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The show opened mid-season with a shortened run of nine episodes, January through March 2008. It was the highest-rated new scripted series of the 2007-08 television season and was renewed for a second season, which began on September 8, 2008, and ended April 10, 2009. On May 18, 2009, Fox entertainment president Kevin Reilly announced at a press conference that Fox will not renew the show for a third season.
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