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FOX CORPORATE OVERVIEW
A division of 21st Century Fox, the Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX) began with a
single late-night series and a goal to diversify American television by providing a previously
unimaginable fourth major TV network. Today, as FOX celebrates more than a quarter century
in the business, it is the nation’s most accomplished programming network among its target
audience of Adults 18-49 (having won eight consecutive seasons in the demo), and has
consistently ranked No. 1 among Adults 18-34 and Teens, the next generation of 18-to-49-yearolds.
In 2014, 21st Century Fox combined the operation of its studio and broadcast divisions
under the leadership of a single team. Dana Walden and Gary Newman now serve as Chairmen
and CEOs of Fox Television Group, a new business unit within Fox Networks Group, which
combines Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC), 20th Century Fox Television (TCFTV) and Fox 21
Television Studios. In their roles, Mr. Newman and Ms. Walden are responsible for all facets of
the FOX broadcast network, including programming, digital, marketing and other functions. The
roles also call for the duo to continue oversight of 20th Century Fox Television, which they have
led for the past 17 years.
FOX boasts many of television’s most groundbreaking and acclaimed series, including
the No. 1 broadcast series, EMPIRE, as well as GOTHAM, ROSEWOOD, THE LAST MAN ON
EARTH, NEW GIRL, LUCIFER, SCREAM QUEENS, SLEEPY HOLLOW, BROOKLYN NINENINE, BONES, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, THE SIMPSONS, FAMILY GUY, BOB’S
BURGERS, MASTERCHEF, MASTERCHEF JUNIOR and HELL’S KITCHEN. Upcoming series
include LETHAL WEAPON, PITCH, THE EXORCIST, SON OF ZORN, THE MICK, MAKING
HISTORY, APB, 24: LEGACY and the two-hour musical event THE ROCKY HORROR
PICTURE SHOW: Let’s Do the Time Warp Again.
Following last season’s broadcast of event series THE X-FILES, FOX continues in the
long-form scripted event format with the upcoming SHOTS FIRED and PRISON BREAK.
Maintaining its leadership role in the digital arena, FOX created FOX NOW, the
network’s TV Everywhere app, allowing fans to watch full episodes and connect to their favorite
FOX shows whenever and wherever they want. To date, FOX NOW has surpassed 25 million
installs. Additionally, FOX is the first broadcast network to make its primetime programming
available nationwide via live streaming, in all 210 television markets.
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FOX broadcast network also airs live sports programming from FOX Sports, which
boasts rights agreements with the nation’s most popular sports. FOX Sports is the exclusive
national over-the-air television rights holder for Major League Baseball (through 2021), including
the All-Star Game, two divisional series, alternating League Championship Series and World
Series; the National Football League’s NFC package (through 2022 season), including the NFC
playoffs, NFC Championship Game and future Super Bowls LI, LIV and LVII; NASCAR racing
from February through May (through 2024), including the Daytona 500; Ultimate Fighting
Championship (through 2018); USGA Championships (through 2026), including the U.S. Open;
the Big Ten Football Championship Game (through 2016); a minimum of eight regular-season
Pac-12 football games (through 2022) and the Pac-12 Football Championship Game (even
years through 2022); Major League Soccer matches (through 2022) and alternating MLS Cup
and All-Star Games; international soccer, including the FIFA World Cup (2018, 2022 and 2026),
FIFA Women’s World Cup (2019 and 2023) and more than 300 Bundesliga matches. In August
of 2013, FOX Sports launched FS1 and FS2, a pair of 24-hour, all-sports networks with
expansive live-event and studio programming lineups. Eric Shanks is President, COO and
Executive Producer, FOX Sports. John Entz is President, Production and Executive Producer,
FOX Sports. Jamie Horowitz is President, FOX Sports National Networks.
FOX NEWS SUNDAY WITH CHRIS WALLACE (FNS) is a one-hour live broadcast
airing Sunday mornings across the nation on FOX. The program’s weekly guest roster is the
most diverse in Sunday morning talk shows, featuring interviews with political, business and
public affairs newsmakers from across the country and abroad.
Fox Broadcasting Company serves as the flagship network for the Fox Television Group,
which also includes content creation companies Twentieth Century Fox Television and Fox 21
Television Studios. Twentieth Century Fox Television is one of the industry's most prolific
suppliers of primetime television programming and entertainment content, including the No. 1
series on broadcast television, EMPIRE, from Lee Daniels, Danny Strong and Brian Grazer; the
five-time Emmy Award-winning blockbuster comedy “Modern Family”; the pop culture
phenomenon “American Horror Story”; the critically acclaimed “Fresh Off The Boat”; the hit
comedy THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, starring Will Forte; and the longest-running primetime
scripted series in the history of television, THE SIMPSONS. Recent additions to its roster
include Dan Fogelman’s “This Is Us”; Jeremy Slater’s THE EXORCIST; THE MICK, from the
Chernin brothers; and PITCH, from Dan Fogelman and Rick Singer. The studio’s cable
production division, Fox 21 Television Studios, is responsible for the Emmy Award- and Golden
Globe Award-winning “Homeland”; the critically acclaimed “The Americans” (with FX
Productions); and Ryan Murphy, Nina Jacobson and Brad Simpson’s sensation “The People V.
OJ Simpson,” which kicked off the “American Crime Story” anthology. Upcoming cable and
streaming series include “Chance,” from Kem Nunn, Alexandra Cunningham, Lenny
Abrahamson, Michael London and Brian Grazer; “Genius” (with Imagine, OddLot Entertainment
and EUE/Sokolow), from Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, Gigi Pritzker, Rachel
Shane, Sam Sokolow, Jeff Cooney and Noah Pink; and Ryan Murphy’s latest anthology, “Feud,”
starring Academy Award winners Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon.
