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NBC’s ousted Kevin Reilly officially landed at Fox yesterday as Fox Entertainment president, rejoining his former FX boss and current Fox head Peter Liguori, writes Media Life.
Reilly will work on development and programming, while Liguori, who will move up to entertainment chairman, will oversee Fox’s online broadcasting in addition to his current duties.
Reilly is expected to help Fox develop new shows that will help give the network a new, more grown-up image, according to the article. At NBC, he helped bring success to hits like The Office, My Name Is Earl and Heroes, while at FX he helped develop The Shield and Nip/Tuck. Even shows under Reilly that flopped at NBC - Kidnapped, Friday Night Lights and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - garnered strong reviews.
Some critics, however, argue that Reilly’s tastes are too quirky for network success. But both Liguori and Reilly say they plan to bring a slate of programming that will hold some of the edge of FX yet enough mainstream interest to attract viewers to the network.
Part of Reilly’s trouble with programming at NBC, according to industry insiders, was that NBC chief Jeff Zucker second-guessed his decisions and didn’t give him full support. At Fox, he is expected not to have that problem, if Liguori, who claims to have unqualified trust in his No. 2’s instincts, can be believed.
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Below, fiscal results from the discount retail giants:
Sales of food and…
