Can Neil Patrick Harris Put the Spark Back in Live TV?

His variety show, Best Time Ever, debuts Sept. 15

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Networks are embracing live programming this fall as a way of getting audiences to watch in real-time, even though recent attempts in the genre have had mixed results. Exhibit A: Knock Knock Live, Fox's live summer series, which was canceled after just two episodes this summer and made such a small impact that the host of broadcast's next new live series, Neil Patrick Harris, wasn't aware it ever existed.

"I didn't even know that it was on," said Harris, who hopes his new series, Best Time Ever With Neil Patrick Harris, avoids the same fate.

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