FOX
ANNOUNCES NEW PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
FOR
2019-2020 SEASON
FOUR
NEW COMEDIES AND SIX NEW DRAMAS JOIN LINEUP
ANIMATED
COMEDY “BLESS THE HARTS,” FROM EMMY AWARD WINNER EMILY SPIVEY,
AND FEATURING THE VOICES OF KRISTEN WIIG, MAYA RUDOLPH, JILLIAN BELL
AND IKE BARINHOLTZ,
TO
PREMIERE SUNDAYS, USHERING IN NEW ERA OF ANIMATION DOMINATION
CRIME
DRAMA “PRODIGAL SON,” FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCER GREG BERLANTI, AND
STARRING
TOM PAYNE AND MICHAEL SHEEN, TO DEBUT MONDAYS
“THE
RESIDENT” MOVES TO TUESDAYS, FOLLOWED BY
SIXTH
AND FINAL SEASON OF “EMPIRE”
FAMILY
DRAMA “NOT JUST ME,” STARRING BRITTANY SNOW AND
ACADEMY
AWARD WINNER TIMOTHY HUTTON, TO PREMIERE WEDNESDAYS,
FOLLOWING
BROADCAST’S #1 NEW SERIES, “THE MASKED SINGER”
“WWE’S
SMACKDOWN LIVE” TO DEBUT OCTOBER 4, AND AIR WEEKLY ON FRIDAYS
FIRST-EVER
“9-1-1” NEW INSTALLMENT, “9-1-1: LONE STAR,” STARRING ROB
LOWE,
BEGINS
ITS TWO-NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT, FOLLOWING THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON
SUNDAY,
JANUARY 19, AND CONTINUES MONDAY, JANUARY 20
SEASON
THREE OF “THE MASKED SINGER”
TO
LAUNCH FOLLOWING “SUPER BOWL LIV,” SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 2
GRITTY
POLICE DRAMA “DEPUTY,” STARRING STEPHEN DORFF, TO PREMIERE
MIDSEASON
SOUTHERN
GOTHIC FAMILY DRAMA “FILTHY RICH,” STARRING KIM CATTRALL, AND
WRITTEN,
DIRECTED AND EXECUTIVE-PRODUCED BY TATE TAYLOR, TO LAUNCH MIDSEASON
PULSING
THRILLER “neXt,” STARRING JOHN SLATTERY, TO PREMIERE MIDSEASON
FAMILY
COMEDY “OUTMATCHED,” STARRING JASON BIGGS AND MAGGIE LAWSON,
TO
DEBUT MIDSEASON
UNSCRIPTED
SERIES “ULTIMATE TAG,” HOSTED BY FOOTBALL SUPERSTARS JJ, TJ AND
DEREK WATT,
TO
LAUNCH MIDSEASON
ANIMATED
COMEDY “DUNCANVILLE,” FROM GOLDEN GLOBE WINNER AMY POEHLER AND
EMMY
AWARD WINNERS MIKE AND JULIE SCULLY, AND
FEATURING
THE VOICE OF POEHLER IN TWO MAJOR ROLES, ALSO TO DEBUT AT MIDSEASON
“THE
GREAT NORTH," A NEW ANIMATED COMEDY FROM EMMY WINNER LOREN
BOUCHARD AND FEATURING VOICES OF NICK OFFERMAN, MEGAN MULLALLY, JENNY
SLATE AND WILL FORTE, TO PREMIERE IN 2020
New
York –
Charlie Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment, today will unveil the FOX
primetime slate for the 2019-2020 television season to the national
advertising community during its annual Upfront Presentation at the
Beacon Theatre.
“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 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.”
The
new dramas joining the lineup this fall are NOT JUST ME and PRODIGAL
SON.
Executive
producer Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood”)
and writer Annie Weisman (“About A Boy,” “Desperate
Housewives”) bring you NOT JUST ME, the story of an unusual family
formed through extreme odds, exploring such hot-button issues as
identity, human connection and what it truly means to be a family. An
only child (Brittany Snow, the “Pitch Perfect” franchise, “Crazy
Ex-Girlfriend”) finds her life turned upside down when her father
(Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, “American Crime,” “Ordinary
People”) 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 (Megalyn
Echikunwoke, “The Following,” “90210,” and Emily
Osment, “The Kominsky Method,” “Young & Hungry”).
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. The series also stars Mustafa
Elzein (“Sequestered”), Mo McRae (“Big Little Lies,” “Pitch”)
and Victoria Cartagena (“Manifest”).
PRODIGAL
SON is a fresh take on a crime franchise with a provocative and
outrageous lead character and a darkly comedic tone, from Emmy
Award-nominated executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter
(“Riverdale,” “The Flash”) and writers Chris Fedak
(“Deception,” “Chuck”) and Sam Sklaver (“Deception,”
“Bored to Death”). The series stars Tom Payne (“The Walking
Dead”) as the son of a convicted serial killer (Emmy Award and
Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen, “Masters of Sex,”
“Frost/Nixon”), who has made hunting murderers his life’s work.
