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Responding
to real-time shifts in the marketplace, FOX, this season’s #1
network among Adults 18-49, and the only network to experience
year-to-year growth in the demo and Total Viewers, is announcing its
Fall 2020 schedule. The programming slate includes Season Four
of television’s #1 series, THE MASKED SINGER, new drama series NEXT
and FILTHY RICH, as well as all-new seasons of returning animated
series THE SIMPSONS, BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS and FAMILY GUY,
along with Gordon Ramsay’s hit cooking competition series,
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR. Also, making its network television debut is
police drama L.A.’S FINEST, starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle
Union, along with the third installment of COSMOS, entitled COSMOS:
POSSIBLE WORLDS.
In
midseason, original programming includes 9-1-1 and the #1 new drama
9-1-1: LONE STAR; along with new comedy CALL ME KAT, starring Mayim
Bialik and executive-produced by Bialik and Jim Parsons; and new
animated comedies THE GREAT NORTH and HOUSEBROKEN. Also part of FOX’s
2020-2021 programming slate are all-new seasons of animated comedy
DUNCANVILLE, starring and executive-produced by Amy Poehler; and
Ramsay’s HELL’S KITCHEN.
“The
effects of this global health crisis leave no business unaffected. As
a media company that prides itself on an entrepreneurial spirit and
the focus that comes with doing fewer things better, we mobilized,
swiftly creating an entirely new, original-programming lineup for the
fall to share with our partners this upfront,” said Charlie
Collier, CEO, FOX Entertainment “In remote meetings with
advertising and marketing partners over recent weeks, we sought to
listen first and understand each partner’s unique concerns. Our
primary goal is to help them back to business, so in turn, the
message we’ve shared is one of relative stability on FOX, combining
the best of primetime sports and entertainment with which to help our
partners and their customers back to market.”
“Now,
more than ever, consistency, results and stability take on an all new
emphasis,” said Marianne Gambelli, President, FOX Ad Sales. “FOX
is primed and ready for the Fall with a great deal of stability
across our entire programming lineup, featuring premium content that
continually resonates with viewers, and the necessary scale that
builds demand and produces results. During these uncertain
times, we remain focused on the individual business needs of our
partners and will continue to work with them to develop custom
solutions with our unmatched offerings of assets to help drive their
businesses forward.”
The
all-new series premiering this fall are NEXT and FILTHY RICH.
From
creator and executive producer Manny Coto,
executive producer Charlie Gogolak and executive
producers and directors John Requa and Glenn Ficarra, 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. The event series stars Emmy Award nominee John
Slattery as a Silicon Valley pioneer, who discovers
that one of his own creations – a powerful A.I. – might spell
global catastrophe. He teams up with a cybercrime agent (Fernanda
Andrade) to fight a villain unlike anything we’ve
ever seen – one whose greatest weapon against us is ourselves. The
series also stars Michael
Mosley,
Jason Butler Harner, Eve Harlow, Aaron Moten, Gerardo
Celasco, Elizabeth Cappuccino and Evan Whitten.
Returning
with all-new episodes this fall are THE MASKED SINGER, THE SIMPSONS,
BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS, FAMILY GUY and MASTERCHEF JUNIOR.
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THE
MASKED SINGER is the #1 show on television, drawing a massive
audience of nearly 30 million viewers across platforms in its
post-Super Bowl Season Three premiere. The singing competition series
features celebrities facing off
against one another with one major twist: each singer is shrouded
from head-to-toe in an elaborate costume, complete with full face
mask to conceal his or her identity. With each performance, the host,
panelists, audience, viewers and even the other contestants are left
guessing who is singing behind the mask. Ranging from Grammy Award
winners to legendary athletes, and everything in between, the singers
may attempt to throw the crowd off their scent, while keen observers
might pick up on tiny clues buried throughout the show. One singer
will be eliminated each week, ultimately revealing his or her true
identity. Season Four of THE MASKED SINGER premieres this fall.
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The
longest-running primetime scripted show in television history, THE
SIMPSONS exploded into
popular culture in 1990 and has remained one of the most
groundbreaking and innovative entertainment franchises, recognizable
throughout the world. HOMER (Dan Castellaneta), MARGE (Julie Kavner),
BART (Nancy Cartwright), LISA (Yeardley Smith) and MAGGIE are
instantly identifiable television icons. Rounding out this cast of
characters are many beloved Springfield residents, including tavern
proprietor MOE SZYSLAK (Hank Azaria) and nuclear power plant owner
MR. BURNS (Harry Shearer). The Emmy Award-, Annie Award- and Peabody
Award-winning animated comedy will begin its 32nd
season this year.
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Created
and executive-produced by Emmy Award winner Emily Spivey, and
featuring a voice cast of comedy all-stars, including Kristen Wiig,
Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell, Ike Barinholtz and Kumail Nanjani,
animated comedy 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.
