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FOX Schedule Changes - Fringe Moves to Fridays & More

20 Nov 2010

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FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series, as well as revisions to its 2010-2011 midseason schedule, including AMERICAN IDOL moving to Wednesdays and Thursdays and GLEE continuing to lead off FOX’s Tuesday night of comedies featuring RAISING HOPE and the debut of MIXED SIGNALS.


Television’s No. 1 series, AMERICAN IDOL, moves to Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning with a two-night premiere event Wednesday, Jan. 19 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Jan. 20 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). AMERICAN IDOL welcomes new judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler, who join judge Randy Jackson and host Ryan Seacrest, and an all-new crop of hopefuls from auditions held in Austin, Los Angeles, Milwaukee, Nashville, New Orleans, San Francisco and East Rutherford, NJ.


BOB’S BURGERS, the new animated comedy about a man, his family and their burger joint, opens Sunday, Jan. 9 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT). In the newest addition to the Sunday “Animation Domination” lineup, BOB (H. Jon Benjamin, “Archer”) and his quirky family have big ideas about burgers, but fall short on service and sophistication. Despite the greasy counters, lousy location and a dearth of customers, Bob and his family are determined to make Bob’s “grand re-re-re-opening” a success.


As previously announced, THE CHICAGO CODE (formerly titled “Ride-Along”), the new police drama from creator Shawn Ryan (“The Shield”), will make its anticipated debut the night after SUPER BOWL XLV, Monday, Feb. 7 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following all-new episodes of HOUSE (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). The new fast-paced series starring Jason Clarke (“Public Enemies,” “Brotherhood”), Jennifer Beals (LIE TO ME, “The L Word”), Delroy Lindo (“Kidnapped”) and Matt Lauria (“Friday Night Lights”) follows the Windy City’s most powerful and respected cops as they navigate the city’s underbelly to fight crime and expose corruption.


MIXED SIGNALS, the new relationship comedy created by Bob Fisher (“Wedding Crashers”) that reveals how friendships and romances both enhance and complicate the lives of the men and women in them, will have its series premiere Tuesday, Feb. 8 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) following all-new episodes of GLEE (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) and RAISING HOPE (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT). The new ensemble comedy stars David Denman (“The Office”), Nelson Franklin (“I Love You, Man”), Kris Marshall (HUMAN TARGET), Liza Lapira (“Dexter”) and Aya Cash (“Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”).


Additionally, FOX has picked up BREAKING IN (working title), an offbeat half-hour workplace comedy about a high-tech security firm that takes extreme – and often questionable – measures to sell their protection services. Created by Adam F. Goldberg (“Fanboys”) and Seth Gordon (“Four Christmases” and the upcoming “Horrible Bosses”), the series centers on a team of uniquely skilled oddball geniuses hand-picked to work for a manipulative mastermind. Starring Christian Slater (“The Forgotten”), Bret Harrison (“Reaper”) and Odette Yustman (“You Again”), the new comedy premieres Wednesday, April 6 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT) following 90-minute AMERICAN IDOL episodes (8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT).


KITCHEN NIGHTMARES serves up a new season Friday, Jan. 21 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Each week, Chef Gordon Ramsay will try to help turn around some of the country’s most unsanitary and unsuccessful restaurants on the verge of closing their doors forever.


FOX midseason sees other changes as well. LIE TO ME reveals a special two-hour episode Monday, Jan. 10 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) with Dr. Cal Lightman (Tim Roth) continuing his search for the truth in its regular time period Mondays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) until Jan. 31.


GLEE continues with encores until all-new episodes begin in February with a special installment airing immediately following SUPER BOWL XLV Sunday, Feb. 6 (approximately 10:30-11:30 PM ET/7:30-8:30 PM PT). Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 8 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) GLEE leads a night of all-new episodes of FOX comedies, including RAISING HOPE (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and MIXED SIGNALS (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT).


MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP will challenge more duos to keep their $1 million with all-new episodes airing for four weeks on Tuesdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) starting Jan. 4, plus two bonus Thursday (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) episodes on Jan. 6 and 13.


After a run of six all-new episodes in a row this fall, HUMAN TARGET springs into action with special two-hour episodes airing Wednesday, Jan. 5 and 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The action-packed drama charges into its time period premiere Wednesday, Jan. 26 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) following AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) for three weeks.


The thrill continues when BONES moves to a new time period Thursdays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) after AMERICAN IDOL (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) starting Jan. 20. Fan-favorite FRINGE will travel to a new night and time with all-new episodes beginning Friday, Jan. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).


THE CLEVELAND SHOW makes its time period premiere Sunday, Jan. 9 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), with AMERICAN DAD moving to a new time a week later Sunday, Jan. 16 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT).



