FOX 2024-25 Fall Lineup: Rescue HI-Surf Will get Submit Tremendous Bowl Slot; Accused & 9-1-1: Lone Star Return
FOX was busy over the weekend.
They renewed their remaining drama, The Cleansing Girl, for a 12-episode third season underneath new showrunners, to start out.
The Cleansing Girl, which suffered an amazing loss when leading man Adan Canto died, was pressured to pivot midseason, and it is going to be pivoting once more for its third season.
Whereas we don’t have particulars, maybe divesting the unique artistic workforce from being so carefully associated to their story will give the present a possibility to thrive.
As we speak, FOX will unveil its content material slate for the 2024-2025 tv season to the nationwide promoting group throughout its in-person Upfront Presentation on the Manhattan Middle.
Meaning we get the data on that schedule now and might add the movies after the execs reveal them later this night.
Right here’s what we all know.
FOX is including new dramas, comedies, and unscripted collection to its lineup. Spanning scripted, actuality, and animation, the media firm continues to extend program possession from in-house enterprise models underneath the FOX Leisure Studios banner.
“With excellent unique concepts and world-class expertise throughout each new collection and returning favorites, FOX’s 2024-25 schedule is stuffed with surprising, unforgettable leisure in each style,” mentioned FOX Leisure CEO Rob Wade.
“Nice artistic is the middle of all we do, and that’s mirrored in subsequent season’s lineup, as is our skill to draw so most of the business’s most interesting storytellers.”
Returning FOX collection embody dramas 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season 5), Accused (Season Two), Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit (Season Three) and The Cleansing Girl (Season 4); comedy Animal Management (Season Three).
Returning animated collection embody Bob’s Burgers (Season 15), Household Man (Season 23), The Nice North (Season 5), Grimsburg (Season Two), Krapopolis (Season Two), and The Simpsons (Season 36).
Though it’s not a fall present, FOX yesterday additionally renewed its upcoming animated comedy Common Primary Guys, from creators Adam and Craig Malamut earlier than its debut.
Common Primary Guys facilities on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies, who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a brand new primary revenue program. Now, they’re utilizing their free time and free cash to search out goal in a world the place they’re now not wanted.
“With Common Primary Guys, the Hoagies brothers be a part of FOX’s iconic lineup of undaunted, irreverent, and absurdly outrageous characters,” mentioned Thorn.
“It’s what defines the FOX animation model, and from episode one in every of this terrific new comedy, Adam and Craig Malamut flip the Hoagies’ on a regular basis life on its head in such an unique manner that we instantly ordered a second season.”
That will concern these of you who don’t see Household Man within the fall season, however the community stays dedicated to one in every of its longest-running animated comedies, and it’ll obtain a full-season order.
The rise in animation is important since The Household Man, Bob’s Burgers, and The Simpsons are all on the finish of their present five-year offers. Nevertheless, they haven’t any intention, presently, of letting the collection go as they did 9-1-1 to ABC.
Unscripted collection Crime Scene Kitchen (Season Three), The Flooring (Season Two), Hell’s Kitchen (Season 23), LEGO Masters (Season 5), The Masked Singer (Season 12), MasterChef (Season 15), Title That Tune (Season 5), Subsequent Stage Chef (Season 4) and Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check (Season Three) are all returning, and extra collection renewals are to be introduced.
Becoming a member of returning hit dramas 9-1-1: Lone Star, Accused, Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit, and The Cleansing Girl are action-drama Rescue: HI-Surf, from government producer John Wells; psychological crime procedural Homicide in a Small City and medical drama Doc.
Moreover, new solid members on Accused embody Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon, and Michael Chiklis.
All-new single-camera comedy Going Dutch, from government producers Denis Leary, Jack Leary, and Joel Church-Cooper, and starring Denis Leary, joins returning comedy Animal Management, starring Joel McHale.
From FOX’s Emmy Award-winning animation home, Bento Field Leisure, and Sony Footage Tv, the all-new animated comedy Common Primary Guys joins returning collection Bob’s Burgers, Household Man, The Nice North, Grimsburg, Krapopolis, and The Simpsons.
