Fox Schedule for 2009
By fred | May 15, 2008
The new schedule for Fox is now official, and there’s not much to say : canceling everything new but Terminator, their additions are for the most part the two most-awaited (sci-fi) series of the season, JJ Abrams’ Fringe, and Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse - the later being reserved for mid-season.
Being Fox, they don’t really care about the shows or giving an opportunity for viewers to easily remember when they are or create some nice pairs, shows keep moving all over the place between fall and winter schedule, and I’m not sure there’s really any logic there.
Full schedule, recap and reactions after the jump!
Mondays
8.00 - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9.00 - Prison Break
Tuesdays
8.00 - House
9.00 - Fringe
Wednesdays
8.00 - Bones
9.00 - Til Death
9.30 - Do Not Disturb
Thursdays
8.00 - The Moment Of Truth
9.00 - Kitchen Nightmares
Fridays
8.00 - Are You Smarter Than A 5th Grader?
9.00 - Don’t Forget The Lyrics!
Saturdays
8.00 - Cops
8.30 - Cops
9.00 - America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back
11.00 - MadTV
12.00 - Talkshow With Spike Feresten
Sundays
8.00 - The Simpsons
8.30 - King Of The Hill
9.00 - Family Guy
9.30 - American Dad
New Series
- Dollhouse (midseason)
- Do Not Disturb
- Fringe
- Sit Down, Shut Up
- The Cleveland Show
Canceled Series
- Back To You
- Canterbury’s Law
- K-Ville
- New Amsterdam
- The Return Of Jezebel James
- Unhitched
Renewed Series
- 24
- American Dad
- Bones
- Family Guy
- House
- King Of The Hill
- Prison Break
- Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
- The Simpsons
- Til Death
2009 Schedule
Mondays
8.00 - Dollhouse
9.00 - 24
Tuesdays
8.00 - American Idol
9.00 - Fringe
Wednesdays
8.00 - House
9.00 - American Idol
9.30 - Comedy TBA
Thursdays
8.00 - Hell’s Kitchen
9.00 - Secret Millionaire
Fridays
8.00 - Bones
9.00 - Til Death
9.30 - Do Not Disturb
Saturdays
8.00 - Cops
8.30 - Cops
9.00 - America’s Most Wanted: America Fights Back
11.00 - MadTV
12.00 - Talkshow With Spike Feresten
Sundays
8.00 - The Simpsons
8.30 - King Of The Hill (January) / Sit Down, Shut Up (spring)
9.00 - Family Guy
9.30 - American Dad (January) / The Cleveland Show (spring)
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No real surprise in the return of (more or less) strong performers like House, Bones, 24, Prison Break, Terminator, The Simpsons or Family Guy. Meanwhile, except for Terminator, Fox is pretty much canceling every new show of the season. Well, sure some of them were really bad, but that’s still a lot. Of course, it’s Fox…
But hey, let’s be foolish and hope that with only two new drams this season, Fox will be able to give them both a fair chance and not cancel any of them, because the two shows are the ones I’m most excited about, and the ones probably most talked-about, I’m of course talking about Fringe and Dollhouse. I can’t wait for those !!
As for their schedule, they love to bounce things around : Bones & House are definitely broken up, House being back on Tuesdays but at 8.00, leading in to JJ Abrams’ new series Fringe, before our good doctor moves to Wednesdays. But, Fringe doesn’t move and will benefit from American Idol then. Meanwhile Bones will have to go from Wednesdays to Fridays. Just make sure to have notes or something.