FOX 2010-2011 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
(All times ET/PT except as noted)


MONDAY
Monday, Jan. 10:
8:00-10:00 PM LIE TO ME (Two-Hour Episode)


Mondays, beginning Jan. 17:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM LIE TO ME (All-New Episodes)


Mondays, beginning Feb. 7
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM THE CHICAGO CODE (Series Premiere)


TUESDAY
Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 4:
8:00-9:00 PM GLEE (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP (All-New Episodes)


Tuesdays, beginning Feb. 8:
8:00-9:00 PM GLEE (All-New Episodes)
9:00-9:30 PM RAISING HOPE (All-New Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM MIXED SIGNALS (Series Premiere)


WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, Jan. 5 and 12:
8:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (All-New, Two-Hour Episodes)


Wednesday, Jan. 19:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Two-Hour Season Premiere, Part One)


Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 26:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (All-New Episodes)


Wednesdays, beginning Feb. 16:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Two-Hour Episodes)


Wednesdays, beginning April 6:
8:00-9:30 PM AMERICAN IDOL (90-Minute Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM BREAKING IN (Series Premiere)



THURSDAY
Thursdays, beginning Jan. 6:
8:00-9:00 PM MILLION DOLLAR MONEY DROP (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM BONES (Encore Episodes)


Thursdays, beginning Jan. 20:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part Two)
9:00-10:00 PM BONES (Time Period Premiere)



FRIDAY
Friday, Jan. 7:
8:00 PM-CC ET AT&T COTTON BOWL (Live)


Friday, Jan. 21:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Encore)


Fridays, beginning Jan. 28:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)


SATURDAY
Saturday, Jan. 15:
8:00 PM-CC ET NFC DIVISION PLAYOFFS (Live)


Saturdays, beginning Jan. 22 (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM COPS (All-New Episodes)
8:30-9:00 PM COPS (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (All-New Episodes)


SUNDAY
Sunday, Jan. 9:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Time Period Premiere/All-New Episode)


Sunday, Jan. 16 and 23:
7:00-7:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encore Episodes)
7:30-8:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (Time Period Premiere)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episodes)
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (All-New Episodes)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (All-New Episodes)


Sunday, Jan. 30:
7:00 PM-CC ET NFC PRO BOWL (Live)


Sunday, Feb. 6:
6:00 PM-CC ET SUPER BOWL XLV (Live)
10:30 PM ET/7:30 PT GLEE (All-New Special Episode; Approximate Start Time)


Sundays, beginning Feb. 13 (no change to lineup):
7:00-7:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
7:30-8:00 PM AMERICAN DAD
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW

Source: FOX
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46 comments:

  1. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 00:23

    Sounds well enough. I just hope Fringe's ratings can either improve or remain stable on Friday!

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  2. Claudia20 November 2010 at 00:26

    Boo! That's Fringe against Supernatural....

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  3. Anjali Agarwal20 November 2010 at 00:27

    WTF??????????????? They moved Fringe to FRIDAYS?!?!?!?!?!

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  4. Brittany Frederick20 November 2010 at 00:27

    I believe that pits Human Target against Criminal Minds...? Could be tough.

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  5. Elena C.20 November 2010 at 00:31

    Oh, god. They're moving Fringe to fridays? Seriously? So they want to kill the show, it seems, when they have some shows that deserve it so, so much more. Human Target, for example. IMO, it's awfully bad and bores my to tears.

    Fringe is the best tv show airing at the moment. This is bad news.

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  6. Brittany Frederick20 November 2010 at 00:38

    I get that you're upset about Fringe, but IMO, you don't need to insult another show just to voice that. HT has fans too, many of us who are also Fringe fans.

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  7. Elena C.20 November 2010 at 00:41

    I'm not insulting, just giving my opinion. I have a right to do that, I suppose.

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  8. Brittany Frederick20 November 2010 at 00:46

    Yes, you do and so do I. I just don't think you need to put down another show to get your opinion across.

    Fringe is going to have an interesting battle against Supernatural, but I don't see any reason why it shouldn't survive. The Kitchen Nightmares lead-in isn't optimal, but Fridays aren't exactly the most hard-fought night on the schedule. If FOX continues the Saturday encores, I think that'd be a big help keeping the audience caught up and invested.

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  9. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 00:46

    DAMMIT. I just realized this!
    Not AGAIN!!!!!

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  10. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 00:47

    Better than them cancelling it. I think that means that it might have more hope for a 4th season if it can keep around 1.9-2.2 ratings on Friday.

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  11. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 00:48

    Yeah, no offense, but if it bores him, it bores him, and that's just his opinion...

