What do the British, psychics and The X-Files have in common?

You may not know this, but mid-May is the time of year that the TV networks decide on their upcoming fall/winter TV schedules. It’s also the time of year that new series commissioned by the networks are either picked up and added to this new schedule or discarded altogether. But this May is different than Mays of past. Overall network TV viewership is on the decline and the writer’s strike didn’t help matters by destroying the ‘07/’08 TV season. So, to say that the networks are desperate to get things right next season and retain what viewers they still have might be an understatement.

Continue reading this column on the upcoming fall TV schedule.

By Bert Ehrmann
6/5/2008