After seeing two nights' worth of disastrous, Univision-test-pattern-quality ratings for Fox's much-hyped On the Lot yesterday morning, we called for the official CancellationWatch to begin. Our fears that Steven Spielberg might never discover the next cinematic visionary through the evaluation of one-minute comedy shorts about hilariously unlucky coins have become suddenly more acute, as the network has announced that it's downsizing the show into a single, hourlong competition-and-results mash-up each week for the rest of its scheduled run. Should that drastic measure not quickly improve the series' fortunes (and really, what could possibly go wrong?), look for Fox to repeat the ratings-fixing voodoo it attempted after Lot's underwhelming debut week, when it sacrificed original host Chelsea "Somewhat Recognizable to TV Audiences" Handler to the Nielsen gods and replaced her with the far bustier Adrianna "Who?" Costa; the blood offering of a second TelePrompTer-reading albatross might buy the network another episode or two before it has to tell Spielberg that it's ending his failed experiment to bring the noble, talent-nurturing spirit of Project Greenlight to the wasteland of summertime network television.

• FOX TRIMS 'ON THE LOT' TO ONE WEEKLY AIRING [The Futon Critic]
• Previously: Terrible Ratings For 'On The Lot' Mean Spielberg May Never Find A Suitable Heir [Defamer]

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