The Fox network unveiled a prime-time schedule on Monday that includes sweeping changes and — like the schedules expected from its network competitors — a copious injection of new programming.
Fox is adding 12 new series, to be spread throughout the season in the latest network effort to maintain a mostly original schedule from September to May.
The network is adding five comedies, four dramas, an animated show, a reality show and something Fox had billed as an “event series,” and later revealed would be a limited return of the antiterrorism drama “24,” including its star, Kiefer Sutherland. The show would return in mid-May and run through the summer.
Other stars filling the casts of the new season include names like Andy Samberg, Andre Braugher, Greg Kinnear, Matt Dillon and Seth Green.
Fox will try to shore up a lackluster Tuesday night of comedy with new entries, “Dads,” which features Mr. Green and Giovanni Ribisi as young, single men trying to cope with living with their fathers, and “Brooklyn Nine-Nine,” which stars Mr. Samberg and Mr. Braugher as two incompatible city cops.
The network, which has scored before with science fiction, has two new entries in the genre. “Almost Human,” from the producer J.J. Abrams, is about a police force in the future that works with lifelike robots, and “Sleepy Hollow,” which brings Ichabod Crane back to life to save humanity.
Mr. Kinnear will play a self-destructive lawyer in “Rake.”
The so-called event series is “Wayward Pines,” which is set for early 2014. Mr. Dillon plays a Secret Service officer trying to unravel the mysterious deaths of two agents. Presumably it will be a closed-end case that will come to a conclusion, making it akin to many cable series.
The new animated show, “Murder Police,” tracks the adventures of an inept cop, while the new reality entry, “Junior Masterchef,” is a cook-off among child chefs.
The Fox prime-time lineup will change substantially at midseason. Here is the schedule, with new shows in italics:
MONDAY
8:00-9:00
Bones (fall) / Almost Human (new; late fall)
9:00-10:00
Sleepy Hollow (new; fall) / The Following (midseason)
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30
Dads (new)
8:30-9:00
Brooklyn Nine-Nine (new)
9:00-9:30
New Girl
9:30-10:00
The Mindy Project
WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00
The X Factor (fall) / American Idol (midseason)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00
The X Factor Results (fall) / American Idol Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00
Glee (fall) / Rake (new; midseason)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00
Junior Masterchef (new; fall)
9:00-10:00
Sleepy Hollow (new; fall)
FRIDAY (Late Fall)
8:00-9:00
Bones
9:00-9:30
Raising Hope
9:30-10:00
Enlisted (new)
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30
Fox Sports Saturday
11:00-12:30
Animation Domination High-Def
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30
N.F.L. Game (fall)
7:30-8:00
The OT (fall)
8:00-8:30
The Simpsons
8:30-9:00
Bob’s Burgers
9:00-9:30
Family Guy
9:30-10:00
American Dad
Article source: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/14/business/media/foxs-new-schedule-tries-to-shore-up-tuesdays-comedy-lineup.html?partner=rss&emc=rss