FXX’s Emmy-winning animated series “Archer,” which is produced in Atlanta by Floyd County Productions, announced it won’t be able to return on May 6 for its 11th season as originally scheduled.
FX, in a statement, cited “production challenges and scheduling issues” with plans to “shift the premiere date to later this year.”
The series was originally a James Bond-ian spoof with a score of popular — if not always likable — characters.
The show has veered course at times. Over the past three season, for instance, the “Archer” gang has landed in 1940s Los Angeles, a tropical island in the 1930s, and for season 10, outer space. All of these concepts were generated fictionally from the mind of the lead character Sterling Archer suffering from a three-year coma.
Season 11 will feature Sterling waking up from that coma.
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It’s obvious by social media buzz that its docuseries “Tiger King” has been a huge success for Netflix.
Nielsen released numbers to Variety backing that up. The show drew 34.3 million unique viewers during its first 10 days out from March 20 to March 29.
In comparison, season 2 of Netflix hit “Stranger Things” — shot in metro Atlanta — drew 31.2 million unique viewers in its first 10 days while “Stranger Things 3” last year brought in 36.3 million over the comparable 10-day span.
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Credit: Terry Foxx on 92.9/The Game Facebook photo
Credit: Terry Foxx on 92.9/The Game Facebook photo
Terry Foxx, the original sports talk program director for the seven-year-old 92.9/The Game, is no longer with the station.
Foxx was hired to launch the Game in the fall of 2012.
Reggie Rouse, longtime program director at sister R&B/hip-hop station V-103, is currently programming the station.
RadioInsight first reported the news.
The Game, the first FM sports talk station in Atlanta, struggled with modest ratings and high turnover in its early years.
But over the past three or four years, the Game stabilized its on-air host schedule and began generating stronger ratings. Over the past year, the station hit record listenership, based on Nielsen Media numbers, frequently finishing in the top 10 overall and top 5 among men 25-54. The current pandemic which has sidelined virtually all professional sporting events, may impact those numbers in the near future.
Originally posted Tuesday, April 7, 2020 by RODNEY HO/rho@ajc.com on his AJC Radio & TV Tak blog
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