Fox's social-experiment reality series Utopia was the first new series of the fall season to premiere, getting an early start Sept. 8,two weeks before the action began in earnest. It then became the subject of the season's first major schedule adjustment when, on Oct. 1, the network pulled the show from its Tuesday lineup. Fox had bet big on Utopia, slating it for Tuesday and Friday nights and giving it a three-night premiere in its first week. But the series has disappointed, with original episodes averaging a 1.0 live-plus-same-day Nielsen rating among adults 18-49 through Oct. 5.
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