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FOX Upfronts

FOX is cutting back on scripted programming and adding more game shows to their fall schedule released during their upfront presentation earlier this week.  The week starts with game shows on Monday, with the returning Name That Tune followed by Celebrity Weakest Link, brought over from NBC.  Tuesday has a second installment of Murder in a Small Town followed by season two of Doc.

Competitions are the order of the day on Wednesday, with the latest installment of The Floor followed by 99 to Beat, based on a Belgium show where 100 contestants compete for a $100,000 prize.  Thursdays focus on reality competitions, with new editions of Hell’s Kitchen and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test.  Sports remains the focus on Friday, with college football and basketball filling the night.  Sunday, as always, is Animation Domination, with The Simpsons, Universal Basic Guys, Krapopolis, and Bob’s Burgers wrapping things up following football.

New shows on tap for midseason include Fear Factor: The Next Chapter, a “bigger, bolder and more daring” reality show based on the NBC hit from the early 2000s.  On the comedy front the Josh Charles project Best Medicine, which is planned to team with Doc.  Drama-wise, Memory of a Killer is a dramatic thriller inspired by an award-winning 2003 Belgian film.  Returning shows include American Dad!, Animal Control, Beat Shazam, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, Extracted, The Faithful, Family Guy, Going Dutch, Grimsburg, Kitchen Nightmares, The Masked Singer, Next Level Baker, and Next Level Chef.  Decisions have yet to be made about Alert: Missing Persons Unit, The Cleaning Lady, or Accused.

Gone and mostly forgotten are 9-1-1: Lone Star and Rescue: HI-Surf.

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FOX Upfronts

It has been a few years now since I’ve watched anything on FOX.  This year’s schedule does not look like it will alter that any come this fall.  Monday starts off with the returning 9-1-1 followed by The Big Leap, revolving around a group of diverse, down-on-their-luck characters attempting to change their lives by participating in a potentially life-ruining reality dance show that builds to a live production of Swan Lake.  Tuesday kicks off with the returning The Resident acting as the lead in for Our Kind Of People, inspired by Lawrence Otis Graham’s provocative, critically acclaimed book of the same name.

The Masked Singer leads off Wednesday nights, followed by yet another singing competition called Alter Ego.  Thursdays get turned over to the NFL starting in October, while Friday is the domain of the WWE.  Sunday’s animated block remains the same, with The Simpsons, The Great North, Bob’s Burgers, and Family Guy wrapping things up following football.

On tap for midseason is The Cleaning Lady, about a whip-smart Cambodian doctor who comes to the US for a medical treatment to save her ailing son, Monarch, about the first family of country music, Welcome To Flatch, a comedy Inspired by BBC Studios’ BAFTA-winning This Country, Pivoting, starring Eliza Coupe, Ginnifer Goodwin, and Maggie Q as three close-knit childhood friends as they cope with the death of the fourth member of their group.  Returning shows planned for mideason include  9-1-1: Lone Star, Call Me Kat, Duncanville, Housebroken, Beat Shazam, Crime Scene Kitchen, Domino Masters, Don’t Forget the Lyrics, Hell’s Kitchen, I Can See Your Voice, Lego Masters, Master Chef, Mental Samurai, and Next Level Chef.

Gone and mostly forgotten are Bless The Harts, Filthy Rich, Last Man Standing, neXt, and Prodigal Son.