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Springtime at Fox? It will look like summer

Fox’s spring line-up will look suspiciously like a summer one.
Three shows that usually anchor the summer — “MasterChef,” “The 1% Club” (shown here) and “The Quiz With Balls” — will arrive in mid-April. By then, the network will be awash in games and reality.
And scripted shows? Most will end their seasons early — “Memory of a Killer,” April 6; “Best Medicine,” April 7; “Doc,” April 14; “Animal Control” and “Going Dutch,” April 19. After that, it will be just the cartoons.
Fox’s one new scripted show — a three-Sunday mini-series, “The Faithful: Women of the Bible” — will conclude on Easter, April 5. Soon after that, the network will be all games, reality and cartoons: Read more…

Suddenly, Sundays are the must-see night

For a frantic stretch, Sunday is becoming TV’s must-see night.
That sprawls across four weeks and three networks. It was conference-championship football (Jan. 26, CBS) and the Grammys (Feb. 2, CBS); now come the Super Bowl (Feb. 9, Fox, with the Eagles, shown here, and Chiefs) and the “Saturday Night Live” 50-year reunion (Feb. 16, NBC).
All of that is splendid for people who want big-deal events. It’s way less cheerful for ABC … or fans of “Tracker” and “Equalizer” … or for shows – from “The Simpsons” to “Masterpiece” — that compete with the giants. Read more…