{"id":1121,"date":"2011-09-27T12:49:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-27T16:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/09\/27\/fox-considering-an-all-simpsons-tv-channel\/"},"modified":"2011-09-27T12:49:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-27T16:49:00","slug":"fox-considering-an-all-simpsons-tv-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.library.american.edu\/mediaservices\/2011\/09\/27\/fox-considering-an-all-simpsons-tv-channel\/","title":{"rendered":"Fox Considering An All-\u2019Simpsons\u2019 TV Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>THE SIMPSONS<\/a>: Season 1 – Season 3 – HU DVD 6581 – 6591<\/span>
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Where can The Simpsons<\/span><\/i><\/strong>, television\u2019s longest-running American prime time, scripted series, go from here? If Fox executives have their way, everyone\u2019s favorite yellow family might get their own TV channel. At a recent media conference, News Corp.\u2019s Chief Operating Officer Chase Carey<\/span><\/strong> said the company is looking for ways to increase revenue from the long running show and said an all-Simpsons channel has been discussed. Read more after the jump.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Slice of Sci-Fi <\/a>alerted us to this surprising, but fairly logical, turn of events. Carey was at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media Communications & Entertainment Conference in Beverly Hills and said The Simpsons, <\/span><\/em>well on its way to 500 episodes as its 23rd season is about to kick off, shows \u201cno signs of slowing down.\u201d However, there\u2019s only so much money to be made from merchandising, syndicated repeats and DVD sales after 20 plus years.
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Carey said there have been a \u201cnumber of meetings\u201d to determine how to capitalize on its library of episodes of <\/span><\/i>The Simpsons<\/span><\/em> and he mentioned a digital channel featuring nothing but Homer and the gang as being a possibility. Carey said it is incumbent on the company to take advantage of a show that is \u201cunique in television with a volume, too, that is unprecedented.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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