FOX - FOX TO CREAT NEW NETWORK -- SORT OF

Begging the question of what really constitutes a network, News Corp's Fox Television Stations announced Thursday that it plans to fill the program slots left empty  on its The WB-affiliated stations by the merger of UPN and The WB with what it called "an alternative national programming service." Jack Abernethy, president of the Fox stations group, said in a memo to the stations Thursday that Fox is "talking to the best syndicators and production people from around the world, who are excited about producing first-run strip shows and bringing fresh and new ideas to broadcast primetime." Abernethy also indicated that he plans to drop affiliation agreements in four cities where Fox-owned stations are affiliated with UPN.

10/02/2006