Fox Entertainment Group president Peter Roth resigned last week after a
disappointing season for Fox Network's television shows. Comedy Central
chief executive officer Doug Herzog was announced as the replacement where
he'll head Fox's development, scheduling, marketing and promotion. Herzog
is responsible for bringing "South Park" to Comedy Central and it is his
intention to push the envelope content-wise at Fox as well. Certainly, a
good deal of Fox's future rides on animated shows with three major
primetime series premiering on the network in '99: "Futurama," "Family
Guy," and "PJs." Roth, who had been president of Fox Entertainment Group
since 1996, is returning to the development and production of original
programming for Fox Network.