Except Tru Calling is up against Friends & Survivor, so I don't think the network expects it to have boffo rating in that slot. Kind of how ABC has kept Threat Matrix going despite that shows low ratings. It's all relative in that slot.

If I was the network though, instead of throwing an expensive original production on the air in that slot, I'd probably just air a cheap reality show, or a repeat instead. A fictional one-hour show is pricey since you have to pay writers, actors, etc. It seems like they are throwing their money away on a slot that won't get good ratings to begin with.

I hear you in theory, Jadzia. But Fox got beat by UPN for the first evening of sweeps. That, imho, signals the end for Tru Rennt.

Mother ****er! Boomtown was a great show. I hate you NBC.

SKIN could have been a hit with a differnet cast.
Say Jessica Alba as the daughter.

I think Fox is having major problems this season. I would blame the late start and the fact that people who don't watch baseball will have limited exposure to their promos for the month leading up to the new shows, but haven't they had baseball eat up October for some time now? The Sunday lineup did okay, and 24 opened well, but their ratings have been pretty bad this week. All of their returning shows have taken a big hit in ratings. They're down in WB-ville for the most part.

I wonder if Fox now regrets putting Boston Public out to pasture on Friday nights.

It used to get pretty decent ratings on Mondays, and now it is just dying on Friday nights (and surprisingly this season has been an improvement in quality over last year.)

I absolutely love Jessica Alba (not for her acting ability), but Dark Angel sucked donkey.

Skin would sucked just as much with or without Jessica Alba.

Whatever happened to cancelling a show after a full season is completed. That's what has made me so weary of attaching myself to a new scripted show --- they don't give them a chance to grow. Don't yank a show mid-season (1st or 2nd)!

I actually liked Skin. I thought the premise was somewhat limiting, but it got me engrossed. Like someone else said, this is exactly why I don't start watching too many new shows. The networks have the axe ready far too quickly these days. I missed out on 24 and Alias because of this, but fortunately I can now go out and buy the whole season for forty bucks when I am ready to get caught up That takes my regular viewings down to:

Real World/Road Rules Challenge
That 70's show
Angel
Friends
The OC
Survivor
Malcom in the Middle
and Bernie Mac

How is the OC doing?

i think the oc was doing fine but there is no site that shows how all the shows are doing so theres no way to know.

I agree. Sienfeld was in the ratings cellar before it found its audience. It really blows the way networks move shows around and cancel them on a whim in their first season.
Jadzia you are correct. Why put expensive stuff on against the juggernaut shows (ie Friends, CSI, Survivor, etc.) throw the crap that costs nothing against them like Joe Millionaire
Boomtown was great. Zucker is a prick and I hope he takes a long walk off a short pier
This is why the networks keep losing viewers to every other medium ( other networks, cable, Movies, DVD, video games) out there.