LOS ANGELES (AP) - In one of the more spectacular examples of TV networks following a trend straight off a cliff, more than a half-dozen densely plotted new serial dramas failed this season.

NEW YORK (AP) - They premiered with high hopes - theirs and ours. This season was rife with new serialized mysteries, each of them propelled by long-range intrigue we viewers were urged to submit to.

FOX, Fox Interactive Media and Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. today unveiled a landmark plan to extend FOX television programming to its affiliate websites, enabling more than 200 broadcast network affiliates to offer their local viewers the ability to watch or buy FOX’s critically acclaimed shows, including 24, Bones, Prison Break and more.