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DOLLHOUSE Ends Jan. 22!! FRINGE Sticking to Thursdays!! GLEE & LIE TO ME Get Huge Hiatus!! Fox’s 2010 Gameplan!!
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The “Dollhouse” series finale is Jan. 22. Repeats of David Boreanaz’ “Bones” will be its final episodes’ lead-in. “Kitchen Nightmares” takes over the “Dollhouse” timeslot the following Friday. Its lead-in will be repeats of “House.”
“24” begins its New York season Jan. 17 and 18.
“Fringe” goes on hiatus Feb. 5 through April 1. Its Thursday timeslot will be filled by “Past Life,” which will be obliterated.
“Glee” is gone Dec. 9 through April 13.
“Our Little Genius,” a reality show about kiddie brainiacs, gets the post-“Idol” slot on Tuesdays.
Action drama “Human Target” gets the post-“Idol” slot on Wednesdays.
“Lie To Me” gets a “back nine” order but disappears till very late in the season.
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FOX ANNOUNCES 2009-2010 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
"AMERICAN IDOL" RETURNS WITH TWO-NIGHT SEASON PREMIERE TUESDAY, JAN. 12 AND WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES "OUR LITTLE GENIUS" DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
NEW ACTION DRAMA "HUMAN TARGET" PREVIEWS DURING EXTENDED PRIMETIME SUNDAY, JAN. 17 AND MAKES ITS SERIES PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20
"24" STARTS THE CLOCK DURING TWO-NIGHT, FOUR-HOUR EVENT SUNDAY, JAN. 17 AND MONDAY, JAN. 18
CELEBRATE THE "BEST. 20 YEARS. EVER." OF "THE SIMPSONS" WITH "THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!" AND MILESTONE 450TH EPISODE SUNDAY, JAN. 10
GORDON RAMSAY'S "KITCHEN NIGHTMARES" TURNS UP THE HEAT FRIDAY, JAN. 29
NEW THRILLER "PAST LIFE" EMERGES THURSDAY, FEB. 11 AND NEW COMEDY "SONS OF TUCSON" DEBUTS SUNDAY, MARCH 14
"GLEE" ROCKS ITS FALL FINALE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 AND RETURNS WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES TUESDAY, APRIL 13
"FRINGE" AIRS WINTER FINALE THURSDAY, FEB. 4 AND RESURFACES WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES THURSDAY, APRIL 1
"LIE TO ME" PICKED UP FOR THE BACK NINE EPISODES BRINGING THE ORDER TO A FULL SEASON
FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series as well as revisions to its 2009-2010 midseason schedule. FOX also has ordered a full season of the sophomore drama LIE TO ME.
January starts off on a high note when the ninth season of AMERICAN IDOL, television's No. 1 series, begins with a two-night premiere Tuesday, Jan. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Immediately following AMERICAN IDOL on Jan. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), FOX unveils the not-to-be-missed series debut of OUR LITTLE GENIUS, a new unscripted series that features America's most gifted kids as they are tested with some of the most challenging and difficult questions that only a remarkable little genius could answer.
A special extended primetime event on Sunday, Jan. 17 kicks off with the NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (4:00 PM-CC ET live/1:00 PM-CC PT live), which leads into the explosive series preview of HUMAN TARGET (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), the new full-throttle, action-packed drama about a unique private contractor (Mark Valley) who will stop at nothing even if it means becoming a human target to save his clients. The special primetime event concludes with the first installment of the pulse-pounding two-night, four-hour premiere of 24 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT). The season premiere of 24 clocks in for two more hours of action Monday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and the season premiere of HUMAN TARGET airs Wednesday, Jan. 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
On Sunday, Jan. 10, FOX presents a special SIMPSONS event beginning with the animated series' milestone 450th episode, "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), in which BART (Nancy Cartwright) and MILHOUSE (Pamela Hayden) try to help KRUSTY (Dan Castellaneta) regain his popularity after network executives force him to restructure the format of his television show by hiring a female sidekick, PRINCESS PENELOPE (guest voice Anne Hathaway). Then, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me," "30 Days") will present The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice! (8:30-9:30 PM ET/PT). The documentary special examines the global phenomenon that is THE SIMPSONS and serves as the momentous conclusion to the "Best. 20 Years. Ever.," a year-long global celebration of THE SIMPSONS that launched in January 2009.
