Fox announces its schedule
Fox announced its schedule on Monday morning as upfronts week kicked off in New York City.
The network is holding most of its new offerings until midseason when postseason baseball is out of the way. But the musical "Glee" and two comedies -- the animated "The Cleveland Show" and "Brothers" -- will make their debuts in the fall.
The new shows at midseason will be -- as previously reported -- dramas "Human Target" and "Past Life" and "Sons of Tucson," a comedy. (An earlier version of this post misspelled Tucson as Tuscon.)
It is the first upfronts for new Chairman Peter Rice, the former Fox Searchlight executive who was appointed to the job in March. In a conference call Fox executives had with reporters this morning, he spoke about the changing business of network television but pointed out that mass audiences still flock to the networks more than to cable.
Other news from the release, both explicit and implicit:
-- "Lie to Me" will get the post-"House" boost on Monday nights, while "Fringe" movies to Thursdays, where it will follow "Bones."
-- "So You Think You Can Dance," which has its Season 5 premiere Thursday, will have its first shot at a regular-season berth this fall. On the conference call, Fox Entertainment President Kevin Reilly said that he thinks "So You Think You Can Dance" will bring more women to the network and be a good companion for "Glee."
-- As we previously reported, the low-rated Joss Whedon show "Dollhouse" has been renewed for its second season in its same Friday time slot. "This is a bet on Joss Whedon," Reilly said.
-- The resilient "Til Death" will return again despite never really finding an audience.
-- Goners: "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles," "Sit Down, Shut Up," "Do Not Disturb."
The schedule for fall is below, the schedule for midseason, when "American Idol" and "24" return, is after the jump.
-- Kate Aurthur
FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: FALL 2009
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM LIE TO ME
TUESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Performance Show
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Results Show
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE
FRIDAY
8:00-8:30 PM BROTHERS
8:30-9:00 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW (working title)
Midnight-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES
SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM THE OT (NFL post-game)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD
The midseason schedule is after the jump...
FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: MIDSEASON 2010
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL Performance Show
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL Results Show
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (January) / GLEE (spring)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE
FRIDAY
8:00-8:30 PM BROTHERS
8:30-9:00 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE
SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW (working title)
Midnight-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES
7:30-8:00 PM AMERICAN DAD
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
dam where is Terminator The Sarah Connor Chronicles ?????
FOX take new shows and dont care about TSCC !!!!
why they do that to us?
Fans are so sad !
FFTSCC
Posted by: FrenchfanofTSCC | May 18, 2009 at 09:32 AM
Happy to hear Dollhouse got renewed but bummed Terminator: SCC got cancelled. It' was really one of the better shows on TV, but I do think Fox gave it a fair shake.
Posted by: geeklove | May 18, 2009 at 09:52 AM
"The Sarah Connor Chronicles" is cancelled yet "Til' Death", "Dollhouse", and a show about a freaking glee club are picked up? Peter Rice should be cleaning toilets at a bus station instead of chairing a TV studio.
Posted by: Paul | May 18, 2009 at 10:50 AM
I LOVE DOLLHOUSE. I am thrilled by this.
And I watched it on Hulu, so nyeh to the ratings.
Posted by: Kylara | May 18, 2009 at 11:27 AM
Sometimes i wonder how these executives get their information about the amount of viewers from? Nielsen rating which is over-rated? Because they need newer technology to capture the real amount of data as how many viewers are actually watching them over the Antenna, Cable and Internet. I recalled watching a lot of the TSCC over the internet because it used to come on during the same time as Chuck or Heroes. I am shocked and sad on how these executives make their decisions on... Perhaps.. they should be LAID OFF!!!
Posted by: JasonCho | May 18, 2009 at 01:23 PM
Where's King of the Hill?
Posted by: mike | May 18, 2009 at 04:58 PM