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2 July 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Fox appears on the verge of executing The Jury. After failing to attract a significant audience after airing on Tuesdays with a repeat on Fridays, the network said that, beginning next week, it will air on Fridays only. It has also halted production of the series while it waits to see whether ratings improve for the five completed episodes that have yet to air.

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24 June 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

The members of the cast of the HBO prison series Oz have been reunited to appear as jurors on Tuesday's episode of the new Fox drama The Jury. In an interview with today's (Thursday) Philadelphia Inquirer, Tom Fontana, who created both shows, remarked, "Oz fans aren't used to these characters interacting without brutalizing each other. To see them behaving in a relatively normal manner ... [as jurors] appealed to me." Fontana also is bringing back the prison set used in Oz, and in fact created the episode around it. (It concerns the trial of a convict accused murder during a prison brawl.)

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20 April 2004 | From Studio Briefing | See recent Studio Briefing news

Fox's summer will look much like its fall as it launches five new series and a revamped The Simple Life in June. Among the new entries is the highly anticipated reality series The Casino from producer Mark Burnett (Survivor, The Apprentice). Also due are two dramas, The Jury, from director Barry Levinson, and North Shore, dealing with characters frequenting a Hawaiian resort. The network also plans to launch two comedies on Wednesday night, Quintuplets, with former Conan O'Brien sidekick Andy Richter, and Method & Red, a kind of Fresh Prince sitcom about a couple of rap stars who, with their newfound earnings, move into a wealthy New Jersey neighborhood.

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