Roy Clark, Barbara Mandrell and Charlie McCoy are being inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville. The hall's newest members are being honored Sunday in a musical salute featuring Garth Brooks, Reba McEntire, George Jones, Alison Krauss and many more. Clark is probably best known for co-hosting the long-running TV show "Hee Haw," but he also had top 10 hits with Tips of My Fingers and Yesterday When I Was Young. Mandrell's many hits include "Midnight Oil," Sleeping Single in a Double Bed and I Was Country When Country Wasn't Cool. In 1980 she joined sisters Louise and Irlene to host Barbara Mandrell and the Mandrell Sisters on NBC. McCoy is best known for his harmonica work and has recorded with many well-known artists. (Daily Record)

In between bites of a Cobb salad at New York's Tribeca Grand Hotel, Gwen Stefani is explaining why No Doubt is going on tour for the first time in five years without a new album to promote. "Honestly, it's procrastination," she says with a sigh. "My plan was to get pregnant and write a record, but instead of writing, I just ate all the time." Stefani laughs as she pops a tomato in her mouth. "Writing is always really hard for me -- I hate it and hate it and then I do it, and I'm happy it's done," she says. "I was blocked and I needed to get inspired, and I thought playing live would get the creative juices flowing again." Which isn't to say Stefani and her No Doubt bandmates haven't been busy since the 2001 release of their last album, "Rock Steady." Stefani, who has two sons, ages 8 months and 3 years, released two solo albums, "Love. Angel. Music. Baby," which sold 4 million copies, and "The Sweet Escape," which sold 1.7 million, according to Nielsen SoundScan. Bassist Tony Kanal did production work on Stefani's albums and wrote songs with artists including Pink. Guitarist Tom DuMont produced two records, scored a documentary and was a stay-at-home dad. Drummer Adrian Young did session work and played golf. Now they'll be together for a tour that starts Saturday (May 16) in Las Vegas and ends August 1 in Irvine, California. Hitting the road without new material after years of relative silence might seem like a risk, but the band's manager, Jim Guerinot, was delighted when the group approached him with the idea. "I think it's the right move," he says. "Even though they remained friends throughout the hiatus, they've all been working on other projects and haven't spent a lot of time together. They've become more of a unit in the time they've been rehearsing together and played a few shows, and I think this will change things for the positive." (Billboard)

The final "American Idol" performance episode could be the weirdest concert ever televised. In one corner, there's over-the-top Adam Lambert, the dominating presence who transformed Johnny Cash's "Ring of Fire" into a sitar-infused spectacle and tackled "Whole Lotta Love," the first-ever Led Zeppelin tune performed on Fox's "Idol." From the outset, he's been the ambiguous rocker next door, most comfortable — but not scary — in eyeliner and studded leather. Then, there's Kris Allen, always at home in jeans with his guitar. The only fashion risk he's taken is that smidge of blue nail polish spotted on his thumb during a visit home to Conway, Ark. Allen garnered the most praise with his daring song choices, like singing "Falling Slowing" from indie musical "Once" and reinventing Kanye West's robotic "Heartless" as a wistful singer-songwriter joint. "Kris' appeal is that he has honesty and sincerity when he performs, and that he has never tried to change who he is," said judge Kara DioGuardi. "He's like a steady ship in the night. He never changes his clothes because everybody else around him is. He never does a song in a way that is sort of overcooked because everyone else around him is." The mixture of Allen's subtly and Lambert's showiness — only to be broken up with a performance by fourth-season champ Carrie Underwood — will likely make for a kookier-than-usual show Tuesday, especially considering that Allen's slot in the final two has been perceived as a come-from-behind victory for the 23-year-old college student. "It's going to be a strange and interesting juxtaposition on Tuesday night," said Michael Slezak, who blogs about "Idol" for Entertainment Weekly magazine's Web site. "Kris and Adam are so different. Calling them apples and oranges doesn't go far enough. They're almost from different planets. It's like comparing a root vegetable to a sea creature." If there's anything they have in common, it's consistency. The only time the men were in the show's dreaded group of bottom-three vote-getters was after their Rat Pack-themed performances, yet Lambert has long been considered the front-runner. After host Ryan Seacrest revealed last week that only 1 million votes separated Allen from the 27-year-old theater actor, the competition could be closer than expected. "These guys have been doing a great job already, so I don't have much to tell them except to be true to themselves and really engage the home viewers through the cameras," advises sixth season runner-up Blake Lewis. "As far as finale week goes, they just need to stay focused and try to balance themselves through the chaos. It's really stressful." The winner's fate may lie in the dialing fingers of the fans who had been supporting Milwaukee church music director Danny Gokey — and keeping him out of the bottom three until his dismissal last week. DioGuardi believes that Tuesday's episode "will be about forming a connection with the audience, and it's really about who's going to get those Danny votes." Still, most imagine the "Idol" title is Lambert's for the taking. "I think this is going to be a walk in the park for Adam," said Rickey Yaneza, who blogs about "Idol" at Rickey.org. "Judging from the traffic on my site, everyone is more interested in Adam. Kris simply can't compete with Adam's vocal calisthenics. Kris just has to be himself. Wow. That sounds like something Paula Abdul would say, doesn't it?" (Billboard)

