FOX is inviting fans to design a promotional poster for the highly anticipated new series TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. The Official Fan Poster Contest winner will win a trip for two to Los Angeles and have their poster revealed by cast members at the premiere party on Wednesday, January 9. The winning poster will also be posted on www.fox.com/terminator. The show makes its series premiere on Sunday, Jan. 13 (8:00 PM) and time period premiere Monday, Jan. 14 (9:00 PM) on FOX43.

The Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles Poster Contest challenges fans to use their creativity and design an innovative poster. Fans should visit www.fox.com/terminator where they can find pre-selected artwork such as graphics, photos, fonts and title cards to create their submission. The application of the artwork will be critical in determining the winner. Contestants must submit their design through the FOX website before Midnight, December 14, 2007, to be considered for the grand prize.

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Five finalists will be chosen based upon originality, creativity and use of provided images. During the second round, the top five posters will be featured on fox.com/terminator where the public will have an opportunity to vote online for their favorite from December 18-21. The poster that receives the most votes will be declared the winner and will be revealed at the premiere party for the show January 9 in Los Angeles.

Interested fans should visit www.fox.com/terminator for contest rules, deadlines and to download the necessary elements to create their poster entry.

Produced by C2 Pictures in association with Warner Bros. Television, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES is executive-produced by Josh Friedman and John Wirth. James Middleton serves as a consulting producer while Toni Graphia serves as co-executive producer and Natalie Chaidez serves as a consulting producer for the series. The pilot was directed by David Nutter.

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Join the celebration live from New York City’s Times Square as Cat Deeley counts down to 2008 on NEW YEAR’S EVE LIVE airing Monday, Dec. 31 (11:00 PM) on FOX43.

Deeley, reprising her role as host, will take a look back at the year’s most memorable moments in pop culture and introduce live performances by some of the year’s hottest musical artists. During the broadcast, TALKSHOW host Spike Feresten will report from the heart of Times Square to conduct his signature “man-on-the-street” interviews with partygoers. As 2007 comes to a close, Deeley and Feresten will bring in the New Year as the world-famous New Year’s Eve ball makes its descent into Times Square.

Musical guests and additional artists scheduled to appear to be announced.

Executive producing for the third year in a row, Phil Gurin (“The Singing Bee,” “Miss Universe,” “Miss USA,” “Weakest Link,” “Test the Nation”) said: “We are pleased to have the talented and gorgeous Cat Deeley return as the host of our NEW YEAR'S EVE LIVE celebration. In addition to fantastic live performances by some great musicians, we're also going to have a hilarious correspondent in Spike Feresten who will offer his insight and reports from the best spot in Times Square to catch all of the action.”

Birmingham, England, native Cat Deeley is also one of the foremost television presenters in the UK and has recently become one of the hottest new faces on American TV following her two hugely successful seasons hosting SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Deeley was Jay Leno’s first regular entertainment correspondent on “The Tonight Show” and is now performing the same duty for “Good Morning America.” Deeley is a double BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) Award winner and has won many other awards for her work on some of the UK’s hottest primetime shows, including “Stars in Their Eyes,” “CD:UK Live” (on which she appeared weekly for six years), “SMTV: Live” (which she hosted for three years), “Comic Relief Does Fame Academy,” the “V Festival” (2004, 2005), “The Brits,” “Record of the Year,” “Elton John Live from New York,” “The Latin Grammy Awards” and a one-hour special with U2, “When Cat Met U2,” for ITV. Deeley often lends her time to the Great Ormond Street Hospital, a children’s hospital in London, and divides her time between her homes in London and Beverly Hills.

Spike Feresten, host of TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN was raised in West Bridgewater, MA. TALKSHOW is a fast-paced half-hour that combines elements of a talk show with a studio audience and sit-down guests and adds to those elements with irreverent comedy sketches – both inside the studio and out on the street. TALKSHOW offers a fresh approach to the conventional late-night format. The series dispenses with the traditional monologue, features comedy in every act and uses guests in unpredictable ways.

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By the end of six weeks, one of you will be gone. As will twenty-eight more of you. Wear a cup. - Dr. Gregory House

More than 30 doctors applied for the coveted fellowship positions with the irascible but brilliant Dr. House (Hugh Laurie), but only four remain in the competition with ever-changing rules and House pulling all the strings. Who will House choose to be part of his diagnostic team at Princeton-Plainsboro and who will be discharged – leaving the hospital disappointed and empty-handed?

A quick recap of the remaining candidates:

Lawrence Kutner (Kal Penn) – His specialty is rehabilitative and sports medicine. He is the most enthusiastic of all the potential fellows, but his enthusiasm could be dangerous. A radical thinker, he is the only one who doesn’t think House’s crazy moves aren’t crazy enough.

Chris Taub (Peter Jacobson) – His specialty is plastic surgery. He is both shallow and inciteful. Taub left a successful practice for unknown reasons, which only made House more determined to figure out why.

Thirteen (Olivia Wilde) – Her specialty is internal medicine. She’s a competent young doctor who plays her cards extremely close to the vest. She is an enigma wrapped in a riddle – and House loves a good mystery.

