Two--count 'em--two nights of live-action scripted in the fall schedule, an
unusual move for a net that was saying before the strikes that unscripted
was the future (unless they owned the show, and I think you can figure out
what's coming)--here we go:
MONDAY:
8-9 p.m. — “9-1-1: Lone Star" (the view was that this show would join the
franchise mothership from Disney's 20th over at ABC, but I guess that's not
going to happen)
9-10 p.m. - RESCUE HI-SURF--John Wells is not exactly the guy you would
expect to do a new version of "Baywatch" (after all, his resume includes
"The West Wing" and "E/R"), but here it is, set in Hawaii on the infamous
north shore of Oahu. Yes, the actresses are well-endowed, but so are the
men. Fox co-produced with Wells' home at Warners. BTW, this will be Fox's
post-Super Bowl attraction.
TUESDAY:
8-9 p.m. — “Accused”
9-10 p.m. — MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN--Considering that this title or
something like it has been used for a lot of shows, including a Fox reality
shows, we'll guess it might get changed. It's produced in the Great White
North (but no Canadian net yet) and based on L.R. Wright's Karl Alberg
novels, it's about a former cop (Rossif Sutherland, Keifer's brother and
Donald's son) who moves to a small town to get away from it all. Nice try.
Kristin Kreuk of "Smallville"'s also in the cast, co-produced by Fox with
Canucks Sepia Films.
WEDNESDAY:
8-9 p.m. — “The Masked Singer”
9-10 p.m. — “The Floor”
THURSDAY:
8-9 p.m. — “Hell’s Kitchen”
9-10 p.m. — “Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test”
FRIDAY:
Replacing "Smackdown!", for those who like sport there's sport (college
football/basketball, UFC)
SATURDAY:
And for those who don't like sport, there's more sport.
SUNDAY:
7-7:30 PM — NFL Overrun
7:30-8 PM — The OT / Cartoon reruns
8-8:30 PM — The Simpsons (is it the last season for the Disney-owned
show--again?)
8:30-9 PM -- UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS--A cartoon about the Hoagie brothers,
victims of automation who are getting $3,000 a month in a basic income
program and need to prove they're worth it. It's already been renewed for a
season (WTF, Fox?) and is from Fox and Sony, with Fox-owned Bento Box doing
the animation.
9-9:30 PM — Bob’s Burgers (see "The Simpsons")
9:30-10 PM — Krapopolis
Mid-season sees the return of "Family Guy" (see above), "Animal Control,"
"The Great North," "Grimsberg," "The Cleaning Lady," "Alert: Missing
Victims Unit" and these new shows:
DOC--An Americanization of an Italian series of the same title, where the
great Molly Parker ("Deadwood," among other shows) plays a chief doctor at
a Minneapolis hospital who has just had memory of the last eight years of
her life erased and must now try to regain it. Sony's producing with Fox,
the format is owned by Fremantle, who has been trying to seriously shake
off its reputation as a game show and reality house lately.
GOING DUTCH--Denis Leary is back as a loudmouthed army colonel who as
punishment for things he shouldn't have said is reassigned to an obscure
base in the Netherlands with a Michelin-star commissary and the only
fromagerie in this man's army. And the base commander is his estranged
daughter. In-house one-camera sitcom.
EXTRACTED--What sounds like a "Survivor" ripoff, the gimmick here is that
the contestants are not in charge of their destiny, but isn't that what
usually happens in post? From Sony and Fox.
THE REAL FULL MONTY--D-listers bear all for charity in this one-shot
inspired by the film and musical and originating from a 2017 show in the UK
that I assume Adam never saw. In-house, one of the producers is Anthony
Anderson, who is also participating. As a noted television Monty used to
say, big deal.
And I assume the usual game show and unscripted suspects may pop up during
the year (most of them produced in Ireland). I guess Kimmel's back tomorrow
to do his annual smackdown at the ABC upfront.
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