The Strike is Over and Fox Plans to Air New Episodes!
With the WGA Strike over, FOX will now have additional scripted programming on the schedule beginning in March! New episodes of BONES, HOUSE, ‘TIL DEATH and BACK TO YOU will be added to the schedule as outlined below. Season finales for May are also included in this announcement.
The schedule for our Sunday animation block and Saturday late night are not yet firm and season finales for these shows will be announced soon. Please note that while 24 is going back into production, it is not anticipated to return until January 2009. This will position the series for the best possible success where the full 24 episodes can run without significant interruption.
MONDAYS
FOX will pair up BONES and HOUSE on Monday nights beginning April 21, and the schedule will include six weeks of original BONES (4/14-5/19) and four weeks of original HOUSE episodes (4/28 – 5/19)! This means CANTERBURY’S LAW will launch earlier than previously announced, airing Mondays at 8pm beginning March 10, leading into NEW AMSTERDAM.
CANTERBURY’S LAW will air for five weeks and will have its finale on April 7. On MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2008, from 9:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents the SEASON FINALE of NEW AMSTERDAM! (NOTE: The 2-hour finale of NEW AMSTERDAM previously announced for April 7 will be split into two separate hours, with the season finale now airing on APril 14 with an all-new BONES episode as a lead-in.)
WEDNESDAYS
FOX will add ORIGINAL episodes of ‘TIL DEATH and BACK TO YOU beginning APRIL 16 for five Wednesday nights in April and May, leading into AMERICAN IDOL! And AMERICAN IDOL’s biggest night, the 2-hour season finale announcing this year’s winner, will be on the last Wednesday of the sweep, May 21! (NOTE: MOMENT OF TRUTH will now air on Wednesdays at 8pm through April 2, and will then come off the schedule until it returns as previously announced on Thursday, June 12.)
THURSDAYS
DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS will have its season finale on Thursday, May 8. On THURSDAY, MAY 15, 2008, from 8:00-10:00pm (ET/PT), FOX presents a 2-HOUR season finale of ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?
SATURDAYS
FOX will move the 1-hour encore of COPS: 20 YEARS CAUGHT ON TAPE to Saturday, April 5, the night of the NCAA Final Four on CBS. COPS will now be in originals at 8:00pm throughout March, and on 4/19, 4/26 and 5/17 where no NASCAR is scheduled in primetime. Because original COPS and AMW episodes will continue into June and July, there is no formal season finale for these two series.
RECAP
MONDAYS
Mondays, beginning March 10: 8:00pm, CANTERBURY’S LAW (Series premiere), 9:00pm NEW AMSTERDAM
Monday, April 7: 8:00pm, CANTERBURY’S LAW (Season finale), 9:00pm NEW AMSTERDAM
Monday, April 14: 8:00pm, BONES, 9:00pm NEW AMSTERDAM (Season finale)
Mondays, beginning April 21: 8:00pm, BONES (Season finale on 5/19), 9:00pm HOUSE (Season finale)
WEDNESDAYS
Wednesdays, beginning April 16: 8:00pm, TIL DEATH (Season finale on 5/14), 8:30pm BACK TO YOU (Season finale on 5/14), 9:00pm AMERICAN IDOL (1-HR Results shows)
Wednesday, May 21: 8:00pm, AMERICAN IDOL (2-HR Season finale)
THURSDAYS
Thursday, May 8: 8:00pm, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER?, 9:00pm DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS (Season finale)
Thursday, May 15: 8:00pm ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5TH GRADER? (2-HR Season finale)
SATURDAYS
Saturday, March 29: 8:00pm, COPS, 8:30pm, COPS (R), 9:00pm AMW, 11:00pm MAD TV, 12:00mid TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN
Saturday, April 5: 8:00pm, COPS: 20 YEARS CAUGHT ON TAPE (1 HOUR), 9:00pm, AMW
11:00pm MAD TV, 12:00mid TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN.
