NO NEWS MIGHT BE GOOD NEWS FOR FOX.Byline: David Kronke Television CriticWith Fox high in the ratings and having not produced anything too appalling of late (save for, of course, ``Unan1mous''), there was little for network entertainment president Peter Liguori to spin or be challenged on during his session during the television press tour in Pasadena. Liguori was essentially the only network executive to concede that the proliferation of serialized dramas -- about 10 join the prime-time schedule in the fall -- was worrisome. Serialized dramas demand closer attention from viewers, who risk betrayal for their efforts if the shows get prematurely canceled, as such series as ``Threshold,'' ``Reunion'' and ``Heist'' were last season. ``These are legitimate questions,'' Liguori said. ``We all have to start thinking about it. If these shows are canceled, and there's no explanation (how the story was to play out), and there's no satisfaction, next year, will audiences be really gun shy about committing to those shows?'' Summing up, Liguori said, ``This is going to be a really telling television season. How do we manage all these serialized shows?'' In addition to ``24,'' ``Prison Break'' and ``The O.C.,'' Fox has added one new serialized program, ``Vanished.'' Most of its new dramas are episodic with close-ended narratives. Liguori admitted that he has found it ``somewhat frustrating'' that the network has not been able to develop yet another animated comedy for its Sunday lineup, where the live-action series ``The War at Home'' follows Fox stalwarts ``The Simpsons,'' ``King of the Hill,'' ``Family Guy'' and ``American Dad.'' ``We push, we prod, we kick some tires,'' he said. ``There is no greater advertisement to the creative community (to develop an animated show) than every Sunday night Sunday Night, later named Michelob Presents Night Music, was an NBC late-night television show which aired for two seasons between 1988 and 1990 as a showcase for jazz and eclectic musical artists. when we're out there, and there's a live-action show at 9:30 (p.m.).'' As for the network's longest-running series, Liguori declared, ``I'm going to be dead and buried before `The Simpsons' ever leaves our air.'' And regarding the network's current ratings juggernaut, ``America Idol,'' which manages to post ratings each year that surpass the stratospheric strat·o·spher·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of the stratosphere. 2. Extremely or unreasonably high: "money borrowed at today's stratospheric rates of interest" numbers of the previous season, Liguori said, ``We all prepare ourselves that eventually the show has got to experience some ratings erosion. I'm awed by how much it grows. Each year, we can only predict some ratings erosion and then keep my fingers crossed.'' David Kronke, (818) 713-3638 david.kronke(at)dailynews.com CAPTION(S): photo Photo: ``Vanished,'' starring John Allen Nelson John Allen Nelson (born August 28, 1959 in San Antonio, Texas) is an American actor. Early Life John Allen Nelson was born in San Antonio, Texas. He spent his first three years in Germany with his three siblings, David, Nancy and Diana where his father was stationed as a , left, Margarita Levieva Margarita Levieva is a Russian actress. Born in Saint Petersburg, Russia, she moved to the United States at a young age and attended high school in Secaucus, New Jersey. Levieva was a star in the Fox series, Vanished. , John Patrick Amedori John Patrick Amedori (born April 20, 1987 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American actor. His most notable role has been as the 13 year old Evan Treborn in The Butterfly Effect. , Joanne Kelly Joanne Kelly (born in 1980 in Bay d'Espoir, Newfoundland) is a Canadian actress. She attended Acadia University in Nova Scotia. Currently, she plays the role of Sara Collins in Fox's Vanished and has been cast as the vampire Bianca in Sci-Fi Network's "The Dresden Files". , Rebecca Gayheart Rebecca Gayheart (born August 12, 1971, in Hazard, Kentucky) is an American actress. Personal life Gayheart was born in Hazard, Kentucky but raised in Pinetop, Kentucky, by parents of Irish, Mexican, Italian, German and Cherokee Indian heritage. , Ming-Na and Gale Harold Gale Morgan Harold III (born on July 10, 1969 in Decatur, Georgia, United States) is an American actor. He has an older sister and a younger brother. Eschewing publicity, Harold's upbringing is a mystery, aside from his own admission that growing up was a "bizarre Pentecostal" , is Fox's only new show. |
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