All-new particular occasion The Actual Full Monty joins returning unscripted collection Crime Scene Kitchen, The Flooring, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters, The Masked Singer, MasterChef, Title That Tune, Subsequent Stage Chef, and Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check.
Additionally, LEGO Masters will air its annual multiple-night vacation occasion LEGO Masters: Movie star Vacation Bricktacular.
Moreover, FOX Sports activities’ presentation of SUPER BOWL LIX will air on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025, adopted by a particular episode of Rescue: HI-Surf.
That exhibits they’ve important satisfaction within the surf-related present. Right here’s hoping it’s successful for FOX’s sake and for star Arielle Kebbel, who has been browsing round different exhibits for some time seeking her personal.
FOX’s new dramas embody:
Rescue: HI-Surf
From prolific, award-winning government producer/director John Wells (Shameless, The West Wing, ER) and government producer/author Matt Kester (Animal Kingdom, Outsiders) comes the pulse-pounding Hawaii lifeguard drama Rescue: HI-Surf.
It follows the private {and professional} lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and defend the North Shore of O’ahu—essentially the most well-known and harmful stretch of shoreline on the planet.
Every episode will function these devoted, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first responders saving lives within the tough and infrequently life-threatening situations of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
The collection stars Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth), Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries), Adam Demos (Intercourse / Life), Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus), Alex Aiono (Fairly Little Liars: Unique Sin), and Zoe Cipres (Roswell, New Mexico).
As well as, Sea Shimooka (3 Physique Downside), Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom), and Ian Anthony Dale (The Resident) will seem in recurring roles.
Doc
Doc relies on the globally acclaimed Italian collection Doc — Nelle tue mani, which was created and produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle Firm, and featured Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò of The White Lotus.
FOX’s Doc is a brand new medical drama starring Molly Parker (Home Of Playing cards) because the hard-charging, sensible Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Inner and Household Drugs at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis.
After a mind damage erases the final eight years of her life, Amy should navigate an unfamiliar world the place she has no recollection of sufferers she’s handled, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the person she now loves and the tragedy that brought about her to push everybody away.
She will rely solely on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted buddies as she struggles to proceed practising medication regardless of having misplaced practically a decade of information and expertise.
The collection additionally stars Omar Metwally (Huge Sky), Amirah Vann (How To Get Away With Homicide), Jon Ecker (Firefly Lane), and Anya Banerjee (The Blacklist). Scott Wolf (Nancy Drew, Celebration of 5) and Patrick Walker (Classes In Chemistry) will recur in featured roles.
Created by Francesco Arlanch and Viola Rispoli, Doc — Nelle tue mani debuted in Italy on Rai 1 in 2020, the place it ranked because the community’s #1 collection premiere since 2007. Since then, the collection format has been offered in 12 international locations with seven variations already made.
Homicide in a Small City
Homicide in a Small City relies on the Edgar Award-winning, nine-book “Karl Alberg” collection by acclaimed novelist L.R. Wright and stars Rossif Sutherland (Reign, The Handmaid’s Story) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Magnificence, and the Beast).
The collection follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who strikes to a quiet coastal city to appease a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work.
However this light paradise has greater than its share of secrets and techniques, and Karl might want to name upon all the abilities that made him a world-class detective in fixing the murders that, even on this seemingly idyllic setting, proceed to clean up on his shore.
Kreuk stars as Cassandra, a neighborhood librarian who turns into Alberg’s muse, foil, and romantic curiosity. Mya Lowe (My Life with the Walter Boys, Yellowjackets), Savonna Spracklin (Two-Spirit Odyssey, Wildhood), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Watchful Eye), and Fritzy-Klevans Destine (The Boys, Superman & Lois) recur within the collection.
The collection additionally options particular visitor stars James Cromwell (Succession), Stana Katic (Fort, Absentia), and Paula Patton (The Excellent Match).
