FX Productions Inks Overall Deal with Simon Rich

LOS ANGELES: FX Productions has entered into an overall production deal with Simon Rich, the creator and executive producer of FXX's Man Seeking Woman.

The pact sees Rich and his production company Allagash Industries developing projects for FXP for the next two years. The agreement follows FXX's second-season pickup of Man Seeking Woman, which is based on Rich's book of short stories, The Last Girlfriend on Earth.

"Simon is one of the brightest and most innovative talents in television today," said Eric Schrier, co-president of original programming at FX Networks and FX Productions. "With Man Seeking Woman, he took the age-old story of looking for love and turned it on its head. FX is all about that kind of creative risk taking and we jumped at the opportunity to develop future projects with him."

Rich commented, "I'm so grateful to FX for believing in Allagash Industries. They've given us more creative freedom than I ever dreamed was possible. I'm determined to develop shows with them that are honest, original and gross. I can't wait to get started."