Fox’s scheduling guru says moving “House” and “Bones” is part of a plan to firm up the network’s perennially weak fourth quarter ratings, TelevisionWeek reports. “If these moves work, it sets us up nicely for next fall,” says Preston Beckman of Fox. “And with a little luck from our development, I think that for the first time we can put together a schedule that could actually let us be No. 1 in the fall.”
—Jon Lafayette