Twentieth Century Fox Television’s syndication and distribution unit, Twentieth
Television, handles all domestic broadcast and cable television syndication, distribution and
barter deals for Twentieth Century Fox Television’s broad portfolio of hit shows, as well as for
those produced by Fox 21 Television Studios, FX Productions and Fox Television Stations.
Twentieth Television also manages distribution for Twentieth Century Fox Film’s motion picture
library.
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21st Century Fox’s theatrical film production units include Twentieth Century Fox, Fox
2000 Pictures, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox Animation/Blue Sky Studios
and Fox International Productions. Recent releases from TCF, Fox 2000 and Fox Animation
include the latest installment of Fox Animation’s blockbuster “Ice Age” series, “Ice Age: Collision
Course”; and “Independence Day: Resurgence,” the follow-up to the film that redefined the
science fiction genre. Upcoming releases include director Tim Burton’s “Miss Peregrine’s Home
For Peculiar Children,” based on the best-selling novel; and a new chapter in the studio’s
acclaimed blockbuster “Planet of the Apes” franchise, “War for the Planet of the Apes,” directed
by Matt Reeves.
Fox Searchlight’s films have garnered 114 Academy Award and 90 Golden Globe Award
nominations. Upcoming releases include Sundance Audience and Jury Award winner “The Birth
of a Nation,” directed, written and produced by and starring Nate Parker, as well as Armie
Hammer, Mark Boone Jr., Colman Domingo, Aunjanue Ellis, Dwight Henry, Aja Naomi King,
Esther Scott, Roger Guenveur Smith and Gabrielle Union, with Penelope Ann Miller and Jackie
Earle Haley; “Table 19,” directed by Jeffrey Blitz, and starring Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow,
Tony Revolori, Craig Robinson, Stephen Merchant, June Squibb, Amanda Crew and Wyatt
Russell; “Gifted,” directed by Marc Webb, and starring Chris Evans, Lindsay Duncan, Mckenna
Grace, Jenny Slate and Octavia Spencer; “Wilson,” directed by Craig Johnson, and starring
Woody Harrelson, Laura Dern, Judy Greer, Cheryl Hines and Isabella Amara; “Battle of the
Sexes,” directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valarie Faris, and starring Emma Stone, Steve Carell,
Elisabeth Shue, Sarah Silverman, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough, Eric Christian Olsen,
Natalie Morales, Austin Stowell, Wallace Langham, Jessica McNamee, Mickey Sumner and Bill
Pullman; “My Cousin Rachel,” directed by Roger Michell, and starring Rachel Weisz, Sam
Claflin, Holliday Grainger, Iain Glen and Pierfrancesco Favino; and “Three Billboards Outside
Ebbing, Missouri,” directed by Martin McDonagh, and starring Francis McDormand, Woody
Harrelson, Sam Rockwell, Abbie Cornish, Peter Dinklage, John Hawkes, Lucas Hedges,
Samara Weaving and Caleb Landry Jones.
Recent releases include “Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie,” directed by Mandy Fletcher,
and starring Jennifer Saunders, Joanna Lumley, Julia Sawalha, Jane Horrocks and June
Whitfield; “A Bigger Splash,” directed by Luca Guadagnino, and starring Tilda Swinton, Ralph
Fiennes, Matthias Schoenaerts and Dakota Johnson; “Demolition,” directed by Jean-Marc
Vallée, and starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Naomi Watts, Chris Cooper and Judah Lewis; Academy
Award-nominated “Brooklyn,” directed by John Crowley, and starring Golden Globe nominee
Saoirse Ronan, Domhnall Gleeson, Emory Cohen, Julie Walter and Jim Broadbent; Academy
Award-nominated “Youth,” by directed by Paolo Sorrentino, and starring Michael Caine, Harvey
Keitel, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano and Jane Fonda; “He Named Me Malala,” directed by
Academy Award winner Davis Guggenheim, featuring Malala Yousafzai, Ziauddin Yousafzai
(father), Toor Pekai Yousafzai (mother) and Khushal and Atal Yousafzai (brothers).
During the 1990s, as Fox Broadcasting Company was hitting its stride, parent company
News Corporation expanded into cable and satellite television programming. That led to the
creation of Fox Cable Networks (FCN) in 2000. In June 2002, News Corporation combined its
three industry leaders – Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX Sports and Fox Cable Networks –
into Fox Networks Group (FNG). In 2009, the company added its international networks, which
includes more than 300 channels in over 180 countries, to the FNG portfolio.
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Fox Networks Group consists of 44 owned-and-operated and joint venture TV networks,
as well as video on demand and non-linear media platforms, 12 national networks and 22
regional sports networks. FNG’s first cable and satellite networks – FX and Fox Movie Channel
(now known as FXM) – were launched in 1994.
