The Search for the Next Great American Band (Fridays, 7 p.m.) is the working title for this attempt to do for groups what "American Idol" has done for individuals. And Fox hopes it does the same sort of ratings.

Nashville (Fridays, 8 p.m.) is the working title for this "reality" show from the producers of "Laguna Beach" about a bunch of young adults trying to make it big in the country-music capital.

MIDSEASON SWITCHES

As it has for the past several seasons, Fox will revamp its schedule in January when the NFL season ends and the "American Idol" season begins.

"Idol" will return on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. and Wednesdays at 8 p.m. (plus all those other time slots Fox always fills up with other hours of the show); "24" will be back on Mondays at 8 p.m.

(And, despite its worst season ever creatively and the declining ratings that accompanied that, Fox has renewed "24" for two more seasons. Producers are promising to "reinvent" the series; Liguori said there will be "a significant change in the show.")

Also in January, Fox shifts its Sunday line-up to "King of the Hill" at 6 p.m.; "American Dad" at 6:30 p.m.; "The Simpsons" at 7 p.m.; "Family Guy" at 7:30 p.m.

"K-ville" will move to Mondays at 7 p.m. in January (displacing "Prison Break"); "'Til Death" will move to Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (after half-hour editions of the "Idol" results show); and Fox will add a new series:

Canterbury's Law (Thursdays, 8 p.m.) is, not surprisingly, a legal drama about "a rebellious female defense attorney who's willing to bend the law in order to protect the wrongfully accused." Julianna Margulies ("ER") stars; Denis Leary ("Rescue Me") is one of the executive producers.

Sometime in the spring, "Prison Break" will return to Mondays at 7 p.m. for the end of its season; "'Til Death" will move to Wednesdays at 8:30 p.m. (after half-hour editions of "Idol" results shows); "Bones" will shift to Fridays at 7 p.m.; and "New Amsterdam" will shift to Fridays at 8 p.m.

In the spring, Fox will add two new shows:

The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Sundays, 8 p.m.) is a spinoff of sorts from the "Terminator" movies. Lena Headey takes over the title tole (played by Linda Hamilton in the movies); Thomas Dekker ("Heroes") plays her 15-year-old son, John (played by Edward Furlong in the second movie). The two "find themselves alone in a very dangerous, complicated world" as the series begins.