After two albums of letting others forge his creative direction, Lionel Richie plans to take control again on his next album. For both 2006's "Going Home" and the new "Just Go," which comes out Tuesday, Richie worked with contemporary producers and writers such as StarGate, The-Dream, Christopher "Tricky" Stewart, Ne-Yo and Akon.  But Richie tells Billboard.com that he's "already started" on another album, which he intends to personally helm although he expects to bring in some collaborators as well. "I've mastered the art of co-producing," Richie explains. "No matter what, I have to have somebody else that sits across the room and looks at the big picture while I'm going in to get the second verse of the third song. I always need somebody in that room to back me up. James Carmichael did a great job all those years of just keeping me in focus, 'cause that's the key." Richie says he's been "sketching up some songs" for the project, drawing inspiration from his travels -- which have been largely international to promote his last few albums. "I go to every great club in the middle of Paris and sit in the corner and watch what people move to," he says. "Then I go to Berlin and check 'em out. I go to London and check 'em out, New Delhi...And then I go back to the hotel room and, while I'm in that same mood, I start to write. "I've plugged into a world beat somewhere, so right now this album coming up is going to be pretty interesting. I can always tell when I'm going in the right direction -- I scare the record company to death! They're like, 'Now, Lionel, where are you going now?' But I have to keep it interesting for me and my listeners, 'cause it has to be something they're not quite expecting." Richie plans to record a couple of songs soon with the Dead Executives -- the Good Charlotte duo of Joel Madden, his daughter Nicole's boyfriend and father of Richie's granddaughter, and his twin brother Benji. He also mentions European DJ Bob Sinclair as a possible collaborator for club-styled tracks. Richie is still deeply into promoting "Just Go" as well. He just wrapped up a European tour, and while he only has two more shows on the books at the moment -- June 7 in London, England, and July 5 at the Essence Music Festival in New Orleans -- he promises there will be dates in North America during before the "Just Go" cycle is complete. "We're trying to finalize whether it's going to be in the fall or the first of the new year," he says. "I've spent most of my time outside of America for the last three or four years, but the interest is there, so I said, 'Let's go back across America again." Richie expects to announce tour dates during the summer or early fall. And, he adds, the long-promised Commodores reunion is also in the works. "It's the No. 1 question we get," Richie says. "I can honestly tell you before the end of the year, for sure, you'll hear a rumble. I think now might be the proper time." (Billboard)

Fans began lining up a record store in suburban Detroit on Sunday night just minutes after Eminem announced a free concert for Tuesday in his home town. The rapper will celebrate the release of "Relapse," his first new studio album in five years, with a performance at the Sound Board theater in Detroit's Motor City Casino. Portions of the concert are expected to be aired as Eminem's second and third appearances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Tuesday and Friday. The show was announced Sunday night on MySpace Music, following Eminem's animated "appearance" on Fox's "Family Guy" that evening; the concert was originally expected to take place Friday in conjunction with the final Kimmel show appearance. The independent music store Record Time in Roseville, Mich., will be handing tickets beginning at 5 p.m. Monday, and a line grew throughout the night with fans camping out to wait for the first-come, first-served tickets. Tickets will also be distributed via lotteries at Hot Topic stores and MySpace Music and by Detroit area radio stations.  DJ Jazzy Jeff is also performing at the show. "Relapse," which will be officially released Tuesday, is Eminem's first set of all-new material since "Encore" in 2004. He released a compilation, "Curtain Call: The Hits," in 2005 and during the interim was featured on Akon's 2006 hit "Smack That" and curated a showcase compilation for his Shady Records, "Eminem Presents: The Re-Up," also in 2006. (Billboard)


MOVIE . . .