The series also stars Bellamy Young (“Scandal”), Emmy Award and
Golden Globe nominee Lou Diamond Phillips (“Longmire,” “Stand
and Deliver”), Halston Sage (THE ORVILLE), Aurora Perrineau (“The
Carmichael Show”), Frank Harts (“The Path”) and Keiko Agena
(“Dirty John”).
The
new animated comedy joining the lineup this fall is BLESS THE HARTS.
Created and
executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey (“The Last Man
on Earth,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Saturday Night Live”),
BLESS THE HARTS follows the Harts, a Southern family that is always
broke, and forever struggling to make ends meet. They one day hope to
achieve the American dream, but they’re already rich – in
friends, family and laughter. The series features the voices of
Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Kristen Wiig (“Bridesmaids,”
“Saturday Night Live”), Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild Award
nominee Maya Rudolph (“The Good Place,” “Bridesmaids”), Emmy
Award nominee Jillian Bell (“Workaholics,” “Fist Fight”), Ike
Barinholtz (“Blockers”), Fortune Feimster (“Office Christmas
Party,” “Chelsea Lately”), Drew Tarver (“The Other Two”)
and Mary Steenburgen (“The Last Man on Earth,” “Curb Your
Enthusiasm”). Executive producers on the series include Academy
Award winners Phil Lord and Christopher Miller (“Spider-Man: Into
the Spider-Verse,” “The LEGO Movie” franchise) and Kristen
Wiig.
WWE’s
flagship program, WWE’s
SmackDown Live, debuts Friday,
Oct. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT)
on FOX. The weekly, two-hour live event will air 52 weeks a year,
offering fans a unique combination of edge-of-your-seat action,
unpredictable drama and world-class athleticism. WWE’s
SmackDown Live has helped launch
the careers of pop-culture icons Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, John
Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, “Stone Cold” Steve Austin and The
Bella Twins.
Also
this fall, THE RESIDENT moves to a new night and time on Tuesdays
(8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the sixth and epic final season of
the groundbreaking cultural phenomenon EMPIRE (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT),
which returns to its original time period. Season Six promises to be
filled with drama, shocking surprises and more jaw-dropping moments.
The award-winning drama about a family dynasty set within the
glamorous and sometimes dangerous world of hip-hop music has
generated chart-topping hits, and socially relevant storylines,
introduced “Boo Boo Kitty” into the zeitgeist and delivered
over-the-top OMG moments weekly. Cookie (Taraji P. Henson) and
Lucious (Terrence Howard), the two larger-than-life characters at the
center of the series, have taken viewers through the highs and lows
that come with fame and fortune. As the series enters its final
season, one thing is for sure, the Lyons never go out without a bang.
In
2020, additional new series and events joining the schedule include
dramas 9-1-1: LONE STAR, DEPUTY, FILTHY RICH and neXt; live-action
comedy OUTMATCHED; and animated comedies DUNCANVILLE and THE GREAT
NORTH.
FOX’s
#1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, TX, with
its first-ever new installment. 9-1-1: LONE STAR debuts with a
special two-night event beginning Sunday,
Jan. 19,
immediately following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP, and continuing on Monday,
Jan. 20.
From 9-1-1 co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear, the
series stars Rob Lowe (“The
Grinder,” “Parks and Recreation,” “The West Wing”)
as a
sophisticated New York cop who, along with his son, re-locates to
Austin and must try to balance saving those who are at their most
vulnerable with solving the problems in his own life. Rob Lowe also
serves as a co-executive producer on the series.
Additionally,
Season Three of THE MASKED SINGER, this season’s #1 new series,
will premiere immediately following SUPER BOWL LIV on Sunday,
Feb. 2,
and will make its time period premiere on Wednesday,
Feb. 4
(8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
From
writer/executive producer Will Beall (“Aquaman,” “Gangster
Squad”) and director/executive producer David Ayer (“Training
Day,” “End of Watch”), DEPUTY
brings the spirit of a classic Western and a gritty authenticity to
the modern cop drama. When the Los Angeles County’s Sheriff dies,
an arcane rule forged back in the Wild West thrusts the most unlikely
man into the job: a fifth-generation lawman (Stephen Dorff, “True
Detective”), more comfortable taking down bad guys than navigating
a sea of politics, who won’t rest until justice is served. DEPUTY
also stars Yara Martinez (“Jane
the Virgin,” “True Detective”), Brian Van Holt (“Cougar
Town”), Siena Goines (“Andi Mack”), Bex Taylor-Klaus (“Arrow”),
Shane Paul McGhie (“What Men Want”) and Mark Moses (“Mad Men”).
