FOX: What to Expect at the Upfront

4:07 PM PDT 5/10/2011 by Lacey Rose, Marisa Guthrie, Kim Masters

THR analyzes which series are likely to return in the fall, the new pilots generating heat and what the ad buyers are whispering.

As the upfronts loom ever closer (starting Monday in New York) and the broadcast networks salivate in anticipation of an improved ad market, THR is running a network-by-network breakdown — updating the news as it breaks. As always, nothing is set until the networks unveil their schedules and really, not even then. We begin with a network with relatively few holes to fill.