Nick C's Behind the Screens

24 is three things: Expensive, Aging, and trending downward in the ratings.  So it should come as a surprise to no one that Fox is about to let the clock run out.

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Lie To Me finally returns to finish season 2, but is it a burn-off?  Normally, it seems that when a show is picked off the lineup after a fall run and then banished to the summer doldrums, it would appear that way.  In this case, however, I think it has more to do with Fox having too many shows and too little real estate.  If they wanted to burn it off, they would shove it on Fridays.  I think they ultimately chose Fringe over Lie to Me for the fall lineup and are testing Lie to Me to see if there is some life in it when it’s plopped in the lineup to fend for itself in June.   To the contrary, Past Life is nothing more than a burn-off, as it will be running its remaining episodes on Fridays, beginning with a two hour event that will kill off remaining episodes even faster (think: Dollhouse last December.)

Here is the rest of Fox’s summer line-up, as announced by the network today.

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Fringe fans can breathe a sigh of relief, for now, as Fox has picked the show up for a full 22 episode 3rd season.

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Fox, which was burning off Past Life during Fringe’s winter hiatus and opposite the olympics, decided three episodes (including one in the plum post-Idol) slot was enough.

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What an interesting little article I just read

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FOX renewed AMERICAN DAD.  I know the millions of fans who were waiting in fear of the possibility of cancellation are now cheering in the streets, and lighting couches on fire in their lawns in Columbus, Ohio.  Wait…

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Less than a week after they announced their sweeps schedule FOX has already pulled DOLLHOUSE, ‘TIL DEATH and BROTHERS from Friday nights which will now be home to repeats of HOUSE and BONES.

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It sure looks like it! With Hulu airing free ABC, Fox and NBC shows (no CBS and CW) they are considering a subscription model while still offering some content for free.

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With AMERICAN IDOL coming back to Fox midseason, the network has cut back PAST LIFE’S original 13 episode order to just 7 episodes.

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