The series will debut on US
cable channel FX in the Spring, and today Yahoo! TV got an exclusive first look at it.
As the star of The Shield, the first original drama series from
cable channel FX, he's prime time's most magnetic, complex and troubling cop since Dennis Franz introduced Andy Sipowicz on «NYPD Blue» back in 1993.
Not exact matches
Rogers and Shaw are now pressing that content advantage, offering up mass titles like Modern Family and American Horror Story which run on the
cable companies»
channels (Rogers» City TV and
FX Canada respectively).
Sources told Reuters last week that Disney was in the lead to acquire the assets, which include Fox's
FX and National Geographic
cable channels, its movie studio, the Star network in India and stake in European pay - TV provider Sky.
Disney agreed to buy, among other assets, 21st Century Fox's film and TV studio as well as the
FX and National Geographic
cable channels.
FX is the flagship general entertainment basic
cable channel of
FX Networks, a business unit of 21st Century Fox.
The merger wouldn't just be Fox giving up its Marvel licenses; it's also National Geographic, Fox's stake in Hulu (which would give Disney a bigger share), and dozens of
cable channels, including
FX.
Fox will spin off the assets it plans to keep, with Disney acquiring the studio,
cable channels such as
FX and National Geographic, and international assets in a deal valued at about $ 60 billion including debt, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing private information.