Midseason TV Matchups

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If Kevin Reilly has his way, the time-honored practice of carving the broadcast television season into three distinct cycles (fall, midseason, sleepaway camp) will go the way of the variety show. Speaking last week at the Television Critics Association’s Winter Press Tour, Fox’s entertainment chairman effectively declared that he was sending pilot season to a nice farm where it could romp and play with other outmoded concepts.

“The broadcast, development and scheduling system was built for a different era,” Reilly said.

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