A blog about television by TIME’s TV critic James Poniewozik.

Fox Jumps Right In With Fall Sked

Fox network has followed ABC's lead in announcing its fall premiere dates. I haven't yet got the press release (was it something I said?) but while I try to scrounge it up, you can find it at The Hollywood Reporter.

The most notable aspect of Fox's September TV plans is that there are a lot of them: the network has a tendency to hold premieres early, around Labor Day (pre-baseball), or push them off until late in the fall (post-baseball) or for winter (with American Idol). But this year Fox has plenty of September debuts, including Dollhouse and Glee, which the network is thankfully not holding for midseason, as NBC is (frustratingly and I think unwisely) planning with Chuck.

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    So will these shows just be shown inconsistently during the playoffs? Also are Glee and Dollhouse slated for full season?

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    @Rorshach: The HR article says that Fox expects less baseball preemptions this year. I don't know why Fox expects that, but in any case, I expect things to work like usual (interruptions and repeats ad nauseum).
    As I said back when the schedule was announced, I have no idea how Fox plans on having Dance work, when multiple hours in any given week may or may not be preempted for baseball.
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    Dollhouse is "scheduled" to run for the entire year in their Friday timeslot. Glee is "scheduled" to run through Fall, then will surrender their timeslot when AI launches for Human Target, returning once Target airs their 13(?) episodes. (The hiatus makes sense, given the added logistical problems of writing, recording, and staging the musical numbers.)
    Obviously, cancellations (though in both cases, I suspect that they would simply not get back orders, but still air most to all of the episodes produced) would wreak havoc on those schedules.
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    @James, Re: Chuck
    Their hands are somewhat tied though, yes? Due to Leno/Loser/Office, they have all of two prime 9pm time slots to work with (Mon & Wed), and Wed is already taken with SVU. All their painful moves - Southland's price tag to Friday, Heroes's price tag to 8pm, Parenthood leading into SVU, Chuck to midseason - follow from that.
    Yes, I'm sure you & I would prefer Heroes takes a siesta to fall (or a dirtnap), but one of those two shows is an NBC production and close-ish to syndication, and one is a WB production. Such is corporate life.

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