Trade Round-Up: Fox Wins Sweeps, Nets Temporarily Love Comedy Pilots
· One of those shows that people used to watch before Jerry Springer allowed hicks to hit each other with chairs is nominated for a bunch of awards. [Variety]
· House, 24, and oh yeah, some little shows thing called the the Super Bowl and American Idol lead Fox to a February sweeps win in the coveted key demographic. [Variety]
· THR analyzes the season's surge in comedy pilots. And? There are more of them, actors are extorting more money because of the resulting casting crunch, and in the end, Fox will go right back to airing American Idol four times a week. [THR]
· But you already knew this, like, two days ago: The staggeringly pretty Jude Law dumps CAA for the warm embrace and promised fatter bags of money that Endeavor offers him. [Variety]
· The New Paramount loves to buy things! Brad Grey's little elves get the rights to teen-superhero comic series
Invincible. The script will be penned by the comic's creator, Robert Kirkman, and then quickly rewritten by fifteen uncredited writers. [Variety]