The Fox “Machine…”

Ahead of ABC’s “Fallen Idol” special next week, Fox’s machine “switched into high gear yesterday, protecting the network’s most important franchise,” Lisa de Moraes says. She notes that FNC “ran a report claiming the reality series producers were ‘taking it in stride.’ The report included one executive producer dismissing all claims of manipulation on the show…”

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