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fox-y fall
forgive me for the attempt at a punny title. really, what can you do with "fox?" the "hippest" network released their fall schedule and it looks...like a fox schedule. fox has success in creating one hit a year (24, house, glee, etc.), but the rest of their programming is pretty blah. i'll get to that in a minute. the biggest news from the net relates to its biggest hit: american idol. the past-its-prime singing competition will be losing some airtime in order to make room for more shows and a more focused program. when idol returns midseason, the performance show will only be an hour and a half, while the result show will be 30 minutes. that's cutting an hour off the total running time for idol, which is a pretty big deal. the other big news is that glee is getting a prime spot: idol's. in the fall, glee will be the lead series on tuesdays, starting the night for fox at 8/7c. joining it will be two new comedy series: raising hope and running wilde.

i was excited for raising hope based solely on its premise: a teen winds up being a single dad to a baby and his whole white trash family - including cloris leachman - helps raise the baby. but note the word was - after seeing the preview, i'm less interested. it looks like it's shot similarly to malcolm in the middle (one camera, shaky, dimly lit). i'm a sitcom traditionalist - i like my three cameras and bright lights. here's the preview.


running wilde is more promising and the biggest contender for fox's breakout show. it's biggest damper is that it follows raising hope instead of leading it. wilde comes from the mind of mr. amy poehler, will arnett. arnett plays a dimwitted playboy who realizes money isn't everything. that's when he decides to win back his childhood crush, played by felicity herself, keri russell. arnett is also responsible for arrested development, fox's last hit 30 minute comedy.

the biggest contender for drama breakout is either ride along (a cop serial set in chicago and starring flashdance/l-word alum jennifer beals) or lonestar, a primetime soap set in the lonestar state. check out their previews below.



to check out what else fox has in store and see previews for the net's other new shows, click here.