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FX Officially Unveils FXX Channel To Launch In September, New Branding Campaign

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday March 28, 2013 @ 6:34am PDTTags: Big Deals TV, FX, FXM, FXX, John Landgraf
Nellie Andreeva

At its upfront presentation, FX brass confirmed the launch of a third FX-branded entertainment network, FXX, and an expansion of FXM (movie channel). FXX, expected to take over Fox Soccer Channel, will be available in 74 million homes and will launch September 2. The expansion across the three FX networks will be supported by a big increase in original programming. FX president John Landgraf projected that FX would double its original offerings to 25 original series within the next few years to achieve parity with ABC, NBC and CBS.

As part of the new FXX, the network today also renewed three FX comedy series — flagship It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia, The League and Legit — that will help launch FXX, along with late-night show Totally Biased With W. Kamau Bell, which will expand to five nights a week when it moves to the new network September 2. The plan for FXX is to start with four original comedy series and one late-night show; the fourth original comedy will likely come from one of FX’s half-hour pilots, FX president John Landgraf said. The new network’s original offerings will go up to six comedy series by the second year and to gradually introduce dramas.

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FX Looks To Launch Two New Drama Series, Three Comedies In 2013

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 6:59pm PSTTags: FX, John Landgraf
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FX‘s drama pipeline is busier than ever with four pilots in addition to the newly picked up cold war spy drama The Americans which premieres on Jan. 30. It will be joined by one more new drama … Read More »

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FX’s John Landgraf Calls For Studies On Entertainment And Real-Life Violence Links: TCA

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 11:45am PSTTags: FX, John Landgraf, TCA
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Like every other network executive who has taken the stage at this TCA press tour, FX president John Landgraf this morning was asked about the possible link between onscreen violence and the rise of mass … Read More »

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FX’s ‘Sunny’ Likely To Go To Season 10, ‘Anger Management’ To Air 45 Eps A Year, John Landgraf On AMC Showrunner Firings

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Wednesday January 9, 2013 @ 10:08am PSTTags: Anger Management, FX, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, John Landgraf, TCA
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It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia is the only one of what FX president John Landgraf called the “four cornerstones” of FX (The Shield, Rescue Me, Nip/Tuck and Sunny) that is still on the air. The comedy has already been renewed for a ninth season, and it will likely won’t be the last. “There is a high likelihood for a 10th season,” Landgraf said during the FX portion of TCA this morning. “Whether it goes beyond that depends on whether the people who created the show want to go and whether the audience still wants to watch. But there will definitely be one more year, probably two.”

Landgraf also shed light on FX’s scheduling plans for the back 90 episodes of Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management. “It will stay on the air with no interruption for two years, basically 45 episodes a year,” Landgraf said. That means that, save for major holidays and sports pre-emptions, there will be an original of Anger Management on Thursday night for two years, starting with the Season 2  premiere January 17. The biggest change made following the initial 10 episodes was the addition of Martin Sheen as Charlie Sheen’s father for a multi-generational dimension on the series. Read More »

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Future Of ‘American Horror Story’ Cast Unclear As Series Becomes Anthology

By RAY RICHMOND | Thursday December 22, 2011 @ 1:09pm PSTTags: American Horror Story, Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott, FX, Horror, Jessica Lange, John Landgraf, Ryan Murphy

(WARNING: STORY CONTAINS SPOILERS) The status of American Horror Story leads Connie Britton, Dylan McDermott and the Golden Globe-nominated Jessica Lange remains in flux in the wake of the FX horror hour’s season one finale last night. But if … Read More »

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FX Renews ‘Sons Of Anarchy’ For Season 5

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday October 17, 2011 @ 11:18am PDTTags: FX, John Landgraf, Kurt Sutter, Sons of Anarchy, TV Renewals
Nellie Andreeva

Sons Of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter should be in a better mood today then Friday, when he spewed venom at bloggers in a Twitter rant. Halfway through SOA‘s fourth season, FX this morning renewed Sutter’s hit biker drama for a … Read More »

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‘American Horror Story’ Off To Solid Start

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday October 6, 2011 @ 11:33am PDTTags: American Horror Story, Cable Ratings, FX, John Landgraf
Nellie Andreeva

Ryan Murphy and Brad Falcuk’s new FX drama series American Horror Story launched with 3.2 million viewers and 2 million adults 18-49 at 10 PM last night. It matched the premiere demo rating of Murphy’s previous FX series, the … Read More »

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TCA: FX President John Landgraf Signs New 3-Year Contract

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Saturday August 6, 2011 @ 9:04am PDTTags: FX, John Landgraf, TCA Press Tour, Television Critics Association
Nellie Andreeva

FX president and general manager John Landgraf has renewed his contract with the basic cable network for three more years. Landgraf has been at FX for 7 1/2 years, joining the cable network after a stint as president of Jersey … Read More »

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FX Orders Pilot From Ryan Murphy & Brad Falchuk, Duo Remains Committed To ‘Glee’

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Thursday February 17, 2011 @ 11:55am PSTTags: American Horror Story, Brad Falchuk, FX, FX Development, FX Pilots, John Landgraf, Ryan Murphy, TV, TV Deals
Nellie Andreeva

Before they co-created Fox’s Glee, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk were executive producers on FX’s Nip/Tuck, which Murphy created. Now the two are returning to the cable channel with American Horror Story, a drama project that was just ordered to … Read More »

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It Wasn’t The Marketing: FX Chief John Landgraf On Why ‘Terriers’ Didn’t Work

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Monday December 6, 2010 @ 12:27pm PSTTags: Cable TV, FX, FX John Landgraf, FX Terriers, John Landgraf, Shawn Ryan, Ted Griffin, Terriers Cancelled, Terriers Ratings, TV
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FX president John Landgraf did something network presidents rarely do – he got on the phone with reporters today to discuss the reasons behind FX’s decision to cancel the Shawn Ryan/Ted Griffin praised but low-rated series Terriers after one … Read More »

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TCA: FX Renews ‘Louie’, Picks Up Pilot From ‘Reno 911!’ Team & More From Net’s Session

By NELLIE ANDREEVA | Tuesday August 3, 2010 @ 9:16am PDTTags: Cable TV, FX, FX Programming, John Landgraf, Louie, Robert Ben Garant, TCA, Thomas Lennon
Nellie Andreeva

UPDATED: At the opening of FX’s executive session, president John Landgraf announced a 13-episode second season pickup of Louis C.K.’s new comedy series Louie five weeks into the show’s freshman run. Additionally, FX has greenlighted Alabama, a comedy pilot co-created and starring Reno 911! masterminds Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon. The … Read More »

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