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2008-2009 Upfronts Day 4: FOX Fall Schedule
The fifth and final network upfront is out, covering FOX’s fall schedule. Here are my thoughts and what I anticipate I will be covering in one degree or another next season. As usual for FOX, it’s confusing and ultra-tentative, but I’ll try to address it as is. The following is the schedule released by the network on 15 May 2008:
FOX Prime-time Schedule Fall 2008:
Monday
8 pm: Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9 pm: Prison Break
Tuesday
8 pm: House
9 pm: Fringe
Wednesday
8 pm: Bones
9 pm: ‘Til Death
9:30 pm: Do Not Disturb
Thursday
8 pm: The Moment of Truth
9 pm Kitchen Nightmares
Friday
8 pm: Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
9 pm: Don’t Forget the Lyrics
Sunday
7 pm: The OT (NFL post-game)
8 pm The Simpsons
8:30 pm King of the Hill
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 pm American Dad
Mondays
Wow. Monday night continues to dominate for me in the fall. I’m very exciting and pleased that “Terminator” was renewed not so long ago, and while “Prison Break” has been a questionable item for next season, it’s early start date should resolve matters a bit. (In the spring, I will be covering “Dollhouse” and “24”, so Mondays will continue to be a solid start to every week!)
Tuesday
For a long time, Tuesdays were desolate for me, but now I’ll be covering “Fringe”. Right now, “Supernatural” is the heir to “The X-Files”, but this show could join it on the pedestal (if FOX keeps it long enough).
Wednesday
Wednesday is fairly meaningless in terms of FOX.
Thursday
Reality dreck. I think not, especially when “Supernatural” and “Smallville” already dominate.
Friday
Even more reality dreck. Friday nights will once again belong to Sci-Fi Channel.
Sunday
In the fall, it’s more of the same (in fact, identical to last fall), so it’s pretty much an open night at this point.
So, with that in mind, FOX is adding a ton of material to my fall schedule. 7 shows will be reviewed out of the current list: “Heroes”, “Pushing Daisies”, “Smallville”, “Supernatural”, “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles”, “Prison Break”, and “Fringe”. Compared to the previous season, that amounts to a net loss of -2 (not counting the cable offerings and special events).
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May 15, 2008 8:20 PM
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