At the start of the season, Broadcast Televison Networks try to influence the household viewers who are watching other programs and/or looking for something to watch. Broadcast television networks often generate innovative, and contemporary prime time lineups in order to catch the attention of "programless" viewers. The lineups are generally intended towards a large audience, so that viewers will remain tuned into a network as much as possible. Various corporations compete to create and …showed first 75 words of 1097 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1097 total…yet still remains popular, all to the Fox network's liking. The time slot allows for advertisements to pinpoint specific intended audiences due to the apparent female audience associated with "Ally McBeal." The Fox network has to compete with the other prime time lineups from popular stations such as NBC, ABC, and CBS. In order to be on top of the list, the Fox network has to pull out all of the stops to achieve greatness.