FILTHY
RICH is a southern Gothic family drama in which wealth, power and
religion collide – with outrageously soapy results. When the
patriarch (Emmy Award winner Gerald McRaney, “This Is Us,” “24:
Legacy”) of a mega-rich Southern family, famed for creating a
wildly successful Christian television network, dies in a plane
crash, his wife (Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Kim Cattrall,
“Sex and the City”) and family
are stunned to learn that he fathered three illegitimate children,
all of whom are written into his will, threatening their family name
and fortune. With monumental twists and turns, FILTHY RICH presents a
world in which everyone has an ulterior motive – and no one is
going down without a fight. From writer/director Tate Taylor (“Ma,”
“The Help,” “The Girl on the Train”), the series also stars
Melia Kreiling (“Tyrant”), Aubrey Dollar (“Battle Creek”),
Corey Cott (“The Good Fight”), Benjamin Levy Aguilar (“Straight
Outta Compton”), Mark L. Young (“We’re The Millers”) and
Olivia Macklin (“LA to Vegas”),
with Emmy Award nominee Steve
Harris (“The Practice”). Kim
Cattrall also serves as a producer on the series.
From
creator and executive producer Manny Coto (“24: Legacy”) and
executive producers and directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (“This
Is Us”), neXt is a propulsive, fact-based thriller about the
emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence that combines
pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is
invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet
understand. Starring Emmy Award nominee John Slattery (“Mad Men”)
as a Silicon Valley pioneer, who discovers that one of his own
creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell global catastrophe, and
teams up with a cybercrime agent (Fernanda Andrade, “The First”)
to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve ever seen – one whose
greatest weapon against us is ourselves. The series also stars
Michael Mosley (“Ozark”),
Jason
Butler Harner (“Ozark”), Eve Harlow (“Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.”),
Aaron Moten (“Mozart in the Jungle”), Gerardo Celasco (“How to
Get Away with Murder”), Elizabeth Cappucino (“Jessica Jones”)
and Evan Whitten (THE RESIDENT).
The
new midseason comedies are DUNCANVILLE and OUTMATCHED.
From
Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,”
“Saturday Night Live”) and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie
Scully (THE SIMPSONS, “The Carmichael Show,” “Parks and
Recreation”) comes DUNCANVILLE, an animated family comedy centered
around a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy with a rich
fantasy life, and the people in his world. Poehler voices the series’
two leading characters, DUNCAN and his mother, ANNIE. The series also
features the voices of Emmy Award
winner Ty Burrell (“Modern Family”), Emmy
Award nominee Riki Lindhome (“Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to be
Special,” “Another Period”), Betsy Sodaro (“Another Period,”
“Disjointed”) and Yassir Lester (“Making History”), as well
as guest voices Rashida Jones (“Parks
and Recreation,” “Angie Tribeca”)
and Wiz Khalifa (“American
Dad!,” “BoJack Horseman”).
From
writer/executive producer Lon Zimmet (“LA to Vegas”), and
starring Jason Biggs (“Orange Is
the New Black,” the “American Pie” franchise) and Maggie Lawson
(“Lethal Weapon,” “Psych”), OUTMATCHED is a multi-camera
family comedy about a blue-collar couple in Atlantic City trying to
raise four kids – three of whom just happen to be certified
geniuses. The series also stars Tisha Campbell-Martin (“Dr. Ken,”
“My Wife and Kids”), Jack
Stanton (“The Mick”), Connor Kalopsis (“The Grinder”), Ashley
Boettcher (“Lost in Oz”) and Oakley Bull (“Beautiful Boy”).
Also
premiering in 2020 is new animated comedy THE GREAT NORTH, from BOB’S
BURGERS creator Loren Bouchard. The series follows the Alaskan
adventures of the Tobin family, as a single dad does his best to keep
his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of
his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into
the glamorous world of the local mall. Featured voices on the series
include Nick Offerman (“Parks and Recreation”), Megan Mullally
(“Will & Grace”), Jenny Slate (BOB’S BURGERS), and Will
Forte (“The Last Man on Earth”).
Hosted
by football superstars and brothers JJ, TJ and Derek Watt, ULTIMATE
TAG is a high-octane physical competition show based on the classic
playground game of chase. The thrilling, energy-sapping competition
will premiere in 2020.
Additionally,
LAST MAN STANDING and THE ORVILLE will return in 2020.
During
the 2019-2020 season, several FOX series will celebrate major
milestones, including EMPIRE’s 100th
episode, FAMILY GUY’s 350th
episode, THE RESIDENT’s 50th
episode and HELL’S KITCHEN’s 300th
episode.