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  12. Brittany Frederick20 November 2010 at 00:49

    An opinion which could have been stated without needing to make a negative comment about another show.

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  13. Brittany Frederick20 November 2010 at 00:55

    IMO, this whole "Friday death slot" thing is a vicious cycle. We all freak out when a show moves to Fridays because a lot of people don't watch TV on Fridays. Yet networks can't establish anything worth staying in for on Fridays if they don't put something decent on the night.

    How many years was The X-Files on Fridays? That lasted awhile. Homicide: Life on the Street as well, if I remember correctly.

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  14. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 00:58

    While I think it should be FRINGE on either Monday or Wednesday doing the 2-hour episodes then getting the damn-good lead-ins, I will be fine with it on Friday on ONE condition: FRINGE FANS, YOU MUST TUNE IN if you have a nielsen device!
    That pits my two favorite shows against each other again, but at least this time I have a DVR. LOL

    Also, I gotta say, I honestly think FOX is trying to work with what they have (Fringe, Human Target, and Lie To Me) instead of just dropping them. I think having Kitchen Nightmares as a lead-in for Fringe could be alright--it's gotta be better than "Million Money Drop" or whatever, (even if that lead-in becomes American Idol :/ ) I am also getting this idea that fall season 2011-2012 is going to be VERY different (Terra Nova, 2+ other big pilots, and X Factor) and putting Fringe in the Friday slot seems to spare it from the possible bloodbath that could befall LtM and HT now...

    In other news, The Chicago Code seems to have an even greater cast than I had originally thought and this show seems like it could be a damn good show/hit. I hope it's the new 24--without actually being like 24. I think it'll be highly influenced by the Shield, which even with my limited knowledge of the show was an astounding series.

    American Idol is moving to THURSDAY. So, this is an obvious nudge into the big brawl between networks on Thursday. Not that I watch or even give a damn about American Idol, but it could mean that (since it IS the biggest show on tv) it could do exceptionally well there, or it could fail under the weight of a new set of judges, and a new night which is usually populated with shows that've been established for years. I also believe that it's possible X Factor will eventually fade out American Idol if it does end up starting to fall (but that should be years from now I'd bet)...

    Anyway, it's no where near perfect for me, but I am ok with it for now. :)

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  15. Amanda Rouge20 November 2010 at 01:00

    I hope Fringe survives. The show is actually getting better as the episodes progress.

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  16. Anonymous20 November 2010 at 01:03

    Ouch. As many of us know, Friday primetime is the Death Slot.

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  17. LeetAmerico20 November 2010 at 01:21

    It's a real shame that Fringe is getting bumped by American Idol of all shows.

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  18. cin_kong20 November 2010 at 01:28

    Fringe on Friday works for me.

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  19. cin_kong20 November 2010 at 01:30

    9 seasons of X-Files. Moved from Fridays to Sundays.

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  20. cin_kong20 November 2010 at 01:31

    In previous 2 years, they pre-empted Fringe.

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  21. percysowner20 November 2010 at 01:45

    That was my first thought. RATS!

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  22. Ivy Creahan20 November 2010 at 02:24

    Well, I'm very worried about how Fringe will do on Fridays... but it means Fox is trying to give it a spot, instead of canceling it. If it gets renewed for a season 4, I don't care where they put it.

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  23. willyoubemyconstant20 November 2010 at 02:53

    As embarassing as this is to admit, I'm on the verge of crying because now Community (my favourite show in a long time) is now going up against both The Big Bang Theory and American Idol. My only hope is that NBC realizes no show could do well against both of those ratings giants, so they'll keep community because of its emmy buzz for this year despite its low ratings (like 30 Rock every year).

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  24. Chris20 November 2010 at 02:56

    I feel for fans if fringe.Fox probally killed It by putting it on Friday.Fox today has very high standards
    since reality crap(and yes I mean American idol) put them In higher place.Fringe will be competing
    against Supernatural.And while Fringe would probally beat Supernatural In overall ratings It may not
    be enough to save It.

    Fringe fans will learn how DollHouse fans felt most likely

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  25. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 03:27

    ....ughh, didn't even think about that. Ouch. that's gonna hurt NBC in a bad way.

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  26. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 03:31

    I'm hoping for at least a 4th season. Anything is better than immediate cancellation. I do agree though that Supernatural might've cut into Fringe's viewership last year as much as the bigger tv shows did since they are similar shows with similar fanbases, but Supernatural was the established one and Fringe was a generally new show so putting them back up against each other is gonna be rough... Not to mention I was hoping not to have all this stuff to watch on Friday! lol

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  27. Pendras Cornielius20 November 2010 at 03:42

    When they first moved it to thursdays. Supernatural was its main Comp next to the csi's , now its doing it again. its like Fox is trying to force ppl to go through this again all for the sake of some ridic bigheaded talent show.

