TV Squad (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Filed under: Industry , TCA Press Tour , Reality-Free Between the sessions for So You Think You Can Dance and Fringe , FOX Entertainment president Kevin Reilly happily took answers from the gathered critics. Perhaps the most interesting piece of news he unleashed on us was that the network is officially going to have two development seasons: the traditional one that ends in May with...
Defamer (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
As we well know, former NBC president Kevin Reilly was thrust aside in a bloody coup in May of 2007, with original programming gangsta Ben Silverman installed in his place, crown cocked B-boy style...
Queerty (Free subscription) | 07/15/2008
Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly, whose network bottomed out on GLAAD’s network report card, promises that he and his colleagues are working to expand their queer horizons: “That’s something we’re really committed to. In fact, right now were in production on a pilot called Virtuality that Ron Moore and Michael Taylor created and Peter Berg [...]
The Mayor of Television (Free subscription) | yesterday
I was going through some of the transcripts from Press Tour when I came upon this little gem from Fox's executive session. I remember my colleagues and I chortling at this exchange at the time. QUESTION: How important is drama for you going forward? KEVIN REILLY: Drama? QUESTION: Yeah. Because you've got the success with "24" and "House." You've got these two strong shows coming. KEVIN...
The TV Zone (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Kevin Reilly, Fox boss, told critics, writers, bloggers and assorted other troublemakers in BH this morning that "there's no cause for panic" on "The Simpsons" front, and that "I'd love to see it go on forever, but it won't."...
JSOnline (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Wisconsin. UWM’s second request is part of the two-year budget plan that UW System President Kevin Reilly is to recommend at the Board of Regents meeting this week. The system of 13 four-year universities and 13 two-year colleges plans to ask for $37.5 million in tax money and $13.4 million in student fees to support the Growth Agenda — a plan that intends to produce more college graduates...
Deadline Hollywood Daily (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... and creative strategies in June 2000.But in May 2004, newly promoted NBC Entertainment president Kevin Reilly shocked the industry by hiring Maynard as the No. 2 programming exec to oversee all NBC's comedy and drama development and unscripted fare as EVP for primetime development. (Interestingly, Reilly and Maynard had known each for 10 years ever since Maynard, a Harvard...
Advertising Age - MediaWorks (Free subscription) | 08/04/2008
NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- When Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment at Fox, was approached by The New York Television Festival to sponsor a comedy contest, his immediate reaction was to say yes. "There is a lot of talk about finding fresh voices, but when push comes to shove, there are not that many opportunities," he said.
House is Right (Free subscription) | 07/17/2008
FOX also released these press photos of House cast members at the TCA party at the Pier in Santa Monica on July 14 FOX Entertainment President Kevin Reilly, Hugh Laurie and FOX Entertainment Chairman Peter Liguori[Photo: © FOX Broadcasting Co.] (click on “Read More” for lots more) Olivia Wilde, Kal Penn & Peter Jacobson[Photo: © FOX Broadcasting Co.] Olivia [...]
Premium Hollywood (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
You know how these executive sessions work, so I’ll just do a quick run-through of the tidbits offered up by FOX’s President of Entertainment, Kevin Reilly: * On the origins of “Fringe” coming to Fox: “We knew J.J. (Abrams) had made his new deal at Warner Bros. last year. We knew he was coming out with [...]
24headquarters.com (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
It was announced yesterday that the title for the 24 season seven prequel to air in November, will be 24: Exile. Kevin Reilly told reporters at FOX’s Summer Press Tour that the prequel would “act as both a self contained movie, and a precursor to the new season.” He also added with some typical executive [...]
Denver Post (Free subscription) | 07/19/2008
LOS ANGELES — These are wild and scary times for the broadcast networks. The fall 2008 TV season has been decimated by the writers strike. Audiences are shrinking. The most honored dramas are on cable. Some predict nearly half of all TV watching will be done on the Internet in five years. "I feel a tremendous amount of anxiety in this business," Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 07/16/2008
Winter will be the new fall in this strike-struck year of television, a forecast made clear in Monday comments from Kevin Reilly, president of entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Co.
Mediabuyerplanner (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
Fox plans to adopt more of a year-round television schedule, with 8 series to be screened in December, network president of entertainment Kevin Reilly told media gathered for the Television Critics...
The Mayor of Television (Free subscription) | 07/14/2008
When Fox Entertainment president Kevin Reilly speaks, you can pretty much trust what he says to be true, unlike other network executives out there we could mention. So, while Reilly tried to sugar-coat the effects of the writers strike a...
