Editing Fox Broadcasting Company (section)

==Presidents of Fox Broadcasting Company Entertainment==
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| [[Garth Ancier]] || 1986–1989 || In 1986, [[Barry Diller]], [[Jamie Kellner]] and [[Rupert Murdoch]] tapped the then 28-year-old Ancier to be the first Entertainment President for the Fox Broadcasting Company,<ref name=vty>{{cite news|last1=Adalian|first1=Josef|last2=Schneider|first2=Michael|title=Peacock Zucker-punched|url=https://variety.com/2000/tv/news/peacock-zucker-punched-1117790536/|access-date=February 17, 2015|work=Variety|date=December 13, 2000}}</ref> where he put ''[[21 Jump Street]]'', ''[[Married... with Children]]'', ''[[Cops (TV program)|Cops]]'', ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[In Living Color]]'' on the air. Ancier ultimately went from Fox (resigning March 1, 1989) to [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] as president of network television for [[The Walt Disney Studios (division)|Walt Disney Studios]] on April 18, 1989.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Haitman|first1=Diane|title=Disney TV Chief Heads Back to Mainstream|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-03-30-ca-1044-story.html|access-date=June 4, 2014|work=Los Angeles Times|date=March 30, 1989}}</ref>
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| [[Peter Chernin]] || 1989–1992 || During Chernin's tenure as president of entertainment for the Fox Broadcasting Company, programming grew from two to seven nights a week.
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| [[Sandy Grushow]] || 1992–1995 ||  In this particular leadership role, Grushow oversaw the development and launch of ''[[The X-Files]]'', ''[[Melrose Place]]'', ''[[Party of Five]]'', ''[[Living Single]]'' and ''[[MADtv]]'' while also expanding the network from four to seven nights of primetime programming.
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| [[John Matoian]] || 1995–1996 || He officially became the president of Entertainment at Fox Broadcasting in September 1995.<ref>{{cite news|title=A More Grown-Up Look for Fox : Television: With new entertainment president John Matoian and a powerful distribution system, the fourth network plans to expand its audience.|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-07-04-ca-20061-story.html|access-date=March 14, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Fox aims to broaden young audience|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_NpRAAAAIBAJ&dq=john%20matoian&pg=6674%2C6585973|access-date=March 14, 2013|newspaper=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette}}</ref> However, in 1996, Matoian left Fox and soon he became the president of [[HBO]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Fox Exec to Join HBO Pictures|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-25-fi-57584-story.html|access-date=March 14, 2013|newspaper=Los Angeles}}</ref> Before he left, Matoian put ''[[King of the Hill]]'' and ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' on the air.
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| [[Peter Roth (executive)|Peter Roth]] || 1996–1998 || He appeared in a short cameo in the ''[[Ally McBeal]]'' episode, "[[Silver Bells]]". It was first broadcast December 15, 1997.<ref name="natcameo">{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/ally-mcbeal/silver-bells/episode/988/summary.html|title=Ally McBeal:Silver Bells:TV.com, also listed in the end credits of the show|access-date=August 3, 2008|archive-date=August 14, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090814124108/http://www.tv.com/ally-mcbeal/silver-bells/episode/988/summary.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Network shows under Roth's tenure included ''Ally McBeal'', ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'', ''[[Millennium (TV series)|Millennium]]'', ''[[That '70s Show]]'' and ''[[King of the Hill]]''.
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| [[Doug Herzog]] || 1998–2000 || ''[[The PJs]]'', ''[[Futurama]]'', ''[[Malcolm in the Middle]]'' and both reality shows ''[[When Animals Attack!]]'' and ''[[World's Wildest Police Videos]]'' were launched under Herzog's watch.
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| [[Gail Berman]] || 2000–2005 || Network shows under Berman's tenure included ''[[American Idol]]'', ''[[The Simple Life]]'', ''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'', ''[[Nanny 911]]'', ''[[Arrested Development]]'', ''[[The Bernie Mac Show]]'', ''[[The War at Home (TV series)|The War at Home]]'', ''[[24 (TV series)|24]]'', ''[[House (TV series)|House]]'', ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', ''[[Prison Break]]'', ''[[The O.C.]]'', ''[[American Dad!]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]'' (although debuted during Herzog's era, still became an overnight success during Berman's era).