Chef Gordon Ramsay steps out of his own kitchen to serve up a new season of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES on Friday, Jan. 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Each week, Chef Ramsay will try to help turn around some of the most unsanitary and unsuccessful restaurants in New York, New Jersey, Florida and California on the verge of closing their doors forever.
PAST LIFE, a new drama series inspired by the book "The Reincarnationist" about detectives who investigate the world of the unexplained, will bow with a two-hour series premiere Thursday, Feb. 11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will make its time period premiere Thursday, Feb. 18 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
SONS OF TUCSON, the new family comedy from Emmy Award winner Todd Holland ("Wonderfalls") about three young brothers who hire a charming, wayward schemer to stand in as their father when their real one goes to prison, debuts Sunday, March 14 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT).
AMERICAN IDOL sings on Tuesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) when it makes its time period premiere Jan. 19 followed by the time period premiere of OUR LITTLE GENIUS (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and 24 syncs up for its time period premiere Monday, Jan. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
After its fall finale Wednesday, Dec. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), GLEE returns from its interlude with a score of all-new episodes on a new night beginning Tuesday, April 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). FRINGE delves into its winter finale Thursday, Feb. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and then resurfaces with new cases beginning Thursday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Joss Whedon's DOLLHOUSE goes out with a bang with its series finale Friday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
RECAP FOX 2009-2010 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
(All times ET/PT except as noted)
MONDAY
Monday, Jan. 4:
7:30 PM-CC ET TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL (LIVE)
Monday, Jan. 18:
8:00-10:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 2)
Mondays, beginning Jan. 25:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24 (Time Period Premiere)
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TUESDAY
Tuesday, Jan. 5:
7:30 PM-CC ET FEDEX ORANGE BOWL (LIVE)
Tuesday, Jan. 12:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 1)
Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 19:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Time Period Premiere)
Tuesdays, beginning April 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Time Period Premiere)
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WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, Jan. 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Series Premiere)
Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 20:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Premiere)
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THURSDAY
Thursdays, beginning Jan. 14 (no change to lineup):
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (All-New Episodes)
Thursday, Feb. 4:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Winter Finale)
Thursday, Feb. 11:
8:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Two-Hour Series Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning Feb. 18:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Time Period Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning April 1:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)
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FRIDAY
Friday, Jan. 1:
8:00 PM-CC ET ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (LIVE)
Fridays, beginning Jan. 8:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (All-New Episodes)
Friday, Jan. 22:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (Series Finale)
Fridays, beginning Jan. 29:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
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SATURDAY
Saturdays (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW
Midnight-12:30 AM SIT DOWN, SHUT UP
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SUNDAY
Sunday, Jan. 10:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (450th Milestone Episode)
8:30-9:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
Sunday, Jan. 17:
4:00 PM-CC ET NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (LIVE)
8:00-9:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Preview)
9:00-11:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 1)
Sunday, Jan. 24:
6:00 PM-CC ET NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (LIVE)
Sundays, beginning Jan. 31 (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episodes)
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (All-New Episodes)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (All-New Episodes)
Sunday, March 14:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Time Period Premiere)
[EDITOR'S NOTE 1: LIE TO ME will return to the schedule in the late spring, and TIL DEATH will return to the schedule at a later date.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE 2: THE CLEVELAND SHOW takes over the timeslot previously held by AMERICAN DAD, which will return to the schedule at a later date.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE 3: THE SIMPSONS milestone 450th episode and The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice! special, which were previously announced to air Thursday, Jan. 14, are now scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 10.]