Amber Volakis (Anne Dudek) – Her specialty is interventional radiology. An aggressive competitor, she’s not afraid to “finesse” a situation when necessary, which doesn’t endear her to the other fellows.

The eight-episode story arc comes to its shocking conclusion on Tuesday, Nov. 27 (9:00 PM) on FOX43.

HOUSE ranks as FOX’s No. 1 program across the majority of key demos, including Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Total Viewers; ranks as the No. 2 regular primetime program among Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens; ranks No. 1 in its Tuesday 9:00 PM time period among all key demos; is the season’s only Top 5 returning drama to post year-to-year gains among Adults 18-49 (up 20% versus last year’s comparable telecasts); and is the only program to rank among the season’s Top 5 primetime programs across Adults 18-49, Adults 18-34 and Teens.

Emmy Award-winning HOUSE is from Heel and Toe Films, Shore Z Productions and Bad Hat Harry Productions in association with Universal Media Studios. Katie Jacobs, David Shore, Paul Attanasio, Bryan Singer, Russel Friend, Garrett Lerner and Thomas L. Moran are executive producers.

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In light of the announced WGA strike, FOX will implement an alternate plan for the 2007-08 season.

At this time there is only one lineup change for November/December 2007 – PRISON BREAK will come off the schedule effective November 19 and HOUSE encores will go in that time period. Otherwise, there will be a few more encore episodes of our scripted series in November and December, but you can still look forward to holiday-themed programming, the fall finale K-VILLE (12/17), the conclusion of THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN BAND (12/21) and the rest of the regular lineup!

(NOTE: At this time FOX still has holiday-themed episodes scheduled as previously announced, except for BACK TO YOU and ‘TIL DEATH; and BONES, HOUSE and MADTV’s holiday episodes will be encores from past seasons.)

Beginning in January, there will be a few changes to the previously announced plans. PRISON BREAK, AMERICAN IDOL, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER, DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS, COPS, AMERICA’S MOST WANTED and our Sunday night animated comedies will continue with original episodes, and we will also schedule a mix of original and encore episodes of HOUSE, BONES, ‘TIL DEATH and BACK TO YOU. However, at this time, 24 will be postponed until we can ensure that the full season can air with few or no preemptions.

Fortunately FOX has several midseason shows waiting in the wings and will premiere TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and THE MOMENT OF TRUTH in January. NEW AMSTERDAM will join the lineup in February, WHEN WOMEN RULE THE WORLD (working title), THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES, CANTERBURY’S LAW and UNHITCHED launch in March and the new season of HELL’S KITCHEN will be served up in April!

And, an original episode of HOUSE with guest star Mira Sorvino is still scheduled to air after the Superbowl on February 3!

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NOVEMBER/DECEMBER CHANGES:

o Beginning MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, from 8:00-9:00pm (ET/PT), FOX will air encore episodes of HOUSE, continuing through DECEMBER 17.

(NOTE: The original episodes of PRISON BREAK scheduled for these nights will now air in January – see below.)

MIDSEASON SCHEDULE (NIGHT BY NIGHT):

MONDAYS:

FOX will air a mix of scripted and unscripted programming on Mondays beginning with the return of PRISON BREAK and the much-anticipated new series TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES on January 14, the week following the January 7 BCS Championship Game!

o TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES will have its series premiere on SUNDAY, JANUARY 13 from 8:00-9:00pm and its time period premiere the following night, MONDAY, JANUARY 14 at 9:00pm. TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES will continue airing in the Monday 9:00-10:00pm time period and have a season finale on MARCH 3.

o PRISON BREAK will return to Mondays from 8:00-9:00pm beginning JANUARY 14, and will continue for five weeks, leading into TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES. The season finale will air on FEBRUARY 11.

o The unscripted series THE MOMENT OF TRUTH will have two MONDAY 8:00-9:00pm airings on FEBRUARY 18 and FEBRUARY 25. (NOTE: THE MOMENT OF TRUTH will also be regularly scheduled on WEDNESDAYS – see below.)

o FOX’s unscripted role-reversal series WHEN WOMEN RULE THE WORLD (working title) will premiere on MONDAY, MARCH 3 from 8:00-9:00pm, and will continue in the time period through the remainder of the season.

o Encore episodes of HOUSE will air beginning MONDAY, MARCH 10, from 9:00-10:00pm, and will continue in the time period through the remainder of the season.

TUESDAYS:

AMERICAN IDOL is back with a 2-night Tuesday-Wednesday premiere on January 15 and 16! Tuesday night IDOL episodes will lead into original and encore episodes of HOUSE in January through March, and then the new season of HELL’s KITCHEN will take over the Tuesday 9:00pm slot beginning in April!

(NOTE: The new schedule takes effect on January 15. FOX will air the currently scheduled encore episodes of BONES and HOUSE on Tuesday, January 8.)

o AMERICAN IDOL returns with a 2-hour season premiere on TUESDAY, JANUARY 15 from 8:00-10:00pm! AMERICAN IDOL continues in the Tuesday 8:00pm time period through the May sweeps.