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| [[Peter Liguori]] || 2005–2007 || Liguori has been credited with helping the channel [[FX (TV channel)|FX]] grow in prominence.<ref name=Chicago>{{cite news|last=Channick|first=Robert|title=TV executive Peter Liguori takes over as CEO of Tribune Co.|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2013/01/18/tv-executive-peter-liguori-takes-over-as-ceo-of-tribune-co/|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=January 18, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Golum|first=Rob |title= Tribune Names Former Fox TV Executive as CEO|newspaper=Bloomberg.com |url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-01-17/tribune-names-former-fox-tv-executive-liguori-as-ceo.html|date=January 17, 2013}}</ref> And prior to assuming that position in 2005, Liguori was president and CEO of News Corp.'s FX Networks since 1998, overseeing business and programming operations for FX and Fox Movie Channel.<ref>{{Cite web|work = Variety|url= https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/luguori-tapped-prexy-of-fx-net-1117479213/|title=Luguori tapped prexy of FX Net|first1=Richard|last1= Katz|date=August 6, 1998}}</ref> ''[['Til Death]]'' and ''[[Talkshow with Spike Feresten]]'' debuted under Liguori's watch.
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| [[Kevin Reilly (executive)|Kevin Reilly]] || 2007–2014 || Reilly introduced or championed ''[[Sleepy Hollow (TV series)|Sleepy Hollow]]'' and ''[[Brooklyn Nine-Nine]]'', as well as ''[[The Following (TV series)|The Following]]'', ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', ''[[The Cleveland Show]]'', ''[[Bob's Burgers]]'', ''[[Glee (TV series)|Glee]]'', ''[[The Mindy Project]]'', ''[[Raising Hope]]'', and ''[[New Girl]]''. Reilly also championed a "no pilot season" strategy (designed to nurture fewer new FOX shows with more investment), during which he was responsible for greenlighting hit shows ''[[Gotham (TV series)|Gotham]]'', ''[[Last Man on Earth (TV series)|The Last Man on Earth]]'' and ''[[Empire (2015 TV series)|Empire]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine| url =https://www.ew.com/article/2015/01/17/gotham-empire-season-2|title=Fox renews 'Gotham,' 'Empire' (after only two episodes!)|first=James|last=Hibberd|magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date =January 17, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news| url =https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/will-forte-comedy-last-man-679829|title= Will Forte Comedy 'Last Man on Earth' Nabs Fox Series Order|first=Lesley|last=Goldberg|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=February 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/05/kevin-reilly-on-fox-pilot-season.html|title=Why Fox's Kevin Reilly Is Canceling Pilot Season|first= Josef|last= Adalian|work=Vulture|date=May 6, 2014}}</ref> He left Fox in May 2014.<ref name="Greenwald">{{cite news|last1=Greenwald|first1=Andy|url=http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/kevin-reilly-is-out-at-fox-so-what-now-for-him-the-network-and-the-future-of-broadcast-tv/|title=Kevin Reilly Is Out at Fox. So What Now? (For Him, the Network, and the Future of Broadcast TV)|date=May 30, 2014}}</ref>
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| David Madden || 2014–2017 || During Madden's tenure, ''The X-Files'' and ''24'' returned to the network with huge ratings. The NFL coverage of [[Super Bowl LI]] would be the second highest viewed Super Bowl coverage during this time.
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| Michael Thorn || 2017–present || ''[[The Orville]]'', ''[[The Gifted (American TV series)|The Gifted]]'', ''[[9-1-1 (TV series)|9–1–1]]'', ''[[The Resident (TV series)|The Resident]]'', ''[[Fantasy Island (2021 TV series)|Fantasy Island]]'', ''[[The Great North]]'', ''[[Duncanville (TV series)|Duncanville]]'', ''[[Bless the Harts]]'', ''[[Housebroken (TV series)|Housebroken]]'', ''[[The Masked Singer (American TV series)|The Masked Singer]]'', ''[[Beat Shazam]]'', ''[[Mental Samurai]]'' and ''[[Spin the Wheel (game show)|Spin the Wheel]]'' were launched under Thorn.
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