Fox’s primetime schedule for the 2024-2025 broadcast season is going to look dramatically different from its 2023-2024 lineup. The network’s diving back into scripted comedies and dramas with the addition of Rescue: HI-Surf, starring Robbie Magasiva and Arielle Kebbel, and Doc starring Molly Parker. Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk star in the new psychological drama Murder in a Small Town, and Denis Leary headlines the live-action comedy Going Dutch.
Fox is also adding the animated comedy Universal Basic Guys, from Adam and Craig Malamut, about brothers Mark and Hank Hoagies who lose their jobs to automation. The network’s already given their latest animated offering a second season order.
“With Universal Basic Guys, the Hoagies brothers join FOX’s iconic lineup of undaunted, irreverent, and absurdly outrageous characters,” said Michael Thorn, President of Scripted Programming, FOX Entertainment. “It’s what defines the FOX animation brand, and from episode one of this terrific new comedy, Adam and Craig Malamut turn the Hoagies’ everyday life on its head in such an original way that we immediately ordered a second season.”
Fox’s upcoming schedule will also include the new survival competition series Extracted.
Returning series include 9-1-1: Lone Star, Accused, Alert: Missing Persons Unit, The Cleaning Lady, Animal Control, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy, The Great North, Grimsburg, Krapopolis, and The Simpsons. Crime Scene Kitchen, The Floor, Hell’s Kitchen, LEGO Masters, The Masked Singer, MasterChef, Name That Tune, Next Level Chef, and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test are also returning with new seasons.
“With outstanding original ideas and world-class talent across both new series and returning favorites, FOX’s 2024-25 schedule is filled with unexpected, unforgettable entertainment in every genre,” said FOX Entertainment CEO Rob Wade. “Great creative is the center of all we do, and that is reflected in next season’s lineup, as is our ability to attract so many of the industry’s finest storytellers.”
FOX FALL 2024 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM – 9-1-1: Lonestar
9:00-10:00 PM – Rescue: HI-Surf (new series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM – Accused
9:00-10:00 PM – Murder in a Small Town (new series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM – The Masked Singer
9:00-10:00 PM – The Floor
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM – Hell’s Kitchen
9:00-10:00 PM – Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FRIDAY
8:00 PM-CC ET/5:00 PM-CC PT – FOX College Football Friday/FOX College Hoops/FOX UFL
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM – Fox Sports 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 – Universal Basic Guys
9:00-9:30 PM – Bob’s Burgers
9:30-10:00 PM – Krapopolis
Fox’s New Series Descriptions
RESCUE HI-SURF – From prolific, award-winning executive producer/director John Wells and executive producer/writer Matt Kester, pulse-pounding Hawaii lifeguard drama Rescue: HI-Surf follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world. Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
The series stars Robbie Magasiva, Arielle Kebbel, Adam Demos, Kekoa Kekumano, Alex Aiono, and Zoe Cipres. In addition, Sea Shimooka, Shawn Hatosy, and Ian Anthony Dale will appear in recurring roles.
DOC – Based on the globally acclaimed Italian series, Doc — Nelle tue mani, which was created and is produced by Lux Vide, a Fremantle Company, and featured Simona Tabasco and Beatrice Grannò of The White Lotus, FOX’s Doc is a new medical drama starring Molly Parker as the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis. After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away. She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.
The series also stars Omar Metwally, Amirah Vann, Jon Ecker, and Anya Banerjee. Scott Wolf and Patrick Walker will recur in featured roles.
MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN – Based on the Edgar Award-winning, nine-book Karl Alberg series by acclaimed novelist L.R. Wright, and starring Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore. Kreuk stars as Cassandra, a local librarian who becomes Alberg’s muse, foil and romantic interest.
Mya Lowe, Savonna Spracklin, Aaron Douglas, and Fritzy-Klevans Destine recur in the series, which also features special guest stars James Cromwell, Stana Katic, and Paula Patton.
GOING DUTCH – From executive producers Denis LearY, Jack Leary, and Joel Church-Cooper, and starring Denis Leary, single-camera comedy Going Dutch centers on an arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel, who, after an epically unfiltered rant, is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world. After serving with distinction in every warzone of the last three decades, he now finds himself in charge of a base with no guns, no weapons, and no tactical purpose. Instead, it has a Michelin-star-level commissary, top-notch bowling alley and the best (and only) fromagerie in the U.S. Army.
Surrounded by a diverse group of underdogs, the colonel tries to reinstall military discipline and professionalism with the help of the base’s previous interim leader, who just happens to be his estranged daughter.
UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS – From creators Adam and Craig Malamut, animated comedy Universal Basic Guys centers on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies, who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program. Now, they’re using their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they’re no longer needed.
EXTRACTED – Extracted is a groundbreaking new survival competition series, in which, for the first time ever, the contestants are not in charge of their destiny.
THE REAL FULL MONTY SPECIAL – Inspired by the beloved, award-winning 1997 film, FOX’s The Real Full Monty is an all-new two-hour special in which a daring group of male celebrities volunteer to bare all to raise awareness for prostate and testicular cancer testing and research. The event features Anthony Anderson, Taye Diggs, the NFL’s Chris Jones, Tyler Posey, Bruno Tonioli and James Van Der Beek. FOX’s all-new special is based on the international unscripted format with hit versions in the U.K., France and The Netherlands. The Real Full Monty will be co-produced by Spun Gold TV and FOX Alternative Entertainment.
During the two-hour special, The Real Full Monty’s male celebrity talent will train and rehearse for the most revealing performance of their careers, culminating with a big strip-tease dance, choreographed by Emmy Award-winner Mandy Moore, in front of a live audience. Leading up the final disrobing, the men will push their limits of comfortability, modesty, and brotherhood with a series of rehearsals and experiences, both private and public, designed to build confidence and remove them far from their comfort zone and strengthen their bond as a group. Along the way, each of the celebrities will share their personal stories of how cancer has impacted their lives.
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