As the "9-1-1" franchise and "The Resident" are still on the bubble, there is no fall schedule at Rupert TV's upfront that will be held later this afternoon. (although they claim they would be doing it even if those shows got renewed). However, there are shows announced and here they are:
DRAMAS: MONARCH--Delayed from mid-season, it's another country music soap, with Bernie bro Susan Sarandon and actual country star Trace Adkins playing a Johnny-and-June country music royal couple with lots of secrets and that well-known Irish s--tkicker Anna Friel playing the young upstart daughter who will do anything to take over the DIN-asty. Completely Fox in-house. ACCUSED--An Americanization of the BBC crime anthology from the defendant's point-of-view from "24" and "Homeland"'s creators and "House" creator David Shore. Michael Chiklis stars in the pilot and will direct an episode, as will Marlee Matlin and Billy Porter (the Fox PR spells it "Billie," but I assume it's the Porter of "Pose"). Sony and Fox own the show. ALERT--A procedural about the LA Police's Missing Persons Unit from the creator of "The Blacklist," with "Beat Shazam" host Jamie Foxx as trophy producer. No stars announced, from Sony and Fox. ANIMATED COMEDIES: GRIMSBURG--Jon Hamm voices a hardened detective with a dysfunctional family in a small town. He's one of the producers, from Fox-owned Bento Box. KRAPOPOLIS--Dan Harmon's back on network television with a cartoon look at ancient Greece with Brit voice actors, including Richard Ayoade and Hannah Waddingham. Ayoade is King Tyrannis, Waddingham's his mother Deliria, and other characters include Shlub, Stupendous and Hippocampus. Bento Box is doing the animation and we'll see how long it will take for Harmon to start fighting with Fox. UNSCRIPTED: GORDON RAMSAY'S FOOD STARS--The face of Fox (next to Homer Simpson and D-list celebs wearing masks) adding another show to his other four current shows (I'm counting "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior" as two separate shows). This time he's shouting at a group of business types trying to come up with new restaurant concepts. From his company, which is now owned by Fox. And there will be a four-night Christmas edition of "LEGO Masters." Tomorrow, it's Disney/ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel's annual shower of middle fingers to the television industry. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/180ef447-6248-487b-9c7a-542b5abe402dn%40googlegroups.com.
