Crucifixion Is Easy, A New Television Scheduling Paradigm Is Hard

Fox president/ugly duckling mutiliation enabler/scheduling iconoclast Gail Berman talks to THR about the network's new year-round rollout of new shows. And she seems painfully aware that Fox's new scheduling plans are going to tear at the very fabric of our existence. Read these fascinating displays of a Biblical persecution complex (for the full effect, play the soundtrack from The Passion of the Christ in the background, cued up to the pained, ululating parts, and don't forget the hair shirt):
No matter what happens in the next couple of weeks, the die has been cast. There's no turning back to another way of doing business. And frankly, there's no turning back from this for the industry. This is the way it will be for the future.[...] We have to be realistic and know that it's going to be a hard road. I'm sure there are going to be a million people out there trying to discredit us before it even starts. But we have to sort of put our heads down and understand that trying something new is not an easy thing...