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"AMERICAN IDOL" RETURNS WITH TWO-NIGHT SEASON PREMIERE TUESDAY, JAN. 12 AND WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES "OUR LITTLE GENIUS" DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
NEW ACTION DRAMA "HUMAN TARGET" PREVIEWS DURING EXTENDED PRIMETIME SUNDAY, JAN. 17 AND MAKES ITS SERIES PREMIERE WEDNESDAY, JAN. 20
"24" STARTS THE CLOCK DURING TWO-NIGHT, FOUR-HOUR EVENT SUNDAY, JAN. 17 AND MONDAY, JAN. 18
CELEBRATE THE "BEST. 20 YEARS. EVER." OF "THE SIMPSONS" WITH "THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!" AND MILESTONE 450TH EPISODE SUNDAY, JAN. 10
GORDON RAMSAY'S "KITCHEN NIGHTMARES" TURNS UP THE HEAT FRIDAY, JAN. 29
NEW THRILLER "PAST LIFE" EMERGES THURSDAY, FEB. 11 AND NEW COMEDY "SONS OF TUCSON" DEBUTS SUNDAY, MARCH 14
"GLEE" ROCKS ITS FALL FINALE WEDNESDAY, DEC. 9 AND RETURNS WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES TUESDAY, APRIL 13
"FRINGE" AIRS WINTER FINALE THURSDAY, FEB. 4 AND RESURFACES WITH ALL-NEW EPISODES THURSDAY, APRIL 1
"LIE TO ME" PICKED UP FOR THE BACK NINE EPISODES BRINGING THE ORDER TO A FULL SEASON
FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series as well as revisions to its 2009-2010 midseason schedule. FOX also has ordered a full season of the sophomore drama LIE TO ME.
January starts off on a high note when the ninth season of AMERICAN IDOL, television's No. 1 series, begins with a two-night premiere Tuesday, Jan. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, Jan. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Immediately following AMERICAN IDOL on Jan. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), FOX unveils the not-to-be-missed series debut of OUR LITTLE GENIUS, a new unscripted series that features America's most gifted kids as they are tested with some of the most challenging and difficult questions that only a remarkable little genius could answer.
A special extended primetime event on Sunday, Jan. 17 kicks off with the NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (4:00 PM-CC ET live/1:00 PM-CC PT live), which leads into the explosive series preview of HUMAN TARGET (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), the new full-throttle, action-packed drama about a unique private contractor (Mark Valley) who will stop at nothing even if it means becoming a human target to save his clients. The special primetime event concludes with the first installment of the pulse-pounding two-night, four-hour premiere of 24 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT). The season premiere of 24 clocks in for two more hours of action Monday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and the season premiere of HUMAN TARGET airs Wednesday, Jan. 20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
On Sunday, Jan. 10, FOX presents a special SIMPSONS event beginning with the animated series' milestone 450th episode, "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), in which BART (Nancy Cartwright) and MILHOUSE (Pamela Hayden) try to help KRUSTY (Dan Castellaneta) regain his popularity after network executives force him to restructure the format of his television show by hiring a female sidekick, PRINCESS PENELOPE (guest voice Anne Hathaway). Then, Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ("Super Size Me," "30 Days") will present The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice! (8:30-9:30 PM ET/PT). The documentary special examines the global phenomenon that is THE SIMPSONS and serves as the momentous conclusion to the "Best. 20 Years. Ever.," a year-long global celebration of THE SIMPSONS that launched in January 2009.
Chef Gordon Ramsay steps out of his own kitchen to serve up a new season of KITCHEN NIGHTMARES on Friday, Jan. 29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Each week, Chef Ramsay will try to help turn around some of the most unsanitary and unsuccessful restaurants in New York, New Jersey, Florida and California on the verge of closing their doors forever.
PAST LIFE, a new drama series inspired by the book "The Reincarnationist" about detectives who investigate the world of the unexplained, will bow with a two-hour series premiere Thursday, Feb. 11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will make its time period premiere Thursday, Feb. 18 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
SONS OF TUCSON, the new family comedy from Emmy Award winner Todd Holland ("Wonderfalls") about three young brothers who hire a charming, wayward schemer to stand in as their father when their real one goes to prison, debuts Sunday, March 14 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT).
