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Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
‘Accused' Season 3 Still in Limbo, Fox Says It's Open to More Episodes
Just because Fox doesn't have a plan to renew Howard Gordon's 'Accused' at the moment, that doesn't mean that won't change in the future. The network addressed the renewal hopes of 'Accused' as well as other on-the-bubble shows 'The Cleaning Lady,' 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' and 'The Great North' during a conference call with press ahead of its 2025 advertiser upfront presentation. 'As you know, ['Accused'] is anthological, which means it doesn't have the same timetable for renewals as shows that have locked cast. So right now, we're talking with Howard,' Michael Thorn, President of Fox Television Network for Fox Entertainment, said. 'If there's an opportunity down the line to event-ize a return that can really work for us and Howard, we'd love to do it. Right now, there's no plan, but there could be down the line.' The anthology drama first premiered in 2023 and aired its second season on 2024. Each episode of 'Accused' follows a completely different court case with an entirely different cast as it explores one of the most stressful moments in the lives of ordinary people. Thorn also provided an update on 'The Cleaning Lady,' which is currently airing its fourth season, as well as 'Alert: Missing Persons Unit' and 'The Great North.' The police procedural from John Eisendrath and Jamie Foxx is currently airing its third season, and the animated comedy from Wendy Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux and Minty Lewis is airing its fifth season. 'We love the teams and those shows, and I think there'll be more to come after they finish their current seasons. As you know, we order series all year round. The upfront for us is one cycle of ordering, and there will definitely be more [ordering] sometime, probably later this summer,' Thorn said. The post 'Accused' Season 3 Still in Limbo, Fox Says It's Open to More Episodes appeared first on TheWrap.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Josh Charles to Star in Fox Medical Comedy Based on British Hit ‘Doc Martin'
Josh Charles will star in Fox's latest medical series 'Best Medicine,' an adaptation of the British hit series 'Doc Martin.' The medical comedy, which will premiere during the 2025-26 TV season, follows the success of the network's medical drama 'Doc' — which was also adapted from a hit Italian series. 'The story of Doc Martin has resonated worldwide with its humanity, originality, and humor, and with 'Best Medicine' coming to Fox, that eccentricity gets a smalltown America spin, complete with idyllic charm and absurdity,' President of Fox Television Network Michael Thorn said. 'Best Medicine' will center around Martin Best (Charles), a talented surgeon who abruptly leaves his career behind in Boston and moves to a quaint East Coast fishing village to become a general practitioner. Martin's blunt, big-city bedside manner does not quite mesh with the locals in the small town. In his attempts to distance himself from the residents of the town, he somehow becomes intertwined in the 'feuds and fantasies' of the villagers. 'The Office' producer Ben Silverman, 'Stick''s Rodney Ferrell and Liz Tuccillo of 'Sex and the City' will all executive produce the series for Fox Entertainment. Mark Crowdy and Philippa Braithwaite from 'Doc Martin' will also executive produce the comedy series and support its adaptation. The British medical comedy was originally produced by Buffalo Pictures in association with Homerun Film Productions, and will be brought to American audiences by Propagate Content. 'The entire Propagate team is thrilled to be working with Fox Entertainment on this extraordinary adaptation by Liz Tuccillo of the global hit 'Doc Martin,'' Silverman said. 'Josh Charles is the perfect lead for this brilliantly character-driven comedic procedural. 'Best Medicine' is a world we'll all want to be part of.' Charles is best known for his performances as Will Garner in 'The Good Wife,' which earned him two Emmy Award nominations. The actor has also appeared in 'The Handmaid's Tale,' 'The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' and 'Dead Poets Society.' The one-hour comedy series is set to premiere on Fox in the 2025-2026 season. The post Josh Charles to Star in Fox Medical Comedy Based on British Hit 'Doc Martin' appeared first on TheWrap.
Forbes
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Forbes
Fox Orders ‘The Snake,' A New Summer Competition Series
Another day, another new network competition series. Fox has greenlit The Snake, which is refers to as a 'social survival of the fittest' competition series. From SallyAnn Salsano (Jersey Shore, Joe Millionaire: For Richer or Poorer) and produced by 495 Productions, The Snake, hosted by comedian Jim Jefferies, will feature, per the descriptor, '15 masters of manipulation from various persuasive professions with unique skill sets to compete in an outrageous array of challenges and twists.' The goal is to 'help contestants move toward becoming that week's Snake, the most powerful position in the game and ultimate decider of who stays and who goes.' The winner of each challenge becomes The Snake, earning control of 'The Saving Ceremony,' an elimination where the focus is on who is willing to save you. 'SallyAnn brings her uniquely original voice to Fox with this fresh take on the strategy competition series and a universally appealing concept that will captivate audiences,' said Michael Thorn, President of Fox Television Network. 'Trust Me The Snake lives up to its name.' The Snake, which could fit the descriptor of the majority of current and former shows in the genre, is set to premiere this summer on Fox and will stream next day on Hulu. Fun factoid: 'Snake' was the nickname for Natalie's (Mindy Cohn) boyfriend Norbert Robinson (Robert Romanus), who appeared for four episodes in the final season of the 1980s NBC sitcom The Facts of Life. And, yes, one of the episodes was the then controversial tale of the unmarried couple becoming intimate! Lisa Whelchel, who played roommate Blair (and once competed on CBS' Survivor), was reportedly so offended by it that she asked to be written out of the episode.
