Fox Reveals 2016 Winter Schedule, Lots of Midseason Changes
Fox has unveiled its schedule for the upcoming winter TV season, and it's full of returning favorites, series debuts, and lots of timeslot switcheroos.
"American Idol" will be back for its final season with a two-night premiere on January 6 and January 7, bumping "Sleepy Hollow" from Thursdays to Fridays. "Bones," meanwhile, is missing from the schedule entirely, though we're guessing that Fox is holding out on assigning it a new timeslot until it sees how its freshman shows fare (and whether or not they get yanked, opening up a hole for "Bones" to fill). "The Last Man on Earth" is in a similar situation, we assume, and is off the schedule for now.
"New Girl," which was held for midseason to accommodate star Brooklyn Nine-Nine" switching from Sunday to Tuesday (its original night when it debuted in 2013), and both "The Grinder" and "Grandfathered" moving to new Tuesday slots to allow for that shift.
The complete Fox winter 2015 schedule is below.
SUNDAY, JAN. 3
8 pm The Simpsons
8:30 pm COOPER BARRETT'S GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE (Series premiere)
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 pm BORDERTOWN (Series premiere)
MONDAY, JAN. 4
8 pm SUPERHUMAN (Two-hour special)
TUESDAY, JAN. 5
8 pm New Girl (Season premiere)
8:30 pm Grandfathered
9 pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:30 pm The Grinder
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 6
8 pm American Idol (Two-hour season premiere, part 1)
THURSDAY, JAN. 7
8 pm American Idol (Two-hour season premiere, part 2)
FRIDAY, JAN. 8
8 pm Masterchef Junior (Two-hour winter premiere)
SUNDAY, JAN. 10
7:30 pm Bob's Burgers (Winter premiere)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 13
8 pm American Idol
9 pm SECOND CHANCE (Series premiere)
FRIDAY, JAN. 15
8 pm MasterChef Junior
9 pm Hell's Kitchen (Season premiere)
SUNDAY, JAN. 24
10 pm THE X-FILES (Season premiere, part 1)
MONDAY, JAN. 25
8 pm THE X-FILES (Season premiere, part 2)
9 pm LUCIFER (Series premiere)
SUNDAY, JAN. 31
7 pm GREASE: LIVE
FRIDAY, FEB. 5
8 pm Sleepy Hollow (Spring premiere)
9 pm Hell's Kitchen
MONDAY, FEB. 29
8 pm Gotham (Spring premiere)
9 pm Lucifer
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2
8 pm Rosewood (Spring premiere)
9 pm Second Chance
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30
8 pm Rosewood
9 pm Empire (Spring premiere)
[via: TVLine]
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