The show with a $10 million-pilot that has everyone excited about :
Fringe : From J.J. Abrams (Lost), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind Star Trek, Mission: Impossible III and Alias, comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality. When an international flight lands at Boston’s Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM (newcomer Anna Torv) is called in to investigate. After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, Boston Legal), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP (John Noble, Lord Of The Rings), our generation’s Einstein. There’s only one catch: he’s been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER (Joshua Jackson, Dawson’s Creek) in to help. When Olivia’s investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP (Blair Brown, Altered States), our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES (Lance Reddick, The Wire), CHARLIE FRANCIS (Kirk Acevedo, Oz) and ASTRID FARNSWORTH (Jasika Nicole, Law & Order: Criminal Intent) will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: Warner Bros. Television, Bad Robot Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Bryan Burk, Jeff Pinkner, Alex Graves (pilot)
WRITERS: J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman
DIRECTOR: Alex Graves
CAST: Anna Torv as Olivia Dunham, Joshua Jackson as Peter Bishop, John Noble as Walter Bishop, Lance Reddick as Phillip Broyles, Kirk Acevedo as Charlie Francis, Mark Valley as John Scott, Blair Brown as Nina Sharp, Jasika Nicole as Astrid Farnsworth
The other show, with maybe less money but that doesn’t mean anything else. Another project said to be really good, and another one to have received a 13-episode order :
Dollhouse Joss Whedon, creator of groundbreaking cult favorites Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Firefly, returns to television and reunites with fellow Buffy alumna Eliza Dushku for a thrilling new drama, Dollhouse. ECHO (Dushku) is an “Active,” a member of a highly illegal and underground group who have had their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas. Confined to a secret facility known as the “Dollhouse,” Echo and the other Actives including SIERRA (Dichen Lachman, Neighbours) and VICTOR (Enver Gjokaj, The Unit) carry out engagements assigned by ADELLE (Olivia Williams, X-Men: The Last Stand, Rushmore), one of the Dollhouse leaders. The engagements cater to the wealthy, powerful and connected, and require the Actives to immerse themselves in all manner of scenarios romantic, criminal, uplifting, dangerous, comical and the occasional “pro bono” good deed. After each scenario, Echo, always under the watchful eye of her handler BOYD (Harry Lennix, Commander In Chief, 24), returns to the mysterious Dollhouse where her thoughts, feelings and experiences are erased by TOPHER (Fran Kranz, Welcome To The Captain“), the Dollhouse’s genius programmer. Echo enters the next scenario with no memory of before. Or does she? As the series progresses, FBI Agent PAUL SMITH (Tahmoh Penikett, Battlestar Galactica) pieces together clues that lead him closer to the Dollhouse, while Echo stops forgetting, her memories begin to return and she slowly pieces together her mysterious past. Dollhouse revolves around Echo’s blossoming self-awareness and her desire to discover her true identity. But with each new engagement, comes a new memory and increased danger inside and outside the Dollhouse.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: 20th Century Fox Television, Mutant Enemy Inc.
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR: Joss Whedon
CAST: Eliza Dushku as Echo, Olivia Williams as Adelle, Tahmoh Penikett as Paul, Fran Kranz as Topher, Dichen Lachman as Sierra, Enver Gjokaj as Victor, Harry Lennix as Boyd
Fox is also adding new comedies.
Do Not Disturb (working title) : Do Not Disturb (working title) is a hilarious workplace comedy set at one of New York City’s hottest and hippest hotels: The Inn. Named one of the Big Apple’s “10 Best Places to Stay,” The Inn is just that the “in” place to be, with its chic dcor, stylish staff and celebrity clientele. Behind the scenes, however, the upstairs/downstairs dynamic tells quite a different story. The hotel’s top-notch reputation and sophisticated look is due in large part to NEAL (Jerry O’Connell, Crossing Jordan) at least in his opinion. Although The Inn’s charismatic owner R.J. (guest star Robert Wagner) takes all the credit, Neal is the egotistical, hyper-stylish, detail-oriented general manager who will do whatever it takes to keep the hotel and its employees up to his standards. RHONDA (Niecy Nash, Reno 911!) is the head of Human Resources who also keeps Neal’s demands in check. She’s brash, fabulous and brutally honest and runs the HR department from her bullpen downstairs with a set of rules that are all her own. Rhonda does her best to keep the back of the house in line and the front of the house out of trouble. At the front desk handling check-in while wearing 6-inch Manolos is NICOLE (Molly Stanton, Twins), an aging model who is svelte, cynical and slightly starving. Fresh from Nebraska is JASON (Brando Eaton, Zoey 101), the nave bellman who would prefer to work behind-the-scenes, but was hired to show off his chiseled face and perfect pecs at the front of the hotel. The downstairs staff includes MOLLY (Jolene Purdy, Donnie Darko), a reservations clerk who dreams of pop-singer stardom as much as she craves to be part of the action upstairs; and LARRY (Jesse Tyler Ferguson, The Class), the head of housekeeping who spends more time on the phone cleaning up his messes at home than he does cleaning up after the guests upstairs.