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic cable channel of FX Networks, a
business unit of 21st Century Fox. FX Networks is comprised of FX, FXM and FXX. Launched
in June of 1994, FX is carried in 91 million homes. The diverse schedule features a growing
roster of critically acclaimed and award-winning hit dramas series, including “The Americans,”
“The Strain,” “Tyrant” and the upcoming “Taboo” and “Legion”; the critically acclaimed limited
series “American Horror Story,” “Fargo,” “American Crime Story” and the upcoming “Trust” and
“Feud”; acclaimed hit comedy series, including the award-winning “Louie,” “Archer,”
“Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,” “Baskets” and the upcoming “Better Things” and “Atlanta.” In 2016,
FX received a basic cable record 56 Emmy® Award nominations, including outstanding program
nominations for “The People V. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story” and “Fargo” (Limited
Series), “The Americans” (Drama Series) and “Archer” (Animated Program). FX is the former
home of the critically acclaimed and award-winning hit drama series “The Shield,” “Nip/Tuck,”
“Rescue Me,” “Damages,” “Sons of Anarchy” and “Justified.” The network’s library of
acquired box office hit movies is unmatched by any ad-supported television network. FX’s
roster of acquired hit series includes “Two and a Half Men,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “Mike
& Molly.”
FXX is the new basic cable entertainment network from FX Networks which launched on
September 2, 2013. Geared towards a young adult audience, the schedule features original
series, movies and acquired series. The channel is anchored by the acclaimed hit comedies
“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “You’re the Worst” and “Man Seeking Woman.” FXX is also
the exclusive cable home to “The Simpsons,” the longest-running comedy in TV history, the late
night animated block “Animation Domination” and acquired hit series such as “In Living Color,”
“Mad About You” and “Parks and Recreation.” FXX is carried in 79 million homes. FXX and its
sister channels, FX and FXM, comprise FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox. FXM
(formerly Fox Movie Channel) was launched in October of 1994 and is now carried in 55 million
homes. Its schedule features classic films during the day (FXM Retro), and contemporary box
office hits and acclaimed, award-winning films in the evening, as well as short-form awardwinning original programming. FXM and its sister channels, FX and FXX, comprise FX
Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox.
Fox Networks collectively reaches more than 800 million television homes and
represents one of the media industry’s largest and most diverse programming groups. FN’s
portfolio includes FOX, FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo
Mundo, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, FOX Deportes, FOX Life and BTN (co-venture with the
Big Ten Conference), as well as digital extensions, including BTN2Go, FOX NOW, FOX Sports
GO, FXNOW and Nat Geo TV.
The other prominent group within FN, FOX Sports Networks, is made up of 22 regional
sports networks that serve as home to more than half of the U.S.- based teams in Major League
Baseball, the National Basketball Association and the National Hockey League, as well as in
several top collegiate conferences and universities.
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In June 2013, News Corporation split into two companies, separating its newspaper and
book publishing assets from its television and film content assets; the former maintaining the
News Corporation moniker, and the latter named 21st Century Fox, which is the world’s premier
portfolio of cable, broadcast, film, pay TV and satellite assets spanning six continents across the
globe.
Reaching more than 1.8 billion subscribers in approximately 50 local languages every
day, 21st Century Fox is home to a global portfolio of cable and broadcasting networks and
properties, including Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, STAR India and all channel
brands that comprise Fox Networks Group; film studio Twentieth Century Fox Film; and
television production studios Twentieth Century Fox Television and a 50% ownership interest in
Endemol Shine Group. The Company also holds a 39.1% ownership interest in Sky, Europe’s
leading entertainment company, which serves 21 million customers across five countries. For
more information about 21st Century Fox, please visit www.21CF.com.
In February 2015, 21st Century Fox announced the completion of its acquisition of
true[X], a leading video advertising company that specializes in consumer engagement and ondemand marketing campaigns, which serves as a key component of FNG’s non-linear
advertising products and services.
In November 2015, the National Geographic Society and 21st Century Fox completed a
deal to expand their highly successful 18-year partnership through which they have owned and
operated the properties in National Geographic Channels, a joint venture of domestic and
international cable television channels. The expanded joint venture, National Geographic
Partners, combines the National Geographic television channels with National Geographic’s
other media and consumer-oriented assets, including: National Geographic magazines; National
Geographic Studios; related digital and social media platforms; books; maps; children’s media;
and ancillary activities, including travel, location-based entertainment, archival sales, catalog,
licensing and e-commerce businesses.
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PETER RICE
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Fox Networks Group
Peter Rice is Chairman and CEO for the Fox Networks Group. In this role, Mr. Rice
supervises all aspects of the Fox Television Group (which includes Fox Broadcasting Company
and 20th Century Fox Television), FX Networks, Fox Sports Media Group (which encompasses
the company’s national sports channels and regional sports networks) and National Geographic
Partners (which includes the National Geographic channels and brands). In addition, Mr. Rice
oversees Fox Sports Enterprises, which manages Fox’s interests in professional sports franchises
and venues.
Prior to his most recent appointment, Mr. Rice served for two years as Chairman,
Entertainment for Fox Networks Group. He also previously served as Chairman, Entertainment
for Fox Broadcasting Company, helping extend FOX’s streak to eight seasons as the top-rated
broadcaster.
Before transitioning to the television arena, Mr. Rice served as President, Fox Searchlight
Pictures. He began his tenure at Fox Searchlight Pictures in 2000, during which time he released
some of the most critically acclaimed films of the past decade and some of the highest-grossing
films in the company’s history. Under Mr. Rice’s leadership, the company generated 51 Academy
Award and 42 Golden Globe Award nominations, including a record 12 nominations and eight
wins at the 81st Annual Academy Awards. Notable films released during his tenure include Best
Picture winner “Slumdog Millionaire,” as well as “Juno,” “Napoleon Dynamite,” “Little Miss
Sunshine,” “The Wrestler,” “The Last King of Scotland,” “28 Days Later,” “Sideways,” “Bend it Like
Beckham” and “Sexy Beast.”