AMERICAN IDOL sings on Tuesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) when it makes its time period premiere Jan. 19 followed by the time period premiere of OUR LITTLE GENIUS (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and 24 syncs up for its time period premiere Monday, Jan. 25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
After its fall finale Wednesday, Dec. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), GLEE returns from its interlude with a score of all-new episodes on a new night beginning Tuesday, April 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). FRINGE delves into its winter finale Thursday, Feb. 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and then resurfaces with new cases beginning Thursday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Joss Whedon's DOLLHOUSE goes out with a bang with its series finale Friday, Jan. 22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
RECAP FOX 2009-2010 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
(All times ET/PT except as noted)
MONDAY
Monday, Jan. 4:
7:30 PM-CC ET TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL (LIVE)
Monday, Jan. 18:
8:00-10:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 2)
Mondays, beginning Jan. 25:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24 (Time Period Premiere)
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TUESDAY
Tuesday, Jan. 5:
7:30 PM-CC ET FEDEX ORANGE BOWL (LIVE)
Tuesday, Jan. 12:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 1)
Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 19:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Time Period Premiere)
Tuesdays, beginning April 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Time Period Premiere)
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WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, Jan. 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Series Premiere)
Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 20:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Premiere)
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THURSDAY
Thursdays, beginning Jan. 14 (no change to lineup):
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (All-New Episodes)
Thursday, Feb. 4:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Winter Finale)
Thursday, Feb. 11:
8:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Two-Hour Series Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning Feb. 18:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Time Period Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning April 1:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)
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FRIDAY
Friday, Jan. 1:
8:00 PM-CC ET ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (LIVE)
Fridays, beginning Jan. 8:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (All-New Episodes)
Friday, Jan. 22:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (Series Finale)
Fridays, beginning Jan. 29:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
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SATURDAY
Saturdays (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW
Midnight-12:30 AM SIT DOWN, SHUT UP
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SUNDAY
Sunday, Jan. 10:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (450th Milestone Episode)
8:30-9:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
Sunday, Jan. 17:
4:00 PM-CC ET NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (LIVE)
8:00-9:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Preview)
9:00-11:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 1)
Sunday, Jan. 24:
6:00 PM-CC ET NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (LIVE)
Sundays, beginning Jan. 31 (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episodes)
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (All-New Episodes)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (All-New Episodes)
Sunday, March 14:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Time Period Premiere)
[EDITOR'S NOTE 1: LIE TO ME will return to the schedule in the late spring, and TIL DEATH will return to the schedule at a later date.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE 2: THE CLEVELAND SHOW takes over the timeslot previously held by AMERICAN DAD, which will return to the schedule at a later date.]
[EDITOR'S NOTE 3: THE SIMPSONS milestone 450th episode and The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice! special, which were previously announced to air Thursday, Jan. 14, are now scheduled for Sunday, Jan. 10.]
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Seriously...
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RIP DOLLHOUSE!!! You will be missed!!!
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It will come back and half the cast will be gone because FOX wants YOUNG people.
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The whole hiatus thing sucks ass.
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Only Idol and 24 will be first run. They can't risk the ratings implosion with any of their other shows.-----later=-----m
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Bring it back Fox, DAMN YOU
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Shame shame shame on Fox. Even after I bought all those itunes tracks.
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Thanks.
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Take your one huge runaway hit off the air for six months. Brilliant! For an encore you should give a raving lunatic a prime time show on your news channel.
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Guess what else is on Thursdays: CSI. Desperate FUCKING Housewives. Too much competition.
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Awesome. Love that fucking show.
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Human Target was a comic briefly, right?
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Go back to comics you shit.
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Anyway, imagine if Joss Whedon runs the series. Eliza Dushku could be the human target and ever ep she could impersonate a whore.
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why?
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Best show on television. Where's the talkback? Next week is the 90 minute season finale. We better have one.
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The middle of april?! Unbelievable, we're going to have to wait that long. Oh well, still the best new show this season.
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What the fuck, are they taking six months off so Quinn can have her baby or something? They have room on their schedule for Human Target and fucking Past Life, but their runaway hit gets benched for six months? Fucking Fox... at least NBC has Zucker to blame for their bullshit.
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I just gotta know one thing - with regards to the return of "24" - how many times can they do the "retired Jack is compelled back into duty" storyline, since he's been done with CTU (and CTU itself has been done) for at least a season?
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Stupidly run network, destroyer of movies, Dom Master of Joss Whedon.
Does he have a pool ball in his mouth when he goes to meetings with Fox?
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Should be set in Phoenix. Because anyone who's ever been to Phoenix knows what untapped potential for storytelling it has.
It would be so cool to have Jack Bauer face the zombie apocalypse. A great way to give a wink and a nod to the series' utter refusal to be ashamed of redux's and ridiculous plot continuity. And I say this freely acknowledging that its one of my favorite shows. -
It was soooo good, back in Season 1-4, but now, it's mostly shit. I hate the fact that Jack always saves the day, yet, he is STILL treated like shit by everyone he knows. I would leave, too.
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But the US version of the show is piss-poor. They force Ramsay to maintain the aggressive persona, instead of letting him be himself. And the constant voice-over is fucking annoying.
