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Fox’s sitcom ‘That 70’s Show’ bids farewell in May
MUMBAI: Yet another sitcom will end a successful run in the US. Fox’s sitcom That 70’s Show which deals with teenagers in the 1970’s will come to an end after seven seasons in May. In India the show airs on Star World.
The final episode on 18 May also marks the 200th episode. The shiw kicked off in 1998. Set in Point Place, Wisconsin, the series follows a group of friends who get by with a little help from each other.
The show stars Mila Kunis, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, and Tommy Chong. Topher Grace and Ashton Kutcher.
Fox says that the series created some signature elements that made it a hit over the years. These include surreal dream sequences, the 360-degree basement scenes and the classic ’70s score. Numerous 1970s icons have stopped by to be guest-stars on the show, including ghoulish rocker Alice Cooper and Roger Daltrey from The Who.
This season, Don Knotts, Mary Tyler Moore Tom Bosley and Isaac Hayes are joining the list. Film stars Luke Wilson, Lindsay Lohan, Bruce Willis will also appear on the show.
Fox Entertainment president Peter Ligouri says, “That ’70s Show is one of our longest-running hit comedies. The show’s success is definitely a testament to the creativity and dedication put forth each week by the talented cast, outstanding writers and producers, and the great crew. There are a lot of things about the ’70s we’d like to forget, especially those involving polyester. But this series has been a wonderful look back at this most memorable decade.”
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Ellison takes his Paramount-Warner Bros case straight to theater owners
The Skydance chief goes to CinemaCon with promises and a skeptical crowd waiting
CALIFORNIA: David Ellison strode into a room packed with thousands of cinema owners and executives at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Thursday and did something rather bold: he looked them in the eye and asked them to trust him.
The chief executive of Paramount Skydance vowed that his company would release a minimum of 30 films a year if regulators greenlight its proposed $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery, a deal that has made theater owners deeply, and loudly, nervous.
“I wanted to look every single one of you in the eye and give you my word,” Ellison told the crowd. “Once we combine with Warner Bros, we are going to make a minimum of 30 films annually across both studios.”
It was a confident pitch. Whether it landed is another matter. Cinema operators have already called on regulators to block the deal, and scepticism in the room was hardly concealed.
Ellison pushed back by pointing to recent form. Paramount, born from the merger of Paramount Global and Skydance Media last August, plans to release 15 films this year, nearly double the eight it put out in 2025. Progress, he argued, was already underway.
He also threw theater owners a bone they have long been chasing: all films, he pledged, would run exclusively in cinemas for a minimum of 45 days, drawing applause from a crowd that has spent years fighting for exactly that commitment across the industry.
“People can speculate all they want,” Ellison said, “but I am standing here today telling you personally that you can count on our complete commitment. And we’ll show you we mean it.”
Fine words. The regulators, however, will have the last one.
