NYPD Blue did it a few years ago. It was great. They were going to do it again the following season, but ratings were so bad in October during Blue's time slot so they had to move the show they were running to another night and started Blue up ahead of schedule, in November, I think.
If the show they are running bombs, don't be surprised to Alias in November. Networks are stupid. You know, there are 52 weeks in a year, right? So, assuming a series runs seasons of 20-24 epsiodes, they could run two series in the same timeslot every year, if they just ran them consecutively, without interuption. I mean, if they actually gave Line of Fire it's own series, I would love it if it would run straight for 22 episodes, say, Sunday's at 9, and then have Alias run straight for 20 episodes. Thats 42 weeks of new programming, which gives ABC 10 weeks to run speacials like awards shows and movies, and even the ever annoying Millionare.
But, come on, we're talking about network execs here.
