HitFixDaniel is too busy posting "funny" tweets every hour on the hour to respond. So let me detail my response here. First, why a rerun? FOX had planned to put I Hate My Teenage Daughter on Tuesdays. But FOX foresaw its ratings slide after the 2.8 debut, and figured a New Girl rerun would perform better.
Second, I do think FOX will go with four sitcoms on Tuesday and pair Glee with The X Factor and American Idol next season.
- FOX hasn't gotten a new drama hit in three seasons.
- Comedy is in. The only comedy competition at 8pm Tuesdays is Tim Allen, and he is not a threat.
- Glee doesn't repeat well. Sitcoms generally do.
- Glee works better with Idol than sitcoms and Bones.
- Glee's ratings continue to sink. Pairing Glee with Idol should help both shows' ratings.
- A rerun lead-in gives FOX an excuse to un-cancel Breaking In a third time.
UPDATE, January 14, 2012
Not that it would be difficult to predict that FOX would need a place next season to put some new live-action comedies, but there you have it.
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