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Fox's Fanboy Heaven: New Abrams, Whedon

Fox just released its 2008-09 schedule, which has relatively few new shows (two for the fall, a few more in the winter/spring) but includes sci-fi-ish offerings from two producers with a couple of TV’s most feverish fanbases: J. J. Abrams’ Fringe (for fall) and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse (for midseason). All that, and a Mitch Hurwitz [...]

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O Viewer, Where Art Thou?; or, How Much Time Art Thou Shifting?

Here’s a little work-alternative for you this morning. As we’ve seen this week, two big themes of the upfronts have been (1) primetime network viewers are disappearing and (2) many of them are watching shows recorded on DVRs or online, often skipping ads in the process. So I thought we’d do a little volunteer market-research [...]

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CBS's Trailers: Back to Basics

Rufus Sewell blinds bad guys with science in Eleventh Hour. / Monty Brinton/CBS At Carnegie Hall yesterday, CBS screened trailers from five new fall shows and one midseason pickup. After a brief period of experimentation (Jericho, Viva Laughlin), the network went back to its tradition of crime procedurals and domestic sitcoms. And I went back [...]

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The Morning After: We've Got a Final!

Spoilers for American Idol coming up… after the break!