We already knew going into the 2019-20 season that there would be some big changes at FOX.
With the network becoming an independent network, it was evident there would be some big swings.
Empire, which has spent its first five seasons on Wednesdays is being moved to Tuesdays for its final (!) season.
It will be paired with The Resident, which is leaving its Monday at 8/7c slot.
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9-1-1 will move to an hour earlier and will lead into new fall drama, Prodigal Son. The move is not surprising.
The Resident has proven to be a resilient performer, so the audience should follow it to the new night.
The Masked Singer will fill in for Empire on Wednesdays and will lead into Jason Katims' new drama, Not Just Me.
With WWE Smackdown taking Fridays, there's no word on when Last Man Standing will return to the air.
Bob's Burgers and Family Guy are also moving to new time periods, while grandaddy The Simpsons remains in the 8/7c slot.
"Today marks a new beginning for FOX Entertainment. So it is with a start-up mindset and, upon an incredible foundation of assets, that we deliver our first slate of new comedies, dramas and unscripted series," said FOX boss, Charlie Collier.
"Alongside top creators and talent, and through innovative partnerships across the industry, we are redefining what it means to be an entertainment company, and what it means to be FOX, for 2019 and beyond."
All told, have a look at the full schedule.
MONDAY
8 pm 9-1-1
9 pm PRODIGAL SON
TUESDAY
8 pm The Resident (new time slot)
9 pm Empire (new time slot)
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WEDNESDAY
8 pm The Masked Singer (new time slot)
9 pm NOT JUST ME
THURSDAY
8 pm Thursday Night Football
FRIDAY
8 pm WWE’s SmackDown Live
SATURDAY
8 pm College Football
SUNDAY
8 pm The Simpsons
8: 30 pm BLESS THE HARTS
9 pm Bob’s Burgers (new time slot)
9:30 pm Family Guy (new time slot)
The Orville, MasterChef, Last Man Standing, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, FILTHY RICH, DEPUTY, NEXT, OUTMATCHED, ULTIMATE TAG, DUNCANVILLE, and THE GREAT NORTH are all being held for midseason.
Here are the new Fall dramas coming to Fox.
Prodigal Son
Logline: Malcolm Bright knows how killers think. Why? His father was one of the best, a notorious serial killer called “The Surgeon.”
That’s why Bright is the best criminal psychologist around; murder is the family business. He uses his twisted genius to help the NYPD solve crimes, while dealing with a somewhat manipulative mother, an annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses.
Cast: Tom Payne (The Walking Dead), Michael Sheen (Masters of Sex), Bellamy Young (Scandal), Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire), Halston Sage (The Orville), Keiko Agena (Gilmore Girls), Aurora Perrineau (Chasing Life), Frank Harts (The Path, Billions)
Not Just Me
Logline: An only child finds her life turned upside down when her father reveals that, over the course of his prize-winning career as a pioneering fertility doctor, he used his own sperm to conceive upwards of a hundred children, including two new sisters.
As these three young women slowly embrace their new reality, they will attempt to form an untraditional bond as sisters, even as they must welcome a tidal wave of new siblings into their rapidly expanding family.
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Cast: Brittany Snow (American Dreams), Emily Osment (Young & Hungry), Megalyn Echikunwoke ( Arrow), Timothy Hutton (How to Get Away With Murder), Mo McRae (Empire), Victoria Cartagena (Manifest), Mustafa Elzein
Bless the Harts
Logline: The animated comedy follows a group of Southerners who are always “broke as a joke” and struggling for the American dream of status and wealth. What they don’t realize is that they’re already rich… in friends, family and laughter.
Cast: The voices of Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz
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