FOX’s
full 2019-2020 programming slate is – Dramas:
9-1-1, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, DEPUTY, EMPIRE, FILTHY RICH, neXt, NOT JUST
ME, THE ORVILLE, PRODIGAL SON, THE RESIDENT; Comedies:
BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS, DUNCANVILLE, FAMILY GUY, THE GREAT
NORTH, LAST MAN STANDING, OUTMATCHED, THE SIMPSONS; Unscripted: BEAT
SHAZAM, FIRST RESPONDERS LIVE, GORDON RAMSAY’S 24 HOURS TO HELL AND
BACK, HELL’S KITCHEN, THE MASKED SINGER, MASTERCHEF, MASTERCHEF
JUNIOR, PARADISE HOTEL, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, SPIN THE WHEEL,
ULTIMATE TAG.
Additional
schedule information and
specials to be announced.
Following
is the FOX fall 2019 primetime schedule, as well as social media
information for and synopses of the new series:
FOX
FALL 2019 SCHEDULE
(All
Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00
PM
9-1-1
9:00-10:00
PM
PRODIGAL SON (new
series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00
PM
THE RESIDENT
9:00-10:00
PM
EMPIRE
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00
PM
THE MASKED SINGER
9:00-10:00
PM
NOT JUST ME (new
series)
THURSDAY
7:30-8:00
PM ET/ THURSDAY
NIGHT FOOTBALL PREGAME SHOW
4:30-5:00
PM PT
8:00
PM-CC ET/
NFL FOOTBALL
5:00 PM-CC
PT
FRIDAY
8:00-10:00
PM
WWE’S SMACKDOWN
LIVE
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30
PM
FOX SPORTS SATURDAY: FOX
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30
PM
NFL ON
FOX
7:30-8:00
PM
THE OT
/
FOX ENCORES
8:00-8:30
PM
THE
SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00
PM
BLESS THE HARTS (new
series)
9:00-9:30
PM
BOB’S
BURGERS
9:30-10:00
PM
FAMILY GUY
FOX
2019-2020 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
SOCIAL
MEDIA INFORMATION
FOX
2019-2020 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
NEW
SERIES SYNOPSES
The
following dramas will debut this fall on FOX:
NOT
JUST ME
Executive
producer Jason Katims (“Friday Night Lights,” “Parenthood”)
and writer Annie Weisman (“About A Boy,” “Desperate
Housewives”) bring you the story of an unusual family formed
through extreme odds. Exploring such hot-button issues as
identity, human connection and what it truly means to be a family,
this unconventional dramedy
taps directly into the zeitgeist, harnessing the emotional
complications that new generations of IVF-bred children all face.
Only child JULIA BECHLEY (Brittany Snow, the “Pitch Perfect”
franchise, “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”) finds her life turned upside
down when her father, LEON BECHLEY (Academy Award winner Timothy
Hutton, “American Crime,” “Leverage,” “Ordinary People”),
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. Reeling
from this explosive
revelation, Julia discovers two new sisters – her former best
friend, EDIE PALMER (Megalyn
Echikunwoke, “The Following,” “90210”),
and an ex-Olympic athlete, ROXY DOYLE (Emily Osment, “The Kominsky
Method,” “Young & Hungry”). As these three young women
begin to embrace their new reality, Julia must figure out what life
is like without Leon by her side; Edie comes to grips with her
burgeoning sexuality, as her marriage falters; and Roxy faces
adulthood out of the spotlight. Against all odds, the three women
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.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: Universal Television, FOX
Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Jason Katims, Jeni Mulein,
Imogen Banks, Sharon Levy
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER: Annie Weisman
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Leslye Headland
CAST:
Brittany
Snow as Julia Bechley, Megalyn Echikunwoke as Edie Palmer, Emily
Osment as Roxy Doyle, Mustafa Elzein as Dr. Isaac Abadi, Mo McRae as
Tim Moore, Victoria
Cartagena as Amanda and Timothy
Hutton as Leon Bechley
PRODIGAL
SON
From
Emmy Award-nominated executive producers Greg Berlanti and Sarah
Schechter (“Riverdale,” “The Flash”) and writers Chris Fedak
(“Deception,” “Chuck”) and Sam Sklaver (“Deception,”
“Bored to Death”), PRODIGAL SON is a fresh take on a crime
franchise with a provocative and outrageous lead character and a
darkly comedic tone. MALCOLM BRIGHT (Tom Payne, “The Walking Dead”)
has a gift. He knows how killers think, how their minds work. Why?
Back in the 1990s, 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 will use his twisted genius to help the NYPD
solve crimes and stop killers, all while dealing with a manipulative
mother, annoyingly normal sister, a homicidal father still looking to
bond with his prodigal son and his own constantly evolving neuroses.
Meet
the happy family. DR. MARTIN WHITLY (Emmy
Award and Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen, “Masters of Sex,”
“Frost/Nixon”) is intelligent, wealthy and charismatic, and also
happens to be a predatory sociopath who killed at least 23 people.
