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'The
O.C.,' 'Bernie Mac' on the Move at FOX In a shake-up of its post-World
Series schedule, FOX announced Monday (Sept. 29) that it will move its
summertime hit "The O.C." into the 9 p.m. ET Wednesday spot when it
returns in late October. "The Bernie Mac Show" is clearing out of the
timeslot and moving to Sunday nights. The shuffle leaves "The
Ortegas," a talk-show/sitcom hybrid that was reportedly being reworked
after the pilot was shot, without a home for the time being. FOX, which paid a
hefty price for picking the show up after NBC passed on it, says it will try to
find a home for it later in the season. "The O.C." built both
its buzz and its ratings over the course of a seven-week summer run. It was
originally scheduled to return Thursday, Oct. 30, opposite TV's top-rated show,
CBS' "CSI," and NBC's "Will & Grace." Instead, the show will come
back a day earlier and face strong shows on all five other networks: ABC's "The
Bachelor," CBS' "The King of Queens" and "Becker,"
NBC's "The West Wing," The WB's "Angel" and UPN's
"Jake 2.0." "The Bachelor," "The West Wing" and
"The King of Queens" all finished among the Nielsen Top 30 in total
viewers last season. FOX isn't necessarily expecting
to climb to the top of that heap, however. It will look for success among the
teenagers and young adults who helped the show grow during the summer. It's
also likely to get a boost from "American Idol" when the talent
contest returns in January. "Bernie Mac" should
slide easily into the 8:30 p.m. Sunday spot, where it will open Nov. 9. It will
air between "The Simpsons" and "Malcolm in the Middle."
"Cedric the Entertainer Presents," which was to have aired at 9:30
Wednesdays, will be held back until midseason. Encores of the new drama
"Skin" will fill the 9 p.m. Thursday spot beginning Oct. 30. Original
episodes of the series will air at 9 p.m. Mondays beginning Oct. 20. The affected nights' schedules
will thus look like this (all times Eastern/Pacific): Wednesday
(effective Oct. 29) ·
8 p.m.: "That '70s Show" ·
8:30 p.m.: "A Minute with Stan Hooper" ·
9 p.m.: "The O.C." Thursday
(effective Oct. 30) ·
8 p.m.: "Tru Calling" ·
9 p.m.: "Skin" (encore of previous Monday's episode) Sunday
(effective Nov. 9) ·
7:30 p.m.: "King of the Hill" ·
8 p.m.: "The Simpsons" ·
8:30 p.m.: "The Bernie Mac Show" ·
9 p.m.: "Malcolm in the Middle" ·
9:30 p.m.: "Arrested Development" Charles Mims |
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