FOX Television Stations Picks Up Anger Management

NEW YORK: FOX Television Stations (FTS) has signed an off-net syndication deal for Charlie Sheen’s Anger Management starting in September 2014. 

The Lionsgate-produced series completed its ten-episode run this summer on FX. As part of Debmar-Mercury’s deal with FX, when Anger Management met a certain designated ratings average over eight of the first ten episodes, an automatic order was placed for 90 more episodes. FX will retain simultaneous exclusive cable rights to its reruns starting in fall 2014. 

Frank Cicha, the senior VP of programming at FTS, said, "Typical wisdom says off-cable shows aren’t right for general syndication, but that’s way too narrow minded for today’s reality. When a program produces these ratings, regardless of the platform, you have to take it seriously. We did, and we expect Anger Management to be a key piece of our sitcom dominance for years to come."


Debmar-Mercury co-presidents, Mort Marcus and Ira Bernstein, commented, “We are thrilled to have FOX as our core station group for Anger Management as we begin rolling it out nationally. FOX is acquiring today’s most valuable sitcoms, and a broad-based, male-driven sitcom like Anger Management will play perfectly with both Big Bang Theory and Modern Family on FOX stations in major markets. Anger Management achieved record-breaking ratings on FX and we believe it will perform extremely well in off-network syndication.”