Tag Archives: Fox

TV & Film Surf Report: (Don’t) Be Scared – Horror Is Now Trending On All Screens Which Is Great News For Killer Clowns, Swamp Things, And … Nuns!

Posted on April 13, 2018 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — With the recent success at the box office of the innovative trifecta of movies A Quiet Place, Get Out, and Stephen King’s It, the Horror genre is on quite a roll. So much so, I have … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged A Quiet Place, Annabelle, Annabelle 3, Anne Rice, Ash Versus Evil Dead, Blumhouse, Bruce Campbell, Bryan Fuller, CBS Films, Christopher Rice, Dark Universe, DC Digital, Dermot Mulroney, Emily Blunt, Eone, Fox, FX, Genre, Get Out, Guillermo del Toro, Halloween, Henry Cavill, Horror, Ian Somehalder, James Wan, Jamie Lee Curtis, John Krasinski, Jordan Peele, Justin Cronin, Kiernan Shipka, Netflix, New Line Cinema, Paramount Pictures, Ridley Scott, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, SMU, Starz, Stephen King's It, Swamp Thing, Taika Waititi, Taissa Farmiga, The Conjuring, The Daily Campus, The Nun, The Passage, The Purge, The Tommyknockers, The Vampire Chronicles, The Vampire Lestat, The Witcher, Tom Bateman, Tom Cruise, Universal Monsters, V-Wars | Leave a comment

Film Surf Report: Universal’s Dark Universe Should Look to John Logan’s Penny Dreadful for Resurrection & Inspiration

Posted on November 10, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — When last we saw Tom Cruise’s character (whose name I can barely recall as it was so bland….wait a minute, he was called Nick Something) in The Mummy, he and his resurrected buddy were riding off into … Continue reading →

Posted in Film Surf Report | Tagged Alex Kurtzman, Angelina Jolie, Anne Rice, Beauty & the Beast, Bela Lugosi, Bill Condon, Billie Piper, Chris Morgan, Christopher Rice, Daniel Craig, Dark Universe, Eva Green, Film, Fox, Javier Bardem, John Logan, Johnny Depp, Judi Dench, Ramses The Damned, Reeve Carney, Rory Kinnear, Showtime, Sofia Boutella, The Mummy, The Passage, Timothy Dalton, Tom Cruise, Universal Monsters | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Branding In Television — Who’s Succeeding and Who’s Failing in 2017

Posted on October 26, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — These days, it’s All About Your Brand. For Networks, this is a challenge to define itself to not only its audience, but also to advertisers seeking to reach a specific audience and to creatives who seek to … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged ABC, Advertising, Arrow, Audiences, Big Bang Theory, Branding, Buzz, CBS, Dancing With The Stars, Demographics, Fox, HBO, Marketing, Modern Family, NBC, Riverdale, Shark Tank, Supergirl, Supernatural, Television, The CW, The Good Doctor, The Voice, This Is Us, Westworld, Young Sheldon | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Creative Remakes And Nostalgic Reboots Continue To Trend In Hopes of Breaking Through The Clutter

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — Nostalgia. Escapism. Feel Good TV. What’s Old Is New Again. And Again. Hollywood wants to soothe The Viewer with Old Chestnuts, with new takes on familiar titles and with tales of the Future in which Mankind … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Alfred Hitchcock, Amblin Entertainment, BBC, Bette Midler, Blue Crush, CBS, CBS All Access, Das Boot, Deadwood, Fargo, First Wives Club, Fox, Galaxy Quest, Greg Berlanti, Hawaii Five-0, HBO, Hocus Pocus, Imagine TV, James Cameron, James Gunn, Jordan Peele, Kathy Najimy, Kung Fu, Len Wiseman, Leonardo DiCaprio, NBC, Paul Scheer, Robert Downey Jr., Robert Zemeckis, Roswell, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stargate, Steven Spielberg, Tracy Oliver, True Lies, Twilight Zone, Twin Peaks, Underworld, Vin Diesel, Xena: Warrior Princess | Leave a comment

TV Surf Report: Event Television Is The Word In Hollywood After Grease: Live! All Hail, Director Tommy Kail!

Posted on February 1, 2016 by Surfing Hollywood

Santa Monica, CA — (Updated 19 March 2016) Broadcast Networks learned a very big lesson Sunday night with Fox’s highly rated and well-received production of Grease: Live! Event Television remains a big draw for the Big Four. As long as … Continue reading →

Posted in TV Surf Report | Tagged Event Television, Fox, Grease: Live, Hairspray, Neil Meron, Tommy Kail | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Fox

TV & Film Surf Report: (Don’t) Be Scared – Horror Is Now Trending On All Screens Which Is Great News For Killer Clowns, Swamp Things, And … Nuns!

Film Surf Report: Universal’s Dark Universe Should Look to John Logan’s Penny Dreadful for Resurrection & Inspiration

TV Surf Report: Branding In Television — Who’s Succeeding and Who’s Failing in 2017

TV Surf Report: Creative Remakes And Nostalgic Reboots Continue To Trend In Hopes of Breaking Through The Clutter

TV Surf Report: Event Television Is The Word In Hollywood After Grease: Live! All Hail, Director Tommy Kail!

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