Director and cinematographer Noah Fowler has signed with production company Panoptica for commercial representation. The New York-based Fowler is no stranger to Panoptica, having directed projects there independently before now formally joining the company. Fowler’s body of work spans clients such as Quaker, Huggies, Shopify, Macy’s, GetYourGuide and Dunkin’, collaborating with agencies which include Droga5, BBDO, Media.Monks and Mekanism.
“Panoptica has a knack for attracting clientele with really progressive creative ideas, from viral-leaning social campaigns to high impact Super Bowl commercials. I’m psyched to develop memorable films that blow away our audiences, and also enhance our client’s market presence,” said Fowler.
The partnership between Fowler and Panoptica has been a productive one, with Fowler praising the production company for its creative energy. “From our first exploratory call in 2020 all the way through multiple commercial projects across many exciting realms, the team at Panoptica are incredible creative and business partners. They are constantly pushing up the ceiling of what is possible. I love the energy and momentum they bring to the table,” he said.
Two of Fowler’s standout projects are: a Quaker Oats “Pregrain” commercial, which has aired during two consecutive Super Bowl Sundays, and his collaboration with late comedian Leslie Jordan for GetYourGuide’s NYC comedy bus tour, which has earned several accolades, including a Webby People’s Voice Award. Fowler’s work has also garnered him a Pulitzer Center for Crisis Reporting Grant and a D&AD Wood Pencil.
ABC will air 6 additional “Monday Night Football” games starting this week with Bills-Jets
ABC will simulcast six more ESPN "Monday Night Football" games, including Monday's AFC East matchup between the Buffalo Bills and the New York Jets.
The addition of the six games means ABC will air 17 this season — 14 simulcasts with ESPN (including two playoff games) and three games exclusively on ABC.
The decision to simulcast more games was a joint decision between the NFL and Walt Disney Company, which owns ABC and ESPN.
The other added games are Baltimore at Tampa Bay (Oct. 21), Tampa Bay at Kansas City (Nov. 4), Houston at Dallas (Nov. 18), Baltimore at Los Angeles Chargers (Nov. 25) and New Orleans at Green Bay (Dec. 23).
The only two Mondays the rest of the regular season where ABC will not have a game are Nov. 11 and Dec. 2.
ABC had games all 18 weeks last season due to an agreement with the NFL since there was no new original fall programming due to the Hollywood writers and actors strikes. With more games on network television, "Monday Night Football" averaged 17.36 million viewers across ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC, a 29% increase over 2022.
It was the best audience numbers for the league's seminal prime-time package since 2000. The Super Bowl 57 rematch between Philadelphia and Kansas City averaged 29.03 million.
Coming into the season, ABC had eight scheduled simulcasts, including two Saturday Week 18 games and two playoff games, and three exclusive MNF games when there were doubleheaders.
It also continues Disney's move toward putting more sports programming back on ABC. Super Bowl 61 from Los Angeles in 2027 will be on the network and the College Football Playoff championship game will also move to ABC the same year.
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