Simple Answer Save for well-reviewed (and little viewed) ‘Action,’ the shows stink. ‘Get Real’? Get real. And we’ve seen enough of Jennifer Love Hewitt.
Scheduling Blunder 1 Fox launched new shows while no one was watching (proven hits were still in reruns). And it buried debuts behind weak lead-ins.
Scheduling Blunder 2 Other nets debuted shows all in one week, building promotional power. Fox stretched it out, killing momentum.
Ongoing Trouble It started with last fall’s blah shows-far cries from Fox’s cutting-edge past. As ‘X-Files,’ ‘90210’ and ‘Party of Five’ wind down, Fox hasn’t built anchors to replace them.
Hollywood Bias New Fox head Doug Herzog came from Comedy Central. That cable background makes him an outsider-network types had it in for him from the start.
