

Bruce Haring pmc-editorial-managerHe then went on to promote Atlanta by comparing it to an all-time television great, HBO’sThe Sopranos. “While im here: ‘atlanta’ s3+s4 are going to be some of the best television ever made.

Earn and Paper Boi were last seen flying to Europe on “Atlanta”, but they won’t touch down until sometime next year.

recent criticism of TV cop shows (a genre he called a “staple” of the medium) in the wake of renewed Black Lives Matter protests this year when asked about what kinds of programming he’s looking for at FX in the months and years to come.“I’m the oldest person in our development group and I really rely on and need the sensibilities and the point of view of the younger generation,” Landgraf said.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVThe coronavirus pandemic has another casualty: FX’s “Atlanta.”FX Networks and FX Productions chairman John Landgraf previously said “Atlanta” should return with its third season in January 2021, but the pandemic-forced production shutdown has pushed that date.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TV“Fargo’s” highly-anticipated fourth season was just one production caught in the crosshairs of the coronavirus pandemic that forced production shutdowns across the globe.

Peter White Television EditorDiverse directors and female directors are set to make up 63% of FX’s productions in 2021 – the first time that white male directors will not be in the majority.This stat, which will see white male directors make up 37% of its shows next year, was revealed by John Landgraf during a keynote session at the Edinburgh International TV Festival as he lifted the lid on the cable network’s diversity strategy.This is a marked improvement on five years ago, when white men

Naman Ramachandran Disney’s FX Networks is hiring an ombudsman with the title senior vice president of diversity and culture, who will report to CEO John Landgraf.Revealing this during his closing address at the Edinburgh TV Festival on Thursday, where he was in conversation with BBC director of creative diversity June Sarpong, Landgraf said, “We are right on the verge of hiring, what for us will be a senior vice president of diversity and culture who’s going to be an ombudsman, who’s going to

Jake Kanter International TV EditorEXCLUSIVE: John Landgraf, the chairman of FX Networks and FX Productions, is to give a keynote address at the virtual Edinburgh TV Festival next month.Landgraf will sit down with the BBC’s director of creative diversity June Sarpong to detail how FX changed the demographics of its writing and directorial talent and scored success with shows, such as What We Do In The Shadows.Landgraf is no stranger to the UK television business having partnered with the BBC on

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