Bright’s mother, JESSICA WHITLY (Bellamy Young, “Scandal,”
“Criminal Minds”), an elegant and WASPy New Yorker, wields
sarcasm like a samurai sword and has an opinion on every aspect of
Bright’s life. Perhaps Bright’s only ally is his sister, AINSLEY
WHITLY (Halston Sage, THE ORVILLE), a TV journalist who wishes her
brother would “take a break from murder” and have a normal life.
Unfortunately for his sister, the only way Bright feels normal is by
solving cases with the help of his longtime mentor, NYPD Detective
GIL ARROYO (Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Lou Diamond Phillips,
“Longmire,” “Stand and Deliver”). Arroyo’s one of the best
detectives around, and he expects no less from his team – Detective
DANI POWELL (Aurora Perrineau, “The Carmichael Show,” “Jem and
the Holograms”), a headstrong no-nonsense cop who quickly becomes
impressed with Bright’s work; and Detective JT TARMEL (Frank Harts,
“The Path,” “Billions”), a born-and-bred New Yorker who
questions whether Bright is a psychopath himself. So much for normal.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions, FOX
Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS/WRITERS: Chris Fedak, Sam Sklaver
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: Lee Toland Krieger
CAST:
Tom Payne as Malcolm Bright, Michael Sheen as Dr. Martin Whitly,
Bellamy Young as Jessica Whitly, Lou Diamond Phillips as Gil Arroyo,
Halston Sage as Ainsley Whitly, Aurora Perrineau as Dani Powell,
Frank Harts as JT Tarmel, Keiko Agena as Edrisa Tanaka
The
following comedy will debut this fall on FOX:
BLESS
THE HARTS
Created
and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey (“The Last
Man on Earth,” “Parks and Recreation,” “Saturday Night
Live”), BLESS THE HARTS is a new half-hour animated comedy that
follows the Harts, a Southern family that is always broke, and
forever struggling to make ends meet. They one day hope to achieve
the American dream, but they’re already rich – in friends, family
and laughter. JENNY HART (Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee
Kristen Wiig, “Bridesmaids,” “Saturday Night Live”) is a
single mother supporting her family working as a waitress in the
small town of Greenpoint, NC. While Jenny’s the head of her family,
she’s often at odds with, or scheming with, her lottery
scratcher-obsessed mother, BETTY (Emmy Award and Screen Actors Guild
Award nominee Maya Rudolph, “The Good Place,” “Bridesmaids”),
and her witty, creative daughter, VIOLET (Emmy Award nominee Jillian
Bell, “Workaholics,” “Fist Fight”). Jenny’s doting, eternal
optimist boyfriend of 10 years, WAYNE EDWARDS (Ike Barinholtz,
“Neighbors,” “Blockers”), is the love of her life and a
surrogate father to Violet. He’s a charming dreamer who may never
hit the big time, but he’s not going to give up the fight. In the
end, the Harts may not have much, but they may just have everything
they need.
PRODUCTION
COMPANY: 20th
Century Fox Television, FOX Entertainment
CREATOR/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Emily Spivey
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Phil Lord, Christopher Miller, Kristen Wiig, Seth Cohen
VOICE
CAST: Kristen Wiig as Jenny Hart, Maya Rudolph as Betty Hart, Jillian
Bell as Violet Hart, Ike Barinholtz as Wayne Edwards
GUEST
VOICE CAST: Fortune Feimster as Brenda, Drew Tarver as Randy, Mary
Steenburgen as Crystalynn
The
following dramas will debut in midseason on FOX:
9-1-1:
LONE STAR
FOX’S
#1 drama, 9-1-1, expands its reach to the city of Austin, TX, with
new installment, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, starring Rob Lowe. 9-1-1: LONE
STAR debuts with a special two-night event beginning Sunday,
Jan. 19,
following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP, and continuing with its time period
premiere on Monday,
Jan. 20.
From 9-1-1 co-creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Tim Minear,
9-1-1: LONE STAR follows a sophisticated New York cop (Lowe), who,
along with his son, re-locates, and must try to balance saving those
who are at their most vulnerable with solving the problems in his own
life.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, Ryan
Murphy Television, Brad
Falchuk Teley-Vision
CO-CREATORS/WRITERS/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk, Tim Minear
CO-EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Rob Lowe
DEPUTY
From
writer/executive producer Will Beall (“Aquaman,” “Gangster
Squad”) and director/executive producer David Ayer (“Training
Day,” “End of Watch”), DEPUTY
blends the
spirit of a classic Western with a modern-day attitude and
emotionally driven, visceral storytelling.
