Fox's new schedule

At its announcement today, Fox broke its new schedule into three parts:
fall 2007, January 2008 and spring 2008. Here are all of the schedules
but remember that the latter two could very easily change depending on
the success or failure of the fall 2007 schedule. New shows are in caps
and the new program descriptions follow the schedules:

FALL 2007

Monday

8:00 p.m. Prison Break
9:00 p.m. K-VILLE

Tuesday

8:00 p.m. NEW AMSTERDAM
9:00 p.m. House

Wednesday

8:00 p.m. BACK TO YOU
8:30 p.m. ‘Til Death (new time)
9:00 p.m. Bones (new time)

Thursday

8:00 p.m. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
9:00 p.m. KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

Friday

8:00 p.m. THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN BAND
9:00 p.m. NASHVILLE

Saturday

8:00 p.m. Cops
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

Sunday

7:00 p.m. The OT (NFL post-game)
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. King of the Hill (new time)
9:00 p.m. Family Guy
9:30 p.m. American Dad


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JANUARY 2008


Monday

8:00 p.m. K-Ville (new time)
9:00 p.m. 24

Tuesday

8:00 p.m. American Idol
9:00 p.m. House

Wednesday

8:00 p.m. Back to You
8:30 p.m. ‘Til Death
9:00 p.m. American Idol

Thursday

8:00 p.m. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
9:00 p.m. CANTERBURY’S LAW

Friday

8:00 p.m. Bones (new day and time)
9:00 p.m. New Amsterdam (new day and time)

Saturday

8:00 p.m. Cops
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

Sunday

7:00 p.m. King of the Hill (new time)
7:30 p.m. American Dad
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. Family Guy (new time)
9:00 p.m. THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES


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SPRING 2008


Monday

8:00 p.m. Prison Break
9:00 p.m. 24

Tuesday

8:00 p.m. American Idol
9:00 p.m. House

Wednesday

8:00 p.m. Back to You
8:30 p.m. THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES

9:00 p.m. American Idol
9:30 p.m. ‘Til Death (new time)

Thursday

8:00 p.m. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
9:00 p.m. Canterbury’s Law

Friday

8:00 p.m. Bones
9:00 p.m. New Amsterdam

Saturday

8:00 p.m. Cops
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

Sunday

7:00 p.m. King of the Hill
7:30 p.m. American Dad
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. Family Guy
9:00 p.m. The Sarah Connor Chronicles

New Show Descriptions:


Dramas


K-VILLE

Set in crime-infested New Orleans two years after Hurricane Katrina, two
determined police officers (Anthony Anderson and Cole Hauser) do anything it takes to try to keep order.


NEW AMSTERDAM

Atypical looking New York homicide detective named John Amsterdam
(Nikolai Coster-Waldau) has one huge advantage: he is immortal. Back in
1642,
Amsterdam was a Dutch soldier in the colony of New Amsterdam who was
given immorality by a native Indian girl and was told he would not age
until he finds true love. Unfortunately, everyone Amsterdam has met
eventually leaves him while he remains young.

CANTERBURY’S LAW (January 2008)

Inthis new legal drama from Denis Leary and Jim Serpico (Rescue Me), a
rebellious female defense attorney puts her career on the line to take
on risky and unpopular cases. Linus Roache, Chester Fields and Molly
McConnell co-star.

SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES (January 2008)

Based
on the heroine from The Terminator theatrical franchise, Sarah (Lena
Headey) and her teenage son John (Thomas Dekker) are now fugitives from
the law. Alone in a very dangerous, complicated world, the two together
must face more enemies from both the present and the future. Their one
ally is Cameron (Summer Glau), a student at John’s school.


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Comedies

BACK TO YOU

Multi
Emmy Award winners Patricia Heaton (Everybody Loves Raymond) and Kelsey
Grammer (Frasier) head back to the world of small screen sitcoms in
this tale of two squabbling on-air news anchors

THE RETURN OF JEZEBEL JAMES (Spring 2008)

A successful woman (Parker Posey) who seems to have it all lacks one
instrumental thing: a baby. But when she finds out she cannot conceive,
she proposes a plan for her quirky younger sister (Lauren Ambrose of
Six Feet Under) to carry the child.

THE RULES FOR STARTING OVER (Midseason)

A group of newly single friends (Craig Bierko, Johnny Sneed and Shaun
Majumder) must start over in their 30s in their quest to find true love.


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Non-Scripted

KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

Angry Chef Gordon Ramsay of Hell’s Kitchen fame hits the road, tackling a
restaurant in crisis each week and exposing the often stressful
realities of trying to run a successful food business.

NASHVILLE

Set in “the biggest small town in America,” this docu-soap from the
creative minds behind Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County will focus
on the dreamers and dream-makers in the music industry.

