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A few years back, a new series hit Fox, So You Think You Can Dance. At first I thought it would be stupid and it wouldn’t last. The series comes to us from the same people behind American Idol, but instead of looking for America’s best singer, So You Think You Can Dance is looking for America’s best dancer. They will win a prize and a year contract somewhere. At least that is what they have done the past three seasons. Once the series gets into the Vegas round where they begin to weed out the good from the great, that is where the true competition begins. For the past few weeks, we’ve seen the auditions that have taken place around the country, and last night we finally saw those picked to go on fight it out in Vegas for the top twenty spots.

So far, we have seen some amazing dancing, and some great comedy. We’ve seen temper tantrums and men in drag. Personally, I think one of the major problems with both American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance is they show way too many auditions. American Idol goes on for a month, and So You Think You Can Dance has gone on for almost three weeks before we saw the Vegas round. Word has it that American Idol might be doing away with the audition rounds airing on television next year. They would jump straight through and start with Hollywood if that happened. They would only show the auditions in the form of flashbacks. I think if this does happen we will have a stronger show, and if it works for Idol, it will more than likely change with So You Think You Can Dance as well.

In other Fox news, the network has announced its fall premiere schedule for the 2008 - 2009 season. The most notable of the new series hitting Fox in the fall is the new one from JJ Abrams, Fringe. They have been promoting this one heavily, and it looks like it might do well. The series follows an FBI agent looking to uncover the reasons behind unexplained phenomenon. X-Files anyone? That is what this sounds like to me anyway. The only difference here is the main character is a woman. Mulder was the one doing most of the searching in that former Fox series. This show has picked perfect timing though with the X-Files movie this summer.

What do you think of So You Think You Can Dance’s top twenty and their fall line-up? Check out for a full list of this season’s dancers and Fox’s premiere dates under the cut.

So You Think You Can Dance Top Twenty

MEN
Stephen ”Twitch” Boss
Mark Kanemura
Thayne Jasperson
William Wingfield
Jamie Bayard
Chris Jarosz
Matt Dorame
Gev Manoukian
Marquis Cunningham
Joshua Allen

WOMEN
Jessica King
Courtney Galiano
Rayven Armijo
Kourtni Lind
Susie Garcia
Chelsie Hightower
Chelsea Traille
Katee Shean
Comfort Fedoke
Kherington Payne

Fox Fall Premiere Dates

Monday, Sept. 1
8:00-10:00 Pm Prison Break (2-Hour Season Premiere)

Wednesday, Sept. 3
8:00-10:00 Pm Bones (2-Hour Season Premiere)

Thursday, Sept. 4
8:00-10:00 Pm The Moment Of Truth (2-Hour Season Premiere)

Friday, Sept. 5
8:00-10:00 Pm Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader? (2-Hour Season Premiere)

Saturday, Sept. 6
8:00-8:30 Pm Cops
8:30-9:00 Pm Cops
9:00-10:00 Pm America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back

Monday, Sept. 8
8:00-9:00 Pm Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9:00-10:00 Pm Prison Break (Time Period Premiere)

Tuesday, Sept. 9
8:00-10:00 Pm Fringe (2-Hour Series Premiere)

Wednesday, Sept. 10
9:00-9:30 Pm ‘Til Death
9:30-10:00 Pm Do Not Disturb

Thursday, Sept. 11
9:00-10:00 Pm Kitchen Nightmares

Friday, Sept. 12
9:00-10:00 Pm Don’t Forget The Lyrics!

Saturday, Sept. 13
11:00 Pm-Midnight Madtv
Midnight-12:30 Am Talkshow With Spike Feresten

Tuesday, Sept. 16
8:00-9:00 Pm House (Season Premiere)

Sunday, Sept. 28
8:00-8:30 Pm The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 Pm King Of The Hill
9:00-9:30 Pm Family Guy
9:30-10:00 Pm American Dad

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