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FX Networks Sets ‘The Strain,’ ‘You’re The Worst’ Premiere Dates

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Tue, 10 May 2016 19:15:00 +0000

FX Networks has set summer premiere dates for the third seasons of The Strain and You’re the Worst.

The horror-themed series The Strain will premiere its third season on Aug. 28. The FX series is produced by Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse, said network officials.

FXX comedy series You’re The Worst, starring Chris Geere and Aya Cash, will return for its third season Aug. 31, said network officials.

TCA: FX Renews `The Strain’

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 07 Aug 2015 17:45:00 +0000

FX’s horror series The Strain has been renewed for a third series, the network said as part of several announcements from its Television Critics Association Tour session Friday.

The network greenlit a new comedy series Better Things, co-created and starring Pamela Adlon, who plays a working actor and single mom trying to raise three daughters, said network officials. Adlon was recently nominated for an Emmy award for Outstanding Guest Actress in a Comedy Series for an appearance on FX’s series Louie.

In other FX Networks news, FX sister service FXX will debut in 2016 a new animated series Cassius and Clay, which follows the exploits of two bandits looking to survive in a futuristic, post-apocalyptic American South, said network officials. In addition, FXX said it will air the seventh season of animated series Archer. The series moves over from FX, which aired the first six seasons of the spy-themed comedy.

FX announced premiere dates for several of its shows, including freshman drama series The Bastard Executioner (Sept. 15), American Horror Story: Hotel (Oct. 7) and Fargo (Oct. 12)

A+E Studios Signs Carlton Cuse To Development Deal

thomas.umstead@futurenet.com (R. Thomas Umstead) — Fri, 10 Oct 2014 17:15:00 +0000

A+E Studios has signed a three-year, first-look development agreement with producer Carlton Cuse, the network announced Friday.

Cuse will work with A+E Studios to develop quality original drama programming for the A+E portfolio of networks, including A&E, Lifetime and History. The prolific producer has worked on numerous shows including A&E’s Bates Motel as well as upcoming series The Returned. He’s also produced FX’s The Strain and ABC’s Lost.

“Carlton is a consummate showman and one of the greatest creative minds working in television today,” said Barry Jossen, Executive Vice President of A+E Studios. “Since the start of A+E Studios, it has been our intention to expand our collaboration with Carlton. We know he is one of the few producers with the unique combination of creativity and skills to personally create, as well as nurture other writers. Now, we can continue on our path with Carlton toward producing many successful and brand-defining series together.”