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TCA Roundup: NBC and Fox

By James Poniewozik | @poniewozik | August 7, 2009 | +

In Pasadena, the summer TV critics’ press tour is getting close to wrapping up, and with a vacation looming—yes, that’s Robo-James you hear warming up—this may be the last tour-news roundup I post. A few last tidbits:

* Friday Night Lights is returning to NBC, but possibly not until summer—and no Tyra until season 5.

* NBC didn’t want Medium, but doesn’t want CBS to have it (yet) either.

* The producers of Glee have never seen High School Musical. Have they seen Election?

* Fringe’s producers talk alternate reality. (I believe my copyeditors would say the proper phrase would be alternative reality. Ahem!)

* Fox’s chief Kevin Reilly (who used to program NBC), is predicting success for Jay Leno. Kind of.

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  • Bemused

    I have to ask, James–just how much vacation time do you get? It seems like you and RoboJames are almost in a job-share situation, with him in here every one or two months and you off on another vacation.

  • http://twitter.com/poniewozik James Poniewozik

    It’s a little complicated, but at this point (I’ve been here a while) I get like five weeks with weeks that TIME isn’t publishing. Time Inc. is pretty good with vacation time; I don’t recall what people start with, but it’s generous. We’re like the French, but without the good cheese and job security.

  • Bemused

    For 5 weeks vacation, I’d happily become a cheese-eating surrender monkey (as the saying goes). Enjoy your time off!

  • Chaddogg

    @James — I’m kinda excited about the “no Tyra until season 5″ news. I like Tyra (she’s easy on the eyes, and a pretty interesting character arc to boot), but I like the idea that she will in many ways “disappear” to her college life in Austin. Hopefully, when we see her again, we really see a change in a character (thanks to college, and getting out of Dillon, and being around college kids who will appreciate her and look past her checkered background?) who has arguably grown up more than any other character on the whole show…..

    One could easily imagine a storyline where she returns to, say, help Mrs. Coach get through to another student about their potential, and their ability to achieve more.

    Of course, she could also come back for Landry’s graduation….

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