Peter Rice has been promoted to president of 21st Century Fox.
Rice, who is credited with expanding FX and launching FS1, will keep his chairman and CEO titles for Fox Networks Group as well, overseeing Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox Sports, FX Networks, National Geographic, 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Networks Group Latin America, Europe and Asia.
“Empire,” “Fargo,” ‘”American Horror Story,” “American Crime Story,” “New Girl,” “This is Us,” “Glee” and “Genius” all happened under Rice’s watchful eye. Rice helped put Fox on Hulu, and he sits on the board of the streaming company.
Before his time leading small-screen ventures, Rice was president of Fox Searchlight Pictures.