Prior to heading up Fox Searchlight Pictures, Mr. Rice was Executive Vice President,
Production for Twentieth Century Fox, where he served as a creative executive on Best Picture
nominee “Moulin Rouge,” directed by Baz Luhrmann; as well as “X-Men,” “William
Shakespeare’s Romeo & Juliet,” ““The Beach,” “Independence Day” and “Alien Resurrection.”
Mr. Rice began his career as a marketing intern at Twentieth Century Fox in July 1987.
Subsequently, he held posts as Director of Acquisitions, Vice President of Production and
Senior Vice President.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Rice is available at www.foxflash.com.]
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DANA WALDEN & GARY NEWMAN
Chairmen and CEOs
Dana Walden and Gary Newman oversee the newly formed Fox Television Group, a
consortium of media and content creation companies which include the groundbreaking broadcast
network Fox Broadcasting Company (FBC), the prolific and award-winning studio 20th Century
Fox Television (TCFTV), the industry’s largest provider of content for cable Fox 21 Television
Studios, the innovative licensing division Fox Consumer Products and the leading syndication
supplier of off-network and first-run programming 20th Television.
They were named Presidents of 20th Century Fox Television in 1999, and in the fifteen years
since have grown the company into a powerhouse content provider which has dominated the
awards races, reimagined the boundaries of television storytelling and broken new business
models which have been adopted the industry over.
In July, 2014, the two were named Chairmen and CEOs of the Fox Television Group, which
added the FOX network to their portfolio. Since they’ve taken the reins, the network has launched
hit series such as EMPIRE, GOTHAM, SCREAM QUEENS, LUCIFER, and THE LAST MAN ON
EARTH, as well as the return of THE X-FILES, which premiered to more than 50 million viewers
worldwide. Under the leadership of Walden and Newman, the network also changed the game for
TV musical events with Emmy Award-nominated GREASE: LIVE. In addition, the network
delivered the biggest programming event of 2015, EMPIRE, a bona fide phenomenon produced
by TCFTV which has done what no series has ever done before: grow its ratings every week for
its entire first season. Currently in its second season, EMPIRE continues its reign as broadcast
television’s No.1 show,
At the studio, Walden and Newman delivered hit after hit, from ABC’s No 1. series and
multiple Emmy winner MODERN FAMILY, to global sensation 24, to HOMELAND which took
home the Golden Globe and multiple Emmys for best drama. They recently created the industry’s
largest cable production unit in Fox 21 Television Studios, which in addition to HOMELAND
produces the Emmy Award-nominated drama series THE AMERICANS and the Emmy Awardnominated anthology series THE PEOPLE V. OJ SIMPSON: AMERICAN CRIME STORY. The
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studio’s content now reaches more than a billion people every day across the world; in as many
as 180 countries, across six continents, in 30 different languages.
Walden began her career at the public relations firm Bender, Goldman & Helper, before
joining Fox to rise through the ranks in roles that ranged from communications to programming.
She ultimately served as Executive Vice President of Drama before being named head of the
studio in 1999.
Newman got his start as an attorney with Lillick, McHose & Charles, and worked at Columbia
Pictures Television and NBC in legal and business affairs roles before joining Fox. He last served
as the studio’s Executive Vice President and top ranking business officer before being partnered
with Walden as studio chiefs.
They recently were inducted into Broadcasting & Cable’s Television Hall of Fame, were
named 2013’s “Showman of the Year” by Variety and 2011’s Television Showman of the Year by
the Publicists of the International Cinematographers Guild. They have been honored by the
Alliance for Children’s Rights, UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center, the Los Angeles Free Clinic and
the Legal Aid Society. Walden sits on the Board of Directors for the Greater Los Angeles Zoo,
UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center and the Saban Free Clinic, and Newman is a member of the Los
Angeles Board of Governors of the Paley Center for Media and serves on the boards of the
Hollywood Radio & Television Society, Chrysalis, and the Jewish Television Network.
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TOBY BYRNE
President, Advertising Sales
Fox Networks Group
Toby Byrne is President, Advertising Sales, Fox Networks Group. In his position, he
oversees national ad sales functions and revenue-generating strategies for FNG’s domestic
entertainment and sports television businesses, including Fox Broadcasting Company, FOX
Sports, FOX Sports 1, FOX Sports 2, FOX Deportes, FX, FXX, FXM, National Geographic
Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Nat Geo Mundo and their non-linear extensions.
Prior to his most recent promotion in October, 2014, Mr. Byrne served as President,
Advertising Sales for Fox Broadcasting Company and Fox Sports Media Group since 2010. A
20 year veteran of FOX’s sales staff, he originally joined the company in early 1996 as an
account services representative. Mr. Byrne was made an account executive in December of that
year, and then was promoted to Vice President in 2003. He was elevated to Senior Vice
President of Eastern Sales in January 2006. Prior to joining the network, he was a media buyer
at BBDO in New York.
Mr. Byrne is a graduate of Georgetown University. He holds a bachelor’s degree in
business administration, and serves on the board of directors for the American Advertising
Federation, the Video Advertising Bureau and the Ad Council.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Byrne is available at foxflash.com.]
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DAVID MADDEN
President, Entertainment,
Fox Broadcasting Company
David Madden is President of Entertainment for Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX). In
this position, he is responsible for scripted programming and development, alternative
entertainment and casting at the network.
Since joining the network in August 2014, Madden has overseen a number of hit FOX
series, including EMPIRE, broadcast’s #1 series for two straight years; THE X-FILES, last
season’s top new series; GOTHAM; THE LAST MAN ON EARTH and BROOKLYN NINE-NINE.
In addition, he led the development of last season’s No. 1 series on social media, SCREAM
QUEENS; the new dramas ROSEWOOD and LUCIFER; and GREASE: LIVE, which reinvented
the live musical and is 2015-16’s #1 scripted special.
