Sci-fi dramas like ABC's FlashForward may have a tough time attracting new viewers when it returns with originals on March 18: The freshman drama lost 43 percent of its viewers last fall while the network's V was down 35 percent over four airings (it also doesn't help that FlashForward is on its third show runner now that co-creator/executive producer David Goyer has decided to leave the show to focus on his film career). So it's hardly surprising that none of the Big Four nets have a sci-fi show in development for the 2010-11 season (ABC's superheroes pilot No Ordinary Family starring The Shield's Michael Chiklis comes close).

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