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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.

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Post Mortem – Stalker

Stalker_logoThe latest show from Kevin Williamson, creator of Dawson’s Creek and the Scream franchise, focused on a LAPD team that worked stalking cases.  Starring Maggie Q and Derbel McDillet, er, Dylan McDermott, the show was eviscerated by critics for its alleged misogyny, the show actually debuted to big numbers, but quickly fell off as viewers realized that it wasn’t a particularly good show.  Despite ending on a cliffhanger, it certainly won’t be missed.

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CBS Upfronts

PersonOfInterestRelevance1CBS, which fell behind NBC in the battle for 18-49 year olds thanks to the NFL and Olympics, mixed up their schedule for the fall at their upfront presentation this week.  After inking a deal to simulcast 8 weeks of Thursday Night Football, The Big Bang Theory will temporarily move back to Mondays, bumping 2 Broke Girls off the schedule until November.  Katharine McPhee stars in Scorpion, which will take the 8:00 hour.

Person of Interest stays where it is on Tuesday and Criminal Minds continues on Wednesdays.  Kevin Williamson brings a new drama, Stalker, to Wednesday featuring Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q.  Once the football commitment ends at the end of October, BBT and Elementary return to Thursdays.  The Amazing Race moves to Fridays, where it will be followed by holdovers Hawaii 5-0 and Blue Bloods.  The Good Wife continues on Sundays, where it will be joined be OG CSI and Tea Leoni’s new show, Madam Secretary.

The Mentalist will start off on the bench, along with a new version of The Odd Couple, starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon.  Missing altogether is How I Met Your Dad, the “spinoff” of How I Met Your Mother that seemed like a shoe-in to get picked up.