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Fox has made the first lineup change since the start of the season. No, it’s not that one, Mob Doctor is still on the schedule. The network will delay the second season of Touch until January. The drama starring Kiefer Sutherland was scheduled to begin its second season on Oct. 26 in the Friday 8 PM slot. It will now be replaced by Gordon Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, originally slated to warm up the Friday 8 PM slot for a month before Touch launches. Fox last month opted to hold Kitchen Nightmares in favor of airing X Factor reruns on Friday early in the season. No time slot is being assigned to Touch, meaning that it won’t necessarily air in the Friday 8 PM time period. Fox will have drama holes in midseason, a result from the pending end of Fringe, which is airing its final 13-episode season, and the expected short run of low-rated freshman Mob Doctor. The network has one new midseason drama addition, the Kevin Bacon series The Following.
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No big loss.
What would FOX do without Gordon Ramsey? They’re going to be in some trouble with that Tuesday comedy block flailing outside of New Girl.
Mob Doctor is a good show. Why not try a better time slot
Where? Tuesday they are committed to comedy. Wednesday has 2 hours of X-Factor. No way in hell they bump Glee from Thursdays after X Factor. Friday is a death slot. Sunday is all animation. Bones is a solid lead in, and Mob Doctor loses over half the audience.
I agree, But there isn’t any better slot for it on FOX’s schedule. Maybe they should move it to Fridays and see how it does there. If it manages to hold on to its current ratings in that slot, it should be fine.
Fox will likely keep reality in the Friday night 8 P.M. (ST/PT) time slot the rest of this TV season and beyond.
Once “Fringe” (Fridays, 9 P.m. ET/PT) ends, look for it to be likewise replaced by a reality show.
By next year at this time, CBS will probably the only broadcast network carrying first-run scripted shows on Friday nights (although NBC may have one or two first-run scripted shows on Fridays next Fall).
ABC, The CW, and Fox (and perhaps NBC as well) will be all reality and/or newsmagazines on Fridays next season.