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Hardly; Fox could have supported it with other-media advertising and emphasized the madcap comedy of the show more in what they did. Nobody's claiming Fox's handling of the show is perfect (I mean, why have it ready for July/August and then sit on it until March?); just that it's not the utter...

Well, that sounds like something the network would be concerned with at the script stage, before casting and technical stuff were any kind of concern. Making a pilot goes through a bunch of different stages; it can take as long to gestate as a feature. I'm not saying that the people running...

Plenty; I'm not sure why The O.C. was all Fox did last summer, especially with it doing well and Wonderfalls and Still Life specifically made ready to go for an early launch, and don't see what they got out of not showing Keen Eddie. It seems like Fox could have done a good roll-out there with...

Why? It's one of the few shows running new episodes right now, it can probably get more press because it's not competing for space with all the other new shows that launch in September/October, it's still chilly enough that people are staying in more than they would in a couple months, there's...

Well, you're probably dealing with a biased sample. Most of us tend to gravitate toward people similar to us, or at least with similar interests. So when something we love dies and something we can't stand continues on forever, we tend to think the system is broken, because it doesn't gibe with...

Those people, to put it bluntly, are stupid. To answer the first question, the network seldom knows something will be "wasted". Four years ago, when CBS was programming Friday, they "knew" that The Fugitive was a sure thing and that CSI was a risk that might do all right in between The...

Or The X-Files. Get over the timeslot thing; it's not like there's many better ones available.

Especially considering that a former Mutant Enemy guy is one of the showrunners. Those guys love the recaps.

I wouldn't describe Wonderfalls as dark. The main character is cynical and sarcastic, but the show itself is playful and seems much more optimistic than not.

That still leaves the question of where to put Wonderfalls, though. The only other open spots on Fox's schedule appear to be Thursday, where people would scream about it getting hammered by CBS and NBC, or Monday (and I'm not sure why it's not on after Cracking Up on Monday, to be honest)...

It's gotta go somewhere, and something's gotta go on Friday nights. There ain't an easy timeslot on the schedule.