Call it Quentin Tarantino's Music to Kill Nazis By. The "Grindhouse" director has picked a bizarre array of tunes to accompany Brad Pitt and his gang of cutthroats as they kick Nazi butt in the upcoming World War II flick, "Inglourious Basterds." Ain't It Cool News reports the soundtrack includes David Bowie's 1982 rocker "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)," Billy Preston's 1972 blaxploitation funk tune "Slaughter," and the 1960s biker anthem "The Devil's Rumble" by Davie Allen and the Arrows. He also throws in music from spaghetti-western composer Ennio Morricone. (Page Six)

Rachel Weisz did her own nude scenes in her latest movie after using yoga to get her figure back following the birth of her first child. The 39-year-old actress stripped off for two scenes in the new movie Agora, in which she plays the real-life, 4th-century female Greek philosopher and astronomer Hypatia. Wearing a revealing thigh-splitting dress on the Cannes catwalk, she told the Daily Mail that keeping away from junk food and doing yoga had made her body fit enough to go naked: "It was all me. I never even thought about using a body double. I was thinking about baby fat, but I think most of it had gone before I went before the cameras." The actress has a two-year-old son Henry with her fiancé, film-maker Darren Aronofsky. In the film, Rachel's character Hypatia is surrounded by male students and slaves, but never has sex, and instead devotes herself to a life of study.  (British Glamour)

Mischa Barton's new movie has hit the rocks after the film company that made it became the latest victim of the credit crunch. The news could be a warning for Hollywood actors everywhere after the film, Assassination of a High School President, received warm reviews at this year's Sundance Film Festival but still couldn't get a distribution deal. Mischa says the film company could not raise enough money to get it launched, despite the presence of her co-star Bruce Willis: "They just can't get the funding to distribute it. The movie is complete and ready to go but there is no release date set - and it is not looking likely there will be one." Fortunately Mischa has been branching out beyond just acting, having just released a new line of handbags and headbands. (British Glamour)

Despite tough reviews and less hype than its predecessor, Angels & Demons managed to squeak out a win at the box office this weekend. The follow-up to The Da Vinci Code raked in $48 million, according to studio estimates from box-office tracking firm Nielsen EDI. While the debut met most analysts' expectations, it fell well short of Code's 2006 debut of $77 million. That film went on to do $217 million domestically and $758 million worldwide. Of course, Code benefited from its controversial theories about the Catholic church, which prompted protests of — and interest in — the Tom Hanks thriller. Demons, meanwhile, arrived with nary a word from the church. Critics weren't impressed, either: Only 38% of reviewers recommended the film, according to RottenTomatoes.com. Still, legions of fans of the Dan Brown novel helped the movie edge out Star Trek, which held well from last week's debut to do $43 million. The J.J. Abrams movie has done $147 million in 10 days and should become the biggest movie of summer by next weekend. Hugh Jackman's comic-book adaptation X-Men Origins: Wolverine was third with $14.8 million, raising its three-week total to $151.1 million. The Jennifer Garner comedy Ghosts of Girlfriends Past was fourth with $6.9 million, followed by the Beyoncé Knowles thriller Obsessed with $4.6 million. Despite the middling weekend, ticket sales were up 4% over the same weekend last year. (Daily Record)

Vincent D'Onofrio, Vinnie Jones, Paul Sorvino, Fionnula Flanagan, Laura Ramsey, Steve Schirripa, Linda Cardellini and Bob Gunton have been added to the cast of Jonathan Hensleigh's "The Irishman." They join Ray Stevenson, Christopher Walken and Val Kilmer in the crime tale about real-life mobster Danny Greene. Hensleigh and Jeremy Walters wrote the screenplay for the project, inspired by the book "To Kill the Irishman: The War That Crippled the Mafia" by Rick Porrello. Code Entertainment's Al Corley, Bart Rosenblatt, and Eugene Musso will produce, along with Dundee Entertainment's Tommy Reid and Tara Reid, who brought the property to Code. Jonathan Dana, Peter Miller, and Rick Porrello are exec producers, with George Perez serving as co-producer.  Principal photography begins next week in Detroit, Michigan. Sales and distribution company Lightning Entertainment is repping international sales, while ICM and Dana are handle domestic sales. (Hollywood Reporter)

