FOX Fall 2007 Primetime Schedule

SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. – Football Overruns
7:30 p.m. – The Winner (new time)
8:00 p.m. – ‘Til Death (new time)
8:30 p.m. – The Simpsons (new time)
9:00 p.m. – Family Guy
9:30 p.m. – American Dad

MONDAY
8:00 p.m. – Action News (new comedy series)
8:30 p.m. – The Return Of Jezebel James (new comedy series)
9:00 p.m. – The Rules Of Starting Over (new comedy series)
9:30 p.m. – The Minister Of Devine (new comedy series)

TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. – House (new time)
9:00 p.m. – Supreme Courtships (new drama series)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. – Bones
9:00 p.m. – Prison Break (new time)

THURSDAY
8:00 p.m. – Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
9:00 p.m. – K-Ville (new drama series)

FRIDAY
8:00 p.m. – The Wedding Bells (new time)
9:00 p.m. – Them (new drama series)

SATURDAY
8:00 p.m. – Cops
9:00 p.m. – America's Most Wanted

Midseason:
-American Idol
-24
-On The Lot
-Company Man
-Hackett
-Animals

Here's some scenarios I came up with for fall - a mix of what I think will happen and what I think should happen. With a few exceptions, I've gone with categories of the type of comedy/drama I think will be in a certain slot as opposed to picking specific pilots (so difficult when you haven't seen them).

FOX

I think I struggled the most with FOX's due to Idol, wondering if it should stay Tues-Wed or go Wed-Thurs. Ultimately I decided to stay Tues-Wed, though fall’s successes/failures could change that.

FALL SUN 7: Football Overrun
8: The Simpsons
8:30: COMEDY A
9: Family Guy
9:30: American Dad

WINTER 7: COMEDY A OR ENCORES
7:30: American Dad or King of the Hill
8: The Simpsons
8:30: COMEDY A
9: Family Guy
9:30: COMEDY A
COMEDY A LIST: Possible returnees The Winner & The War at Home; Pilots: Hackett, The Life & Times of Tim, Animals, Me & Lee, Playing Chicken, Two Dreadful Children, The Beast, Untitled Rob Roy, Skyler's Revolution
NOTE: I’ve always thought FOX should split up it’s comedies and move a few to a different night, especially if King of the Hill

FALL MON 8: Prison Break
9: DRAMA A
WINTER 8: DRAMA A/ Prison Break (split to finish seasons)
9: 24
DRAMA A LIST: Them, The Sarah Conner Chronicles, Company Man
NOTE: Prison Break used to help launch a new show, with Drive a potential spoiler if it does well.

FALL TUES 8: DRAMA B
9: House
WINTER 8: American Idol
9: House
DRAMA B LIST: Nurses, Supreme Courtships, Canterbury's Law, The Cure
NOTE: House will likely do about three episodes at 8 before moving to 9, as it did with Standoff.

FALL WED 8: Action News
8:30: COMEDY B
9: Til Death
9:30 COMEDY B
WINTER 8: Action News
8:30: Til Death
9: Idol results
9:30 COMEDY B
COMEDY B LIST: The Return of Jezebel James, The Rules for Starting Over, The Minister of Divine, The Hot Years, Revenge, Two Families, Untitled Fuller & Young, Untitled Victor Fresno
NOTE: I may have Action News and Til Death flipped, but I think these will be the two anchors until Idol returns. Though I was initially reluctant to move Bones [and also think it's possible this will end up on Mondays with Prison Break to Thursdays], it's clear that FOX is aggressively pursuing mainstream comedies. With Action News already committed to and many other comedy pilots ordered, but NBC comedies on Thursdays and CBS comedies on Mondays, that left Tues or Wed. House is too big to move, so Bones gets the challenge.

THURS 8: Bones
9: DRAMA C
DRAMA C List: K-Ville, The Apostles, New Amsterdam
NOTE: Though it would be difficult to launch a new drama, I would expect FOX to pick something similar to Bones in tone or in the same genre if they do - which is tought against CSI, so perhaps not.

FALL FRI 8: King of the Hill
8:30: COMEDY A [War at Home or Winner most likely]
9: Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
WINTER: The comedies, unless successful here, move back to Sundays post-football or to hiatusville. If one of the dramas tanks, especially whatever ends up on Thursdays at 9, 5th Grader could easily move to that slot, or it might stay here. Shows displaced by Idol could end up here, or Trading Spouses/Nanny 911 could return.

Saturday remains the same with Cops, AMW, MadTV

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By the way, if any network execs or magazine/newspaper/Internet editors like my intuition and insight, I'm looking for a new job with the communications degree and writing experience to back it up. And if you don't like my ideas, well, we're all entitled to our opinions and a small-market commercial copywriter I will remain.

I hope FOX picks up Company Man, I think it would be a good show.

I hope "Drive" stays around. I love that show!!!

YAY for more House. . i wish we could get more .. too bad a spin off would never work because the one character makes the whole show

Ok this is what I'm thinking Fox should do to make each night strong while maintaining stability and fludity.

Monday
8:00 Prison Break
9:00 The Sarah Connor Chronicles
24 Returns midseason at 9:00 with Chronicles moving to 8:00

Tuesday
8:00 House
9:00 Supreme Courtships

Wednesday
8:00 The Winner
8:30 Til' Death
9:00 Back to You (AKA Action News)
9:30 The Minister of Divine
Midseason: American Idol returns at 8:00

Thursday
8:00 Are you Smarter Than a 5th Grader
9:00 Trading Spouses/Nanny 911
Midseason: American Idol Results show at 9:00

Friday
8:00 Bones
9:00 K-Ville

Saturday
8:00 Cops
9:00 America's Most Wanted

Sunday
7:00 Football Overrun
7:30 Comedy Encores
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Animals
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 American Dad
Midseason: The entire schedule shifts to one hour earlier and then The Winner and Til' Death at 9:00 and 9:30