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Two days in to the fall season, no new TV series has become the dreaded quick hook, however the tv stations continue to be facing some tough choices. Virtually every internet has a minumum of one new or coming back series that will need a sked a big change. While there is no flameout similar to what Fox experienced last season with drama "Lone Star," trigger fingers may start getting scratchy now. The nets have to date been patient as all have launches within the coming days which will let them know much more about where they stand, as well as the extra understanding of viewer behavior from live plus-7 Digital recording device rankings. Only at that early juncture, CBS and Fox have been in the pole positions, ABC is middling however with a couple of vibrant spots, while NBC and CW have faced rocky begins. Fox appears in place not to make any fixes to the fall selection. While "The X Factor" and "Terra Nova" haven't quite matched up the hype preceding their launches, they're still well in front of year-ago timeslot newcomers and only lead or stay competitive along with other timeslot records. "New Girl" carried out strongly enough in the first couple of days to generate the season's first back-nine order. It is a task made even more impressive since it's lead-in, "Glee," has softened -- still a great artist but lower dramatically versus. this past year. CBS can also be riding high, topping Fox among grown ups 25-54 for that first week of year. But unlike Fox, the attention might have timeslots troubled enough to want repair. The Thursday premiere of recent comedy "How to become a Gentleman" would be a disappointment, losing 45% of their 18-49 lead-in "The Large Bang Theory" and lower 18% in the second episode of "$#*! My Father States" from the prior year. CBS might be the only real network having a obvious alternative possibility because of the arranging of veteran utility player "Rules of Engagement" sitting alone on Saturday, a evening in which the network could easily choose to simply do what almost every other tv stations does and opt for wall-to-wall rebroadcasts. And contains Take advantage of Schneider's midseason half-hour browsing the wings. A fast fix appears not as likely for CBS' Thursday 9 p.m. drama "Person of great interest,Inch that has deflated by premiering 9% below previous timeslot inhabitant "CSI" and shedding one more 13% in week 2 if this had "Gentleman" since it's lead-in the very first time. But up to the attention was around the drama thinking about its strong showing in preseason testing groups, there's little indication the network will close the lid on, although it also offers a midseason drama option around the bench with cop drama "The Two-2." ABC includes a more pressing problem on Thursday at 8 p.m. with "Charlie's Angels," which opened up OK within the demo (2.1), but required a virtually 30% tumble in the second week (1.5). The network is not going to give on the drama as, surprisingly, its second week was still being much better than last year's "My Generation." Elsewhere around the schedule, the Alphabet finds better traction for brand new series, with "Revenge" and "Suburgatory" searching very good in early stages Wednesdays, and Sunday drama "Pan Am" opening well. The autumn has not been as kind to NBC, which went in to the season with Peacock brass making obvious the turnaround from the 4th-place network might take many years -- a well known fact strengthened by its struggles to date. New comedies "Up Through The Night" and "Whitney" have attracted respectable rankings by NBC's reduced standards. But Monday 10 p.m. drama "The Playboy Club" and Wednesday 8:30 p.m. comedy "Free Agents" are barely around the Nielsen radar. Though each of individuals shows began soft and also have dropped further, NBC has not made any moves yet toward cancellation. In order to assure the creative community that NBC is really a producer-friendly atmosphere, NBC Entertainment chief Bob Greenblatt allow it to be known prior to the season began he wasn't inclined to provide shows a fast hook. But something might have to give. "Playboy Club" is not prone to budge considering the fact that NBC has signaled it'll reboot Mondays within the midseason using the pairing of "The Voice" and "Smash." Starting new things, from the restarted version of unscripted veteran "Fear Factor" towards the new John Williams-brought newsmagazine "Rock Center," could be pointless when the net's likely to obvious the decks come The month of january. "Agents" may be the season's first goner if it is audience is constantly on the shrink. The Peacock could certainly double-pump "Evening" to fill the slot or give a repeat of Thursday rookie "Whitney." In the long run, NBC could revert towards the comedy six-pack on Thursday it attempted last season, a definite possibility should 10 p.m. newcomer drama "Prime Suspect" still struggle. NBC could beat a retreat from the make an effort to open another comedy block on Wednesday and migrate "Evening" together with "30 Rock," that is set to come back early the coming year. The network may even choose to mix things on Thursday by inserting "Rock" in approximately 8-9 p.m. because of the gentleness of "Community" and "Parks and Entertainment" season up to now. The CW continues to be hit as hard as NBC, with every coming back series besides "Vampire Journals" seeing across-the-board declines and none of their new series breaking out. Its sorest place is unscripted series "Hater," that has tanked within the Wednesday leadoff slot. The internet might meet the increasing demand having a rerun of the frosh show (think "Ringer" or "Hart of Dixie") that may enjoy the additional sampling chance. Or CW could press its "One Tree Hill" warhorse into service whether it decides to erase "H8R." But new network leader Mark Pedowitz makes backing the schedule year-round important, meaning he might not need to spend programs destined for midseason or summer time. Contact Andrew Wallenstein at andrew.wallenstein@variety.com