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Cable channel Showtime and Blumhouse Television said they
will co-produce the series "Secure and Hold: The Last Days Of
Roger Ailes," based on reporting by New York magazine journalist
Gabriel Sherman on the Ailes sexual harassment scandal.
Ailes, 76, resigned last year from the Twenty-First Century Fox
unit after a sexual harassment lawsuit by former anchor Gretchen
Carlson. He was hit on Monday by another lawsuit filed by a
Democratic political consultant and Fox News contributor who
said she was denied a permanent job after she rebuffed Ailes'
advances.
The TV series will be co-written and executive produced by Tom
McCarthy, the director of 2016 Oscar best picture winner
"Spotlight" about sex abuse in the Catholic Church, Showtime and
Blumhouse Television said in a statement.
No casting or air date was announced for the series, which could
take two years to reach TV screens.
The announcement comes at difficult time for Fox News, whose
best-known anchor Bill O'Reilly is also at the center of sexual
harassment claims.
BMW, Mercedez-Benz and Hyundai Motor Corp have all pulled their
advertising from "The O'Reilly Factor" after the New York Times
reported that Fox and O’Reilly paid five women to settle claims
that he sexually harassed them.
Fox News has declined to comment on the latest O'Reilly
allegations and the suspension of some advertising on his show.
(Reporting by Jill Serjeant; Editing by Meredith Mazzilli)
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