FX issues updates on ‘Chozen’ and ‘Simpsons’ to FXX

Upfronts season is in full swing and FX came equipped to dish out the big announcements. For starters, CEO John Landgraf wants to increase the number of original shows in development from 11 to 20 for both FX AND FXX which hopefully means we are getting fresh animated fair to pair up with Archer. 

Unfortunately, John was not very forthcoming about the future of freshman series Chozen but did say that announcements about the franchise is coming soon. That said, it’s worth noting that although the overnight ratings for Chozen haven’t been great (and going up against stalwart Rick and Morty in the same hour isn’t helping) that John has been touting the success of DVR numbers for other franchises, so maybe he knows something we don’t in terms of how many people are actually watching Chozen  live versus on DVR.

Another HUGE announcement, was that The Simpsons will kick off on FXX in August with a 12-day marathon of nothing but the legendary animated series which will evidently destroy television marathon records (though I’m sure A&E will do its best to plaster its entire summer with Storage Wars reruns).

So yea, be prepared to not go to the beach for almost two weeks straight come this August.

[Source: Deadline.com]