Indie banner Green Knight Ventures will produce a contemporary adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's classic story "The Fall of the House of Usher." Claire Forlani, Dougray Scott and Rufus Sewell will star in the pic, which will be titled "The Ushers" and be shot in 3-D. Stephen Kay is attached to direct. Originally published in 1839, "Usher" tells of the mysterious goings-on in the house of Roderick Usher, who has recently buried a sister whose presence still haunts the house. "Ushers" will look at a grown brother and sister who have lived in the same Martha's Vineyard house for a long time but begin to feel trapped there, and who then bring in a real-estate broker to help them resolve their crisis. Stefano Gallini Durante and Pete Maggi will produce, while Gian Marco Masoni penned the screenplay. Green Knight is behind Colin Firth crime thriller "The Meat Trade." The Little Film Co. is repping sales of the project in the Cannes market. (Hollywood Reporter)

The entire world saw "La Vie en Rose," but producers didn't always see Marion Cotillard as Edith Piaf -- that took an entire year of convincing by the film's casting director, Olivier Carbone. "Investors didn't think she had enough international appeal," Carbone explained, adding that, after first convincing helmer Olivier Dahan that Cotillard was right, "Everyone involved in the film -- from the cast to the technicians -- all had to wait a year for us to convince them." The fight paid off, after the film not only saw strong ticket sales at home and abroad, but also won Cotillard a best actress Oscar. Following the success of "Rose," Quentin Tarantino chose Carbone to cast the French portion of "Inglourious Basterds," In Competition at this year's Festival de Cannes. "There was a casting for casting directors," Carbone said of the Weinstein Co. and Laurence Bender's search for the right man for the job. "Quentin gave me total freedom to choose my actors," Carbon said. After a pre selection of five actresses, four of whom were unknowns on the French film scene, Carbone ultimately picked Melanie Laurent for the role of Shosanna Dreyfus. He also cast unknown actor Denis Menochet, who, since his role in "Basterds," has been cast in Ridley Scott's next film. Though Menochet didn't fit the age category of Tarantino's Perrier LaPadite character, Carbone's influence led the director to make the character younger and adapt the script accordingly. "Quentin said to me: 'You found me the new Robert Mitchum,' " Carbone said. Menochet also plays a role in Carbone's follow-up to "Basterds," Roselyne Bosch's "The Round Up." Bosch's high-profile project co-stars Gad Elmaleh and Jean Reno in the film from "La Vie en Rose" producer Alain Goldman. "The Round Up" tells the story of France's collaboration during the Holocaust. The €20 million project, co-produced and distributed in Gaul by Gaumont, focuses on the deportation of 13,000 Jews one night in 1942, one of the greatest tragedies in French history. Carbone recently wrapped casting on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Oscar et la dame Rose" produced by Philippe Godeau's Pan Europeen and Philippe Lefebvre's "Le Siffleur" produced by Alain Attal for Les Productions du Tresor starring Francois Berleand and Thierry Lehermitte. While a force on the Gallic film scene, Carbone -- who recently wrapped casting on Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt's "Oscar et la dame Rose" and Philippe Lefebvre's "Le Siffleur" -- is setting his sights on U.S. films. Thanks to a new tax credit that is attracting major U.S. titles to the territory, Carbone is in high demand among stateside producers. The casting director has several projects in development, and will be casting Milos Forman's next movie. (Hollywood Reporter)


TV . . .

The tribe has spoken, naming cattle rancher James "J.T." Thomas Jr. the sole Survivor. The 24-year-old country boy prevailed over New Yorker Stephen Fishbach on Sunday's season finale, claiming the $1 million check and bragging rights. Thomas, who operates a cattle-ranching business in Samson, Ala., wept tears of joy after hearing the result. "I can't help it," he said at the post-game special, aired live from New York. "I'm happy — it's probably the happiest I've ever been in my life, obviously." The winner was chosen by a seven-member jury of Survivor peers. Thomas called Fishbach, a corporate consultant and Yale graduate, one of the best friends he'll "probably ever have" in life. The two formed a strategic — and unlikely — alliance early on in the show, making promises to take each other to the final tribal council. Once there, however, their bond was tested as they presented their cases to the jury. Thomas, who picked Fishbach over chatty hairstylist Erinn Lobdell after winning immunity, was surprised when Fishbach revealed to the jury that — had he been in his ally's place — he'd have chosen the weaker Lobdell as a power play to win the show. That betrayal of trust? Water under the bridge. "It was something I wrestled with a lot ... It felt horrible to come clean with that," Fishbach recalled. Laughing, Thomas said he pretended to be hurt so he could "pull some votes" in his favor. The 18th edition of the CBS castaway competition was set in the rugged interior of Brazil, where 16 players congregated when the season began. (Daily Record)

