Fox’s Michael Thorn Warns Of “Shallow Pools Of Talent” In Broadcast As Net Moves Ahead With New Development Models

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Our Kind of People, Monarch and The Big Leap – three of Fox’s new originals for the 2021/22 broadcast season – all took different routes to screen.The network has been shaking up its development process for the last couple of years, using a mixture of traditional pilot orders, straight-to-series orders, script-to-series greenlights and low-cost summer commissions.It’s a good thing too, given that Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn revealed that this year it received fewer traditional development pitches than ever before.“Every year, the traditional cycle of development changes.

This year has the fewest amount of pitches I’ve ever seen. Shallow pools of talent is challenging for every platform. That said, [with] our strategy, being