Featuring an ensemble
of ambitious and complicated human beings who won’t rest until
justice is served, DEPUTY brings a gritty authenticity to the modern
cop drama. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department is one of
the largest police forces in the world, but when the elected Sheriff
dies, an arcane rule in the county charter, forged back in the Wild
West, suddenly thrusts the most unlikely man into the job. That man
is BILL HOLLISTER (Stephen Dorff, “True Detective,” “Star”). A
fifth-generation lawman, Bill is only interested in justice; his soul
wears a white hat. The bad guys don’t stand a chance, but
neither do the politicos in the Hall of Justice. Under Bill’s
command is a county-wide crew of LA’s finest, including Deputy CADE
WARD (Brian Van Holt, “Cougar Town”), a former Marine stationed
in Afghanistan, eight years sober and one of Bill’s few
confidantes; Deputy RACHEL DELGADO (Siena Goines, “Andi Mack,”
“Chase”), Walker’s partner, a meticulous officer who is
knee-deep in a nasty divorce; Deputy BREANNA BISHOP (Bex
Taylor-Klaus, “Arrow,” “Voltron”), the whip-smart, sarcastic
driver in charge of Bill’s security detail; and Deputy JOSEPH BLAIR
(Shane Paul McGhie, “What Men Want”). The dangers associated with
the job often lead the police to LA County General Hospital, where
Bill buts heads with Dr. PAULA REYES (Yara Martinez, “Jane the
Virgin,” “True Detective”), the hospital’s chief trauma
surgeon – and his wife. Given a job he never wanted, in an
unfamiliar sea of politics, Bill quickly learns that doing what is
expected and doing what is right are two different things, and that
his innate, dogged pursuit of justice is the only skill the job truly
requires.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: Entertainment One, FOX Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER: Will Beall
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/DIRECTOR: David Ayer
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Chris Long, Barry Schindel
CAST:
Stephen Dorff as Bill Hollister, Yara Martinez as Dr. Paula Reyes,
Brian Van Holt as Cade Ward, Siena Goines as Rachel Delgado, Bex
Taylor-Klaus as Breanna Bishop, Shane Paul McGhie as Joseph Blair,
Mark Moses as Jerry London
FILTHY
RICH
From
writer/director Tate Taylor (“Ma,” “The Help,” “The Girl on
the Train”) comes FILTHY RICH, a southern Gothic family drama in
which wealth, power and religion intersect – more correctly,
collide
– with outrageously soapy results. Meet the Monreauxes, a mega-rich
Southern family famed for creating a wildly successful Christian
television network. On the cusp of launching a digital retail arm of
the company, the family’s patriarch, EUGENE (Emmy Award winner
Gerald McRaney, “This Is Us,” “24: Legacy”), dies in a plane
crash (or so we think), leaving MARGARET (Emmy Award and Golden Globe
nominee Kim Cattrall, “Sex and the City”), a now-“Oprah” to
the religious and Southern communities, to take charge of the family
business. Not surprisingly, Eugene’s apparent death greatly impacts
the Monreaux children: ERIC (Corey Cott, “The Good Fight,” “Z:
The Beginning of Everything”), the couple’s ambitious son, who
assumes he will now run the show; and daughter ROSE (Aubrey Dollar,
“Battle Creek”), a budding fashion designer, who constantly
struggles to evade the vast shadow cast by her mother. If that wasn’t
enough, the Monreauxes are stunned
to learn that Eugene fathered three illegitimate children, all of
whom are written into his will. Now, Margaret must use her business
savvy and Southern charm to control her newly legitimized heirs,
whose very existence threatens the Monreaux family name and fortune:
GINGER (Melia Kreiling, “Tyrant,” “The Borgias”), the
tough-as-nails daughter of a Vegas cocktail waitress, whose life was
virtually destroyed by Eugene’s rejection; ANTONIO (Benjamin Levy
Aguilar, “Straight Outta Compton”), a single dad and boxer from
Queens, NY; and JASON (Mark L. Young, “The Comeback,” “We’re
the Millers”), another scion, who is not what he seems to be. With
monumental twists and turns, not to mention lies, deceit and shade
from every direction, FILTHY RICH presents a world in which everyone
has an ulterior motive – and no one is going down without a fight.
The series is based on the New Zealand format created by Filthy
Productions Limited.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, Imagine
Entertainment, FOX
Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER/DIRECTOR: Tate Taylor
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Brian Grazer, Francie Calfo, John Norris, Abe Sylvia
PRODUCER:
Kim Cattrall
CAST:
Kim Cattrall as Margaret Monreaux,
Melia Kreiling
as Ginger Sweet, Aubrey Dollar as Rose Monreaux,
Corey Cott as
Eric Monreaux,
Benjamin Levy
Aguilar as Antonio Rivera, Mark L. Young as Jason Conley, Olivia
Macklin as Becky Monreaux,
with Steve
Harris as Franklin Lee and Gerald McRaney as Eugene Monreaux
neXt
From
creator and executive producer Manny Coto (“24: Legacy”) and
executive producers and directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra (“This
Is Us”), neXt is a propulsive, fact-based thriller about the
emergence of a deadly, rogue artificial intelligence, a series that
asks us to look closely not only at our relationship to technology,
but to one another. Silicon Valley pioneer PAUL LEBLANC (Emmy Award
nominee John Slattery, “Mad Men,” “Veep”) built a fortune and
legacy on the world-changing innovations he dreamed up, while
ignoring and alienating the people around him, including his own
daughter, ABBY (Elizabeth Cappucino, “Jessica Jones,”
“Deception”), and his short-sighted younger brother, TED (Jason
Butler Harner, “Ozark,” “Ray Donovan”), who now runs Paul’s
company. After discovering that one of his own creations – a
powerful A.I. called neXt – might spell doom for humankind, Paul
tried to shutter the project, only to be kicked out of the company by
his own brother, leaving him with nothing but mounting dread about
the fate of the world.
