That's a good question, Xenomrph, maybe they "announced" it before it was approved just to see the reactions, and if they were positive, FOX would obviou$ly approve it ba$ed on all the reaction$ they'd $ee.
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But since that ^ didn't happen... this got silently swept under the rug "and was never approved nor was it meant to be announced". Some serious cloak and dagger cover up going on here.