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  28. Corinne Lastname20 November 2010 at 04:11

    And now Fringe is in the timeslot that played a part in the death of Firefly - and it's on after Kitchen Nightmares, of all things. Whatever happened to getting rid of crappy TV in favour of something decent and thought-provoking? I can't even watch it! I live in Australia, and we only started getting season 3 a couple of weeks ago!

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  29. Burhan Zaman20 November 2010 at 07:05

    Now Fringe gonna loose some viewers and bones is gonna gain some.... what has fox got against fringe??

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  30. ivetka20 November 2010 at 09:45

    Well if Bones doesn't gain enough viewers (as FOX is definitely expecting) it may hurt Bones in a big way as well, and this may actually help Fringe , friday competition is not that tough.... Of course this is just my opinion

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  31. dunmif20 November 2010 at 12:36

    I will hate those prick bastards for the rest of my life if they cancel fringe. after lost ended, supernatural and fringe have been my fix and spn probably ends after this season, that the f*** am I gonna watch next year when fringe is gone too? brothers and sisters??? screw you fox!!

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  32. Viktorija M20 November 2010 at 12:37

    I don't know anything about time slots and stuff, but I hope people will still tune in to watch #Fringe. It's my favorite show and I hope it gets at least 4th season.

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  33. Sakshi Kumar20 November 2010 at 14:41

    I don't understand why such great shows like Bones, Fringe etc. have such low viewer ratings?
    If either of the shows drop, I am cutting FOX off my list forever.

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  34. Varga Eszter20 November 2010 at 15:19

    Moving to Friday usually doesn't mean a good thing. Let's hope Fringe repeats Smallville's example in that area.

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  35. sawyerf820 November 2010 at 15:35

    "Fringe fans will learn how DollHouse fans felt most likely" - please don't say that. As a Dollhouse-fan I already did feel that and now it's happening all over again with Fringe
    I just hope FOX will cut the show some slack now with friday being a death-slot anyway. Hopefully the ratings will remain about the same ( but let's be honest, they won't ). Overall I don't care what night - as long as they get a 4th Season

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  36. Wilson Crawford20 November 2010 at 16:23

    That's because Friday competition doesn't really exist: no one watches Friday television (well except me of course...)

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  37. ivetka20 November 2010 at 16:31

    I hope people will stay at home for an hour and watch :/ Cause Fringe deserves that ... But yeah i don't watch TV on during weekend as well cause i go out -honestly i barely watch TV at all (but if i'd live in US and i could help, i really would sacrifice an hour)

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  38. Adam D. Harris20 November 2010 at 19:38

    Wilson, I have a proposition, as I know you watch Fringe and you're known round these parts. You up for rating Fringe outta ten each week for my reviewer table?
    If so then send me your scores for the episodes thus far to adh.writer.reviewer@gmail.com

    Or comment here. Either or :P

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  39. Kristina Krauss20 November 2010 at 21:30

    How dare they move bones????????? it was doing so freakingly well!!!!!

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  40. Chanelle Montpetit20 November 2010 at 21:34

    WHAT fringe to friday C'MON! ..... :((((

    To old fans that stoped watching THIS SEASON IS GREAT!

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  41. Chanelle Montpetit20 November 2010 at 21:35

    HAHHA I thought that too. but even if I love fringe... its not really a hard choice for me ahahaha SPN #1

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  42. Chanelle Montpetit20 November 2010 at 21:36

    Brothers and sisters is good! ;) and on abc...

    any way. We dont know if its Supernatural last season.

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  43. slimg22 November 2010 at 05:34

    And Fringe has always been strongly compared to X-Files, so...

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  44. LockeUp23 November 2010 at 05:57

    Fringe = Arrested Development 2.0. FOX sucks my dogs left testicle when it comes to marketing good shows. User ratings for Fringe are astronomically high. Pull your head out of your gaping a$$holes, FOX.

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  45. LockeUp23 November 2010 at 06:18

    Because Fox can't market a good show or put it on a good night. All they care about are the brain-dead invalids who sit at home and text they're favorites to American Idol every night or if it's a medical show. Tip to any directors and producers: If you want your show to get canceled after no more than 3 seasons, go with Fox.

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  46. Rebeccah23 November 2010 at 16:32

    I WAS a DollHouse fan. AND a TSCC fan. I'm f****** SICK AND TIRED OF ALL MY SHOWS GETTING CANCELED! FOX YOU'RE ALL STUPID! MY TASTES AREN'T THAT OBSCURE! YOU'RE ALL JUST A-HOLES! *sighs*

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