NEW YORK—The Fox network has picked up “The 64th Annual Miss Universe Pageant” and domestic rights to air “Miss USA.”
The three-hour “Miss Universe” will air live from Las Vegas’ Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on Dec. 20, the Miss Universe Organization and IMG, its new owner, said Wednesday.
“Miss USA” will air on Fox in 2016.
Partnering with Fox “marks a new era for the Miss Universe Organization as a whole,” said Michael Antinoro, IMG’s senior vice president of original content. Fox entertainment president David Madden said the partnership would “infuse a fresh new energy into these perennial broadcast favorites.”
The announcement would seem to conclude months of turmoil for the pageants. The uproar began in June when Donald Trump, then co-owner with NBC, made anti-immigration remarks that offended Mexicans and others while declaring himself a Republican candidate for president.
