FOX Unveils Mid-Season Slate

LOS ANGELES: American Idol returns to FOX with a two-night season premiere January 12 and 13, while 24 debuts with a two-night, four-hour event January 17 and 18.

Immediately following American Idol on January 13, the new unscripted series Our Little Genius makes its entrance to the lineup. Also new to the FOX slate is the drama Human Target, which kicks off with a series preview on January 17 and airs its first episode on January 20.

FOX has also lined up a a special 450th episode of The Simpsons, for January 10. That episode will be followed by a one-hour retrospective documentary, The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special: in 3-D! on Ice!, presented by filmmaker Morgan Spurlock.

Chef Gordon Ramsay returns for a new season of Kitchen Nightmares on January 29. Past Life, a new drama series inspired by the book The Reincarnationist, makes its debut with a two-hour season premiere on February 11. The new family comedy Sons of Tucson is slated for March 14.

Lie To Me was just picked up for a full season, yet will not return to the FOX schedule until late spring.