Kaling’s comedy, “The Mindy Project,” (formerly known as “Mindy” and “It’s Messy”) will be paired with Fox’s comedy hit “New Girl” on Tuesdays, and new comedy “Ben and Kate” (formerly known as “Ned Fox is My Manny” — we know! Fox gets wacky with the title changes!) will be hammocked between “Raising Hope” and “New Girl” at 8:30. A third comedy, “The Goodwin Games” (from the executive producers of “How I Met Your Mother,” Carter Bays, Craig Thomas and Chris Harris) is scheduled to arrive in midseason.
As for the new dramas, “The Mob Doctor” will follow “Bones” on Mondays, with new thriller “The Following” — executive produced by Kevin Williamson, starring Kevin Bacon — sliding into the Monday night line-up in midseason. For details on Fox’s new shows, click here.
The public unveiling of these new series at the network’s Tuesday afternoon upfront presentation may have been somewhat eclipsed by the announcement that “Glee” is being bumped to one of the most competitive timeslots on the broadcast schedule: New episodes will air at 9pm Thursdays starting this fall. Midseason drama “Touch” will now be paired with “Fringe” on Friday nights.
According to a teleconference with reporters on Tuesday morning, the fourth season of “Glee” will feature a “show within a show,” with the plot following some of McKinley High’s graduates as they navigate a performing arts school in New York. Among the guest stars due to appear next year are Kate Hudson, who has signed on for a six-episode arc, and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Lastly, Fox executives confirmed the rumor circulating last week that Britney Spears and Demi Lovato will join L.A. Reid and Simon Cowell at the judges table on “The X Factor.” Yep, that’s really happening.
Cancelled series include “Alcatraz“, “Allen Gregory“, “Breaking In“, “The Finder“, “I Hate My Teenage Daughter“, “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Terra Nova” and “House.”
What follows is Fox’s complete fall schedule, taken from the network’s press release.
Monday
8pm “Bones”
9pm “The Mob Doctor” (New Series)
Tuesday
8pm “Raising Hope”
8:30pm “Ben and Kate” (New Series)
9pm “New Girl”
9:30pm “The Mindy Project” (New Series)
Wednesday
8pm “The X-Factor” (fall)/ “American Idol” (midseason)
Thursday
8pm ”The X-Factor: Results” (fall)/ “American Idol: Results” (midseason)
9pm “Glee”
Friday
8pm “Touch”
9pm “Fringe”
Saturday
7-10:30pm “Fox Sports Saturday” (fall)
Sunday
7:30pm “The OT”(fall)/”The Cleveland Show”
8pm “The Simpsons”
8:30pm “Bob’s Burgers”
9pm “Family Guy”
9:30pm “American Dad”