Previously, Madden served as President of Fox Television Studios (FTVS), which
develops and produces programming primarily for U.S. broadcast and cable networks, as well
as international broadcasters. Madden oversaw all of the studio’s scripted and unscripted
programming, including series, limited series and original movies for television, as well as FTVS’
finance, operations, and marketing divisions.
At Fox TV Studios, Madden managed such programming as the critically lauded “The
Americans,” starring Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, for FX; Emmy Award-nominated “The
Killing,” which enjoyed three acclaimed seasons on AMC and its final season on Netflix; “White
Collar” and “Graceland” for USA network; and the comedies “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll,” starring
Denis Leary, for FX; and “Maron” on IFC. Previous acclaimed series for which Madden has
been responsible include “Burn Notice” for USA, one of the most commercially successful basiccable series ever; “The Glades,” the longest-running scripted series in A&E’s history; TNT’s
Emmy Award-nominated “Saving Grace,” starring Academy Award winner Holly Hunter; “The
Riches,” starring Eddie Izzard and Minnie Driver; and the game-changing, Emmy Award-winning
“The Shield,” starring Michael Chiklis, the latter two airing on FX.
Madden also oversaw the studio’s alternative programming slate for a variety of U.S.
networks and international broadcasters, including six seasons of “The Girls Next Door” for E!;
and its spinoffs, “Kendra” and “Holly’s World”; as well as “The Great Escape,” produced by Ron
Howard and Brian Grazer for TNT.
Under Madden, Fox Television Studios produced a number of original movies for
television. Projects included “Drumline 2,” with Nick Cannon for VH1; “Prosecuting Casey
Anthony,” with Rob Lowe, for Lifetime; “Home Alone: The Holiday Heist,” for ABC Family; and
the Lifetime Movie Network film “Taken from Me: The Tiffany Rubin Story,” starring Emmy
Award nominee Taraji P. Henson. Other award-winning movies produced by FTVS included
A&E’s “Flight 93”; FX’s “A Glimpse of Hell,” with James Caan, and “Redemption,” starring
Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx, which received a Golden Globe Award nomination; FOX’s
“World War III,” with Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton; NBC’s “L.A. Law: The Movie,”
which Madden executive-produced, with Harry Hamlin; and CBS’ “Twelve Mile Road,” featuring
Tom Selleck. Madden also oversaw FTVS’ 2006 six-hour limited series, “Thief,” with Andre
Braugher, for FX; and the Golden Globe Award-nominated, six-hour limited series “The Grid,”
for the BBC and TNT, starring Julianna Margulies and Dylan McDermott.
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Prior to joining FTVS, Madden was a producer and partner with the Paramount Picturesbased Cort/Madden Company, with more than 20 films to his credit. His most recent production,
“Something the Lord Made,” featuring Alan Rickman and Mos Def, for HBO, won the 2004
Emmy Award for Outstanding Made for Television Movie and the DGA Award for Outstanding
Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television. Madden also produced “Save the Last Dance,”
starring Julia Stiles, which grossed $90+ million domestically and sold three million soundtrack
units. The Cort/Madden Company also developed a series version for FOX.
While at the Cort/Madden Company, Madden and his partner produced “Against the
Ropes,” with Meg Ryan, and “The Out of Towners,” with Steve Martin and Goldie Hawn, among
other films. Madden also executive-produced “Runaway Bride,” starring Julia Roberts and
Richard Gere. The film grossed more than $150 million domestically.
Before Paramount, Madden was a producer and partner with Interscope
Communications, where he developed and produced such films as thriller “The Hand that Rocks
the Cradle,” with Rebecca De Mornay; “The Associate,” starring Whoopi Goldberg; “Operation
Dumbo Drop,” featuring Danny Glover and Ray Liotta; “Renegades,” starring Kiefer Sutherland;
and “Blind Fury,” starring Rutger Hauer.
Prior to becoming an executive at Interscope Communications, Madden was Vice
President of Production at Paramount Pictures, supervising such hit films as “The
Untouchables,” “Fatal Attraction,” “The Naked Gun,” “The Accused” and “Children of a Lesser
God.” He also served as Vice President of Production at Twentieth Century Fox, where he
supervised “Romancing the Stone,” “Jewel of the Nile,” “Revenge of the Nerds” and “The Fly.”
In addition to his producing career, Madden directed the Trimark feature “Separate
Lives,” starring Linda Hamilton and James Belushi, and wrote and directed the Lifetime movie
“A Part of the Family,” starring Robert Carradine and Ronny Cox.
A Chicago native, Madden graduated Magna Cum Laude from Harvard with a major in
English, and spent a year and a half doing post-graduate work in English Literature at UCLA.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Madden is available at www.foxflash.com.]
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NICOLE A. BERNARD
Executive Vice President, Audience Strategy
The Fox Group
Nicole A. Bernard is Executive Vice President of Audience Strategy for The Fox Group.
She oversees the company’s Audience Strategy department which was launched in 2012 to
identify programming content and services that are compelling and relevant to increasingly broad
audiences.
Ms. Bernard’s cross-divisional role expands upon the company's diversity initiatives to
more closely align them with business goals and results. She and her team provide strategic
guidance to and collaborate with senior leaders across the company's Los Angeles-based
entertainment business units (filmed entertainment, broadcast television, cable television, Sports
and digital media) to ensure that the company’s policies, content and operations reflect
broadening audiences. She has launched the successful Fox Writers Intensive and the Fox Global
Directors Initiative that serve as a creative resource pool of dynamic and experienced diverse
writers and directors for the Fox entertainment businesses, as well as developed numerous
strategic and community business initiatives focused on audience engagement. Prior to leading
Audience Strategy, Ms. Bernard served as Senior Vice President of Broadcast Standards and
Practices for the Fox Broadcasting Company.
