‘Am I Going to Have to Put Mickey Mouse in “American Horror Story”?’
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‘Am I Going to Have to Put Mickey Mouse in “American Horror Story”?’
Mr. Murphy, the creator of hit shows like “American Horror Story,” “Glee”
and “Feud: Bette and Joan,” has a deal with Fox’s television studio, which produces shows for the Fox broadcast network, FX and other channels.
But if regulators approve the deal — which Mr. Newman said he expected to happen — it will disrupt the television industry, consolidating key properties within the Disney fold
and potentially sending important producers and executives running for the gates.
While Fox’s TV studio would become a Disney property, the broadcast network would join the
Murdoch-controlled company New Fox, which would also include Fox Sports and Fox News
On Thursday, at a Television Critics Association news media event, top Fox executives tried to emphasize
that it would be “business as usual” — at least over the next year — at both the TV studio and the broadcast network.
One of Fox’s most prolific hitmakers, Ryan Murphy, said he was “very emotional”
and weighing whether he would stick around when his deal with the studio ended later this year.
Mr. Murphy has only rarely taken on projects outside Fox, though he did reach a deal with Netflix last year to make a series about Nurse
Ratched, the character from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Netflix has said it will spend up to $8 billion in content this year.
PASADENA, Calif. — A top Fox TV executive said she was “shocked” when the deal between 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company was announced.
Mr. Murphy, the creator of hit shows like “American Horror Story,” “Glee”
and “Feud: Bette and Joan,” has a deal with Fox’s television studio, which produces shows for the Fox broadcast network, FX and other channels.
But if regulators approve the deal — which Mr. Newman said he expected to happen — it will disrupt the television industry, consolidating key properties within the Disney fold
and potentially sending important producers and executives running for the gates.
While Fox’s TV studio would become a Disney property, the broadcast network would join the
Murdoch-controlled company New Fox, which would also include Fox Sports and Fox News
On Thursday, at a Television Critics Association news media event, top Fox executives tried to emphasize
that it would be “business as usual” — at least over the next year — at both the TV studio and the broadcast network.
One of Fox’s most prolific hitmakers, Ryan Murphy, said he was “very emotional”
and weighing whether he would stick around when his deal with the studio ended later this year.
Mr. Murphy has only rarely taken on projects outside Fox, though he did reach a deal with Netflix last year to make a series about Nurse
Ratched, the character from “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” Netflix has said it will spend up to $8 billion in content this year.
PASADENA, Calif. — A top Fox TV executive said she was “shocked” when the deal between 21st Century Fox and the Walt Disney Company was announced.