Poor Dushku… After several weeks of encouraging word on Fox’s proposed Grey’s rip-off staring Eliza Dushku and Sara Rue, it looks like Nurses did not make the cut. And the show I’m most looking forward to, The Return of Jezebel James, won’t show up until midseason. The Amy Sherman-Palladino penned comedy stars Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose and is about two estranged sisters who have to raise a child together. The premise isn’t altogether inspired, but Palladino’s writing has been dearly missed for the last year, and the prospect of a weekly vehicle for Parker Posey is almost too good to be true. Bones will be returning in the fall, but my only other Fox standard, American Idol, will be absent until January – as usual.

Well, looks like that’s it for the upfronts, folks. And with only one casualty to speak of (albeit the most tragic one imaginable), I think we made out just fine. There’s a comprehensive guide and grid to the next year of TV over at Metacritic – check it out and start programming your DVRs accordingly.

Fox’s full schedule for fall/winter 2007/2008 is as follows…

Monday
8-9pm: Prison Break
9-10 pm: K-Ville

Tuesday
8-9 pm: New Amsterdam
9-10 pm: House

Wednesday
8-8:30pm: Back To You
8:30-9 pm: ‘Til Death
9-10 pm: Bones

Thursday
8-9 pm: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
9-10 pm: Kitchen Nightmares

Friday
8-9 pm: The Search For The Next Great American Band (working title)
9-10pm: Nashville (working title)

Saturday
8-9 pm: Cops
9-10 pm: America’s Most Wanted

Sunday
7-8 pm: The OT
8-8:30 pm: The Simpsons
8:30-9 pm: King of the Hill
9-9:30 pm: Family Guy
9:30-10 pm: American Dad