COURTING SUMMERTIME VIEWERS, FOX SCHEDULING FRESH EPISODES.Byline: Keith Marder Daily News Television Writer The Fox network thinks it has a cure for those summertime blues  This article or section resembles a .Please help [ improve this article] by removing excessive trivia, irrelevant praise and criticism, lists and collections of links that are of . . Trying to win back some viewers it has lost to cable television and other entertainment entities in the past few years, Fox is stretching the television season. Forty percent of its shows during the 16-week summer season will be fresh episodes. ``It has always been our intention to attack the summer,'' said Peter Roth Peter Roth may refer to:
To that end, Fox will offer up some new series in time slots with practically no competition so the network can build an audience the way ``Melrose Place'' and ``Northern Exposure'' did during summer premiere runs. ``These are not, and I'd like to repeat this, not failed pilots,'' Roth said. Based on performance, the new shows will come back as midseason shows. They are: ``Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction,'' which premieres at 7 p.m. May 25. Hosted by James Brolin, the show tells stories, some re-creations and some fake stories. ``The Ruby Wax Ruby Wax (born Ruby Wachs on April 19, 1953) is an American comedienne who made a career in the United Kingdom as part of the alternative comedy scene in the 1980s. Show,'' an irreverent ir·rev·er·ent adj. 1. Lacking or exhibiting a lack of reverence; disrespectful. 2. Critical of what is generally accepted or respected; satirical: irreverent humor. talk show brought to us from Britain. It premieres at 8:30 p.m. on June 9. The Chicago-born Wax does goofy Goofy bumbling, awkward dog; originally named Dippy Dawg. [Comics: “Mickey Mouse” in Horn, 492] See : Awkwardness things and gets celebrities such as Jean-Claude Van Damme, Pamela Anderson
Pamela Denise Anderson (born July 1, 1967) is a Canadian-born actress, sex symbol, glamour model, producer, TV personality, and author. Lee and Sharon Stone to say some unusual stuff. ``Ruby's'' lead-in will be highlight reels of nighttime comedy show ``Mad TV.'' ``Roar,'' an action-adventure series set in 400 A.D. in a land that will become Ireland, will premiere on July 14. It is about fantasy, magic, romance, passion and danger. |
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