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Never mention David Palmer and his ilk. Pretend Jack has been working with CTU for the last few years, etc.. Because the longer that show goes on, and the more it relies on its own history, the more fucking stupid it becomes.
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Maybe the reason for the huge hiatus, is that the episodes haven't even been written yet, because Fox wouldn't get off its fat ass and give them a commitment in a reasonable timely fashion?
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Nov 25, 2009 3:23:08 AM CST
soup74 - because Fox is evil and retarded, like Hitler!!
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Nov 25, 2009 3:30:33 AM CST
series finale means season finale almost everywhere outside the
by famouseccles
couldn't you just say Dollhouse got cancelled - I want to see the full sex scene between Echo and Whiskey before it finished,. I liked Dollhouse but Topher was the only character that really shined throughout.
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never going to be the same
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watching the last three episodes just so the series lasts longer :(
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joss whedon should make a firefly spinoff
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sounds retarded
the premis that is
one trick pony
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it would forever be compared to the original. Which is all bright and shiny in the way that only lost but not forgoten things are.
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Glee has a lot of fans, but the NCIS' have quite a lot more and there is crossover. Tuesday nights are already a bitch for my DVR, adding Glee into the mix is going to force some tough decisions. Good thing there's Hulu I guess.
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The end is near. What a freaking joke.
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Since most of the public knows about shows being canceled why don't they just run out the episodes and try something new in the time slot? This way we wouldn't have countless reruns in the Summer. Why not have new shows in the Summer? Brilliant.
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the guy is just as bad there as he is on television. The medium has to fight for credit and due respect enough without him writing his crap.
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.... pick a cancelled series out of the bin and re-start it. It would save a turn of money having to pay lots of people to spin ideas and be creative. They could just take an established format such as 'Journeyman', 'TSCC', 'Firefly' etc. and simply re-start it. Can't get all the original actors? Easy, make it a smaller more intimate affair focusing on a smaller picture and just a reduced cast.
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Nov 25, 2009 8:00:17 AM CST
Well at least Fringe stays until the end of the season
by asimovdiedofaids
But it's sad because just watching it, you can tell the end is near. The writers don't give a fuck about any of the story arcs and mythology they had built up over the last year and a half anymore.
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...FOX sucks ass!
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Fox is too worried about all of the money from Fox News and could give three shits about their network.
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NOTHING.
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Hope everything ties up nicely and gives me a great end to a great series.
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just wait til it goes away for 2 months. by the time it's back, nobody will even remember it exists.
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that way it can continue not to be watched by anyone..what a shit show, as soon as JJ becomes unprofitable the show will be yanked, it's kind of like how T:TSC was only left on because the new movie was coming out, as soon as the movie got bad word of mouth, FOX cancelled the series, FOX is most likley to come up with a vampire/warewolf show then pull it as soon as the twilight fans get their first periods and stop liking that shit
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Glee going away for so long is insane. Of course the hardcore fans will come back but the general public will think it was cancelled. They pay these idiots for these type of program decisions. Not only that, they then put it up against Lost's final season. I'm a huge Glee fan but there's no way I'm missing an episode of Lost's final season.
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It'll be called "The Showkillers." Won't last past the first commercial break.
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We can watch some Limey asshole swear at restarauteurs.
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...also known as 'Let's fuck with Glee, Fringe, and Lie to Me' and see if anyone knows. WTF? A 2-4+ month hiatus? Seriously?
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All the other networks are going into hiatus during that time. The 2006 Winter Olympics were a ratings disaster. Granted it was partially because of the time delay, but other than figure skating the winter olympics is usually a dud ratings wise.
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Seriously. Every single show I watch, except Daily Show/Colbert Report, wrapped up 2009 already and won't be back until as early as late January and as late as March. MARCH. WTF?
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So maybe I should amend that to read "EVERYONE who is not on cable is taking 2-4 months off".
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Heck... it's got Leela*, Hellboy*, Rollins* and a bunch of scene chewin' others. *course I know those are only characters the actors have played.
