With American Idol showing signs of waning, Fox is looking for the next big thing. But that next big thing could be a revival of their former hit series 24. The series returns next May for a limited run of 12 episodes. Those dozen episodes will cover a 24 hour period in the life of Jack Bauer, but some of the hours will be skipped the network says.
The network will also have another miniseries from director M. Night Shyamalan next year called Wayward Pines.
In addition, the network is looking to new comedies and dramas to help win viewers next year.
Monday brings Sleepy Hollow, a modern-day version of the classic in which Ichabod Crane is resurrected and plunged 250 years ahead to a dystopian future in which he teams up with a cop to unravel a mystery and save the world. And in late fall, producer J.J. Abrams (Fringe) returns to Fox with Almost Human, a sci-fi action futuristic action drama about cops who are teamed with robots.
For its Tuesday comedy block, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, an ensemble cop comedy starring Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher, will be paired with Dads, Family Guy creator Seth MacFarlane’s (non-animated) series featuring Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as two pals whose lives are disrupted when their overbearing fathers move in.
Also due is Junior Masterchef, a kids’ version of Gordon Ramsay’s cooking show, and in late fall Enlisted, a comedy about three brothers and assorted misfits on a Florida military base, will air on Fridays with a relocated Raising Hope.
Kevin Bacon thriller The Following will return in January with 15 new episodes.
Also at midseason, look for Us & Them, a comedy starring Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel as a young couple whose love life is threatened by their messed-up circle of family and friends; Surviving Jack, another comedy starring Christopher Meloni; Gang Related, an L.A. police drama; and Rake, a legal drama based on an Australian series, starring Greg Kinnear as a damaged defense attorney who takes on hopeless cases.
And an episode of New Girl will follow February’s Super Bowl on Fox, joined by another comedy to be picked later.
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (fall) / ALMOST HUMAN (new; late fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (new; fall) / THE FOLLOWING (midseason)
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM DADS (new)
8:30-9:00 PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (new)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT
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 (fall) / RAKE (new; midseason)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JUNIOR MASTERCHEF (wt) (new; fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW encores (fall)
Late Fall:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (late fall)
9:00-9:30 PM RAISING HOPE (late fall)
9:30-10:00 PM ENLISTED (new; late fall)
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall)
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT (fall)
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
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