Thread: FOX announces renewed and canceled shows

See shows on CBS:
http://www.newsgab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44943

See shows on NBC and ABC:
http://www.newsgab.com/forum/showthread.php?t=44928

Here's the lineup for FOX:

Renewed Shows:
24 (Spring 2008)
Prison Break
American Dad
The Family Guy
King of the Hill
The Simpsons
American Idol (Spring 2008)
America's Most Wanted
5th Grader
Bones
Cops
House
MADtv
Talk Show with Spike Feresten (Never heard of it.)
'Til Death (Really? It's coming back? Why? They keep this, yet The War at Home was much funnier.)

Canceled Shows:
The War at Home
Drive
Happy Hour
Justice
The O.C.
The Rich List
Vanished
The Wedding Bells
The Winner

And they have a new sitcom with Patricia Heaton as a news anchor . It's called "Back To You." I may check that out just for her.

Also "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," based on the Terminator Trilogy. Might be worth checking out too. Although, it's a sci-fi show, so, those don't last more than one season usually.


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Broadcasting Co. will try to reverse its fall misfortunes with a fleet of new series introduced Thursday.

The network is launching three reality series in the fourth quarter along with three scripted series. Four more scripted series will roll out in the midseason, when they should get a lift from the presence of "American Idol," which has nearly single-handedly given Fox the ratings crown in recent years.

Peter Liguori, president of entertainment at Fox, believes that the stability of 17 returning series also will help give Fox the momentum that has eluded it in early fall.

"I think we're better prepared to come out swinging," Liguori said during the upfront to explain how the network will find its stride in the fourth quarter, which he said has been challenged in the past.

Liguori also noted that Fox's fall chances will be helped by less of an interruption from postseason baseball, which takes over primetime for just 14 nights this year, down from 26 in 2006.

"Our break will be considerably shorter, allowing us to build a more consistent schedule," he said during a news conference earlier in the day.

An abridged postseason also will allow Fox to launch programs later if it wants, though no decision has been made as to whether new series will launch in late August or early September.

A trio of new reality series will fill out Fox's Thursday and Friday lineups, including "Kitchen Nightmares" and the tentatively titled pair of "Nashville" and "The Search for the Next Great American Band." "Nightmares" will be joined by the return of "Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?"

Fox will open a new comedy block on Wednesday, moving returning comedy " 'Til Death" from Thursday to join new half-hour "Back to You." With such stars Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton, Liguori has high hopes for "Back." "We're in the hands of seasoned pros both in front of and behind the camera," he said at the news conference.

New drama "K-Ville" goes to Monday, while new hour "New Amsterdam" goes to Tuesday.

Still holding for midseason is "The Sarah Connor Chronicles," which will have Fox break from its all-comedy approach on Sunday to come in at 9 p.m., where another notable Fox sci-fi drama, "The X-Files," once ruled.

Also on hold for midseason are "Canterbury's Law," "The Rules for Starting Over" and "The Return of Jezebel James" (both "James" and "Rules" are working titles).

Fox also announced during its upfront presentation that "House" would have the coveted spot right after the Super Bowl, which is on the network. The red-hot drama, which has been performing exceptionally well in its post-"American Idol" slot at 9 p.m. Tuesdays, will air after Super Bowl XLII, which takes place Feb. 3 in Glendale, Ariz.

Fox's upfront clocked in at a little less than an hour, most likely the briefest in a week of network upfront presentations that surprisingly seemed to go by in the blink of an eye. Fox, which took criticism for last year's event, wasn't shy about saying that it had learned its lesson by changing the venue and having a taped skit involving "24" star Kiefer Sutherland and his "president," Liguori.

The skit involved Sutherland as Jack Bauer, in split-screen "24"-style, via cell phone. Sutherland, in the middle of defusing a bomb, implores Liguori — he addressed him as "Mr. President" — to keep the upfront presentation to an hour. Liguori reluctantly agreed, and the last screen before the Fox entertainment president arrived onstage said, "The following takes place between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m."

At the end of the presentation just short of an hour, Sutherland again appears onscreen, calling Liguori's cell phone to make sure that the presentation came in on time.

Liguori said during the presentation that Fox Broadcasting acknowledged that the network was disappointed by last year's fourth quarter and greenlighted shows that weren't necessarily the best it had to offer. He said it had fixed that problem this year by only doing shows it was passionate about and added that with less postseason baseball this year, Fox would have far fewer pre-emptions.

The network's offerings seemed to go over well with advertisers and media buyers, who made up most of the audience at New York's City Center.

"I think they're going to have a better shot this year in the fourth quarter," said Donna Speciale, president of Investment and Activation at New York-based MediaVest USA. She said that Liguori does a great job pairing talent, and the network's comedies seemed quite good this year.

i wish i was there

who whould have thought the simpsons would be renewed

AWESOME 24 is back! last season was somewhat disappointing but i think they will make up for it this time!

i would rather have The War at Home or 'Till Death.......

The War at Home should've stayed another season. That show was hilarious. It would've lasted a long time if it started in the 90s.

I see they cancelled that dumbass Anchorwoman show after 1 episode. Gawd I'm getting sick of bad reality TV shows.

Originally Posted by toby2007

Gawd I'm getting sick of bad reality TV shows.

I completely agree. And, isn't "bad reality TV shows" redundant?

I have never watched a full season of any reality show besides American Idol in my life. As for AI I only watched the past 2 seasons. This season was not very good, last season was great with Kat McPhee and Chris Daughtry. We have yet to see what Jordin Sparks will do.

Fox has canceled too many good shows without giving them time to develop a good audience. They either promote poorly, switch days and time slots making them hard to follow. Firefly was the best example of how to make a good show fail. Poor promotion, no consistent start time, and showing episodes out of order. It's hard to watch a new show of Fox for fear of not even making it thru one season.