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i've read a bunch of posts for talkbackers who were angry about dollhouse getting renewed over Terminator SCC. Honestly, I would have taken my chances with Whedon.However, I was really hoping that Terminator Salvation would make me forget about the show, except it only reminded me how much it sucks that it got cancelled--i've had T:S on my computer for months and months now, and i just can't bring myself to watch it again. WHAT THE FUCK was McG thinking??? TSCC had what i wanted: the mythology of the show and John Connor's rise to become a hero. WHAT WAS THE POINT of the new Terminator movie??? its like they TRIED to not include every awesome possibiliy that they could have used... i wanted to see how JOhn Coinnor got where he was in the start of the movie... T:S had no point... and the worst idea for a story, ever (not counting the dick grayson pre-robin circus show... puke) was essentially making marcus, a character who we don't care about at the start and still don't care about at the end, the star! Fuckin idiots.
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Henry Fool: "24Should be set in Phoenix. Because anyone who's ever been to Phoenix knows what untapped potential for storytelling it has."lol, newsflash: everyone sees untapped potential for telling a story where they live...
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Nov 25, 2009 11:32:27 AM CST
Kitchen Nightmares is way better than Hells Kitchen!
by backrivercatfish
The British version is slightly better but its more fun watching Gordon yell at Americans.
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why are so many people suprised that their shows are going on a hiatus??? EVERY show takes a break this time of year. I'm not worried about fringe and feel alot of you guys are jumping to conclusions and have skipped the cancellation speculation and have gone straight to the 'fuck you fox execs.' I hate the fox execs more than anyone, but on a case by case basis, innocdent until proven guilty. (to make a sweeping generalization of the entire network itself: GUILTY... VEry, VERY GUILTY)
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Nov 25, 2009 12:27:10 PM CST
so fox is airing the 20th anniversary simpsons special in 2010?
by jettl93
seeing as 2009 was the 20th anniversary, are they just trying to stretch it out or just colossally bad at math?or maybe it was supposed to air in december but got pr-empted due to a brothers and till death marathon foolowed by a reairing of some crappy fag show like The Fringe
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The Fox release lies. Idol is 2 hours, I'll say it again 2 HOURS, on Tuesdays from Feb until April.-----later-----m
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While I can understand networks not wanting to program original shows against it, they can all easily come back by the end of February without having to go up against it.Glee being off the air until April does explain why (other than a quick cash-grab) Glee is putting out a "Volume 1" DVD. Those who missed it in the Fall can catch up in time for the Spring.I prefer shows taking one long hiatus, then airing the remaining episodes with little or no break. I really hate the sporadic airing of a dozen or so episodes over 5 months. Three weeks on, one week off, one week on, three weeks off, five weeks on, one week off, etc.
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I get the feeling on that show and on Hell's Kitchen to some extent that they're keeping all the interesting stuff off camera. Like for example, why are these people in the restaurants so fucking deferential even when they seem to oppose Ramsay's methods with every fiber of their being? Instead of getting into the arrangement Ramsay must have with all these places, we get a commercial break and scenes of abject contrition. The HK contestants sometimes show up unable to cook. Then we see some yelling and suddenly the contestants know a thing or two about French cooking. If the produces of these shows put the interesting stuff in, they would bear more than one viewing.
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I loved the British version. The US version is decent, but like Hell's Kitchen, it is too overly exaggerated and feels staged sometimes.
One example: The did A Votre Sante, an LA restuarant not far from my place and showed Ramsey running down the street to a pharmacy....except that there is no pharmacy anywhere near that restaurant, so who knows where he went? But my biggest beef is he cranks the asshole level up past 11 for the US version, just more than necessary and clearly forced. -
1) Keep churning out crappy Simpsons episodes
2) Commission promising new genre shows
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Does it even crack the top three of most watched? Barely. It just has a rabid female and gay audience.
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The "Christmas Special" pilot doesn't really count. If you REALLY want to get anal, then the 20th anniversary should have been in 2007 (the Tracey Ullman shorts started in '87).And following the IDIOTIC moving of Fringe to the overcrowded Thursday night with a TWO-MONTH HIATUS proves that Fox is deliberately trying to kill one of it's most promising shows, which baffles me, You have a witty X-Files successor produced by current pop-culture wunderkind J.J. Abrams, and you're DELIBERATELY trying to fuck up every chance the show has to develop a loyal audience?! Fuck YOU.
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In another talkback there was some discussion about how awful heroes is--but i'm reading a book and i had to share this. The book is called 'how not to write a novel.' i enjoy these books because they can be as funny as they can be helpful. So, (without transcribing the example and explanation) one of the topics for the chapter about pitfalls in a novel regarding villains is termed:"But he loves his mother!" The people writing heroes are supposed to be damn good writers to have earned the highly coveted and competitive job of being a writer, yet they break a simple rule that is clearly shown in a novel for beginning writers... sheesh...
