Nets swing, miss in midseason

March 26, 2008 The return couldn't have come soon enough for the broadcast networks, which have struggled with the launch of 10 new comedies and dramas during the past three months. From NBC's "quarterlife" to Fox's "Canterbury's Law," the midseason battleground this year is strewn with programming casualties. Midseason often is reserved for rolling out questionable shows that didn't make the networks' cut for fall. (though Fox has regularly held off promising new entries to launch around midseason heavyweights "American Idol" and "24").

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