FOX Entertainment Ties Up with Hank Steinberg

Television writer and producer Hank Steinberg, known for creating the hit police procedural Without a Trace, and FOX Entertainment have entered a broadcast direct deal.

Steinberg is also behind the post-apocalyptic drama The Last Ship for TNT and the social justice legal drama For Life for ABC, among many other TV projects. He is currently executive producer of FOX’s medical drama Doc, slated to debut as part of the network’s midseason lineup.

Under the terms of the new partnership, Steinberg expands his collaboration with FOX Entertainment, developing new, FOX-owned scripted dramas for the network.

Steinberg commented: “The experience of working on Doc with Michael, Brooke Bowman and the entire FOX team has been one of the most rewarding of my career. Their passion and support from the moment we pitched the show has been unwavering, and Michael’s clarity and vision as the distributor of the content creates such a cohesive dynamic within which to work,” said Steinberg. “I’ve always admired the risk-taking of FOX’s brand within the realm of network programming, and I really look forward to continuing and expanding on our success together.”

“Hank is an invaluable creative partner and collaborator, already delivering the intense new medical procedural Doc to the network,” said Michael Thorn, president of FOX Television Network. “Expanding this relationship builds on Hank’s proven track record for creating undeniable, broad-appeal franchises, and with his incomparable voice, will bring even more incredible, unexpected entertainment to FOX’s audiences worldwide.”