via press release:
FOX ANNOUNCES WINTER PREMIERE DATES
American Idol Debuts with Two-Night Premiere January 16 and 17
New Psychological Thriller THE FOLLOWING Premieres January 21
ANIMATION DOMINATION Returns January 6;
Raising Hope, Ben And Kate, New Girl and The Mindy Project
Bring the Laughs Tuesdays Starting January 8;
FRINGE Re-Materializes January 11,
And Concludes with 100th Episode and Two-Hour Finale January 18;
TOUCH Connects with a Two-Hour Season Premiere February 8
FOX is announcing winter premiere dates for new and returning series, including as previously announced the two-night season premiere of American Idol and the debut of THE FOLLOWING. Hosted by Ryan Seacrest and featuring judges Mariah Carey, Randy Jackson, Nicki Minaj and Keith Urban, American Idol makes its Season 12 return on Wednesday, Jan. 16 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and, in a special two-hour episode, Thursday, Jan. 17 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). New psychological drama THE FOLLOWING, starring Kevin Bacon, starts thrilling on Monday, Jan. 21 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). And don’t miss a special 30-minute behind-the-scenes look at the new series, INSIDE THE FOLLOWING, airing Saturday, Jan. 19 (12:00-12:30 AM ET/PT).
Beginning Sunday, Jan. 6, ANIMATION DOMINATION returns with all-new episodes of THE Simpsons (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), BOB’S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT), Family Guy (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and American Dad (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Brand-new episodes of The Cleveland Show rejoin the ANIMATION DOMINATION lineup beginning Sunday, Jan. 13 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT).
The laughs continue on Tuesdays, starting Jan. 8 with all-new episodes of Raising Hope (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), Ben And Kate (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT), New Girl (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and The Mindy Project (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT).
Find out which celebrities will score a “Perfect 10” and which ones will belly-flop in the all-new two-hour special “STARS IN DANGER: THE HIGH DIVE,” airing Wednesday, Jan. 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
FRINGE hurtles toward its epic conclusion with its penultimate episode Friday, Jan. 11 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), before its highly anticipated two-hour series finale and 100th episode Friday, Jan. 18 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). BONES digs up new cases with a special two-hour return Monday, Jan. 14 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), and GLEE sings its way back to the stage Thursday, Jan. 24 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following American Idol. Gordon Ramsay turns up the heat on restaurant owners when Kitchen Nightmares fires back up Friday, Jan. 25 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
On Friday, Feb. 8 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), don’t miss the two-hour second season premiere of TOUCH, starring Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Kiefer Sutherland. The series moves into its regular time period on Friday, Feb. 15 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
FOX WINTER PREMIERE SCHEDULE
(Times for All-New episodes are ET/PT except as noted;
Programs in bold denote Winter Premieres)
Sunday, Jan. 6
4:00 PM-CC ET live/
1:00 PM-CC PT live NFC WILDCARD GAME
8:00-8:30 PM THE Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM American Dad
Tuesday, Jan. 8
8:00-8:30 PM Raising Hope
8:30-9:00 PM Ben And Kate
9:00-9:30 PM New Girl
9:30-10:00 PM The Mindy Project
Wednesday, Jan. 9
8:00-10:00 PM STARS IN DANGER: THE HIGH DIVE (Two-Hour Special Event)
Friday, Jan. 11
8:00-9:00 PM Kitchen Nightmares (encore)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE
Sunday, Jan. 13
7:30-8:00 PM The Cleveland Show
8:00-8:30 PM THE Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM American Dad
Monday, Jan. 14
8:00-10:00 PM BONES (Two-Hour Winter Premiere)
Wednesday, Jan. 16
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Premiere, Part 1)
Thursday, Jan. 17
8:00-10:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Special Two-Hour Season Premiere, Part 2)
Friday, Jan. 18
8:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (100th Episode and Two-Hour Series Finale)
Saturday, Jan. 19
12:00-12:30 AM INSIDE THE FOLLOWING (30-Minute Special)
Monday, Jan. 21
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Series Premiere)
Thursday, Jan. 24
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE
Friday, Jan. 25
8:00-9:00 PM Kitchen Nightmares
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (encore)
Friday, Feb. 8
8:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (Two-Hour Season Premiere)
@Ultima – Glee will have 12 episodes to air Jan-May. The first 6 January 24-February 28. Because FOX usually gives Glee a break, the remaining 6 episodes probably won’t air April 11-May 16 (my guess) because they don’t like airing Glee repeats in between new episodes. So if there is no repeats and Idol is on for 1 hour, its possible FOX may give a boost to Mindy Project like they have done with struggling comedies in the past like Til Death.
