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Fall TV: Fox unveils 2012-13 schedule; ‘Glee’ moves to Thursdays

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Fox added three new comedies and two dramas to its slate for the 2012-13 season--including ‘The Office’ alum Mindy Kaling’s new laffer and the Kevin Bacon-led thriller ‘The Following’--and in the process moves ‘Glee’ and ‘Touch’ to new nights. So where will they land?

‘The Mindy Project,’ which stars Kaling as an OBGYN, will help beef up the network’s Tuesday comedy block along with new ensemble comedy ‘Ben and Kate.’ The duo will join ‘New Girl’ and ‘Raising Hope,’ which means ‘Glee’ is moving to Thursday nights--creating a musical block, with ‘The X Factor’ as its lead-in.

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And the Kiefer Sutherland-helmed drama ‘Touch’ makes the move from Thursdays to Fridays, serving as a lead-in to fellow sci-fi drama ‘Fringe.’ Will the series find the magic numbers in its new slot or will its ratings continue to decline? The show averaged 8.37 million its first season, with a 2.49 in the 18-49 demo. It’ll find itself up against NBC comedies ‘Community’ and ‘Whitney.’

Meanwhile, new series ‘The Mob Doctor’ inherits the medical drama space once occupied by ‘House’ on Mondays.

For those looking to lessen their degrees of separation from Kevin Bacon, you’ll have to wait until midseason, when ‘The Following,’ from ‘The Vampire Diaries’ executive producer Kevin Williamson makes its debut; Bacon stars as a former FBI detective on the hunt for a serial killer and his posse of followers. Also, making its debut midseason is the new comedy ‘The Goodwin Games,’ which centers on three siblings poised to inherit a large fortune--if they pass a series of unique challenges.

Here’s a look at Fox’s 2012-2013 primetime schedule.

(All Times ET/PT)


MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM BONES

9:00-10:00 PM THE MOB DOCTOR (new)

THE FOLLOWING (new) joins in midseason.


TUESDAY

8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE

8:30-9:00 PM BEN AND KATE (new)

9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL

9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (new)

THE GOODWIN GAMES (new) joins in midseason.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-10:00 PM THE X FACTOR (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL (midseason)

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM THE X FACTOR Results (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL Results (midseason)

9:00-10:00 PM GLEE

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM TOUCH

9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (fall)

HELL’S KITCHEN returns in midseason.

SATURDAY

7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY (fall)

COPS returns in midseason.

ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF (new) will join late-prime in 2013.


SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall) / ANIMATION DOMINATION (encores)

7:30-8:00 PM THE OT (fall) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW

8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS

8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS

9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY

9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD RELATED:

Fox renews ‘Touch,’ cancels ‘The Finder,’ ‘Alcatraz’

Hart Hanson talks ‘Bones,’ ‘The Finder,’ the art of show running

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--Yvonne Villarreal

twitter.com/villarrealy

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