'Idol' has performed better than we expected against the Olympics, but we never took the Olympics into consideration. 'Idol' has momentum all by itself.
Because we have 'Break,' 'House' and 'Bones,' we have clear targets for our dramas. Our development was informed by those shows.
Fortunately for us, we didn't feel we needed to go overboard like we did last year on short-order unscripted shows.
Fox has a history of launching shows in the summer season.
I think the Super Bowl is going to be in the next couple of years the difference between possibly winning or losing a season.
I think the thing with Thursday night is, it's not the daunting night it used to be. Everyone feels they can go in and make some noise.
I think we're relieved and a little shocked that it's showing such growth this year. For us, having maintained the ratings we had last year would have been a plus.
I think what's happened is we are at a maturing phase for reality programming. It used to be you could put on any reality show and get a rating. That's not the case anymore.
It's a much more competitive night.
It's going to be an extremely competitive season.
NBC doesn't have the big shows now. We do. ABC does. CBS does. We weren't intimidated. NBC is vulnerable.
Ratings for an event like the Olympics aren't necessarily drawn from the usual prime-time television audience. For us to suddenly program differently for those two weeks would be a mistake for our network.
Summertime, in recent years, has become a testing ground for reality shows – 'Survivor,' (CBS) 'Fear Factor' (NBC) and 'Dancing With the Stars' (ABC) all premiered in the summer.
The Olympics aren't as daunting as people think they are.
The overwhelming number of people who are watching the Olympics don't watch Fox. For us to run away from it is goofy.
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