Networks Lay Rotten Eggs

Newcomers like Fox's 'Mob Doctor' stink up prime time while NBC's 'Revolution' cracks the hit code

In an inversion of the old proverb that advises against counting one’s chickens before they’re hatched, broadcasters appear to have an awful lot of dead pullets on their hands.

Of the 13 new series that premiered as of Thursday, Sept. 27, four are unlikely to ever make it out of their shells. Others that may live to scratch around the feed bucket are probably just going to wind up getting eaten by raccoons, and perhaps two or three will grow up to attain Foghorn Leghorn dimensions.

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