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Article: Desperate networks: They're finally firing back with edgy dramas.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
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- September 11, 2004
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Byline: Ken Parish Perkins
We now return you to your regularly scheduled television season.
Good luck finding it.
It either began a month ago (according to WB), or two weeks ago (according to NBC). ABC would say it starts now; CBS and UPN favor late September, and Fox, well, it's fond of summer, mid-November and January.
This isn't to say the traditional stampede of new shows has changed _ oh, no, we're not getting off that easy. But most networks are tossing out their old ground rules and, lo and behold, taking some risks _ all in hopes of keeping cable from sucking them completely dry of viewers, revenue and respect.
Seems ...