Fox Fall Annotated--But No Schedule!

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Mark Jeffries

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May 16, 2022, 1:07:42 PM5/16/22
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As the "9-1-1" franchise and "The Resident" are still on the bubble, there is no fall schedule at Rupert TV's upfront that will be held later this afternoon. (although they claim they would be doing it even if those shows got renewed).  However, there are shows announced and here they are:

DRAMAS:
MONARCH--Delayed from mid-season, it's another country music soap, with Bernie bro Susan Sarandon and actual country star Trace Adkins playing a Johnny-and-June country music royal couple with lots of secrets and that well-known Irish s--tkicker Anna Friel playing the young upstart daughter who will do anything to take over the DIN-asty.  Completely Fox in-house.
ACCUSED--An Americanization of the BBC crime anthology from the defendant's point-of-view from "24" and "Homeland"'s creators and "House" creator David Shore.  Michael Chiklis stars in the pilot and will direct an episode, as will Marlee Matlin and Billy Porter (the Fox PR spells it "Billie," but I assume it's the Porter of "Pose").  Sony and Fox own the show.
ALERT--A procedural about the LA Police's Missing Persons Unit from the creator of "The Blacklist," with "Beat Shazam" host Jamie Foxx as trophy producer.  No stars announced, from Sony and Fox.

ANIMATED COMEDIES:
GRIMSBURG--Jon Hamm voices a hardened detective with a dysfunctional family in a small town.  He's one of the producers, from Fox-owned Bento Box.
KRAPOPOLIS--Dan Harmon's back on network television with a cartoon look at ancient Greece with Brit voice actors, including Richard Ayoade and Hannah Waddingham.  Ayoade is King Tyrannis, Waddingham's his mother Deliria, and other characters include Shlub, Stupendous and Hippocampus.  Bento Box is doing the animation and we'll see how long it will take for Harmon to start fighting with Fox.

UNSCRIPTED:
GORDON RAMSAY'S FOOD STARS--The face of Fox (next to Homer Simpson and D-list celebs wearing masks) adding another show to his other four current shows (I'm counting "MasterChef" and "MasterChef Junior" as two separate shows).  This time he's shouting at a group of business types trying to come up with new restaurant concepts.  From his company, which is now owned by Fox.

And there will be a four-night Christmas edition of "LEGO Masters."

Tomorrow, it's Disney/ABC, with Jimmy Kimmel's annual shower of middle fingers to the television industry.

Bob Jersey

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May 16, 2022, 5:25:02 PM5/16/22
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Renewed, both of'em.  Now I'll give'em a day or so to see if they'll keep their word on no times.

Mark Jeffries, in part, May 16th:

Bob Jersey

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Jun 6, 2022, 5:35:50 PM6/6/22
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Welp, they strung me out till today... (east/west)

MONDAY (beginning Sept 19th)
8:00-9:00 9-1-1
9:00-10:00 The Cleaning Lady
TUESDAY (beginning Sept 20th)
8:00-9:00 The Resident
9:00-10:00 Monarch (premieres after football Sept 11th, concludes 20th)
WEDNESDAY (beginning Sept 21st)
8:00-9:00 The Masked Singer
9:00-10:00 LEGO Masters
THURSDAY (beginning Sept 29th)
8:00-9:00 Hell's Kitchen
9:00-9:30 Welcome to Flatch
9:30-10:00 Call Me Kat
SUNDAY (beginning Sept 25th)
8:00-8:30 Simpsons
8:30-9:00 The Great North
9:00-9:30 Bob's Burgers
9:30-10:00 Family Guy
Smackdown remains on Friday. Thursday's débuts are delayed while they carry a college football special Sept 1st (Penn State at Purdue), Major League Baseball pennant-race games the 15th and 22nd, and TBA the 8th.

Mark Jeffries

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Jun 6, 2022, 8:27:32 PM6/6/22
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So "Call Me Kat" has been renewed.  Here come the calls to Michael Davies to give KenJen the permanent host job on "Jeopardy!"

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PGage

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Jun 7, 2022, 7:58:12 AM6/7/22
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Those calls have already been coming of course, though the renewal does offer a graceful way to end the embarrassing failed Mayim experiment.

My hypothesis is that she has already been told she will not be back; it may just be wishful thinking in my part, but I feel like her demeanor and body language in her most recent stint indicate an awareness that she has been canned. 

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Paul Murray

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Jun 7, 2022, 9:30:43 AM6/7/22
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I was going to say, in /r/Jeopardy some people were rooting for Call Me Kat's renewal earlier this year. "May it run for years," someone wrote.

I can't say that I disagree. She's okay, but Ken is so much better.

John Edwards

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Jun 8, 2022, 6:30:44 PM6/8/22
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I will actually be a little sad if the Jeopardy powers-that-be get rid of her, since I’ve come to enjoy the myriad ways her stylists tell us all each day that they hate her guts. 

John 

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Kevin M.

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Jun 8, 2022, 7:05:26 PM6/8/22
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On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 3:30 PM John Edwards <jedwa...@gmail.com> wrote:
I will actually be a little sad if the Jeopardy powers-that-be get rid of her, since I’ve come to enjoy the myriad ways her stylists tell us all each day that they hate her guts. 

Reminds me of Meghan McCain’s hairstylists on The View, who clearly disliked her in the meanest and nastiest of ways, and chose to express their hatred in visual, follicle terms. 

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PGage

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Jun 8, 2022, 9:59:35 PM6/8/22
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I dislike Bialik, but comparing her to Meghan McCain is an undeserved damnation that even I can not endorse.

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