stevearino
12-14-2017, 02:30 PM
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/business/dealbook/disney-fox-deal.html
Hello Out There From Disney Land,
It's OFFICIAL!!! Earlier this morning, The Walt Disney Company made a deal with 20th Century Fox for Disney to purchase the 20th Century Fox Studios and its subsidiaries.
As part of the deal, Rupert Murdoch (Fox's Prior Owner) will retain ownership of the FOX Television Network as well as the FOX News Channel as well as all FOX Sports Channels.
Among the Classic FOX Films and TV Shows now owned by Disney for all Eternity include (but not limited to) the following:
1. Avatar (20th Century Fox) -- Directed by James Cameron, "Avatar" (and its impending sequels) was a huge hit for FOX, earning no less than $237 Billion in the U.S. Alone.
2. The Simpsons (Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox Television) -- Created by Matt Groening, "The Simpsons" began life as a series of sketches on the short-lived FOX Variety Show "The Tracey Ullman Show" (another property now owned by Disney for all Eternity). FOX's longest-running cartoon, "The Simpsons" will be celebrating 30 years on air next Fall, having debuted as a regular series on December 17, 1989 and airing weekly Sunday nights since January 14, 1990.
3. Rescue 911 (CBS Productions & MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Hosted by William Shatner, "Rescue 911" was a joint venture between CBS Productions (now known as CBS Television Studios, a subsidiary of Paramount Domestic Television) & MTM Enterprises, Inc. (folded into 20th Century Fox Television in 1998). Originally airing on the CBS Television Network from 1989-1996, "Rescue 911" was a popular Medical Drama that had actors re-enacting actual 911 Rescue Operations. Disney (as Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution) now owns syndication and broadcast rights to "Rescue 911," with Paramount Home Entertainment (operating as CBS Home Entertainment) I believe owning DVD and International Rights, with DVD rights a huge guess.
4. Doogie Howser, M.D. (Steven Bochco Productions & 20th Century Fox Television) -- Created by Steven Bochco, "Doogie Howser, M.D." originally aired on the ABC Television Network from September 19, 1989 - March 24, 1993, spanning 4 seasons of 97 half-hour episodes. A Hospital Drama, "Doogie Howser" starred Neil Patrick Harris as the titular character of Dr. Douglas Howser, a teenage Medical Prodigy who, as the opening credits suggested, whizzed by high school in 9 weeks, graduated from Princeton at age 10, AND earned his Medical Degree at age 14. At the start of the series, Douglas was a 2nd-year resident at Los Angeles's Eastman Medical Center, where his colleagues included, among them, Dr. Jack McGuire (Mitchell Anderson), a fellow resident; Nurse Curly Spaulding (Kathryn Layng); and Dr. Ben Canfield (Larry Pressman), the Hospital Chief of Services. Like all teenagers, however, Douglas still lived with his parents: dad David (James B. Sikking), also a doctor, and mom Katherine (Belinda Montgomery), a typical '80s Housewife. Aspiring filmmaker Vinnie Delpino (Max Casella) served as Douglas's best friend who climbed up Douglas's window to share with Douglas the latest average teen news that Douglas so missed--and also served as comic relief for when things got too serious on "Doogie Howser" (though to be fair, at the start of the series, while Neil Patrick Harris, now age 44, was 16 at the start of the series, Max Casella, in real life, was age 23 at the start of the series). In January 1993, midway through its 4th season, ABC abruptly canceled "Doogie Howser" due to poor ratings, leaving creator Steven Bochco to have, at series end, Douglas resign from Eastman and go with Vinnie to Rome, Italy for a year. Though not necessarily based on a true story, the character of "Doogie Howser" was, however, based on a real person, a young man who, as a teenager, earned his real-life Medical Degree; unlike the title character on TV as portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris, the real-life "Doogie Howser" (as I'll refer to him) DID NOT use his M.D. to practice Medicine, but rather to attend Post-Grad School, eventually becoming a Cancer Researcher. And besides, even if he, in reality, wanted to Practice Medicine, he'd be legally UNINSURABLE in the event of a Medical Malpractice lawsuit or any other lawsuit for that matter. In the years since, reruns of "Doogie Howser" have aired on Nickelodeon (Australia only), Hallmark Channel, and the Discovery Family Channel (formerly The Hub) and are now airing weekends on Antenna TV. "Doogie Howser, M.D." was produced by Steven Bochco Productions for 20th Century Fox Television and, as of today, is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television Distribution.
