Fox Premiere Dates: Scream Queens' Big Bow, Bones/Sleepy Combo Lands October Launch and More
Fox is the final broadcast network to unveil its fall premiere plan, and turns out Scream Queens star Emma Roberts left out a rather crucial detail when she revealed the show’s Sept. 22 premiere date on Twitter earlier this week: Ryan Murphy’s horror satire will launch with a two-hour episode.
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Elsewhere, Gotham is the first series out of the gate (Sept. 21, paired with new drama Minority Report), Empire (as previously reported) returns Sept. 23, and Thursday’s Bones/Sleepy Hollow combo platter launches on the late side (Oct. 1).
On deck for midseason: The X-Files, New Girl, the Grim Reaper-themed Lucifer (which will get a launch out of X-Files), the modern-day Frankenstein Code, the sitcom Guide to Surviving Life and Seth MacFarlane’s long-gestating animated comedy Bordertown. Returning reality series on the ’16 deck include Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader, Hell’s Kitchen, MasterChef and So You Think You Can Dance.
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All told, Fox’s fall roll-out looks like this…
SUNDAY, SEPT. 20
8 pm 67th Annual Primetime Emmys
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
8 pm Gotham
9 pm MINORITY REPORT (New)
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
8 pm SCREAM QUEENS (New)
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23
8 pm ROSEWOOD (New)
9 pm Empire
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SUNDAY, SEPT. 27
7:30 pm Bob’s Burgers
8 pm The Simpsons
8: 30 pm Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 The Last Man on Earth
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
8 pm GRANDFATHERED (New)
8:30 pm THE GRINDER (New)
9 pm SCREAM QUEENS (Regular timeslot premiere)
THURSDAY, OCT. 1
8 pm Bones
9 pm Sleepy Hollow
FRIDAY, Nov. 6
8 pm Masterchef Junior
9 pm World’s Funniest
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