FOX announces 2008-2009 programming

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Peter Liguori, Chairman, Entertainment; and Kevin Reilly, President, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company, unveiled yesterday the FOX primetime schedule for the 2008-2009 season before the ad community at New York City Center.


The new drama premiering this fall is “Fringe,” a SciFi thriller a la X Files, from J.J. Abrams, Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman features an unlikely trio who uncover a deadly mystery involving a series of unbelievable events and realize they may be a part of a larger, more disturbing pattern that blurs the line between science fiction and technology.

The new comedy slated for fall is Do Not Distrub (working title), an upstairs/downstairs workplace comedy management team behind one the hippest hotels in NYC.

One additional drama and one unscripted series will launch in midseason. From Joss Whedon, creator of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly,” comes “Dollhouse,” a high-action drama starring Eliza Dushku as Echo, a member of an underground group of “Actives” who have their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas to carry out a variety of missions. ‘Secret Millionaire” is a new unscripted series that focuses on a different millionaire each week, who goes undercover to some of America’s most disadvantaged areas in search of everyday heroes to possibly change their lives forever. 

Two new animated comedies will also join the schedule in the spring. “The  Cleveland Show” (working title), is the story of what happens when Family Guy’s Cleveland Brown moves to Stoolbend, VA, to make good on a promise to his high school sweetheart. “Sit Down, Shut Up” (working title), created by Emmy Mitchell Hurwitz follows a group of unconventional teachers and staff members working at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town who never lose sight of the fact that the students must ALWAYS come second.

The FOX primetime schedule:
(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES 
9:00-10:00 PM PRISON BREAK  

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE 
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE  

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES  
9:00-9:30 PM ‘TIL DEATH  
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (wt)  

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE MOMENT OF TRUTH  
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES  

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?  
9:00-10:00 PM DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!  

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS 
8:30-9:00 PM COPS 
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK 
11:00 PM-Midnight MADtv 
Midnight-12:30 AM TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM THE OT (NFL post-game) 
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL 
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD  
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2008-2009 FOX SEASON – Page 4

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: Midseason

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM DOLLHOUSE 
9:00-10:00 PM 24  

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL 
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE  

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE  
9:00-9:30 PM AMERICAN IDOL Results Show  
9:30-10:00 PM TBA Comedy   

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN  
9:00-10:00 PM SECRET MILLIONAIRE 

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-9:30 PM ‘TIL DEATH 
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (wt)

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS 
8:30-9:00 PM COPS 
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK 
11:00 PM-Midnight MADtv 
Midnight-12:30 AM TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM COMEDY ENCORES
7:30-8:00 PM COMEDY ENCORES
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL (January) / SIT DOWN, SHUT UP (wt) (spring)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY 
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (January) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW (wt) (spring)