After a successful season, which featured new hits like Gotham, Empire, and The Last Man on Earth, FOX released a fall season that is without the usual churn that the network is known for.
Gotham will continue to kick off Monday nights, and will be followed by Minority Report, a sequel of sorts set 10 years after the 2002 Stephen Spielberg film. Tuesdays get shaken up a bit as the comedy block moves up an hour and becomes more guy-centric, with new shows starring John Stamos, Rob Lowe, and Fred Savage. They will be followed by the horror-comedy anthology Scream Queens, from American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy.
The Morris Chestnut project Rosewood leads off Wednesdays, followed by this springs monster hit Empire. Bones stays put on Thursdays, followed by the relocated Sleepy Hollow. Friday remains the domain of disposable reality programming while the Sunday lineup remains unchanged.
The X-Files returns for its 6-episode run in January, debuting following the NFC Championship game and then airing again the following night. New Girl is also expected to return sometime next spring, allowing it to air uninterrupted. Finally, American Idol will return in the spring for a final season.