Before joining FOX in 2005, Ms. Bernard was Senior Vice President, New Business
Development for New York's Apollo Theater Foundation, where she was responsible for all new
business development opportunities for one of the nation's most historic and recognizable AfricanAmerican brands. She was also an attorney of counsel at Davis, Shapiro & Lewit in New York,
where she specialized in assisting musical artists, industry executives and recording companies
to expand their brands into other entertainment platforms.
Prior to entering private practice, Ms. Bernard worked with MCA Records in New York,
where she scouted, identified and developed new artists. She began her entertainment career at
Uptown/MCA Records as Director of Business Affairs, negotiating new artist, publishing,
production, joint venture and label agreements, as well as coordinating soundtrack and
compilation acquisitions and licenses.
Ms. Bernard earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism/communications from
Howard University in Washington, D.C., and holds a Juris Doctor degree from Georgetown
University Law Center in Washington, D.C.
Ms. Bernard is passionate about the arts, literature and culture and serves on the board
of directors for the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) and Alvin
Ailey American Dance Theater.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Bernard is available at foxflash.com.]
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TERENCE CARTER
Executive Vice President, Drama Development and Programming
Fox Broadcasting Company
Terence Carter is Executive Vice President, Drama Development and Programming for
Fox Broadcasting Company. In this role he is responsible for overseeing all of the network’s
one-hour scripted programming initiatives.
Prior to his promotion to Executive Vice President in 2014, Carter served as Senior Vice
President, Drama Development for the network. While at FOX, he has been responsible for
developing and overseeing EMPIRE -- the #1 broadcast network drama -- as well as many other
acclaimed shows, including GOTHAM, LUCIFER, ROSEWOOD, SCREAM QUEENS, SLEEPY
HOLLOW, BONES, “Glee” and “The Following,” as well as the upcoming 24: LEGACY, LETHAL
WEAPON, PITCH, STAR, THE EXORCIST, APB and SHOTS FIRED.
Carter joined FOX in 2009 from NBC Entertainment/Universal Media Studios, where he
served as Vice President, Drama Programming and developed “Parenthood,” “Southland” and
“Mercy,” as well as the critically acclaimed “Kings.” Prior to joining the Drama team at NBC, he
served as Director of Comedy Development for the network.
Prior to NBC, Carter served as a head of Development at Tonic Films, specializing in
genre films. While there, he supervised the development of “Borderland” and “Cabin Fever 2:
Spring Fever.” He also served as a partner at TruEntertainment, and held positions at Artists
Production Group and Artists Management Group.
In 2011, Carter received the honor of being profiled in Variety’s “New Leaders” edition.
In 2009, he was named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s “Next Generation: Top 35 Executives
Under 35.”
Carter graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University with a bachelor’s degree in
African-American Studies and a focus in Film and Media.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Carter is available at foxflash.com.]
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ANGELA COURTIN
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer
Fox Broadcasting Company
Angela Courtin is Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer for Fox
Broadcasting Company (FOX). In her role, Ms. Courtin is responsible for FOX’s overall brand
strategy, and oversees on-air and off-air promotion and advertising, national media, multiplatform & affiliate marketing, design and social media for the network.
Previously, Courtin served as Chief Marketing Officer of Relativity Media, where she was
responsible for all film, television and sports marketing initiatives, as well as all branding and
advertising campaigns across the company. She also oversaw Madvine, the company’s
branded entertainment and consumer products arm, and Relativity Digital. In addition, Courtin
launched a new digital division to grow Relativity's audience and provide brands with a fully
integrated approach to marketing.
Before joining Relativity, Courtin was President of Dentsu Aegis Network U.S., where
she worked across the global agency’s stateside businesses, including Carat, McGarryBowen,
Isobar, Vizeum, Posterscope, 360i and iProspect, and also helped launch The Story Lab,
Dentsu’s branded content agency. Courtin previously served as Chief Content Officer for Aegis
Media. Prior to Aegis, Courtin’s roles included co-head of Integrated Marketing at MTV; Senior
Vice President of Marketing, Entertainment & Content for MySpace; and associate producer on
the hit HBO series “Big Love.”
Courtin was named one of Advertising Age’s “Women to Watch” for 2013 and one of the
“30 Most Powerful Women in Advertising” by The Business Insider in 2012. She was also
featured in the OUT 100, Out magazine’s annual list of the year’s most influential LGBT people.
Courtin is a recipient of the Spears School of Business Outstanding Young Alumni Award and
was recognized as one of Oklahoma State University’s 50 distinguished M.B.A. alumni of the
past 50 years.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Courtin is available at foxflash.com.]
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DAN HARRISON
Executive Vice President, Strategic Program Planning
Fox Broadcasting Company
As Executive Vice President, Strategic Program Planning for Fox Broadcasting
Company, Dan Harrison oversees all strategic program planning and scheduling, including
series launches, sweeps events and the design and implementation of year-round programming
operations for the network.
Previously, Harrison served as Senior Vice President, Strategic Development at CBS
Corporation and was responsible for identifying and implementing organic growth opportunities.
Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President of the Emerging Networks Group at NBC Cable,
where he launched and managed all aspects of various digital cable and mobile networks,
including Sleuth, Chiller, Universal HD, NBC2Go and NBCNews2Go. Prior to that, Harrison held
senior strategic program planning executive roles at Bravo Network, Fox Sports Group and NBC
Entertainment.
