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FOX Upfronts

FOX is looking for stability in their fall schedule, closely mirroring their schedule from last fall during their upfront presentation earlier this week.  The week starts with game shows on Monday, with Celebrity Name That Tune followed by Celebrity Weakest Link.  Tuesday has a second installment of Best Medicine followed by season three of Doc.

Competitions are the order of the day on Wednesday, with the latest installment of The Floor followed by 99 to Beat.  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, the live-action Animal Control, Universal Basic Guys, and Grimsburg wrapping things up following football.

New shows on tap for midseason include a revamped version of Baywatch, starring Stephen Amell, The Interrogator, an espionage thriller from Stephen Fry, and Marriage Market, a reality competition show hosted by Whitney Cummings where single people give their closest family control of their love lives.  New editions of returning shows include Memory of a Killer, Fear Factor: House of Fear, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Masked Singer.

Gone and mostly forgotten is Going Dutch.

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Midseason Review – Thursdays

We are on the back half of our look back at the offerings for the new fall season. Thursday night is traditionally the busiest night of the week for my television viewing habits, but not this year. Here’s what was on the slate for this season.

7:00

9-1-1 – Returning for its eighth season, and its second on ABC, I started watching the previous seasons this summer.

After starting with the show over the summer when I was in Amsterdam, I managed to catch all the way up over my December vacation.

8:00

Doctor Odyssey – The new series stars Joshua Jackson as a doctor working on a cruise ship.

A 21st century Love Boat that has more focus on the ship’s crew than on the cruise guests.

9:00

Elsbeth – The The Good Wife spinoff returns for its second season, but I still have to watch the first one.

One day, I will start watching.  Today, however, is not that day.

Grey’s Anatomy – The medical drama enters its 21st season down an attending and an intern

What can you say about a show in its 21st season?

And now the new entries:

Going Dutch – I don’t see any sort of a future for this, but it’s good to see Danny Pudi getting some work.

Hollywood Squares – This was… not good.