[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Oct 22 2003, 08:14 AM\'] Also, this year's FOX series that never made it to air is
The Ortegas, which has been pulled without airing a single episode despite being promoted as a fall series. [/quote]
Based on what I've heard, the only thing
The Ortegas is showing Fox is why NBC passed on it. Its status, AFAIK, is it's been pushed back to midseason, but with Bernie Mac now in its slot,
24 and
The OC returning next week, and
American Idol 3 waiting in the wings, it's possible it may go the way of
The Grubbs. Its only hope is if
Arrested Development disappoints. (If Fox gives up on
Wanda at Large or
Luis this soon, it'll take a lot of flak from the NAACP.)
As for
Coupling, what's a Thursday night NBC schedule without six people sharing an apartment and swapping sex jokes? My answer: a big improvement! [rim shot]
As for Seinfeld royalties, keep in mind that O'Hurley only gets paid for episodes he was in, and he was only in twenty or so. Yes, it's a nice chunk of change but we're not talking Jamie Farr money or anything.
So that's why we haven't seen Jamie (or Gary Burghoff, for that matter) since that one Memorial Day marathon on GSN.