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Joe Millionaire Returns in the fall lineup
« on: May 16th, 2003, 8:47am » |
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Fox will bring back a new "Joe Millionaire" next season and start a junior version of "American Idol" as well as a new drama about the porn industry.
The network is introducing three new dramas and four new comedies in the hope that this fall will be better than the last one.
UPN also planned to present a new schedule to advertisers on Thursday, the last of a four-day marathon of network announcements.
Fox had a disastrous start to the current TV season but revived this winter behind the surprise success of "Joe Millionaire" and return of "American Idol." Fox is neck and neck with ABC for third place in the ratings, but is a strong second to NBC among the 18-to-49-year-old age group.
Beyond saying the butler will be back, Fox executives would reveal little about a second season of "Joe Millionaire." It leaves open the question of whether women can be fooled a second time into dating an average guy they think is rich. The show will compete with NBC's "Fear Factor" on Mondays at 8 p.m.
Police and pornography
"American Juniors," spotlighting talented children, will run until "American Idol" is back in January. But don't expect Simon Cowell, or any other sharp-tongued judge.
"This is not a show where we are going to be ripping children apart," said Gail Berman, Fox entertainment president.
"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" producer Jerry Bruckheimer, one of the busiest creators on television, is behind the new Monday drama, "Skin." It focuses on two Los Angeles families -- one led by the district attorney and another that makes its money on pornography.
Despite the title, Berman said not to expect too much skin.
"We're a broadcast network, we know that," she said. "We're not going to have the show live in that world. This show will live in the world that I feel very comfortable with, which is character, character, character."
'24' returns -- but 'Andy's' gone
Fox will try two new strategies on Thursdays and Fridays, two nights that are perennial trouble spots for the network.
On Thursdays, Fox will air two new teen-oriented dramas. "Tru Calling" features a young woman with the "Groundhog Day"-like ability to relive a day. "The O.C.," which stands for Orange County, has a poor youngster suddenly thrust into a wealthy home. "The O.C." will debut early this summer.
Fox moves "Boston Public" and "Wanda at Large" to Fridays, and introduces "Luis," a comedy with Luis Guzman as a doughnut shop owner in Spanish Harlem.
The increasingly popular drama starring Keifer Sutherland, "24," returns for a third second season.
Fox has canceled "Firefly," "Fastlane," "John Doe" and "Andy Richter Controls the Universe."
Fox's other new series:
"Arrested Development," a comedy about a rich family that heads to the poorhouse when the father, played by Jeffrey Tambor, is arrested for illegal accounting practices.
"A Minute with Stan Hooper," stars comic Norm MacDonald as a newsmagazine reporter who moves to a small town in Wisconsin.
"The Ortegas," based on a hit British series, is an improvisational show about a young man whose parents build him a television studio in the back yard for his own talk show.
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