THE SEARCH FOR THE NEXT GREAT AMERICAN BAND

From
the producers of American Idol, this new reality/competition will scour
the country, seeking groups from all musical genres who think they have
what it takes to make it big. The final three acts will compete for a
major recording contract and the chance to become music superstars.

Again per Marc Berman at MediaWeek, here is the new Fox schedule as announced yesterday

Here are Fox’s fall 2008 and January 2009 primetime schedules, with the
new shows capped and bolded, followed by the new program descriptions.
(Since Fringe and Do Not Disturb will have already been established by
midseason, they are not capped and bolded on the second grid).

FALL 2008

Monday
8:00 p.m. Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (new time)
9:00 p.m. Prison Break (new time)

Tuesday
8:00 p.m. House (new time)
9:00 p.m. FRINGE

Wednesday
8:00 p.m. Bones (new day)
9:00 p.m. ‘Til Death (new time)
9:30 p.m. DO NOT DISTURB

Thursday
8:00 p.m. The Moment of Truth (new day)
9:00 p.m. Kitchen Nightmares (new day)

Friday
8:00 p.m. Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? (new day)
9:00 p.m. Don’t Forget the Lyrics (new day)

Saturday
8:00 p.m. Cops
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

Sunday
7:00 p.m. The OT (NFL post-game)
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. King of the Hill
9:00 p.m. Family Guy
9:30 p.m. American Dad

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JANUARY 2009

Monday
8:00 p.m. DOLLHOUSE
9:00 p.m. 24

Tuesday
8:00 p.m. American Idol
9:00 p.m. Fringe

Wednesday
8:00 p.m. House (new day)
9:00 p.m. American Idol Results Show
9:30 p.m. *New Comedy To-Be Determined

Thursday
8:00 p.m. Hell’s Kitchen (new day)
9:00 p.m. SECRET MILLIONAIRE

Friday
8:00 p.m. Bones (new day)
9:00 p.m. ‘Til Death (new day)
9:30 p.m. Do Not Disturb (new day)

Saturday
8:00 p.m. Cops
9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted

Sunday
7:00 p.m. Comedy Encores
7:30 p.m. Comedy Encores
8:00 p.m. The Simpsons
8:30 p.m. King of the Hill (January) / SIT DOWN AND SHUT UP (spring)
9:00 p.m. Family Guy
9:30 p.m. American Dad (January) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW (spring)



New Program Descriptions

Comedies

Sit Down and Shut Up (midseason)
Eight
staff members at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town are
the focus of this new animated comedy. The voices include Jason
Bateman, Will Arnett, Maria Branford, Will Forte, Tom Kenny, Regina
King, Nick Kroll, Cheri Oteri and former Happy Days star Henry Winkler.

The Cleveland Show (midseason)
After
the love of his life’s marriage goes bust, Peter Griffin’s
accident-prone neighbor Cleveland Brown moves to Stoolbend, Virginia
with the woman and her baby. Michael Henry is the voice of Cleveland.

Do Not Disturb
What
may look calm on the surface is anything but in this trendy New York
City based hotel. Behind the scenes, there is a comical struggle for
power between the manager, who runs the hotel like his own private
gentleman's club, and the human resources manager, who has her own
ideas on how things should be done. The cast includes Jerry O’Connell,
Brando Eaton, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Niecy Nash, Jolene Purdy and Molly
Stanton.

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Dramas

Dollhouse (midseason)
From
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon, a group of people
confined to a secret facility known as the “Dollhouse” have their
personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of
new personas. Former Buffy alumna Eliza Dushku stars.

Fringe
A
man referred to as our generation’s Einstein, who has been
institutionalized for the last 20 years, is recruited with his
estranged son to confront the spread of powerful and unexplained
phenomena in this new drama from Lost and Alias creator J.J. Abrams.
Lord of the Rings co-star John Noble and former Dawson’s Creek star
Joshua Jackson heads the ensemble cast.

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Non-Scripted

Secret Millionaire
Shot
in documentary style, this dramatic themed hour will feature America’s
wealthiest individuals as they trade their lavish lifestyles to live
undercover is some of the poorest neighborhoods across the country.
Working hand-in-hand with community leaders, each episode will
culminate with the millionaire giving at least $100,000 out of his or
her own money to a worthy individual.

....." confront the spread of powerful and unexplained
phenomena"........oh brother... just the sort of thing that Abrams likes. Maybe by season 5 we might have a clue.... :lol:

Gosh, Bones and House are being shuffled around like a deck of cards! Make up your minds! :glare:

But, this network appears to want to take some programmimg risks, what with Dollhouse and Fringe. Especially with Dollhouse, if the plots are as attractive as its actress [former Buffy alumna Eliza Dushku] .... Ymmm.