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This network dumps every expensive sci-fi for a decade onto the Friday wasteland, but "Our Little Genius" gets the post-idol slot? FOX must really think Americans are retarded.
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These geniuses in programming at FOX are going to kill these two shows. "Lie to Me" barely got a back nine pick up as it struggled behind "House" and the "Glee" will be completely forgotten by April. Bad move, did someone at FOX check out NBC's playbook?
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WHERE FAILURE IS AN OPTION
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I SWEAR IF FRINGE GETS CANNED BECAUSE OF YOUR FUCKING DUMB THURSDAY TIMESLOT. IM KILLING PEOPLE
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Who the fuck watches that crap?
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i have no desire to watch lie to me, but i see a TON of ads for it... mentalist and castle (and life, rip) have far more compelling premises, and also, i can only stand to watch so many cop procedurals... mentalist and castle are plenty for me.
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That pretty boy on Mentalist can act better than most of the people on Fox.
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Does everybody in the USA watch everything whilst it's on at that time?
Surely there are recording devices. Or On Demand TV? Or the equivalent of Sky+? Seriously why is a show doomed because its up against another? Watch one - record the other. Do TV execs think nobody is watching their show because they aren't watching it when its broadcast? I hardly ever watch "live" TV anymore - record what I want on the Skybox - watch it whenever I feel like. If thats how ratings are gathereed then reality crap will always be viewed more than "genre" shows. Its not rocket science. Whats going to sell more on DVD - "Lost" or "The Best of "America's got (no) Talent?" (marginally worse than the British version - as we don't have the Hoff. Sadly you do get Piers Morgan.)
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I sure do. I have a DVD recorder, and I rarely watch shows as they air live. I have V recorded from last night and I probably won't watch it until it comes back on next year.
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that is funny. Piers Morgan looks like a melted Tom Hanks maybe thats why the American's like him? Who knows.
The real question is...Will Media Messiah consider this a Dollhouse TB? -
Those car movies with Jason I hate acting Statham.
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I sure hope so! I'd be thrilled if herc keeps finding ways to make dollhouse-related, talkbacks, so, I can, read more, Media Messiah???????Of course, i'm just a plant... what do i know.
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Transporter (1) was solid, in my opinion. it was what it was. the second was absurd and the third even moreso. But that third one... MAN I was pissed off and even yelled at my TV screen in hopes that some way, some how the director could hear my rage. Why was I so angry? Because they've got a guy like Statham who is one of only a handful of remaining big time actors who is capable of showing off his awesomeness in action scenes... but that third movie for reasons i cannot fathom, decided to resort to the up close and millions of quick cut .2 second clips garbage that could make Tom Cruise look like he can kick ass. I mean, PULL THE FUCKING CAMERA BACK AND LET STATHAM DO HIS FUCKIN THING! That director fucked up what (from a directorial standpoint) should have been a damn lay-up. Nobody goes into that movie expecting acting, plot or anything other than action--but in this case, the viewer wants to see specifically Statham's brand of action.
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and if you're counting, Lockes, thats three consecutive replies I've sent your way, agreeing with you all three times. See, we can get along...
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Guess even he's sick of this show by now, eh?
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Really? Is there a single event that is even remotely entertaining? Well, besides hockey, that's always entertaining but it's on all the time.
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there's got to be some secret agreement amongst the networks to put shows on hiatus during the winter olympics even if a give network doesn't cover the winter olympics. My guess is they do it to avoid the headlines that would sound something like "Dollhouse ratings DOMINATE winter olympics" that would really send a bad message to the world about the people in this country.
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Fox hates, fucking hates, absolutely fucking hates GLEE. Think about it - they've got a show with positive gay role models, singing, dancing, joi de vie, nonviolent heroism, positive and uplifting messages about tolerance of differences and human dignity. Think about how much Glenn Beck must fucking HATE GLEE. Think about how much Bill O'Reiley must HATE GLEE. My belief is that there are some contracts going on that say GLEE can be pulled if it gets stinky ratings, and they are deliberately trying to bury it to the limits of their ability because they did not count on it being a hit and it turned out to be one. Wow, they suck. Fox is fucking nihilistically evil.