BOB’S
BURGERS follows BOB (H. Jon Benjamin) and his ever-quirky family who
together run the restaurant Bob’s Burgers. In addition to its 2019
Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Animated Program, the series
has been nominated in the same category in 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and
2018, having won the award twice, its first Emmy Award in 2014 and in
2017. The series also recently was nominated for a Critics’ Choice
Award and an Annie Award. In addition to Benjamin, BOB’S BURGERS
features the voices of John Roberts, Kristen Schaal, Eugene Mirman,
Dan Mintz and Larry Murphy. Bento
Box Entertainment serves as the program’s animation studio.
FAMILY
GUY continues to entertain its die-hard fan base with razor-sharp
humor, spot-on parodies, spectacular animation and orchestra-backed
original music. Since its debut in 1999, the series has reached cult
status among fans, and its breakout star, a talking baby, has become
one of the greatest TV characters of all time. FAMILY GUY has racked
up numerous awards, including an Emmy Award nomination for
Outstanding Comedy Series, only the second animated series in
television history to be honored with such a distinction. Most
recently, series creator and lead voice actor Seth MacFarlane (voices
of “Peter Griffin,” “Stewie Griffin,” “Brian Griffin” and
“Glen Quagmire”) won the 2019
Emmy Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance. Cast
member Alex Borstein (voice of “Lois Griffin”) won the 2018 Emmy
Award in the category. MacFarlane also was nominated that year. He
won the 2017 and 2016 Emmy Award in the category, and was nominated
from 2013 to 2015.
Entering
its eighth season, MASTERCHEF JUNIOR gives talented kids between the
ages of 8 and 13 the chance to showcase their culinary abilities and
passion for food through a series of delicious challenges. The hit
culinary competition series features world renowned chef Gordon
Ramsay, acclaimed chef Aarón Sánchez and nutrition expert, author
and new judge Daphne Oz. This season, the pint-sized contestants will
cook a meal for diners at a historical renaissance fair; see how they
size up to monster trucks at a motocross track; welcome Gordon’s
daughter, Tilly Ramsay, back to the MASTERCHEF kitchen for a donut
challenge; and participate in a WWE-themed episode until one talented
kid is named America’s newest MASTERCHEF JUNIOR, taking home the
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR trophy and $100,000 grand prize.
Making
their network television debuts are L.A.’S FINEST and COSMOS:
POSSIBLE WORLDS.
From
the universe of the Jerry Bruckheimer Bad Boys franchise and
Sony Pictures Television, the one-hour series L.A.’S FINEST follows
Syd Burnett (Gabrielle Union), last seen in Miami taking down a drug
cartel, who has seemingly left her complicated past behind to become
an LAPD detective. Paired with a new partner, Nancy McKenna (Jessica
Alba), a working mom with an equally complex history, Syd is forced
to confront how her unapologetic lifestyle may be masking a greater
personal secret. Taking on the most dangerous criminals in Los
Angeles while skirting the rules, and speed limits, Syd and Nancy
become a force to be reckoned with – on the streets, and in each
other’s lives.
Returning
for its third installment, the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning COSMOS
will once again be executive-produced, written and directed by Ann
Druyan; executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane, Brannon Braga
and Jason Clark; and hosted by Neil deGrasse Tyson, the famed
pop-culture icon and astrophysicist. Continuing the legacy of its
predecessors, COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS will translate the revelations
of science into a lavishly transporting experience, taking audiences
on a series of spiritual voyages of exploration. Created
and produced in partnership with the National Geographic Channel,
which aired the series this spring, the
new season will reveal previously uncharted realms, including lost
worlds and worlds to come, and those that we may one day inhabit in a
thrilling future we can still have.
During
the 2020-2021 season, several FOX series will celebrate major
milestones, including FAMILY GUY’s 350th
episode and BOB’S BURGERS’ 200th
episode.
Additional
pickups, schedule information and specials to be announced.
FOX
FALL 2020 SCHEDULE
(All
Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00 PM - L.A.’S FINEST (network
television debut)
9:00 PM - FILTHY RICH (new series)
TUESDAY
8:00 PM - COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS
(network
television debut)
9:00 PM - NEXT (new
series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00 PM - THE MASKED SINGER (new
season)
9:00 PM - MASTERCHEF JUNIOR (new
season)
THURSDAY
7:30 PM - FOX
NFL THURSDAY PRESENTED BY
VERIZON
8:00 PM - GMC
KICKOFF SHOW
8:20 PM - THURSDAY NIGHT
FOOTBALL PRESENTED BY BUD LIGHT
PLATINUM
FRIDAY
8:00 PM - WWE’S FRIDAY
NIGHT SMACKDOWN
SATURDAY
7:00 PM - FOX SPORTS SATURDAY
SUNDAY
7:00 PM - NFL ON
FOX
7:30 PM - THE OT
/
FOX ENCORES
8:00 PM - THE
SIMPSONS (new
season)
8:30 PM - BLESS THE HARTS (new
season)
9:00 PM - BOB’S
BURGERS (new
season)
9:30 PM -
FAMILY GUY (new
season)
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