MyNetTV execs, affils: Change is good

March 09, 2007 Perhaps it's fitting that MyNetworkTV's revamped schedule -- which kicks off Monday in earnest with the first of three new original series -- includes a new show featuring the International Fight League because the News Corp.-owned network is facing a battle of its own in light of disappointing ratings. In February, the network announced a more diversified spring schedule that focuses less on scripted dramas, which have been cut back to two nights a week instead of five, and includes two movie nights as well as a new unscripted series, "IFL Battleground." In fact, the dramas have been performing so poorly that MyNet has scrapped plans to produce scripted programming beyond the next two shows -- "American Heiress" and "Saints & Sinners" -- that debut next week.

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