FUTURE ON FOX

You thought our Fall was tremendous? You haven’t seen January…

We’re starting big on Sunday, January 17th with a huge (we’re talking extended) night.

The new show HUMAN TARGET premieres at 8/7c on January 17th. It’s followed by the 2-hour premiere of 24 Season Eight, which starts at 9/8c.  That’s right — it ends at 11pm (10c)!

Then we’ve got new shows PAST LIFE and SONS OF TUCSON.

Here’s the changes to the schedule beginning in January and running through the Spring:

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL Performance Show
9:00-10:00 PM PAST LIFE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL Results Show
9:00-10:00 PM HUMAN TARGET (January) / GLEE (spring)

THURSDAY (same as Fall)

FRIDAY (same as Fall)

SATURDAY (same as Fall)

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES
7:30-8:00 PM AMERICAN DAD
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM SONS OF TUCSON
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW

When do your favorite shows come back and where are the new ones? Here’s the brand-spanking new schedule, starting this Fall!

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM LIE TO ME

TUESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Performance Show

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Results Show
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE

FRIDAY
8:00-8:30 PM BROTHERS
8:30-9:00 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:00-10:00 PM DOLLHOUSE

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED
11:00 PM-Midnight THE WANDA SYKES SHOW (working title)
Midnight-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION ENCORES

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM THE OT (NFL post-game)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD

We’ve been telling you about our pilots. We’ve kept you in the loop on shows already on the air. What will happen next season? That will be answered on Monday, May 18th when FOX announces its new schedule for the fall.

Here’s some definites:

• Fringe and Lie to Me are both returning for their second seasons.
• The Cleveland Show begins this fall.
• After its Preview Event on May 19th, Glee premieres in the fall.

All other new shows, season premiere dates for returning shows and nightly schedules for the Fall will be officially revealed on May 18th. We’re excited to show you what we have in store!

Kanye West was looking forward to watching the upcoming The Cleveland Show, so they hired him!

He’ll be voicing the not-so-famous rapper “Kenny West” alongside the recently Oscar-nominated Taraji P. Henson, who’s also a guest voice. Their episode will air next season, after Cleveland’s premiere this fall.

See a picture of ‘Ye and Taraji at the Cleveland read-through and more in People.

UPDATE: “Kenny West” is an all-around cool kid and the archenemy of Cleveland Jr. The two will engage in a “rap battle” for the affection of high school hottie “Chanel” (voiced by Henson).

“FOX picking up nine more episodes of our show is proof that an African-American can make it in this country,” said Cleveland Brown. “This is a milestone for the United States of America.”

As if this wasn’t enough of a political statement, the show also announced that Arianna Huffington will be a recurring voice role.

Buddy TV has FG spoilers:

Because any adventure with Brian and Stewie is always immensely popular, the duo will also be transported back to 1939 Poland for an episode. Let the inappropriate Nazi jokes commence!

TV Squad has pix as well as these tidbits:

Upcoming episodes will feature: A new dog in the Griffin house that is always happy, which will make Brian leave… a takeoff on the ‘Sliders’ premise with Stewie and Brian traveling to different parallel universes.

James Woods will be returning for Family Guy sometime this season.

EW.com’s PopWatch has scoop on Cleveland:

Leaving the series, however, is (Mike) Henry’s Cleveland, who moves to his hometown of Stoolbend, Va., to reconnect with his high-school sweetheart to, as Henry put it, “form a Black Brady Bunch.” MacFarlane noted that he’ll also have a voice role in that series, as the father in a bear family that lives on Cleveland’s street. What does the bear sound like? Polish (we think).

THR’s The Live Feed on Star Wars/FG:

MacFarlane says that the followed up to “Blue Harvest,” an “Empire Strikes Back” parody, is nearly finished. The episode probably won’t air until spin-off “Cleveland” starts mid-season. As for what other property he’d like to parody: “Not to marginalize myself, but if Paramount would let us do ‘Wrath of Khan’ … if we could do ‘Sound of Music,’ we would do that… [’Star Wars’ worked] because our audience generally knows that movie word-for-word.”

TV Squad has more on the Star Wars ep:

Mike Henry and Richard Appel were asked if there was going to be any crossover between Family Guy and The Cleveland Show. Along with MacFarlane, they said no, though Seth said he’ll bring Cleveland back to be R2D2 in his Empire Strikes Back parody.

Quoting the press release about new cast:

Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long and Kevin Michael Richardson join the cast of THE CLEVELAND SHOW.

The series follows everyone’s favorite soft-spoken neighbor CLEVELAND BROWN (voiced by Mike Henry) to his hometown in Virginia, as he settles down with his high school sweetheart, DONNA (voiced by Lathan), her unruly kids and his 14 year-old son, CLEVELAND JR.

As Cleveland settles into his new life with Donna, there are a few surprises in store for him including a rebellious new stepdaughter, ROBERTA (voiced by Long); a 5-year-old stepson who loves the ladies; as well as a collection of neighbors that includes a loudmouth redneck, LESTER (voiced by Richardson), a British family seemingly stuck in the Victorian era and a family of bears.

UPDATE: Roberts is now voiced by Reagan Gomez.

“…Beads!?”

So. FOX Upfronts. By now you’ve probably heard that we’ve got a few tiny shows by some little known TV show creators. Some guy named Ahems and some dude named Whesdon? Wheredon? Whedon?

Aaah, you know who I’m talking about. J.J. “Entertainment Thunder” Abrams and Joss “Entertainment Lightning” Whedon. When the gates opened after our Upfronts on Thursday afternoon, the internet went cray-zay. Crazy to the point of breach of contract.

First, let’s not overlook the FOX line-ups for 2008 and 2009. We’re bringing you nine new shows, and several of them from the best minds in the industry (read: Seth MacFarlane’s The Cleveland Show, and Mitch Hurwitz’s Sit Down Shut Up). Take a look at our 2008/09 Upfronts page to see trailers for the new shows and see which of your favorite shows are coming back.

“Bees!”

Fringe and Dollhouse are going to be amazing. I’ve never seen so many fansites light up so quickly once the news and details of these two shows arrived. Video clips for both shows are out in the webiverse now, so go get yourself some Thunder and Lighting pie and tell us what you think.

And then add that our network captain, Peter Liguori, wants to give you Dollhouse and Fringe with FEWER commercials.

There’s so much to say, and so much more to come. I don’t want to burn you out just yet.

“…I don’t think G.O.B.’s on board…”