David Kronke at the Redlands Daily Facts covers the upcoming television season, which would normally be pluralized, but can’t because Fox has gone to the full year, all original, schedule. Items of note: Fox’s “The O.C.” moves to 8pm on Thursdays, and “24″ will run in its entirety starting in January. Earlier this year, ABC confirmed that its hit spy drama, “Alias” would return for a fourth season. TV Tome reports the next season won’t start until January ‘05 either, which is an interesting strategy - but one that will likely keep viewers on board for a network for the full year.
At first glance, you get that “Sopranos” feel to the delay, but keep in mind it has nothing to do with production timelines - this is all about changing scheduling for the “betterment” of television. It’ll suck take a bit of getting used to the first time around, but once everyone sees how it works out to two or three scheduled seasons within a given 12 months, everything will be okay.
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