Programming

All but one network was down last night compared to the previous week, but one thing didn't change: The nightly winner. Fox maintained its big Wednesday night lead courtesy of a two-hour episode of So You Think You Can Dance that averaged a 2.9 adults 18-49 rating and 9 share, down slightly from last week's 3.0/10 but still well ahead of second-place CBS's 1.8/6.

You might expect syndicated newsmagazines to attract viewers of a similar age to the troubled twentysomethings they report on. Not so. All but one of the shows have median ages of 50 or over. And they're getting older. The shows have aged an average 3.2 years since the 2003-04 season.

The net's newest affil is Ross Communications' WRCX.

NBC is extending its upscale-oriented LX.TV brand to Chicago, its third market, this fall. Half-hour shows OpenHouseChicago and 1stLookChicago will air on O&O WMAQ, just as they do in New York and Los Angeles.

The Screen Actors Guild is facing a revolt in Hollywood by a group of actors seeking control of the local over dissatisfaction with deadlocked labor negotiations.