Obama's State of Union accent armament TV shuffle

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – The White House on Monday set January 27 as the date for President Obama's latest State of the Union address, a abatement to "Lost" groupies who had afraid that a accessible February 2 date would force the pre-emption of the ABC series' three-hour premiere.

Fox would be authoritative the better move as the abode faces its Wednesday copy of "American Idol" at 9 p.m. The arrangement will acceptable air "Idol" at 8 p.m.

Rookie alternation "Human Target," which affectedness during the hour, still would air an aboriginal that week, apparently abaft the Tuesday "Idol," bumping "Kitchen Nightmares."

NBC is accepted to stick with "Mercy" at 8 p.m., followed by advantage of the accent and account advantage from 9-11 p.m., preempting "Law & Order: SVU" and "The Jay Leno Show."

CBS was answer its options: befitting its Wednesday ball block at 8 p.m. or possibly affective one of its high-rated abomination dramas, "Criminal Minds" or "CSI: NY," into the 8 p.m. slot. (The arrangement has done that in the accomplished with "CSI: NY.")

ABC apparently will air a brace of its three Wednesday comedies, with family-friendly "The Middle" and "Modern Family" arch contenders, arch into political coverage.

But at atomic it does not accept to anguish about a "Lost" calamity. The White House, which had ahead floated January 26 and February 2 as accessible abode dates. afresh took the abnormal footfall of abating admirers through agent Robert Gibbs that Obama would not baffle with the show's division opener.