The broadcast networks are looking for a do-over. After an awful autumn that saw the Big Five shed a stunning 12% of their collective audience year-to-year, the networks are planning radical surgery on their prime-time schedules next year. More than a dozen newcomers will have their debuts between next...
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January could be the new September in TV land. After a ho-hum autumn filled with fewer fall launches than usual, networks are gearing up for a blizzard of midseason programming changes. And unlike past seasons, the schedule shuffles aren’t just about filling holes caused by fall failures. “There will...
Fox is adding another drama to its midseason arsenal, formally handing out a 13-episode series order to the drama "Lie to Me," starring Tim Roth. The Imagine/20th Century Fox TV project, which has been in the works as a pilot for several months, has Mr. Roth playing Dr. Cal Lightman, a human...