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After two years in development, what would have been an incredible tell all limited series about the fired long time morning guy and all of his affairs and the gossip about those around him is now on hold.

When the Loudest Voice/Roger Ailes thing bombed it made this pay cable channel/competing network to the fired anchor take a step back.

Matt Lauer

Roger Eugene Ailes was an American television executive and media consultant. He was the chairman and CEO of Fox News and Fox Television Stations, from which he resigned in July 2016 following allegations that he had engaged in sexual harassment

Will Showtime’s Roger Ailes Miniseries ‘The Loudest Voice’ Spark More Tell-Alls?

Roger Ailes in 1996 supervised the launch of a multibillion-dollar business few people thought would ever get off the ground. In 2019 he may have a posthumous hand in instigating something equally complex: a ripped-from-the-headlines drama about the media industry, complete with portrayals of people who still help make it run.

If that foray is successful, plenty of similar stories are waiting in the wings.

Ailes, who died in 2017, oversaw the debut and massive growth of Fox News Channel, a creation that both admirers and detractors acknowledge has changed the face of U.S. politics and news. On June 30, Showtime debuts miniseries “The Loudest Voice,” a warts-and-all account of Ailes’ early days building the outlet — and his later years, when former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson’s accusations of sexual harassment forced the network’s parent company to oust him, and sparked a spate of unsavory revelations about internal culture at media companies ranging from Miramax to NBC-Universal to CBS Corp. Ailes denied the claims against him.

“We really wanted to be as honest as possible,” says Alex Metcalf, an executive producer and showrunner of the series, in an interview. “We felt the weight of all those people we are portraying who might be watching the show.” – Source

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