Upfront 08

3:58 - Here at Fox presentation. There's folks on Segways and two trailers full of cows. It's either for a slaughterhouse-themed party afterwards or for J.J. Abrams' new show.

4:04 - We got the shutoff cells alert. Let's light this keg.

4:10 - The stars of Fox are on stage. We got Kiefer, John Walsh, some folks from all the new shows, Wayne Brady, folks from "House" minus Gregory House, Mark Walberg, the folks from "'Til Death" and "Bones." There's some other people in there, too.

4:14 - Jon Nesvig, president of sales, on stage. Sports: NFL the best in 12 years. Giants callout gets big round of applause.

4:15 - Major League Baseball up 25% year-to-year.

4:20 - Still throwing up stats. Fox is up over last year minus "Idol" and "Super Bowl."

4:22 - Slam on CBS. Fox won't help with billboards in South America.

4:23 - Peter Liguori on stage.

4:24 - Audience and the Fox roots are being stressed. Liguori wanted his staff to think about working as if Fox were fifth.

4:26 - "The audience always comes first."

4:27 - Slam on NBC. Jolt to NBC doesn't equal muscle guys in potato sack races.

4:28 - THE BIG NEWS: Two series are running as "Remote-Free TV." Less advertising overall (as in half the amount of ads).

4:29 - Kevin Reilly on stage.

4:30 - Remote-Free TV: "Fringe" is one of the series.

4:31 - Clips of "Fringe" showing. Seems like "The X-Files" meets "The Bourne Identity."

4:35 - "Dollhouse" is the other Remote-Free TV series.

4:36 - "Dollhouse" showing.

4:39 - Fox said it was better prepared to weather the writers strike storm.

4:40 - Pushed some pilots to next year to get a jump on 2010.

4:42 - Going through the sked.

4:43 - Notably missing from the "'Til Death" promo shot is the young couple in the show.

4:45 - "Do Not Disturb" showing. It's "Upstairs, Downstairs" meets "The Golden Palace" minus the whole old-people angle.

4:47 - Creator talking about midseason possibility "Lie to Me." Looks like "24" meets "Moment of Truth."

4:50 - "Courtroom K" being discussed. Looks like "Night Court" meets "Ally McBeal."

4:52 - Nov. 23 is the "24" prequel. Kiefer Sutherland on stage.

4:53 - Sutherland: Season seven is going to be the best season of "24."

4:55 - "24" is the first carbon-neutral TV series, says Kiefer.

4:56 - "24" clips. I've never seen the show, so I can't say what these clips mean. Two planes almost collide, and there's a mole. That's all I could tell.

4:58 - Liguori is back. Fox still hashing out what comedy will go after "Idol."

5:00 - Clips of "Outnumbered" showing. Broad single-camera family comedy. Blah-ish reaction.

5:02 - "Secret Millionaire" showing. Millionaires live like lower-class folks and giving some money to the folks they live with. Lots of people crying. "Oprah's Big Give" meets "Joe Millionaire."

5:06 - "Sit Down, Shut Up" clips. Live-action background with cel animation.

5:11 - "Family Guy" spinoff clips. A full tongue-in-cheek promo showing off some new characters and a potential theme song.

5:15: - "So You Think You Can Dance" folks are getting down on stage.

5:16 - Half of the balcony (where the press is sitting) has filed out during the dancing.

5:17 - All done. Off to the party.

--Andrew Krukowski