5. Evening Shade (Mozark Productions & MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Created by Burt Reynolds, "Evening Shade" originally aired on the CBS Television Network from September 21, 1990 - May 23, 1994, spanning 4 seasons of 98 half-hour episodes. Reynolds based the show on his real-life experiences as a college football star at Florida State University in Tallahassee and his view of what might have been had he not become a successful actor and movie star and been a pro footballer instead. Reynolds was re-named Wood Newton, who in the series returned to his rural hometown of Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach the local high-school football team, the Evening Shade Mules, who at the series' beginning had not won a game in 2 years. Wood's home life consisted of his wife of 16 years, Ava Evans (Marilu Henner), and their 3 children: teenager Taylor (Jay R. Ferguson), the high school's football quarterback; and youngsters Molly (Candy Hutson) and Will (Jacob Parker), while other residents of the town included Dr. Harlan Elldridge (Charles Durning), the town Physician; Harlan's wife, Merleen (Ann Wedgeworth); and Wood's assistant football coach, the wimpy Math teacher Herman Stiles (Mike Jeter). Since its cancellation, reruns of "Evening Shade" have been syndicated via such cable networks as Freeform (then known as The Family Channel) and Antenna TV, the latter channel of which "Evening Shade" can be seen Sunday nights at 8:30 P.M. ET / PT. Disney-ABC Domestic Television, for all perpetuity, now owns Broadcast and TV rights of "Evening Shade," while DVD rights will remain owned by CBS Home Entertainment.
6. St. Elsewhere (MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Created by Bruce Paltrow, "St. Elsewhere" originally aired on the NBC Television Network from October 26, 1982 - May 25, 1988, spanning 6 seasons of 137 hour-long episodes. A Hospital Drama, "St. Elsewhere" centered on the staff and patients of the fictional St. Eligius Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders) served as the Hospital Chief of Services to a group of Residential Surgeons, among them Dr. Phil Chandler (Denzel Washington), the unsure of himself Physician; Dr. Wayne Fiscus (Howie Mandel), the comic-relief character; and Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Ed Begley, Jr.), a recent Med School graduate and Protege of Dr. Mark Craig (William Daniels). Its final original episode was one of the most memorable in television History. Among other notable events: Dr. Craig quit and relocated to Cleveland to support the career of his wife Ellen (Bonnie Bartlett, real-life wife to William Daniels); Westphall, after an 8-month Absence, returned to the Hospital to work; Dr. Daniel Auschlander (Norman Lloyd), after a series-long battle with Liver Cancer, died of a Massive Stroke; and the entire 6-year saga of "St. Elsewhere" was revealed to be the figment of the imagination of Westphall's severely Autistic son, Tommy (Chad Allen). After the revelation, Westphall was revealed to actually be a Construction Worker, while Auschlander returned to Earth as Westphall's own widower father, Daniel. Westphall, in the show's real life, was also a widower. The reason behind "St. Elsewhere" being cancelled by NBC wasn't ratings, but rather due to MTM wanting more money than NBC could afford to continue making the show. In the years since, reruns of "St. Elsewhere" have continued to flourish in both Syndication Heaven and on various cable networks--most notably Nickelodeon (where "St. Elsewhere" aired as part of its Nick at Nite Lineup from April 29, 1996 - July 4, 1997) and TV Land (where it aired from April 29, 1996 - October 1, 2000). I should point out that reruns of "St. Elsewhere" originally joined Nick at Nite on April 29, 1996 as part of the all-night sneak peek launch of TV Land (then Nick at Nite's TV Land), after which reruns would air weekday afternoons on TV Land through October 1, 2000 and Saturday nights on Nick at Nite from May 4, 1996 - July 6, 1996 as part of a weekly sampler of shows known as Nick at Nite's TV Land Sampler (where many TV Land shows from its inaugural 1996 lineup, e.g. "Sonny & Cher," "Ed Sullivan" and "Mannix," among them, also pulled double duty on Nick at Nite). Reruns of "St. Elsewhere" would appear for the final time on Nick at Nite on July 4, 1997 as part of the simulcast TV Land/Nick at Nite Greatest Episodes Marathon culled that year by TV Guide Magazine.
These 6 FOX Properties and more are now in the eternal hands of The Walt Disney Company.