FOX’s new comedies embody:
Going Dutch
From government producers Denis Leary (The Moodys, Rescue Me), Jack Leary (Intercourse&Medicine&Rock&Roll), and Joel Church-Cooper (Brockmire), and starring Denis Leary comes single-camera comedy Going Dutch.
The comedy facilities on an conceited, loudmouth U.S. Military Colonel, who, after an epically unfiltered rant, is reassigned to the Netherlands, the place he’s punished with a command place as a minimum vital military base on the planet.
After serving with distinction in each warzone of the final three a long time, he now finds himself in command of a base with no weapons, no weapons, and no tactical goal. As an alternative, it has a Michelin-star-level commissary, a top-notch bowling alley, and the very best (and solely) fromagerie within the U.S. Military.
Surrounded by a various group of underdogs, the colonel tries to reinstall army self-discipline and professionalism with the assistance of the bottom’s earlier interim chief, who simply occurs to be his estranged daughter.
Common Primary Guys
From creators Adam and Craig Malamut (Sports activities Buddies, Recreation of Zones, The Champions), the animated comedy Common Primary Guys facilities on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies, who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a brand new primary revenue program.
Now, they’re utilizing their free time and free cash to search out goal in a world the place they’re now not wanted.
FOX’s new unscripted programming consists of:
Extracted
Extracted is a groundbreaking new survival competitors collection by which, for the primary time ever, the contestants will not be in command of their future.
The Actual Full Monty
Impressed by the beloved, award-winning 1997 movie, FOX’s The Actual Full Monty is an all-new two-hour particular by which a daring group of male celebrities volunteer to reveal all to boost consciousness for prostate and testicular most cancers testing and analysis.
The occasion options Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, the NFL’s Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli, and James Van Der Beek. FOX’s all-new particular relies on the worldwide unscripted format with hit variations within the U.Okay., France, and The Netherlands.
Throughout the two-hour particular, The Actual Full Monty’s male movie star expertise will prepare and rehearse for essentially the most revealing efficiency of their careers, culminating with an enormous strip-tease dance, choreographed by Emmy Award-winner Mandy Moore, in entrance of a stay viewers.
Main as much as the ultimate disrobing, the lads will push their limits of comfortability, modesty, and brotherhood with a collection of rehearsals and experiences, each personal and public, designed to construct confidence, take away them removed from their consolation zone, and strengthen their bond as a bunch.
Alongside the best way, every of the celebrities will share their private tales of how most cancers has impacted their lives.
LEGO Masters: Movie star Vacation Bricktacular
This can be a new multi-night occasion. Over the course of 4 loopy hours, LEGO Masters as soon as once more will shake it up like a snow globe with unpredictable twists and surprises.
Celebrities will be a part of, as will fan-favorite builders from previous seasons, all working collectively to create jaw-dropping holiday-themed challenges that can make the contestants’ faces redder than Rudolph’s nostril.
Be sure you’re on host Will Arnett’s “Good Listing” as a result of LEGO Masters is making all-new plans for the ho-ho-holidays.
Additionally, as beforehand introduced, FOX heats up the summer time with all-new episodes/seasons of I Can See Your Voice (Could 16), Gordon Ramsay’s Meals Stars (Could 22), Don’t Overlook The Lyrics (Could 23), Beat Shazam (Could 28), MasterChef (Could 29), and Title That Tune (June 3), in addition to the collection launches of The Quiz With Balls (Could 28) and The 1% Membership (June 3).
Extra summer time programming to be introduced.
FOX FALL 2024 SCHEDULE
(All Instances ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 9-1-1: Lonestar
9:00-10:00 PM Rescue: HI-Surf (new collection)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Accused
9:00-10:00 PM Homicide in a Small City (new collection)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The Masked Singer
9:00-10:00 PM The Flooring
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen
9:00-10:00 PM Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Check
FRIDAY
8:00 PM FOX School Soccer Friday/FOX School Hoops/FOX UFL
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM Fox Sports activities Saturday
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL On Fox
7:30-8:00 PM The OT / FOX Animation Encores
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Common Primary Guys
9:00-9:30 PM Bob’s Burgers
9:30-10:00 PM Krapopolis
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