No stranger to the Fox Entertainment family, Harrison began his career at Twentieth
Century Fox Television syndication in the Creative Services Group, and subsequently served as
a programming analyst at Twentieth Television.
Harrison holds a B.A. in Economics from Cornell University as well as a J.D. from
Harvard Law School, and is an accomplished writer.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Harrison is available at foxflash.com.]
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CORIE HENSON
Executive Vice President, Alternative Entertainment
Fox Broadcasting Company
Corie Henson is Executive Vice President of Alternative Entertainment for Fox
Broadcasting Company, where she oversees current franchises, including MASTERCHEF,
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, TEEN CHOICE and PITBULL’S
NEW YEAR’S REVOLUTION. While at FOX, she has also overseen all development of new series
and specials, including HOME FREE, American Grit, KICKING & SCREAMING, HYPNOTIZE ME,
MY KITCHEN RULES and TARAJI & TERRENCE’S WHITE HOT HOLIDAYS.
Previously, Henson was Executive Vice President of Unscripted Television at multiplatform studio Electus. There, she oversaw both development and current unscripted
programming across all cable and broadcast networks, including “Running Wild with Bear Grylls,”
for NBC; “Breaking Greenville,” at Tru TV; and “The Raft,” for the National Geographic Channel.
Before joining Electus, Ms. Henson spent five years as Vice President of Alternative Series
and Specials for ABC Entertainment. In this role, Ms. Henson focused on developing new series,
as well as overseeing current production and spearheading creative efforts for upcoming projects.
At ABC, she oversaw hits such as “Dancing with the Stars” and “Shark Tank,” along with critical
successes like the “Extreme Makeover” franchise.
Prior to ABC, Ms. Henson produced a wide variety of shows, including “Big Brother” (CBS),
“Grease: You’re the One That I Want” (NBC), “Extreme Makeover” (ABC), “On Air with Ryan
Seacrest” (FOX) and “The Secret Life of a Soccer Mom” (TLC). In addition, Ms. Henson was the
executive producer of the “Critics’ Choice Awards” and oversaw much of the live red carpet
coverage for the Academy Awards, Grammys, Golden Globes and SAG Awards while at E!
Entertainment Television and was a writer/producer of live news in both Los Angeles and Phoenix.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Henson is available at foxflash.com.]
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CRAIG KURLAND
Executive Vice President, Business Affairs
Fox Broadcasting Company
Craig Kurland was named Executive Vice President, Business Affairs, Fox Broadcasting
Company, in May 2016. He is responsible for overseeing legal and business affairs for the
network.
Since 2013, Kurland was Senior Vice President, Business Affairs, Twentieth Century Fox
Television. He was responsible for negotiating key business terms for all forms of development
and production, program license, talent deals, rights and format deals and writer/producer
agreements on all pilots and series produced by the company.
Kurland joined Twentieth Century Fox Television from NBC Universal Television, where,
in his most recent role, he was Senior Vice President, Broadcast Network and Studio Business
Affairs. Responsible for managing the company’s Business Affairs department, his mandate was
to oversee all negotiations involving development and production agreements for NBCU’s series,
miniseries and movies-for-television, as well as license agreements. Kurland began his tenure at
NBCU in 2001, when he joined the company as Director, Program & Talent Contracts, before
being subsequently promoted to Director of Business Affairs in 2003 and then Vice President,
Business Affairs, the following year. He was promoted to Senior Vice President in 2007.
From 1998 to 2001, Kurland was an Associate in the Entertainment/Media Transactional
department at Troop Steuber Pasich Reddick & Tobey in Los Angeles. He drafted and negotiated
various production and media/advertising contracts (including theatrical actor deals, producer
deals, talent internet content and endorsement deals and television series production and license
deals), and worked in all capacities on various entertainment litigation matters (including
Katzenberg v. Disney). Kurland began his career as an Associate at Milbank, Tweed, Hadley &
McCloy before joining Dewey Ballantine LLP in 1997.
Kurland graduated with Honors from Duke University and earned his Juris Doctorate from
the University of Pennsylvania.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Kurland is available at foxflash.com.]
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SUZANNA MAKKOS
Executive Vice President, Comedy Programming & Development
Fox Broadcasting Company
Suzanna Makkos is Executive Vice President of Comedy Programming & Development
for the Fox Broadcasting Company. As head of comedy programming and development at FOX,
Makkos is responsible for overseeing all of the network’s half-hour current programming and
comedy development initiatives in both live action and animation.
In this role, Makkos has cultivated many live-action and animated comedies for the
network, including NEW GIRL, RAISING HOPE, THE MINDY PROJECT, Emmy Award winner
BOB’S BURGERS, Golden Globe winner BROOKLYN NINE-NINE and critical darling THE
LAST MAN ON EARTH, written by and starring Will Forte.
This fall, she is launching the live-action/animated hybrid comedy SON OF ZORN,
starring Jason Sudeikis, Cheryl Hines and Tim Meadows. Next spring, she will launch two new
comedies: THE MICK, starring Kaitlin Olson; and MAKING HISTORY, starring Adam Pally and
Leighton Meester.
Prior to her role in development, Makkos served as a current programming executive at
the network, covering comedies such as FAMILY GUY, “Arrested Development,” “The Bernie
Mac Show” and “Malcolm In The Middle,” as well as dramas “Prison Break” and “Boston Public.”
Before joining FOX, Makkos began her career in development and current programming
at Walt Disney Television/Touchstone Television and Regency Television.
