NBC's Reilly Gain Is FX's Loss
By Multi Channel News Staff -- Multichannel News, 6/11/2003 2:20:00 PM
Kevin Reilly is leaving FX to head up NBC's primetime development, reporting to NBC Entertainment president Jeff Zucker.
Reilly, who began his career at NBC in the late 1980s, has raised the programming bar considerably at FX since he joined the network in 2000.
Under his watch as president of entertainment, FX has improved its ratings and gained critical acclaim and buzz through the launch of such shows as Emmy Award-winning renegade cop drama The Shield and original film 44 Minutes: The North Hollywood Shootout. The latter was the most-watched show in FX's history.
Comedy skein Lucky, starring John Corbett, hasn't produced big ratings, but it has garnered critical accolades, while there has been plenty of press about the upcoming Nip/Tuck, which gets underneath the skin of the plastic-surgery world.
FX and Reilly, whose contract expires in September, are working out exit details.
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