‘The Simpsons’ all set to get their own channel
September 26th, 2011 - 9:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya BhattLos Angeles, Sept 26 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The long-running children’s show The Simpsons may soon end up on its own channel, FOX has hinted. The show is approaching its 500th episode and FOX is considering an exclusive channel for it. The channel will be running 24-hours and will exclusively show episodes of The Simpsons.
The Chief Operating Officer of News Corp. Inc, Chase Carey, announced that, “The point I was making, which I will reemphasize, is that this is a unique franchise…and it provides us a unique opportunity to do some interesting things with it.”
News Corp is the parent company of FOX and the network says after 23 seasons it is important the show gets it own channel.
Carey assured that, “I wouldn’t say we’re drawing up plans to have a ‘Simpsons’ channel, but, you know, there are a lot of ‘Simpsons’ fans out there.”
The new network if it ever get past the planning stage will air and rerun previous episodes of the famous children’s show. Carey revealed that before an exclusive network for the show could become a reality, the current syndication agreement needed to be changed or FOX will have to wait for at least 12 months.
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