In addition to the final season of the Emmy-winning ABC comedy Modern Family, he also will create, direct and develop new projects for the megastudio.
Reports of her talk show being “canceled” are false, a 20th Television representative says. “It’s too early to make a decision,” the rep continued. Representatives of the show took to Twitter, as well, to deny a report at Radar Online Wednesday citing sources that said that low ratings during its six-week test run left the show dead in the water.
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After getting elevated from SVP to EVP comedy development last summer, Davis is now adding oversight of 20th TV’s animation department. All 20th TV comedy development — live-action and animated — will now be consolidated under Davis, whose new title will be EVP, comedy development and animation.
Fox has renewed its forensic drama series Bones for a seventh season, with a formal announcement expected to come as soon as today. The news comes after another round of down-to-the-wire negotiations between host network Fox and its sister studio 20th TV.
Despite widespread speculation that Fox television executive Jennifer Salke is poised to take a top job at NBC, sources say she has a year left on her contract and will remain in her current position for at least that long.