You didn't really think Housewives was going to kill a housekid, did you? Even for a series that has had more than its share of fictional fatalities, murdering adorable little MJ would have been a hideous step too far, one you never thought a show that is essentially a comedy was going to take. Which is why, despite a few entertaining flourishes, Sunday night's two-hour Desperate Housewives mostly seemed to be spinning its wheels, desperately trying to build suspense around an event we never really feared was going to happen. Stretching what felt like a half-hour worth of plot over a two-episode slot, the show took too long to get to the climax — and telegraphed the (relatively) happy ending before it got there. The set-up was scary enough: Dave tied Susan to a post so she'd be forced to watch as he recreated the crash that killed his wife and child. Only this time, Mike would crash into Dave's car, killing MJ in the back seat. But at the last minute, in a hallucination-inspired act of charity, Dave let MJ out of the car and went to the accident alone, only to survive and end up in a mental hospital. Granted, last year's finale was a hard act to follow. It had one of the show's better mysteries to solve — the secret of Katherine's past — and ended with one of the show's best tricks: a five-year leap forward. As good as Neal McDonough was as Dave, his revenge plot couldn't hope to compete. It was too simple and unraveled too quickly. Unfortunately, this flat and silly episode not only didn't live up to last year's effort, it also didn't live up to the season it was meant to finish. This has been a good year for Desperate, and it deserved a better end. Too much of the episode just didn't ring true. I didn't buy Bree's desperation to get divorced, or Katherine's desperation to get married. And clearly the time has come for a TV time-out on hallucinatory visits from the dead, even though in this case, Dave's visions did provide an excuse for a surprise return by Nicollette Sheridan. Worst of all, much of the show was spent setting up new plots that seem deeply unpromising. Lynette pregnant with twins? Gaby and Carlos living with a teenage tramp? Carl and Bree a couple? Oh, and Mike getting married — though in cliffhanger fashion, we don't know to whom. And after that finale, I don't know if we care. (Daily Record)

Former Tampa Bay coach Jon Gruden is replacing Tony Kornheiser on ESPN's Monday Night Football broadcast team. Kornheiser cited a fear of flying in his decision to leave after three years. The network said Monday that Gruden will be in the booth with Mike Tirico and Ron Jaworski when the show starts its 40th season this fall. "If I could handpick a replacement of a football guy, I would cast a net and drag in Jon Gruden," Kornheiser said in a statement released by the network. "He is the two things you most want -- smart and funny -- and has the two things I don't -- good hair and a tan." Gruden led the Bucs to the 2003 Super Bowl title but was fired after this past season after his team lost four straight games to miss the playoffs. He worked as a guest analyst this year with the NFL Network during the draft and scouting combine. "To join Mike and Jaws in the booth and to work alongside this top-notch team is going to be a real thrill," Gruden said. Gruden will make his debut with ESPN with a preseason game on Aug. 13, a Super Bowl rematch between the Arizona Cardinals and Pittsburgh Steelers. Kornheiser will continue to appear on ESPN's "Pardon the Interruption," and is relieved it doesn't require air travel. "My fear of planes is legendary and sadly true," he said. "When I looked at the upcoming schedule it was the perfect storm that would've frequently moved me from the bus to the air." Gruden was an NFL head coach the past 11 seasons, with the Buccaneers (2002-08) and Oakland Raiders (1998-01). He had a 100-85 record, leading his teams to five division titles. His best season came in 2002, when the Buccaneers went 12-4 and then beat the Raiders 48-21 in the Super Bowl. Gruden was 38 at the time and the youngest coach to win a Super Bowl. Gruden began his NFL coaching career in 1990 when San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator Mike Holmgren hired him as an assistant. When Holmgren was hired to coach the Packers in 1992, Gruden became his wide receivers coach. After three seasons, Gruden went to the Eagles as an offensive coordinator, and in 1998 became coach of the Raiders at 34. (Hollywood Reporter)

