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"Thanks, Chris, for entertaining everyone," Ostroff said as she returned to the stage. The Reporters Who Cover Television asked her about Rock's comments at the Q&A session afterward. She responded that she had not heard his comments because she was back stage.

Sorry, can't top that one.

In the fall, Fox will air a new drama series Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday nights, plus two new sitcoms on Thursdays and a new late-night show on Saturdays after "Mad TV."

Fox also announced a new schedule for the first quarter, when it returns "American Idol" and "24." But if there's one thing of which you can be certain, whatever Fox announces will be its first-quarter lineup, will most definitely not be Fox's first-quarter lineup.

The only first-quarter information you probably can bank on is that "24" is returning Mondays at 9, and "Idol" will be back Tuesdays at 8 and Wednesdays at 9.

In the fall, Mondays at 9 (after "Prison Break"), Fox will debut "Vanished," another serialized drama -- this one involving the beautiful wife of a prominent Georgia senator.

Tuesdays at 8, before "House," Fox has scheduled "Standoff," with Ron Livingston as a negotiator in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit who is shacking up with another member of the unit -- hilarious drama ensues, or dramatic hilarity, we're not sure which.

And Wednesdays at 9 (after "Bones") is new "Justice," from Jerry Bruckheimer, a behind-the-scenes look at how high-profile cases are tried in the media age. The "dream team" of four lawyers includes Victor Garber.

New Thursday sitcoms are " 'Til Death," starring Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" fame as half of a jaded middle-aged couple living next door to adorable newlyweds. I hate it already.

Plus, there's "Happy Hour," about this by-the-books guy who moves to Chicago to work in the business of his fiancee's family, only she dumps him and he gets sacked and tossed out of his apartment, so he winds up with a roomie who is -- and I know you see this coming, because it's a Fox sitcom -- a vain, flashy, lovable rogue named Larry who is looking for a new protege to teach his bag of tricks. There is also Larry's childhood friend Amanda, a beautiful mess who's trying unsuccessfully to emulate her perfect ideal of womanhood, Kelly Ripa.

Also in the fall, tiding over Thursday and Friday nights from September until Fox's prime-time schedule gets messed up by baseball, is a new reality series from Simon Cowell called "Duets." Established singers will be paired with non-singing celebs to perform duets for charity. Fox programming chief Peter Liguori dropped names such as Smokey Robinson, Cyndi Lauper, Michael Bolton and Chaka Khan at a morning news conference call, but it's unclear whether they've been signed. Viewers get to vote on their fave, just like on "Idol."