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Fox Impresses Audiences With 'Touch,' 'Alcatraz'

PLUS: 'Fringe' surges to stay ahead of the slipping 'Vampire Diaries'

The new Fox series "Touch" impressed both critics and audiences, and its preview episode is now at the top of the genre ratings heap. In a single episode, the Kiefer Sutherland series earned a 7.0 rating/11 share, according to Fast National overnight ratings from The Nielsen Co. That average may ...

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'Fringe' - Forced Perspective

The team searches for a girl who draws people's deaths before they happen

After two weeks of focusing on the series arc, we are back to a case of the week story on "Fringe." We can expect them to spoon feed us the story arc for most of the season now. Our A-story revolves around Emily Mallum (Alexis Raich), who has the ability to see a person's death. She draws the dea ...

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'Alcatraz' - Kit Nelson

The search for a child killer holds special meaning for Diego

It's the third episode of "Alcatraz" and the pattern is already set. But I guess there's not much they can do with a series that revolves around catching bad guys from the past. But then again, they really don't seem like they are from the past. I have to say that I wasn't terribly interested ...

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Real Alcatraz: People Breaking In, Not Breaking Out

Fox television show has fans looking for fictional secret rooms

Millions of people watched Jorge Garcia sidestep his way into areas of Alcatraz that are closed to the public. But then again, this is a fictional show called "Alcatraz," and real-life visitors to the San Francisco tourist attraction should remember that when they get to The Rock. The National Pa ...

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'Firefly,' 'X-Files' Join Serling Award Eligibility List

More than 30 shows can now be nominated for Portal Awards category

Shows trying to win prestige as part of the Rod Serling Award classic television series class will have a lot more competition as 31 new genre shows have become eligible. Among those joining the fray are popular shows "Firefly," "The X-Files," "Earth: Final Conflict" and "Dark Angel." They can no ...

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'Fringe' - Enemy of My Enemy

A long dead foe returns as an ally's true colors are revealed

Alternate Broyles (Lance Reddick) plans to kill our Lincoln Lee (Seth Gabel), until Walternate (John Noble) shows up and orders him freed. Too bad for Broyles. Fauxlivia (Anna Torv) and her Lee close in on the location of the call from last week's episode, and find David Robert Jones (Jared H ...

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'Terra Nova' Needs Less Dinosaurs, James Earl Jones

Star Jason O'Mara offers his two cents if Fox brings the drama back

With "Alcatraz" putting in a solid second week, prospects for another season of "Terra Nova" are not looking good. But star Jason O'Mara is an optimist, and already has some ideas on how the show could improve in a Season 2. "We need to find out who the baddest dude is and bring him into our s ...

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'Alcatraz' - Pilot, Ernest Cobb

Fox brings us the latest attempt to recapture the magic of 'Lost'

“On March 21, 1963 Alcatraz was officially closed due to rising costs and decrepit facilities. All the prisoners were transferred off the island. Only that's not what happened.” Fox brings us a new series from producer J. J. Abrams, which is trying to be the new “Lost.” It uses flashbacks ...

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'Alcatraz' Makes Its Case To Viewers

Will 'Once Upon a Time' be able to compete?

Before the season started, it looked like genre's network frontrunners were "Terra Nova" on Fox and "Grimm" on NBC. Amazing what happens when we stop going by the book and seeing how things shake up. "Alcatraz" has become the new genre frontrunner after a strong debut that averaged a 6.0 rati ...

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'Alcatraz' Premiere Tops 'Terra Nova'

What does that mean for the dinosaur drama then?

The new Fox series "Alcatraz" seems to have won some points with viewers, earning a solid debut in its two-hour premiere that topped "Terra Nova's" attempt in the fall. The series from "Star Trek" and "Star Trek 2" director J.J. Abrams averaged a 6.0 rating/9 share Monday, according to Fast Natio ...

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