Fox Tweaks Schedule: Gives ‘Touch’ ‘Idol’ Lead-In, Moves ‘Bones’ To Monday
Kiefer Sutherland will not be returning to his old Monday 9 PM slot where his previous Fox drama, 24, aired. The network has made a scheduling change, moving Sutherland’s new series, Touch, to Thursdays where it will air after American Idol beginning March 22. Touch will bump utility player Bones, which will be on the move yet again, this time to Mondays where it will lead the night at 8 PM beginning April 2. That same night, House will slide back to 9 PM where it will finish its run. Fox also announced that its 25th anniversary special will air April 22.
Good, that’s the way it should have been all along. It’s post- Idol retention for its preview was amazing. Bones no longer deserves that spot, it can survive in its own paired with House. And plus, House isn’t in the position to be the leadin for anything promising anymore.
Good move. Push would crash on Modays just like Terra Nova and Alcatraz. But on the other hand, FOX is treating Bones horribly.
Fox has ALWAYS treated Bones with little or no respect. The show that delivers over and over and over with ratings, the show that has been moved many times over years, the show that quite obviously has a lot of loyal fans – and here we go again. Another move.
GO BONES! You can do it! (Again!)
Bones is often mistreated, luckily it has loyal fan who will watch it wherever they put it.
Good news for Touch. It gets an Idol boost and doesn’t have to premiere out of the flop Alcatraz.
I’ll be glad to have Bones back three days early as well.
Not suprising given how strong The Voice is doing Mondays & how promising Touch looks.
Fox has Lost grasp Mondays.
Bones does well anywhere
FRINGE???????????? When are they going to announce whether or not it is renewed?
Probably after they look at their pilots. Fringe is an average-at-best performer for a night that no one does well on (Friday) that’s getting increasingly expensive and spent half of this season feeling like it was creatively bankrupt.
Love Touch. Also love Alcatraz.
“Creatively bankrupt”? That’s ridiculous. Fringe isn’t everyone’s cup of tea (obviously) but that show has more creativity in its little finger than practically anything else on network TV.
It’s true: Everyone looooves derivative movie sci-fi, but get real science fiction on television and no one wants to touch it with a 10-foot pole.
The show managed to stay on the air for four years, that’s a triumph any way you slice it, considering that it’s the least-stupid show on the tube.
And yet no word on the future of Terra Nova. I am fearing the worse for Terra Nova.