Though exceptions exist--New Line's Lord of the Rings franchise won several Oscars a few years back--nominations are typically awarded to the smaller budget, often artistic films, aptly dubbed Oscar bait, from the studio's specialty divisions (Paramount's Vantage or 20th Century Fox's Fox Searchlight, among others).
The Idol judge announced via Twitter that she's leaving Fox's ratings juggernaut after negotiations broke down over finances.
Northern Foods owns Goodfella's Pizza and Fox's biscuits, and is the UK's largest maker of Christmas puddings.
New comedies like ABC's "The Hughleys, " UPN's "Diresta, " Fox's "The Family Guy" and CBS's "King of Queens" center around family men whose goofs come mostly from being dopey guys.
Among the other solid performers: ABC's Dancing With the Stars and Fox's Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? and So You Think You Can Dance.
"There's a vote of confidence on Fox's part and Simon Cowell's part and Britney's team's part to say she's ready, and if it goes right, the potential is huge, " he said.
Over on the smaller screen, Kelsey Grammer's heavily hyped return to primetime in Fox's Back to You was similarly disappointing.
While Josh Brolin continues to get work (he'll next appear in a remake of True Grit), the film's failure won't help Megan Fox's career.
Characters such as Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan and Jack Bauer on Fox's prime-time series 24 are engraved with the same irreverence, patriotism and easiness with violence that 007 has portrayed throughout his 53 years in the service.
Chernin's exit will leave a big void in Fox's Hollywood presence.
The other programs include Fox's own "Factor, " of course (when Cowell decided to launch a U.S. version of his UK hit, Fox had little choice but to get on board, lest risk losing him to a rival network).
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Regardless, fall's new fare--with the exception of Fox's Nashville, which was pulled after two episodes--may be spared the early rank-and-yank viewers have come to expect.
Among the "guest stars" showcased in ConnecTV chat: Keegan Allen of ABC Family's "Pretty Little Liars, " Val Chmerkovskiy of ABC's "Dancing With The Stars: All-Stars, " Apollo Nida of Bravo's "Real Housewives of Atlanta, " Beilee Madison co-star of Billy Crystal's "Parental Guidance, " Chris Rene of Fox's "X-Factor, " Super Bowl XXXIV champion and St.
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No 10 had come to the conclusion on Thursday that Mr Fox's position was becoming untenable, he added, and Mr Fox had reluctantly reached the same view.
In a spate of recent statements on the subject, Obama's top advisers have warned the other networks not to follow Fox's lead on any of the stories it reports, lest they discover they have allowed themselves to become the tool of the Republicans.
And, like the bus company's sudden preference for legal videos, many are happening without Mr Fox's help.
U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright will represent the United States at Fox's inauguration.
Broadcast series--though hardly ratings juggernauts--fared better in the comedy category, where NBC's 30 Rock and The Office, CBS' How I Met Your Mother and Fox's The Family Guy joined Showtime's Weeds, and HBO's The Flight of the Conchords and Entourage.
When it comes to new series, media buyers are forced to rely on differentiators like night of the week (Thursday nights, for instance, are more desirable than Friday nights, and are thus more expensive), expected demographic (shows that skew younger tend to be more attractive) and the newcomer's lead-in show (or shows, in the case of a programming block like Fox's Sunday-night animation domination).
's Fox News, Comcast's MSNBC and Bloomberg TV, among others.
The success or failure of Mr Fox's presidency may hang on the outcome of that bargaining.
Mr Fox's immediate task, however, is to cushion the blow from the United States' slowdown.
By comparison, 27 million viewers tune in to watch Fox's American Idol on a weekly basis.
But American Idol performed so strongly that it has altered the scheduling landscape for Fox's competitors.
But when it comes to American Idol, Fox's breakout hit singing competition, there isn't much choice.
Mr Fox's centre-right party is widely seen to represent the face of modern Mexican business.
But such cable channels as Nickelodeon and the Cartoon Network were eroding Fox's strength.
Fox's response: a gradual reduction of the corporate tax rate to 30% from 34%.
Vicente Fox's victory in 2000 ended the PRI's reign, but vestiges of the old system remain.
And it is a trend that makes even Mr Fox's own party difficult to control.
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