(NOTE: The full season schedule for AMERICAN IDOL is not yet firm but as usual, there will be some extended episodes in February when the semi-finalists are chosen. Expect a pattern similar to last season with an audition phase, followed by three weeks in which 12 boys and 12 girls compete on separate nights, with a Thursday results show, and then returning to the Tuesday-Wednesday pattern. Additional details will be announced closer to the premiere.)

o A mix of original and encore episodes of HOUSE will air Tuesdays at 9:00pm leading out of AMERICAN IDOL.

(NOTE (1): Similar to last season, there will be a number of extended 2-hr or 90-min episodes of AMERICAN IDOL on Tuesdays in January, February and March. Additional details will be announced closer to the premiere.)

(NOTE (2): HOUSE will be preempted on Tuesday, January 15 for the season premiere of AMERICAN IDOL.)

o HELL’S KITCHEN will join the Tuesday lineup in April, having its season premiere on TUESDAY, APRIL 1 from 9:00-10:00pm, and continuing with original episodes into summer.

WEDNESDAYS:

AMERICAN IDOL returns to Wednesdays with a 2-hr premiere on JANUARY 16, and THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, the new game show that puts contestants’ honesty to the test with a polygraph machine will join the Wednesday lineup beginning January 23! Look for a mix of original and encore episodes of BACK TO YOU leading out of AMERICAN IDOL beginning in March!

(NOTE: The new schedule takes effect on January 16. FOX will air back-to-back episodes of BACK TO YOU from 8:00-9:00pm and ‘TIL DEATH from 9:00-10:00pm on Wednesday, January 9.)

o AMERICAN IDOL will have a 2-hour Wednesday premiere on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16 from 8:00-10:00pm.

o AMERICAN IDOL will air WEDNESDAYS from 8:00-9:00pm beginning January 23, leading into THE MOMENT OF TRUTH at 9:00pm.

(NOTE: Similar to last season, FOX will air 1-hour episodes of AMERICAN IDOL on Wednesdays for the first two months, cutting back to 30-minute Wednesday results shows from 9:00-9:30pm beginning March 12.)

o FOX’s new game show THE MOMENT OF TRUTH will have its series premiere on WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23 from 9:00-10:00pm and will continue in the time period until it moves to 8:00pm on MARCH 12. It will then continue in the Wednesday 8:00-9:00pm time period through the May sweeps.

o A mix of original and encore episodes of BACK TO YOU will air WEDNESDAYS from 9:30-10:00pm beginning MARCH 12, and will continue through the May sweeps.

(NOTE: Similar to last season, expect some extended Wednesday episodes of AMERICAN IDOL later in the season, preempting BACK TO YOU. Additional details will be announced at a later date.)

THURSDAYS:

FOX is making no changes to the Thursday night lineup – the winning combination of ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER and DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS will continue all season long!

FRIDAYS:

As previously announced, BONES will move to Fridays at 8:00pm in January with a mix of originals and encores, and will be paired up with encore episodes of HOUSE at 9:00pm. NEW AMSTERDAM joins the lineup at 9:00pm on February 22, and beginning March 7, ‘TIL DEATH returns at 8pm, leading into new comedy THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES at 8:30pm. CANTERBURY’s LAW will take over the Friday 9:00pm time period beginning April 11, and will continue through the May sweeps.

o BONES will have its time period premiere on FRIDAY, JANUARY 4 from 8:00-9:00pm with a mix of original and encore episodes, and will continue through February 29.

o Encore episodes of HOUSE will air FRIDAYS from 9:00-10:00pm beginning January 4, and will continue through February 15.

o NEW AMSTERDAM will have its series premiere on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22 from 9:00-10:00pm and will continue with original episodes through April 4.

o ‘TIL DEATH will have its time period premiere on FRIDAY, MARCH 7 from 8:00-8:30pm with a mix of original and encore episodes, and will continue through the May sweeps.

o THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES will have its series premiere on FRIDAY, MARCH 7 from 8:30-9:00pm, and will continue with originals through the May sweeps.

o CANTERBURY’S LAW will have its series premiere on FRIDAY, APRIL 11 from 9:00-10:00pm and will continue through the May sweeps.

SATURDAYS:

o FOX’s winning Saturday night lineup of COPS and AMERICA’S MOST WANTED will continue as usual for the remainder of the season.

o A mix of original and encore episodes of MAD TV will continue to air at 11:00pm, and a mix of original and encore episodes of TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN will continue in the 12:00mid time period.

SUNDAYS:

Due to the lengthy production cycle of animated shows, our Sunday night lineup of THE SIMPSONS, KING OF THE HILL, FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD will not be effected by the WGA strike and will continue with originals and the occasional encore as usual. FOX’s new comedy UNHITCHED will have a limited run in the Sunday 9:30pm time period in March and April!

o UNHITCHED will have its series premiere on SUNDAY, MARCH 2 from 9:30-10:00pm, and will continue in the time period for 6 weeks, through April 6.

(NOTE: AMERICAN DAD will be preempted and will return to Sundays at 9:30pm beginning April 13.)

o FOX will also continue to air encore episodes of various animated comedies in the Sunday 7:00-8:00pm time period for the rest of the season

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