Kevin Reilly, head of programming for Fox, has been upped to the network’s Chairman of Entertainment, the network announced via press release today. It’s a title switch that comes very shortly before the launch of the fall season. Mr. Reilly’s tenure has seen the launches of phenomena like Glee and New Girl, as well as the tepid reaction Read More
The Television Critics Association summer press tour came to a close on Monday with the Fox executive session, which meant only one thing: Deflections about American Idol. Peter Rice and Kevin Reilly, prepare to be translated.
On the rumors of American Idol deals with producer Nigel Lythgoe, Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler
What Read More
You can take Kevin Reilly out of NBC, but apparently you can’t take NBC out of Kevin Reilly. The former NBC entertainment president, who now holds the same position at Fox, announced the fall schedule yesterday at Fox’s upfront presentation, and the results were positively Ben Silverman–like. Much can be made of the laughable decision Read More
We’re conditioned to assume that television executives are, among other things, professional liars. More often than not they act like miniature Obi-Wan Kenobi’s, employing variations on the Jedi mind trick to convince audiences that watching their crappy wares is a good idea. (This is precisely what allows Jerry O’Connell to keep getting pilots picked up.) Read More
“The buzz was loud and clear, we struck a chord,” said president of NBC Entertainment Kevin Reilly at the network’s Upfront presentation yesterday afternoon. But: “Frankly, we need to be more better.”
Mr. Reilly was saying what the hundreds of ad executives milling around Radio City for the first day of the Upfronts already Read More
At the Monday afternoon presentation of NBC’s prime-time line-up at Radio City Music Hall, ad buyers were treated to a rare sight: a solemn Jeff Zucker.
By his somber expression, the head of the NBC Universal Television Group seemed to be carrying the abysmal performance of Father of the Pride, LAX and Hawaii, and the Read More
