Wilmore out at Bernie Mac

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Fox Tuesday fired Larry Wilmore, executive producer and creator of 20th
Century Fox/Regency Television-produced The Bernie Mac Show.

Wilmore is likely to end up in a deal with another studio, with NBC Studios
the leading candidate, sources said.

Word was that Fox was unhappy with the program's performance under Wilmore,
who won a Primetime Emmy Award for writing the show.

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Although Bernie Mac is likely to come back next year, Fox has not
officially renewed it.

Bernie Mac started the season on Wednesdays at 8 p.m., opposite ABC's
My Wife and Kids, with ABC winning the ratings race.

In January, Fox moved the show to 9 p.m., following the American Idol: Search for a Superstar
results show, which has given Bernie Mac a ratings boost.

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Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.