Hello Out There From Disney Land,
It's OFFICIAL!!! Earlier this morning, The Walt Disney Company made a deal with 20th Century Fox for Disney to purchase the 20th Century Fox Studios and its subsidiaries.
As part of the deal, Rupert Murdoch (Fox's Prior Owner) will retain ownership of the FOX Television Network as well as the FOX News Channel as well as all FOX Sports Channels.
Among the Classic FOX Films and TV Shows now owned by Disney for all Eternity include (but not limited to) the following:
1. Avatar (20th Century Fox) -- Directed by James Cameron, "Avatar" (and its impending sequels) was a huge hit for FOX, earning no less than $237 Billion in the U.S. Alone.
2. The Simpsons (Gracie Films & 20th Century Fox Television) -- Created by Matt Groening, "The Simpsons" began life as a series of sketches on the short-lived FOX Variety Show "The Tracey Ullman Show" (another property now owned by Disney for all Eternity). FOX's longest-running cartoon, "The Simpsons" will be celebrating 30 years on air next Fall, having debuted as a regular series on December 17, 1989 and airing weekly Sunday nights since January 14, 1990.
3. Rescue 911 (CBS Productions & MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Hosted by William Shatner, "Rescue 911" was a joint venture between CBS Productions (now known as CBS Television Studios, a subsidiary of Paramount Domestic Television) & MTM Enterprises, Inc. (folded into 20th Century Fox Television in 1998). Originally airing on the CBS Television Network from 1989-1996, "Rescue 911" was a popular Medical Drama that had actors re-enacting actual 911 Rescue Operations. Disney (as Disney-ABC Home Entertainment and Television Distribution) now owns syndication and broadcast rights to "Rescue 911," with Paramount Home Entertainment (operating as CBS Home Entertainment) I believe owning DVD and International Rights, with DVD rights a huge guess.
4. Doogie Howser, M.D. (Steven Bochco Productions & 20th Century Fox Television) -- Created by Steven Bochco, "Doogie Howser, M.D." originally aired on the ABC Television Network from September 19, 1989 - March 24, 1993, spanning 4 seasons of 97 half-hour episodes. A Hospital Drama, "Doogie Howser" starred Neil Patrick Harris as the titular character of Dr. Douglas Howser, a teenage Medical Prodigy who, as the opening credits suggested, whizzed by high school in 9 weeks, graduated from Princeton at age 10, AND earned his Medical Degree at age 14. At the start of the series, Douglas was a 2nd-year resident at Los Angeles's Eastman Medical Center, where his colleagues included, among them, Dr. Jack McGuire (Mitchell Anderson), a fellow resident; Nurse Curly Spaulding (Kathryn Layng); and Dr. Ben Canfield (Larry Pressman), the Hospital Chief of Services. Like all teenagers, however, Douglas still lived with his parents: dad David (James B. Sikking), also a doctor, and mom Katherine (Belinda Montgomery), a typical '80s Housewife. Aspiring filmmaker Vinnie Delpino (Max Casella) served as Douglas's best friend who climbed up Douglas's window to share with Douglas the latest average teen news that Douglas so missed--and also served as comic relief for when things got too serious on "Doogie Howser" (though to be fair, at the start of the series, while Neil Patrick Harris, now age 44, was 16 at the start of the series, Max Casella, in real life, was age 23 at the start of the series). In January 1993, midway through its 4th season, ABC abruptly canceled "Doogie Howser" due to poor ratings, leaving creator Steven Bochco to have, at series end, Douglas resign from Eastman and go with Vinnie to Rome, Italy for a year. Though not necessarily based on a true story, the character of "Doogie Howser" was, however, based on a real person, a young man who, as a teenager, earned his real-life Medical Degree; unlike the title character on TV as portrayed by Neil Patrick Harris, the real-life "Doogie Howser" (as I'll refer to him) DID NOT use his M.D. to practice Medicine, but rather to attend Post-Grad School, eventually becoming a Cancer Researcher. And besides, even if he, in reality, wanted to Practice Medicine, he'd be legally UNINSURABLE in the event of a Medical Malpractice lawsuit or any other lawsuit for that matter. In the years since, reruns of "Doogie Howser" have aired on Nickelodeon (Australia only), Hallmark Channel, and the Discovery Family Channel (formerly The Hub) and are now airing weekends on Antenna TV. "Doogie Howser, M.D." was produced by Steven Bochco Productions for 20th Century Fox Television and, as of today, is distributed by Disney-ABC Domestic Television Distribution.