When
a series of unsettling tech mishaps points to a potential worldwide
crisis, LeBlanc joins forces with Special Agent SHEA SALAZAR
(Fernanda Andrade, “The First,” “Here and Now”). Having
escaped crime, poverty and a deadly criminal father to remake herself
as a force for good, Salazar’s strict moral code and sense of duty
have earned her the respect of her team – a talented but
contentious group held together by her faith in their ability to defy
expectations and transcend their differences, including GINA (Eve
Harlow, “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.,” “Heroes Reborn”), a
high-strung cybercrime agent; BEN (Aaron Moten, “Disjointed,”
“Mozart in the Jungle”),
a straight-laced, buttoned-up hard worker, who is boring to the point
of being interesting; and CM (Michael Mosley, “Ozark,” “Seven
Seconds”), an ex-con hacker with a genius IQ. But
the demands of Shea’s challenging job have taken their toll on her
home life, where Salazar’s young son, OWEN (Evan Whitten, THE
RESIDENT, “Mr. Robot”), has been raised primarily by his father,
TY (Gerardo Celasco, “How to Get Away with Murder,” “The Haves
and the Have Nots”), a recovering alcoholic. Now, LeBlanc
and Salazar are the only ones standing in the way of a potential
global catastrophe, fighting an emergent superintelligence that,
instead of launching missiles, will deploy the immense knowledge it
has gleaned from the data all around us to recruit allies, turn
people against each other and eliminate obstacles to its own survival
and growth. Marrying
pulse-pounding action with a layered examination of how technology is
invading our lives and transforming us in ways we don’t yet
understand, neXt presents us with a villain unlike anything we’ve
ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, FOX
Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER: Manny Coto
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS/DIRECTORS: John Requa, Glenn Ficarra
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Charlie Gogolak
CAST:
John Slattery as Paul LeBlanc, Fernanda Andrade as Shea Salazar,
Jason Butler Harner as Ted LeBlanc, Michael Mosley as CM, Eve Harlow
as Gina, Aaron Moten as Ben, Gerardo Celasco as Ty Salazar, Elizabeth
Cappuccino as Abby, Evan Whitten as Ethan Salazar, Olenka Wos Kimball
as Iliza, Dann Fink as neXt
The
following comedies will debut in midseason on FOX:
DUNCANVILLE
From
Golden Globe winner Amy Poehler (“Parks and Recreation,”
“Saturday Night Live”) and Emmy Award winners Mike and Julie
Scully (THE SIMPSONS, “The Carmichael Show,” (“Parks and
Recreation”) comes DUNCANVILLE, an animated family comedy centered
around a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy with a rich
fantasy life, and the people in his world. Like
most 15-year-olds, DUNCAN (Poehler) can see adulthood on the horizon:
money, freedom, cars, girls…but the reality is more like: always
being broke, driving with your mom sitting shotgun and babysitting
your little sister. He’s not exceptional, but he has a rich fantasy
life where he’s never anything less than amazing. Duncan’s mom,
ANNIE (Poehler), a parking enforcement officer who dreams of someday
being a detective, lives in perpetual fear that her teenage son is
one bad decision from ruining his life and will do anything
to
stop him from doing so. Duncan’s father, JACK (Emmy Award winner Ty
Burrell, “Modern Family”), a classic-rock-obsessed plumber who’s
determined to be a better dad than the one he had, is constantly
posting on Facebook – and annoyed that his kids won’t “friend”
him. Duncan’s
younger sisters are 12-year-old KIMBERLY (Emmy Award nominee Riki
Lindhome, “Garfunkel and Oates: Trying to be Special,” “Another
Period”), an awkward, emotional girl who can hold grudges forever;
and six-year-old JING, who adores her older brother maybe a little
too much and whose catchphrase is, “Watch me!,” followed by the
world’s slowest cartwheel. Helping Duncan navigate adolescence are
his friends, class clown BEX (Betsy Sodaro, “Another Period,”
“Disjointed”); trendy influencer YANGZI (Yassir Lester, “Making
History”); aspiring troubled youth WOLF; and his on-again,
off-again crush, MIA (Rashida Jones, “Parks
and Recreation,” “Angie Tribeca”),
who never met a cause she wouldn’t dedicate her life to. The
coolest guy in their school is MR. MITCH (Wiz Khalifa, “American
Dad!,” “BoJack Horseman”),
the universally loved teacher/guidance counselor, and occasional gym
coach and school nurse, due to budget cuts.