@CrimTV – SpoilerTV is wrong. Goodwin Games has no official premiere date yet but it I were to guess, it would probably be April 2. Ben & Kate has 9 more episodes that will start airing January 8 and with a few repeat weeks the season will end probably March 26. If Goodwin Games premieres April 2 then all 7 episodes will air by May 14 and then the series will probably be cancelled.
@Dan
Glee will have 12 episodes to air Jan-May
You’re right; I miscounted.
However, I expect the most likely approach to use Idol to help their comedies would be a 90-90-120 semifinal week.
Maybe they’ll air Hell’s Kitchen twice a week while Glee is off (assuming they’re still planning on a non-summer cycle).
I’m kinda curious about Bones since they labeled it like that. I know it will be 2 different episodes, but I wonder if it will be continuous like “Yanks” (i.e only 1 opening sequence and ending credits).
@Dan
They shouldn’t have given a back order to Ben & Kate and aired Goodwin for longer than 7 episodes, or aired it from fall, I was really excited for it.
@CrimTV – Apparently Fox liked both their new comedies and were going to give them full seasons no matter what. Most likely because the wanted to keep the Tuesday comedy block all season. They knew Goodwin Games would replace 1 of the new comedies which is why Ben & Kate got a 6 episode back order. Because they didnt ax B&K after 13 eps Goodwin Games had to be cut to 7 eps so theyd have 26 weeks of new eps in the 830 slot.
It hasn’t really hit me that Fringe is ending yet. I guess it will next year, on Fridays, when it finally hits home that no, there’s nothing to watch. Lump in my throat, that’s for sure.
@Ultima – Are they airing Hell’s Kitchen this spring? I thought it wouldnt return until June.
I’m really excited about The Following. And because DWTS and The Voice are both on breaks, I feel that it has a great chance of being a break out hit for FOX. The network is desperately in need of another successful drama. I say that it premieres with at least a 2.8.
I am really looking forward to watching the series finale of Fringe as well. I’m so interested to see how this shows ends. I feel it is going to be such a creative, unforgettable masterpiece.
Wanna see The Following & The Goodwin Games.
Hope they do well.
I have a feeling both of them will surprise in the ratings.
@Toxix – The way I look at it is no show can do worse than The Mob Doctor so if The Following holds on to 80% of its Bones lead in, it will get a second season. Since FOX has no dramas except Bones, they will try to save The Following. The Goodwin Games will probably do worse than Ben & Kate and the fact that the episode order was cut doesn’t bode well for the show. Plus by the time Goodwim Games premieres it will have the two highest rated shows on television NCIS and The Voice as competition. Since Fox will likely renew Raising Hope, New Girl, and The Mindy Project; The Goodwin Games seems to have zero chance at survival.
My Guess Realistically
Renewed
The Simpsons
Family Guy
Bob’s Burgers
American Dad
Bones
Glee
The Following
Raising Hope
New Girl
The Mindy Project
Kitchen Nightmares
X Factor
American Idol
The Cleveland Show (If Fox gives it 13 more eps)
Cancelled
Fringe
Touch
The Mob Doctor
Ben & Kate
The Goodwin Games
Oh my God, “Fringe” really IS ending. There is nothing currently airing on TV that matches its quality. I’m gonna miss it like hell. I do enjoy “Revolution” but it still doesn’t come close. Considering how amazing the season finales used to be, I can only imagine what the series finale will be like. Top-quality television. Man, that show’s gonna be missed.
Very sad to see Fringe go, but glad it made it to episode 100.
So, FOX should renew Ben and Kate ASAP.
End of the story. It needs to happen
TVBYTHENUMBERS – can you do a post discussing the “franchise factor” associated with a show… what affect this has on renewal. Id say that tehfranchise effect keeps many shows on air…. look at the list below.
Fringe should be considered a a huge success for fans, that cannot be overstated. When one thinks of FOX franchises they think of quality.
Glee
House
Married… W Children
Simpsons
Family Guy
Bones
New Girl (Already, yes.)
Malcolm and the Middle
That 70s Show
X Files
Fringe
American Idol
SYTYCD
Hells Kitchen
On their ways to becoming franchises for the the network:
Raising Hope
Masterchef
X Factor (If it can last a total of 4 – 5 seasons it will have a run for the books Its already at a third for renewals sake, so it needs to be renewed a fourth time to become a corner stone in FOX history instead of a train-wreck. I expect a season four in some capacity because of this reason alone.)
How do you guys think Idol will premiere? Im at a loss with predictions, and I love hearing other peoples opinions.
Fringe can’t go fast enough for me.