FOX is announcing premiere dates of new and returning series as well as revisions to its 2009-2010 midseason sked. The net also has ordered a full season of the sophomore drama Lie to Me.
January starts off with the ninth season of American Idol, with a two-night premiere Tuesday, 1/12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Wednesday, 1/13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). Immediately following Idol (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), FOX unveils the debut of Our Little Genius, a new unscripted series that features America’s most gifted kids as they are tested with some of the most challenging and difficult questions that only a remarkable little genius could answer.
A special extended primetime event on Sunday, 1/17 kicks off with the NFC Divisional Playoff (4:00 PM-CC ET live/1:00 PM-CC PT live), which leads into the series preview of Human Target (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), the new drama about a unique private contractor (Mark Valley) who will stop at nothing – even if it means becoming a human target – to save his clients. The special primetime event concludes with the first installment of the four-hour premiere of 24 (9:00-11:00 PM ET/PT). The season premiere clocks in for two more hours of action Monday, 1/18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and the season premiere of Human Target airs Wednesday, 1/20 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) following Idol (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Chef Gordon Ramsay steps out of his own kitchen to serve up a new season of Kitchen Nightmares on Friday, 1/29 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Each week, Chef Ramsay will try to help turn around some of the most unsanitary and unsuccessful restaurants in New York, New Jersey, Florida and California on the verge of closing their doors forever.
Past Life, a new drama series inspired by the book “The Reincarnationist” about detectives who investigate the world of the unexplained, will bow with a two-hour series premiere Thursday, 2/11 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and will make its time period premiere Thursday, 2/18 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
Sons of Tucson, the new family comedy from Emmy Award winner Todd Holland (“Wonderfalls”) about three young brothers who hire a charming, wayward schemer to stand in as their father when their real one goes to prison, debuts Sunday, March 14 (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT).
American Idol sings on Tuesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) when it makes its time period premiere 1/19 followed by the time period premiere of Our Little Genius (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and 24 syncs up for its time period premiere Monday, 1/25 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
After its fall finale Wednesday, Dec. 9 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), Glee returns from its interlude with a score of all-new episodes on a new night beginning Tuesday, April 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). FRINGE delves into its winter finale Thursday, 2/4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and then resurfaces with new cases beginning Thursday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse goes out with a bang with its series finale Friday, 1/22 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
FOX 2009-2010 MIDSEASON SCHEDULE
(All times ET/PT except as noted)
MONDAY
Monday, 1/4:
7:30 PM-CC ET TOSTITOS FIESTA BOWL (LIVE)
Monday, 1/18:
8:00-10:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 2)
Mondays, beginning 1/25:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24 (Time Period Premiere)
TUESDAY
Tuesday, 1/5:
7:30 PM-CC ET FEDEX ORANGE BOWL (LIVE)
Tuesday, 1/12:
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 1)
Tuesdays, beginning 1/19:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Time Period Premiere)
Tuesdays, beginning April 13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Time Period Premiere)
WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, 1/13:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-10:00 PM OUR LITTLE GENIUS (Series Premiere)
Wednesdays, beginning 1/20:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Premiere)
THURSDAY
Thursdays, beginning 1/14 (no change to lineup):
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (All-New Episodes)
Thursday, 2/4:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Winter Finale)
Thursday, 2/11:
8:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Two-Hour Series Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning 2/18:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE (Time Period Premiere)
Thursdays, beginning 4/1:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)
FRIDAY
Friday, 1/1:
8:00 PM-CC ET ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL (LIVE)
Fridays, beginning 1/8:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (All-New Episodes)
Friday, 1/22:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE (Series Finale)
Fridays, beginning 1/29:
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (Encore Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
SATURDAY
Saturdays (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW
Midnight-12:30 AM SIT DOWN, SHUT UP
SUNDAY
Sunday, 1/10:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (450th Milestone Episode)
8:30-9:30 PM THE SIMPSONS 20TH ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL: IN 3-D! ON ICE!
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
Sunday, 1/17:
4:00 PM-CC ET NFC DIVISIONAL PLAYOFF (LIVE)
8:00-9:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (Series Preview)
9:00-11:00 PM 24 (2-Night / 4-Hour Season Premiere, Part 1)
Sunday, 1/24:
6:00 PM-CC ET NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (LIVE)
Sundays, beginning 1/31 (no change to lineup):
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episodes)
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (All-New Episodes)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New Episodes)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (All-New Episodes)
Sunday, 3/14:
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Time Period Premiere)
