Fox TV Group Chairman Dana Walden Talks "New Girl's" Future

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Dana Walden Talks "New Girl" & "The Mindy Project" Future, Fox’s Scheduling Needs
by Nellie Andreeva
January 17, 2015


While "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" landed an early third-season pickup today, there was no renewal news on fellow Fox comedy series "New Girl" and "The Mindy Project".

Fox TV Group chairman Dana Walden told Deadline that she was hopeful about both shows. She said Fox executives are happy with "New Girl" and "The Mindy Show‘s" creative direction this season, noting that "New Girl" felt “reinvigorated” while "The Mindy Project" has built its midseason episode arc as an event.

Freshman live-action comedy series, "Mulaney", “is dead.”





Looking forward to next fall, Walden said Fox execs would love to again have a two-hour comedy block on Tuesday but that is not a firm mandate in today’s environment where all networks are struggling to find strong half-hour performers. Fox could go with an one-hour leading into two comedy series.

For now, the network will likely stick with mixing live-action and animated comedies on Sunday, encouraged by the ratings growth of "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" this season sandwiched between "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy".





Monday will likely remain masculine, with "Minority Report", just picked up to pilot, among broad, genre-tinged candidates to join newly renewed "Gotham".

Fox brass would like to keep fellow renewed freshman drama "Empire" on Wednesday, possibly with a different unscripted lead-in, like "MasterChef Jr." in the fall, before "American Idol" comes back.

http://deadline.com/2015/01/new-girl...en-1201352538/