Click here for the AFL fixture Fallen giants Carlton and Essendon have been bumped out of Thursday and Friday night footy as the AFL rewards the competition’s genuine contenders over the failing powerhouses in the latest fixture release. Fallen giants Carlton and Essendon have been scrubbed from prime time. Getty Images Ladder leaders Sydney, back-to-back premiers Brisbane Lions and perennial finalists Geelong all feature on the coveted prime-time free to air TV slots in the league’s schedule from rounds 16-22. Even Fremantle and the pioneers of night football North Melbourne have been given the nod ahead of the Blues and Bombers. The AFL has learnt the lessons from last year’s fixture misjudgment by turning its back on the under-performing giants, neither of whom have been given Thursday and Friday prime-time games. Not even the Blues’ match-up with arch-rival Collingwood was enough for the league to expose them to the prized timeslots.…