If On the Lot was a movie and not a reality television show, it probably would have been pulled from theaters after its opening weekend.

However instead of outright canceling its much-hyped but yet horrifically-mishandled Mark Burnett and Steven Spielberg-created American Idol-like movie-making reality competition series, Fox has announced that it will drop On the Lot's Monday episodes.

Rather than continuing with its original plans to air one-hour ""Film Premiere"" episodes -- the show's version of Idol's weekly performance shows -- on Monday nights, followed by half-hour ""Box Office"" results shows on Tuesday nights, Fox has now announced that it will air just one hour-long weekly episode of On the Lot on Tuesdays at 8PM ET/PT beginning June 5.

However it's still unclear how the ""Film Premiere"" and ""Box Office"" aspects of On the Lot's format will be combined into one night of programming. On the Lot's Fox publicist did not immediately respond to calls from Reality TV World for clarification.

On the Lot premiered following American Idol's sixth-season final performance episode on Tuesday, May 22 at 9PM ET/PT and averaged 7.6 million total viewers as well as a 3.6/9 rating/share in the Adults 18-49 demographic. The first episode began with 50 semifinalists and ended with 14 semifinalists eliminated and the remaining 36 contestants working in self-formed teams of three on 12 short films.

On the Lot's second episode then aired two nights later in a strange 9:25-10PM ET/PT time period that folllowed So You Think You Can Dance's third-season premiere on Thursday, May 24. The second episode -- which steamrolled through the production of the 12 films, the judges' screening on the films, the cut of 12 more semifinalists, and ended with the 24 remaining semifinalists beginning individual directing assignments that were to determine the show's 18 finalists -- averaged 5.2 million total viewers and a 2.1/6 rating/share among Adults 18-49.

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