Fox Unveils Midseason Plans

Fox has unveiled its programming plans for January and beyond. The network will feature four new series (game show Our Little Genius, dramas Human Target and Past Life and sitcom Sons of Tucson); plus the return of American Idol, 24 and Kitchen Nightmares; new time periods for Glee and The Cleveland Show; and a full-season order for sophomore drama Lie to Me. American Idol returns on Tuesday, Jan. 12 with a two-hour installment, followed by its Wednesday 8 p.m. time period opener one night later. Leading out of American Idol on Wednesday, Jan. 13 is the premiere of Our Little Genius from Mark Burnett at 9 p.m. Effective on Tuesday, Jan. 19, Our Little Genius bows at 9 p.m. out of American Idol, and is scheduled there until Glee moves into the hour on April 13. Drama Human Target opens on Wednesday, Jan. 20 at 9 p.m. out of Idol. See below for new program descriptions. Veteran 24 will kick off season eight with a two-hour episode on Sunday, Jan. 17 at 8 p.m., followed by another two-hour installment one night later on Monday, Jan. 18. Effective on Jan. 25, 24 airs Mondays at 9 p.m. out of House. Current Thursday 9 p.m. occupant Fringe will take two-month rest following the Feb. 4 telecast, returning on April 1. Filling the time period will be new drama Past Life, which opens with a two-hour episode on Thursday, Feb. 11 at 8 p.m. Fridays, meanwhile, will feature encore telecasts of Bones at 8 p.m. into Dollhouse, which concludes on Jan. 22. Effective Friday, Jan. 29 will be repeats of House into the return of Kitchen Nightmares. Saturday, of course, will remain unchanged care of veteran Cops and America’s Most Wanted. But Sunday will feature a new sitcom, Sons of Tucson, out of The Simpsons at 8:30 p.m. beginning on March 14. Current occupant The Cleveland Show will move to 9:30 p.m. in place of American Dad (which is expected to air earlier in the evening). Also returning at a later time on Fox will be Lie To Me and ‘Til Death. Here is the Fox midseason lineup (with new shows in caps), followed by the new program descriptions. Monday8:00 p.m. House9:00 p.m. 24 (effective on Jan. 25) Tuesday8:00 p.m. American Idol9:00 p.m. OUR LITTLE GENIUS (effective on Jan. 19), Glee beginning on April 13 Wednesday8:00 p.m. American Idol9:00 p.m. HUMAN TARGET (effective on Jan. 20) Thursday8:00 p.m. Bones9:00 p.m. Fringe (PAST LIFE effective on Jan. 18) Friday8:00 p.m. Bones R (repeats of House effective on Jan. 29)9:00 p.m. Dollhouse (Kitchen Nightmares effective on Jan. 29) Saturday8:00 p.m. Cops9:00 p.m. America’s Most Wanted Sunday7:00 p.m. TBD7:30 p.m. TBD8:00 p.m. The Simpsons8:30 p.m. The Cleveland Show (SONS OF TUCSON effective on March 14)9:00 p.m. Family Guy9:30 p.m. American Dad (The Cleveland Show effective on March 14) New Program Descriptions Human Target Based on the DC Comics property, a private detective and bodyguard named Christopher Chance (Mark Valley) operates by impersonating his clients in order to eliminate threats to his boss. Jackie Earle Haley and Chi McBride (Pushing Daisies) also star. Our Little Genius Kids ages 6 to 12 answer increasingly difficult questions in their topic of expertise, while their parents can choose to walk away with the accumulated cash at any time. Past Life A psychologist with a specialty in reincarnation and past life regression therapy teams up with a cynical former NYPD detective to resolve people’s present day problems by exploring past life issues. Kelli Giddish, Nick Bishop, Ravi Patel and Richard Schiff (The West Wing) star. Sons of Tucson Three teenage brothers higher a seemingly nice, but misguided man to pretend to be their father after their real Dad is sent to prison for a white collar crime. Davis Cleveland, Frank Dolce, Troy Gentile, Tyler Labine and Natalie Martinez star.

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