FX will not be moving forward with Russell Brand's late-night talk show Brand X, CEO John Landgraf announced Thursday.
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What do you get when you combine Russell Brand and the Kardashian sisters? A very raunchy conversation.
On Tuesday night's Chelsea Lately, Kim, Khloe and Kourtney took over hosting duties from Handler and sat down with Brand, who was promoting his FX series BrandX. Barely 10 seconds into the interview, Khloe dug right in, asking him, "Do we make you horny?" And that was the tamest part of the chat.
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Will Nicki Minaj's "wife" Kree make the cut? How about Devin, the (quoting Nicki again) "Spanish Ken doll?" And could this be the end of the road for such curiosities as Zoanette "What's Tone Got To Do With It" Johnson and the appropriately named Charlie Askew? All will be revealed as Fox's American Idol moves back to Hollywood for a 90-minute live results show (8/7c), where America decides this year's Top 10 — but I wouldn't be surprised if the judges get a "wild card" pick should one or more of their faves fail to capture the voters' attention.
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"I'm a really curious person ... I'd be interested in studies on violence in entertainment and the correlation of violence in real life," FX chief John Landgraf told reporters at the FX winter previews Wednesday. "If we find meaningful correlations, we should act on those correlations."
Landgraf, whose network airs the sometimes brutally violent Sons of Anarchy, was responding to the inevitable questions about violence and responsibility question that has been prevalent at the Television Critics Association tour this month. Although he pointed out that the U.S. and U.K. consume the same violent media (The Walking Dead is the No. 1 cable show in England), violent gun deaths are significantly higher in the States. He theorized that it is differences in the countries' gun-control policies ...
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FX has announced premiere dates for all of its fall shows, with the network's three comedy series — It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, The League and BrandX with Russell Brand — all bowing on Thursday, Oct. 11.
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