While the ratings for FOX’s fall comedies don’t necessarily justify addition episodes, the network wants to see if there are funny scripts in the future for "Happy Hour" and "’Til Death." You can practically hear the nation’s TV critics yelling, "If there weren’t funny scripts in their past, why would there be funny scripts in their future?" Regardless, according to media reports, FOX has asked for three additional scripts for each of its Thursday night comedies, which means that the writers will get paid if nothing else. Through its first four episodes, "’Til Death" has been averaging roughly 6.9 million viewers. The show went on an unplanned production hiatus (the baseball-based October hiatus had already been scheduled) because star Brad Garrett was reportedly uncomfortable with the state of scripts at the time. "Happy Hour" went on its baseball hiatus a week early. While FOX has tried reprogramming "’Til Death" in several different time slots, the network has shown less support for "Happy Hour," which has averaged under 5.6 million viewers in its three airings. At this point, FOX has now asked for addition scripts for all of its fall shows without picking any of them up for a full season.
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Well I am happy Happy Hour survived because I am dying to see how bad this show really is!