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Not so much thinks as "knows" Americans are retarded. The GENIUS show will cost nothing, will get some ratings and ad revenue, and will definitely do better than those expensive sci-fi/fantasy shows. Face it, sci-fi/fantasy on tv = dead.
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Mainly, because I realized, I don't miss it. Sure, it had its moments, but Whedon should have taken that Epitaph idea, or some version of it, and ran Dollhouse off the rails. As penance he should have to do a Terminator series were Summer Glau terminates horny males named "john" *heh, heh.* At the end, J.C. will turn her out, and have to face an irate Pimpbot3000©
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but then they forgot about the gay and lesbian audience.
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...couldn't be more different. Anyone who pays even a little attention knows the two divisions are sometimes in stark contrast with each other. The entertainment division has been picking on the news division for years now, ever since the Simpsons did their first liberal-tilted 'Fox News is evil!' joke 10 years ago. Now NBC and MSNBC on the other hand are of one mindset...
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The flow of the show sucks. They just started the club, yet we have yet to see them actually perform for an audience and already we've got major characters leaving the club before it's even started. At least it's better lately, but could they stop with the lying evil pregnant women theme?
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Snowboarders race 4 at a time down a serpentine course with sharp corners and steep drops. It's pretty entertaining.
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Sure, it is right-slanted but RedEye is very geek centric. Maybe they get to be that way since they are on at 3am EST. It is still damn funny especially how many references they throw out to BSG and Doctor Who.
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To accomodate that ratings darling, but unwacthable to genre audiences beast. Fox gladly screws over two nights of the week. Idol airs what 3 months? Fox is willing to nuke the other 9 months of the year to sit pretty with that big boy. Fringe is off tuesdays or wednesdays because Fox wants to leave 2 hours on Tuesday and 1 hour on Wednesday open with non-hit shows no one will miss while they get pre-empted for AI. They were probably hoping that Fringe and Bones would sit nice on Thursday as they try to build an audience outside of AI and House on a different night that they always fail at. Glee isn't my boat, but it is Fox's biggest new show since House and they just don't know what to do with it. AI gives Fox the biggest show on TV, but it completely fucks them over everywhere else. Damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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Maybe that's all Glee was when Fox originally decided to go with it: A placeholder singing show until the "real" singing show came back in January. Of course now that Glee is actually successful the best Fox can do to capitalize on that popularity is release the first half of the season on DVD (plus 2 CDs of "music from the show").
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virtually NOTHING else makes any sense at all.
GLEE is the one non-reality show that gets FOX any positive attention & ratings at all ( other than the ridiculously cartoonish 24 ) & they're going to suddenly bury it for the better part of five long months? It's absolutely ludicrous!
Damn, if Murdoch's cronies are THAT uncomfortable with the show then they ought to just admit to it & allow another network to bid on it & take it off their hands. -
All the whorehouse comments and condemnation of Whedon say more about your sexual issues than his.
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The Simpsons started in the 89-90 season. Yes, the show proper did not start until January 1990, but it was still the first season. The second season was 90-91. Therefore, the 2008-2009 season was the 20th season.
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It is as if FOX is in competition with SyFy to see who can draw the largest number of white-trash, uneducated, right-wing wingnuts. It is like poker wagering: I see your kid-exploitation and raise you with a Conspiracy Theory Soap Opera. I raise you with Wrestling. We all fucking fold.
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Getting real tired of all my favorite shows relegated to the Friday night death slot.
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already. What a complete waste of a time slot. Only a Whedonite could defend that piece of shit.
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Burn in hell(cancellation). But hello 24. Can not wait for u. I am mainly waiting on Lost. Like someone said earlier. "it is all that matters."
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Hasn't fox learned anything from the writer strike ordeal? you take shit away long enough, people will lose interest. 2-3 months hiatus my ass for glee, fringe, etc etc
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these are just the main best and worst within the past 7 from '03-'10
(no order)
Best:
T:SCC (#1)
24 (getting old now tho)
Fringe
Dollhouse
Bones (varies on episode)
Lie to me
Hell's Kitchen (funny, but overdone sometimes)
Kitchen Nightmares (good too)
Worst:
Glee (number one in the worst fox show hall of shame)
American Idol (when will this finally be done?)
So you think you can dance (sucks worse than Idol)
Human Target (seems too much like a 24 remake while it still airs)
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