>Hmmm. Well, they have to air twenty-five episodes: that's the contract number, and the penalty for breaking it is probably something heroically excessive. (Given that they've apparently spent twenty million on the area, additional costs would not be welcome.) And there's only so quickly they can air them: they need time slots to fill where the ratings loss won't matter much. Four episodes aired so far...they might be able to get three a week if they push it,but two is more likely over the long term, and there may be AI-crowded weeks where they can only manage one...>

There's no way FOX spent $20 million on this show. The whole purpose of having reality shows like this on television is that they're cheap to put together, so spending that type of money doesn't make sense. PH ratings were okay and that wouldn't justify FOX handing out that much cash and saying 'do what you want' on a show that is a carbon copy of another reality show. If they did, they're CRAZY. Also, they can't afford to keep this going when the current weekly average is under 5 mil. viewers and dropping. That said, my guess is that double episodes could start as early as next week with the finale on April 26th. I would be surprised if it airs after that.