She graduated cum laude from Southern Methodist University with a bachelor’s degree
in American history.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Makkos is available at foxflash.com.]
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RACHEL RUSCH
Vice President, Event Series
Fox Broadcasting Company
Rachel Rusch is the Vice President of Event Series for Fox Broadcasting Company,
where she oversees limited series and live events, including THE X-FILES, the hit musical event
GREASE: LIVE and Season Two of WAYWARD PINES. Upcoming event series that Rusch will
manage are PRISON BREAK and SHOTS FIRED. Before her move to FBC, Ms. Rusch was the
Director of Development for Fabrik Entertainment, where she oversaw the production process
for Amazon’s hit drama series, “Bosch.”
Prior to this, Ms. Rusch spent five years at Fox Television Studios, where she oversaw
development and production on FX's “The Americans,” “The Killing” for AMC/Netflix and USA’s
“White Collar” and “Sirens.”
Ms. Rusch received her M.F.A. and D.F.A. in dramaturgy and dramatic criticism from the
Yale School of Drama, and graduated cum laude with a B.A. in English from Yale University.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Rusch is available at foxflash.com.]
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SHANNON RYAN
Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communications
Fox Television Group
Shannon Ryan was named Executive Vice President, Marketing & Communications, for
Fox Television Group in November 2015. In this role, she oversees publicity, corporate
communications and talent relations for the FOX network – home to hits EMPIRE, THE LAST
MAN ON EARTH, GOTHAM and last season’s Emmy Award-nominated live event GREASE:
LIVE. She also oversees publicity, corporate communications and talent relations for 20th Century
Fox Television – producers of “Modern Family” and “Fresh Off The Boat” – and Fox 21 Television
Studios – producers of “The Americans,” “Homeland” and “The People V. OJ Simpson: American
Crime Story.” In addition, she oversees the cross-company Audience Strategy group, as well as
the network’s creative services and special ops marketing teams.
Since 2011, Ryan served as Executive Vice President of Marketing & Communications for
Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX). In that role, she drove the network’s earned media strategy
and grassroots marketing efforts, overseeing FOX’s publicity and corporate communications,
special operations and creative services teams. Ryan is a longtime member of FOX’s publicity
staff, having originally joined the company as a coordinator. While a publicist at the network, she
developed and executed launch campaigns for such hit series as FAMILY GUY, “That ’70s Show,”
“King of the Hill,” “The Simple Life,” “Undeclared” and the Emmy Award-winning “Arrested
Development.” In 2006, Ryan was promoted to Vice President of Entertainment Publicity,
overseeing PR and awards campaigns for such seminal series as “American Idol,” “House”, THE
SIMPSONS and “24.” Following her promotion to Senior Vice President in 2007, Ryan supervised
launch campaigns for FOX hits EMPIRE, GOTHAM, THE LAST MAN ON EARTH, BROOKLYN
NINE-NINE, NEW GIRL, MASTERCHEF JUNIOR, “The Mindy Project” and “Glee.”
Ryan is a graduate of Loyola Marymount University’s School of Film and Television.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Ryan is available at foxflash.com.]
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TESS SANCHEZ
Senior Vice President, Casting
Fox Broadcasting Company
Tess Sanchez is Senior Vice President of Casting for Fox Broadcasting Company. In
this role, Sanchez serves as the head of the casting department for the network and leads
FOX’s bi-coastal casting team in securing talent for the network’s current series and projects in
development, including FOX’s event series.
Sanchez was appointed to her current position in June 2011 and has been with FOX
since July 2009. During her time at the network, she has been instrumental in securing some of
television’s most sought-after talent.
Prior to joining FOX, Sanchez was an independent casting director. She also worked at
the WB (which later transitioned to the CW), serving as Vice President of Talent and Casting for
eight years during some of the network’s most successful years. While there, she developed an
eye for discovering young talent on the rise and worked with new writers Ryan Murphy, Greg
Berlanti and Kevin Williamson. She helped discover the talent for such shows as “Felicity,”
“Dawson’s Creek,” “Buffy the Vampire Slayer,” “Angel,” “Popular,” “Smallville,” “One Tree Hill”
and “Supernatural.”
She currently resides in Los Angeles.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Ms. Sanchez is available at foxflash.com.]
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WILL SOMERS
Senior Vice President, Head of Research, Audience Innovation Research & Strategy
Fox Broadcasting Company
Will Somers is Senior Vice President and Head of Research for AIRS, Audience
Innovation Research and Strategy. He oversees strategic research, national and local market
ratings analysis and consumer insight for Fox Broadcasting Company’s primetime entertainment
division.
Mr. Somers’ main responsibilities include managing audience analysis, operations and
consumer research in support of the network’s programming, scheduling, marketing and digital
efforts, as well as working with the companies’ sales and corporate communications teams to
ensure the integrity and timely dissemination of information targeted towards the advertising and
media communities. His areas of focus contain interpretation of audience behavior, ratings
production, interfacing with Nielsen Media Research, cross-platform consumption, TV-related
social media activity and primary audience feedback.
Prior to joining FOX in 2000, Mr. Somers conducted audience and program research for
the Walt Disney Company’s Buena Vista Television syndication and Touchstone Television
studio, where his responsibilities included audience analysis, pilot testing and series
maintenance. Earlier in his career, Mr. Somers worked for Western International Media and
launched a local market research department supporting the company’s spot media buying
division.
Mr. Somers attended Wesleyan University in Connecticut, where he received a B.A. in
government with a concentration in international politics.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: A photo of Mr. Somers is available at foxflash.com.]
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