5. Evening Shade (Mozark Productions & MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Created by Burt Reynolds, "Evening Shade" originally aired on the CBS Television Network from September 21, 1990 - May 23, 1994, spanning 4 seasons of 98 half-hour episodes. Reynolds based the show on his real-life experiences as a college football star at Florida State University in Tallahassee and his view of what might have been had he not become a successful actor and movie star and been a pro footballer instead. Reynolds was re-named Wood Newton, who in the series returned to his rural hometown of Evening Shade, Arkansas to coach the local high-school football team, the Evening Shade Mules, who at the series' beginning had not won a game in 2 years. Wood's home life consisted of his wife of 16 years, Ava Evans (Marilu Henner), and their 3 children: teenager Taylor (Jay R. Ferguson), the high school's football quarterback; and youngsters Molly (Candy Hutson) and Will (Jacob Parker), while other residents of the town included Dr. Harlan Elldridge (Charles Durning), the town Physician; Harlan's wife, Merleen (Ann Wedgeworth); and Wood's assistant football coach, the wimpy Math teacher Herman Stiles (Mike Jeter). Since its cancellation, reruns of "Evening Shade" have been syndicated via such cable networks as Freeform (then known as The Family Channel) and Antenna TV, the latter channel of which "Evening Shade" can be seen Sunday nights at 8:30 P.M. ET / PT. Disney-ABC Domestic Television, for all perpetuity, now owns Broadcast and TV rights of "Evening Shade," while DVD rights will remain owned by CBS Home Entertainment.
6. St. Elsewhere (MTM Enterprises, Inc.) -- Created by Bruce Paltrow, "St. Elsewhere" originally aired on the NBC Television Network from October 26, 1982 - May 25, 1988, spanning 6 seasons of 137 hour-long episodes. A Hospital Drama, "St. Elsewhere" centered on the staff and patients of the fictional St. Eligius Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. Dr. Donald Westphall (Ed Flanders) served as the Hospital Chief of Services to a group of Residential Surgeons, among them Dr. Phil Chandler (Denzel Washington), the unsure of himself Physician; Dr. Wayne Fiscus (Howie Mandel), the comic-relief character; and Dr. Victor Ehrlich (Ed Begley, Jr.), a recent Med School graduate and Protege of Dr. Mark Craig (William Daniels). Its final original episode was one of the most memorable in television History. Among other notable events: Dr. Craig quit and relocated to Cleveland to support the career of his wife Ellen (Bonnie Bartlett, real-life wife to William Daniels); Westphall, after an 8-month Absence, returned to the Hospital to work; Dr. Daniel Auschlander (Norman Lloyd), after a series-long battle with Liver Cancer, died of a Massive Stroke; and the entire 6-year saga of "St. Elsewhere" was revealed to be the figment of the imagination of Westphall's severely Autistic son, Tommy (Chad Allen). After the revelation, Westphall was revealed to actually be a Construction Worker, while Auschlander returned to Earth as Westphall's own widower father, Daniel. Westphall, in the show's real life, was also a widower. The reason behind "St. Elsewhere" being cancelled by NBC wasn't ratings, but rather due to MTM wanting more money than NBC could afford to continue making the show. In the years since, reruns of "St. Elsewhere" have continued to flourish in both Syndication Heaven and on various cable networks--most notably Nickelodeon (where "St. Elsewhere" aired as part of its Nick at Nite Lineup from April 29, 1996 - July 4, 1997) and TV Land (where it aired from April 29, 1996 - October 1, 2000). I should point out that reruns of "St. Elsewhere" originally joined Nick at Nite on April 29, 1996 as part of the all-night sneak peek launch of TV Land (then Nick at Nite's TV Land), after which reruns would air weekday afternoons on TV Land through October 1, 2000 and Saturday nights on Nick at Nite from May 4, 1996 - July 6, 1996 as part of a weekly sampler of shows known as Nick at Nite's TV Land Sampler (where many TV Land shows from its inaugural 1996 lineup, e.g. "Sonny & Cher," "Ed Sullivan" and "Mannix," among them, also pulled double duty on Nick at Nite). Reruns of "St. Elsewhere" would appear for the final time on Nick at Nite on July 4, 1997 as part of the simulcast TV Land/Nick at Nite Greatest Episodes Marathon culled that year by TV Guide Magazine.
These 6 FOX Properties and more are now in the eternal hands of The Walt Disney Company.