PRODUCTION COMPANIES: 20th Century Fox Television; Reveille, LLC; Principato-Young Productions
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Abraham Higginbotham, Howard Owens, Carolyn Bernstein, Paul Young, Peter Principato, Brian Dobbins
WRITER: Abraham Higginbotham
DIRECTOR: Jason Bateman
CAST: Jerry O’Connell as Neal, Niecy Nash as Rhonda, Molly Stanton as Nicole, Jesse Tyler Ferguson as Larry, Brando Eaton as Jason, Jolene Purdy as Molly
GUEST STAR: Robert Wagner as R.J.
The other comedy is a new animated series.
Sit Down, Shut Up (working title) : From Emmy Award-winning writer Mitchell Hurwitz (Arrested Development) and Eric and Kim Tannenbaum (Two And A Half Men) comes Sit Down, Shut Up (working title), an animated comedy that focuses on the lives of eight staff members at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town (Go Baiters!) who never lose sight of the fact that the children must ALWAYS come second. We watch them grapple with their own egos, needs and personal agendas, their petty insecurities and prejudices, unrequited loves, and ruthless battles for power and that’s just at the staff meeting. SUE SEZNO (Kenan Thompson, Saturday Night Live), a woman who frequently says “no,” is the acting principal of the school (the actual principal is recovering from a series of unfortunate accidents that might be seen as escape attempts). Then there’s Vice Principal STUART PROZACKIAN (Will Forte, Saturday Night Live) who has a terrifically positive and upbeat attitude… possibly from the performance-enhancing medication he’s been secretly put on by the other teachers. There is one educator who feels the focus should be on academics, but despite the old adage, at this school, those who can teach, teach gym and that’s where LARRY SLIMP (Jason Bateman, Juno, Arrested Development) has been exiled to. Immensely frustrated, Larry nurses a crush on science teacher MIRACLE GROHE (Maria Bamford, Stuart Little 2), a woman whose superficial grasp on science is balanced by her superficial grasp on spirituality. Rounding out the staff is the aging German teacher WILLARD DEUTSCHEBOG (Henry Winkler, Arrested Development, Happy Days), a deeply defeated man whose yearbook quotation reads “If I believed in reincarnation, I’d kill myself tonight.” Uptight HELEN KLENCH (Cheri Oteri, Saturday Night Live) is a librarian whose life’s work in research and archiving can now be surpassed by the average Google search from the average cell phone. Proud ANDREW SAPIEN (Nick Kroll, Best Week Ever, Cavemen) is the flamboyant drama teacher. ENNIS HOFFTARD (Will Arnett, Arrested Development) is a fellow teacher and a self-obsessed body builder who yearns to be thought of as a “cool dude” by his students. And finally there’s HAPPY (Tom Kenny, SpongeBob SquarePants), the plotting secretive custodian who’s assumed to be Hispanic despite the fact that his real name is Muhannad Sabeeh Fa’ach Nuaba. With a distinctive new look a combination of animation against a live-action backdrop Sit Down, Shut Up is a series for the young and old at heart. It lampoons modern society while exposing the dreams, flaws and struggling humanity of our first and most formative authority figures: teachers.
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Shows: 24, American Dad, Back To You, Bones, Canterbury's Law, Cleveland, Do Not Disturb, Dollhouse, Family Guy, Fringe, House, K-Ville, King Of The Hill, New Amsterdam, Prison Break, Sit Down Shut Up, The Return Of Jezebel James, The Sarah Connor Chronicles, The Simpsons, Til Death, Unhitched
Prison Break stinks if FOX had any brains they should axe it already it truly sucks it’s horrible gross!!
Ana you’re a retard. I guess if a show requires some thought, its just too much for someone of your limited thought capacity. Do us all a favor and go play in the street. Prison Break is one of the best shows on television. I’ve neer missed an episode since it started, and its one of the only shows on Fox I tune into.