Animated by
Bento Box Entertainment (BOB’S BURGERS), DUNCANVILLE is in the long
tradition of FOX Sunday night animation, and has just started
production on a line of over-priced, shoddily produced merchandise
for the whole family.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, Universal Television, FOX Entertainment
CO-CREATORS/EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Mike Scully, Julie Scully, Amy Poehler
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Dave Becky
VOICE
CAST: Amy
Poehler as Duncan/Annie, Ty Burrell as Jack, Riki Lindhome as
Kimberly, Betsy Sodaro as Bex, Yassir Lester as Yangzi
GUEST
VOICE CAST: Rashida Jones as Mia, Wiz Khalifa as Mr. Mitch
OUTMATCHED
From
writer/executive producer Lon Zimmet (“LA to Vegas”) comes
OUTMATCHED, a multi-camera family comedy about a blue-collar couple
in Atlantic City trying to raise four kids – three of whom just
happen to be certified geniuses. For most parents, parenting is hard.
But for CAY (Maggie Lawson, “Lethal Weapon,” “Psych”), a
caustic, take-no-prisoners casino pit boss, and husband MIKE (Jason
Biggs, “Orange Is the New Black,” the “American Pie”
franchise), a handyman and uncultivated guy’s guy, parenting may as
well be advanced calculus. Dealing with the demands and egos of three
high-IQ children would be tricky for any parent, but it’s
especially hazardous for two working stiffs who barely got through
high school. Mike and Cay are committed to bringing some normalcy to
their kids’ hectic, unconventional childhoods, but these geniuses
don’t make it easy. Leading the charge is BRIAN (Connor Kalopsis,
“The Grinder”), a condescending and pretentious 16-year-old math
whiz, who thinks he already knows more about the world than Mike and
Cay ever will, even though he’s never actually been out of New
Jersey. His 15-year-old sister, NICOLE (Ashley Boettcher, “Lost in
Oz”), is a deceptive and fiercely competitive language prodigy who
can manipulate her parents into getting anything she wants. The
youngest and most recently anointed child prodigy is MARC (Jack
Stanton, “The Mick”), a 10-year-old music savant. Introverted and
idiosyncratic, he just wants everyone to leave him alone, so he can
become the next Beethoven in peace. The only child not driving their
parents crazy is eight-year-old LEILA (Oakley Bull, “Beautiful
Boy”), who is decidedly not
a genius. In fact, she might be kind of dumb. She’s the only kid
Mike and Cay even remotely understand. OUTMATCHED takes an honest and
heightened look at every parent’s worst fear – that they’re
“ruining” their kids. When you have children with the type of
gifts that can change the world, the pressure is really on. Raise
them right, and these kids could cure cancer, stop global warming or
invent time travel. But screw it up, and you could unleash three new
super villains into the universe – good luck!
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, FOX Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER/WRITER: Lon Zimmet
DIRECTOR:
Jonathan Judge
CAST:
Jason Biggs as Mike, Maggie Lawson as Cay, Tisha Campbell-Martin as
Rita, Jack Stanton as Marc, Connor Kalopsis as Brian, Ashley
Boettcher as Nicole, Oakley Bull as Leila
The
following comedy will debut in 2020 on FOX:
THE
GREAT NORTH
From
executive producer Loren Bouchard (BOB’S BURGERS), animated comedy
THE GREAT NORTH follows the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family,
as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close,
especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away
from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of the
local mall.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: 20th
Century Fox Television, FOX Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCER: Loren
Bouchard
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS/WRITERS: Wendy
Molyneux, Lizzie Molyneux, Minty Lewis
VOICE
CAST: Nick
Offerman, Megan Mullally, Jenny Slate, Will Forte, Paul Rust, Aparna
Nancherla, Dulcé Sloan
GUEST
VOICE CAST: Alanis Morissette
ULTIMATE
TAG
Hosted
by football superstars and brothers JJ, TJ and Derek Watt, ULTIMATE
TAG is a high-octane physical competition show based on the classic
playground game of chase. The thrilling, energy-sapping competition
will premiere in 2020.
PRODUCTION
COMPANIES: Znak
& Co., FOX Alternative Entertainment
EXECUTIVE
PRODUCERS: Natalka Znak, Conrad Green, Glenn Coomber, JJ Watt
CO-HOSTS:
JJ Watt, TJ Watt, Derek Watt