CBS is betting on stars for next season. The network on Monday morning handed out series orders to the "NCIS" spinoff, toplined by LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell, legal drama "The Good Wife," starring Julianna Margulies, medical drama "Three Rivers" starring Alex O'Loughlin, the Jenna Elfman comedy starrer "Accidentally on Purpose," as well as the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced ensemble medical drama "Miami Trauma." As a precursor to the orders, the network over the weekend gave most of the projects a greenlight to start making offers to writers and directors. Additionally, the network is ordering unscripted series "Undercover Boss," an U.K. format described as "Secret Millionaire" meets "Dirty Jobs." The "NCIS" spinoff, "Three Rivers," "The Good Wife" and "Accidentally" are produced by sister studio CBS TV Studios, while "Trauma" comes from Warner Bros. TV. The "NCIS" spinoff, "Wife," "Rivers" and "Accidentally on Purpose" had been early standouts at the network, while "Miami Trauma" picked up steam in the final couple of weeks. There had been speculation that CBS may only launch one medical drama, but the network ultimately opted to go with both "Rivers," starring one of its signature players, "Moonlight" star O'Loughlin, and "Trauma," produced by its top drama producer, Bruckheimer. The pickup of "Trauma" makes for another strong pilot season for Bruckheimer, whose both pilots, including ABC's "The Forgotten" got orders. The multi-camera "Accidentally on Purpose," from writer Claudia Lonow, is about a movie critic (Elfman) who gets pregnant after a fling with a younger man, and the unconventional family that comes from the mistake. Jon Foster, Ashley Jensen, Grant Show and Lennon Parham co-star. The show looks like a good companion for "The New Adventures of Old Christine." It also means that Jensen, who left "Ugly Betty" at the end of this season, will be back in primetime next season. The "NCIS" spinoff, introduced in two episodes of the veteran crime drama this spring, hails from "NCIS" exec producer/showrunner Shane Brennan. The cast also includes Louise Lombard, Peter Cambor and Daniela Ruah Written by Robert King and Michelle King and directed by Charles McDougall, it stars Margulies as a politician's wife who joins a law firm as an associate. Archie Panjabi, Christine Baranski, Chris Noth, Matt Czuchry, Josh Charles and Graham Phillips co-star in the project, exec produced by Robert and Michelle King, Ridley Scott, Tony Scott and David Zucker. Penned by Carol Barbee, "Rivers" is a medical show about organ transplants seen through three points of view: the doctors, the donors and the recipients. Co-starring opposite O'Loughlin are Christopher J. Hanke, Justina Machado, Katherine Moennig, Daniel Henney and Julia Ormond.  (Hollywood Reporter)

Fox is taking steps this year to prevent itself from falling down, as usual, in fall. The network is turning to the first in-season edition of So You Think You Can Dance, which will compete with ABC's Dancing With the Stars (though not directly against it) for viewers. It's adding three scripted series, plus three more in midseason, to a lineup being unveiled to advertisers today in New York.  And Fox, which struggles each autumn until American Idol and 24 return in January, now has an expanding stable of steady dramas, from procedurals House and Bones to this season's Lie to Me and Fringe, to round out its schedule. New for fall: •Glee, a comedy musical about a teacher rebuilding a sad-sack choir, which has a special preview Tuesday. •The Cleveland Show, a long-awaited Family Guy spinoff about the Griffins' neighbor, Cleveland Brown. •Brothers, a sitcom starring former NFL player (and current Fox analyst) Michael Strahan as an ex-football star who spars with his wheelchair-bound brother (Daryl "Chill" Mitchell). Carl Weathers and CCH Pounder co-star as their parents. That gives Fox two black-led comedies (one animated) that are otherwise absent on broadcast networks. House and Bones are expected to keep their lead-off spots on Mondays and Thursdays, to be followed in the fall by either Lie to Me or Fringe, which are relocating from their current slots. Dance will air for two hours on Tuesdays, with a Wednesday results show twinned with Glee. Fridays will likely see the return of Brad Garrett comedy 'Til Death, Brothers and Dollhouse, which won a surprise 13-episode reprieve despite weak ratings. Cleveland, replacing King of the Hill, is to be sandwiched between The Simpsons and Family Guy on Sunday's animation block. In midseason, Fox will use Idol's reliably huge lead-in to launch Human Target, a show based on a DC Comics franchise about a security agent (Fringe's Mark Valley) who assumes new identities as a human shield to protect clients. Also due in early 2010 are Sons of Tucson, a comedy about three young brothers who hire a fake dad to replace their real (and imprisoned) one; and Past Life, a drama about investigators exploring reincarnation. Fox, though down 14%, will win its fifth consecutive season among young adults. (Daily Record)