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Fox Midseason Shake-Up! House and Bones on the Move, Dollhouse Gets Friday Home

* Nov 7, 2008 08:46 AM ET
* by Matt Mitovich

Fox has unveiled its midseason plan, and in addition to the official launch date for the juggernaut known as American Idol, there is much, much, much to talk about.

Are You Ready for Idol?
Season 8 of America's most-watched series will kick off with a two-night, four-hour extravaganza on Tuesday, Jan. 13, and Wednesday, Jan. 14. (That will come on the heels of 24's own two-night, four-hour premiere.) So any talk you may have heard that Idol might to move its results shows to Thursday (!) was just that — talk.

Familiar Faces, New Places
As teased above, several Fox shows are on the move. Starting Jan. 19, House will be tending to patients Mondays at 8, leading into 24. (Prison Break will be on a break, having aired this season's 16th episode as a "winter finale" on Dec. 22.) Bones, too, is getting a new home: Thursdays at 8, as of Jan. 15. The new season of Hell's Kitchen will follow, at 9.

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, which recently earned a full Season 2 order, will target Fridays at 8, starting (eek) Friday the 13th. There, it will set the table for Joss Whedon's much-anticipated and Eliza Dushku-fronted Dollhouse, airing at 9.

Who Will Be Idol-ized?
Which two shows will benefit from Idol's ultra-desirable halo effect? Fringe is staying put in its Tuesday, 9 pm slot, while Lie to Me — a new drama from the producers of 24 and starring Tim Roth as a "deception expert" (human lie detector) — has scored the Wednesdays-at-9 berth.

More Hole to Pay
And finally, Hole in the Wall (aka the "human Tetris" game show) will return with back-to-back episodes, filling Sunday's 7 o'clock hour starting Jan. 18.
Curious as to how this will effect everyone? Also an early DVR alert. Is FOX trying to win back some Thursday viewership?

For us we already have 2 things tivoing at 7 and 8 cst on Thursdays, and 1 at 9. Moving Bones and HK to Thursdays at 7 & 8 is going to reek havoc with us. Luckily we have a backup HDDVR in our bedroom so we might have to use that more often. House to Mondays at 7 wont mess up anything and Terminator wont either.

Personally I liked Bones and House on the same night quite a while ago. I don't know why they split them up.

Wow, I think people were hoping that Terminator would get an Idol bump. Instead, they move it to the Friday night slot of death.

Wow, I think people were hoping that Terminator would get an Idol bump. Instead, they move it to the Friday night slot of death.


Exactly. Prepare for termination.

I would think it's getting killed on Monday nights against first-run episodes. When it was on last year, it went against repeats during the writers' strike.

I dunno about Terminator being in a death slot on Friday night. To me, Fridays are always more of a Sci-fi night, and I would expect that a lot of the demographic that watches Terminator will probably just DVR it anyway, then watch it over the weekend. Having it on Monday is probably worse for it due to other shows it is up against.

Currently for me I DVR it and I am unlikely to watch it until the following weekend so Fridays is a win for me.

I dunno about Terminator being in a death slot on Friday night. To me, Fridays are always more of a Sci-fi night, and I would expect that a lot of the demographic that watches Terminator will probably just DVR it anyway, then watch it over the weekend. Having it on Monday is probably worse for it due to other shows it is up against.

Currently for me I DVR it and I am unlikely to watch it until the following weekend so Fridays is a win for me.

Friday night is the death slot for Sci-Fi, because it's usually a younger audience for such shows and Fridays are a night this group usually goes out. Jewel Staite was talking about how both Firefly and Wonderfalls were both in the Friday Night Death Slot. I guess she and Summer Glau will have just that much more in common.

Friday night could end up being a complete geekgasm. 8: TSCC. 9: Dollhouse. And 10, switch over to BSG.

Anything that gets TSCC off Monday is good in my book. TSCC is a decent show, but lining it across from The Big Bang Theory is a decision I should not have ever been forced to make.

Friday night is the death slot for Sci-Fi, because it's usually a younger audience for such shows and Fridays are a night this group usually goes out. Jewel Staite was talking about how both Firefly and Wonderfalls were both in the Friday Night Death Slot. I guess she and Summer Glau will have just that much more in common.


Then why does SciFi channel program most of their original programming on Friday?

Then why does SciFi channel program most of their original programming on Friday?

My theory on that is, it's the night with least competition from the broadcast nets... easy pickings?

I'm actually happy that Terminator is moving off Monday's, but agree that usually moving to a Friday slot is evidence of a future cancellation. I've been forced to watch Terminator in SD (on a puny tv :( ) this year with it going against Chuck and the CBS comedy lineup (which get DVR'd).

Then why does SciFi channel program most of their original programming on Friday?


People who watch it can't get a date?:D

There still may be hope for Sarah yet. Don't forget that one of the most iconic shows of the 90's started in the Friday night death slot. Solid writing and the resultant growth in ratings had Fox move it to Sunday night during the 4th season.

There still may be hope for Sarah yet. Don't forget that one of the most iconic shows of the 90's started in the Friday night death slot. Solid writing and the resultant growth in ratings had Fox move it to Sunday night during the 4th season.
What show was that?

X-Files.

alas, TSCC is no X-Files. X-Files is like a screwball romantic comedy crossed with a paranoid worldview. TSCC is just an above average sci-fi show.

X-Files.

alas, TSCC is no X-Files. X-Files is like a screwball romantic comedy crossed with a paranoid worldview. TSCC is just an above average sci-fi show.

Ding-ding-ding!!! We have a winner.

I wasn't saying that Sarah is as good as X-Files, just that Friday isn't necessarily a death sentence.

sayonara TSCC and Dollhouse.

Fox fridays are graveyards.

sayonara TSCC and Dollhouse.

Fox fridays are graveyards.

dollhouse hasn't premiered, so let's not bury it yet :)

but seriously, is joss wheedon a masochist? or is fox the only network who'll give him a show?

dollhouse hasn't premiered, so let's not bury it yet :)

but seriously, is joss wheedon a masochist? or is fox the only network who'll give him a show?

if you seriously think dollhouse has a shot, you're in denial...

The only way it was going to survive was with the post Idol slot, and instead, they slot it on Fridays? are you kidding me?

Coupled with the production problems they've been having, this show is D.O.A. Don't even waste your time.

Whedon's stuff is just too good and too smart for people that watch fox/nbc/cbs. The CW is the only network that could foster his shows (see Supernatural now...the writing has been amazing, and it has actually gotten BETTER every season), but they don't have the budget for some of the stuff that he likes to do.