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Fox Pulls the Trigger on Its Upfront Pickups: What's Ordered, Dead and Likely to be Retooled

The network adds new series, including J.J. Abrams' drama "Alcatraz," comedy "The New Girl" and "Bones" spinoff "The Finder." "Human Target" and "The Chicago Code" Among Those Canceled.

With Fox's upfront presentation less than a week away, the No. 1 network in younger viewers picked up
four pilots to series -- two dramas and two pilots -- while removing five others from its existing schedule late Tuesday.The Hollywood Reporter takes a look at what's in, out, dead and likely to be retooled:


WHAT'S IN:
Alcatraz, from J.J. Abrams' Bad Robot Prods. and Warner Bros. TV. The crime drama revolving around Alcatraz and the team investigating the mysterious reappearance of its 1960s inhabitants in the present stars Lost's Jorge Garcia. The drama gained early buzz and a fan in Fox's Peter Rice, according to sources, though some questioned whether the net had room for another mystery drama with Abrams' Fringe already on the schedule.


The Finder, a Bones spinoff from sister studio 20th TV. The drama, which centers on a military-trained "finder" (Geoff Stults) who helps locate lost items or persons in the Florida Keys, recently rolled out to solid ratings as a back-door pilot. The project won high marks internally, particularly by those who wanted to find a way to continue the recently renewed Bones franchise once the long-running -- and thus pricey -- original ends.



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