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"House" was supposed to air Wednesday nights with the "American Idol" results show in the new calendar year. But Fox suits, encouraged by the sensational ratings results of CBS's "The Mentalist" -- Top 10 show and the most successful new prime-time series this season -- decided instead to give its new "Lie to Me" the "American Idol" companion time slot. Because the procedural crime drama "Lie to Me" is a lot like "Mentalist." One major difference, "Lie to Me" stars Brit Tim Roth while "Mentalist" stars Aussie Simon Baker -- chicks will know what I'm talking about.

On Tuesdays, Fox's other "American Idol" night, the lucky show it's paired with is J.J. Abrams's "Fringe." ("American Idol" returns with its traditional two-night, four-hour orgy of bad auditions, and new Paula Nemesis unveiling, Jan. 13-14).

On Thursdays starting in late January, "Bones" will be followed by "Hell's Kitchen."

And "Hole in the Wall," the human Tetris reality series you thought was dead, is rising like the phoenix on Sunday night in January. Fox's animated "Family Guy" spinoff "Cleveland" won't be seen until fall '09.

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HBO has acquired the as-yet unnamed documentary on President-elect Barack Obama that's still being made by Edward Norton and his Class 5 Films.

Class 5 had engaged agent-manager Ari Emanuel, brother of Obama's just-appointed chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, to make a distribution deal for the film, which HBO will premiere in '09, the premium cable net announced yesterday.

Shooting will continue on the film through the inauguration, the net said.