FOX Adds Four Dramas, Three Comedies, Three Unscripted Shows

NEW YORK, May 17: The 2007-2008 FOX schedule unveiled today
features four new dramas, three new comedies and three new unscripted series.

The shows renewed for the season are 24—ordered for another two editions—American
Dad, American Idol, America’s Most Wanted: America Fights
Back, Are You Smarter than a 5th
Grader?, Bones, Cops,
Family Guy, House, King Of The Hill, Prison Break, The Simpsons and ‘Til
Death.

“This is the most stable and most vibrant schedule ever
presented by FOX,” said Peter Liguori, the president of entertainment at the
FOX Broadcasting Company, “one that is sure to help us secure our fourth
consecutive season as the No. 1 network in key demos. We’ll have a balanced
schedule across the week, and we expect a significantly stronger fourth
quarter. And in early 2008, 24 and American
Idol, along with unprecedented sporting
events in primetime—including the Super Bowl on February 3—will
allow us to launch additional series and position ourselves for another
dominant season.”

Liguori continued: “We’ll have returning shows on six nights
in the fall and every night of the week come January. We’re introducing new
series that are distinctive, compelling, and which have impressive auspices.
New series will be paired with returning hits to create a balanced,
competitive, solid schedule.”

In the fall, Prison Break returns to its Monday, 8 p.m. slot, leading into K-Ville, from 20th Century Fox Television. It stars Anthony
Anderson and Cole Hauser as police officers in post-Katrina New Orleans. In
January, K-Ville moves to the 8
p.m. slot while 24 returns for
its seventh season. Prison Break
comes back to the schedule in the spring.

Tuesdays kick off in the fall with the new show New
Amsterdam, followed by the returning House. Regency Television’s New Amsterdam is the first American television project from
Oscar-nominated director/producer Lasse Hallström, featuring newcomer Nikolaj
Coster Waldau as a New York City homicide detective. In January, American
Idol will return to its 8 p.m. home, with New
Amsterdam moving to Friday.

On Wednesdays, Back to You is paired with ‘Til Death
in the 8-9 p.m. hour, followed by the returning Bones. Back to You is from 20th Century Fox Television and executive producers Steven
Levitan and Christopher Lloyd. It is set at a TV news station in Pittsburgh,
stars Emmy Award winners Patricia Heaton and Kelsey Grammer and is directed by
James Burrows. In January, Bones
moves to Friday to make room for American Idol at 9 p.m. In the spring, The Return of
Jezebel James bumps ‘Til Death to 9:30 p.m., following the American Idol results show at 9 p.m. The Return of
Jezebel James is a sister comedy starring
Parker Posey and Lauren Ambrose, from Gilmore Girls creator Amy Sherman-Palladino.

Thursdays are all reality, with Are You Smarter Than a 5th
Grader and Kitchen Nightmares with Gordon Ramsay. In the spring, Ramsay makes way
for the new drama Canterbury’s Law
from Sony Pictures Television, executive producers Denis Leary and Jim Serpico,
writer Dave Erickson, and director Mike Figgis. It stars Julianna Margulies as
a rebellious female defense attorney who’s willing to bend the law in order to
protect the wrongfully accused.

Fridays in the fall begin with The Search for the Next
American Band leading into Nashville. The Search for the Next American Band is from the producers of American Idol. Nashville, from the producers of Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County, is an unscripted docu-soap chronicling a group of
ambitious young people trying to make their mark on the Nashville music
industry. In the spring, drama returns to Friday night with Bones and New Amsterdam.

Saturdays remain unchanged with two episodes of Cops followed by America’s Most Wanted: America
Fights Back. And Sundays remain committed
to adult animation, with two hours featuring The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy and American Dad. In the
spring, the animation block moves up an hour, to 8 p.m., making room for The
Sarah Connor Chronicles from 9 p.m. to 10
p.m. From Warner Bros. Television, it is a new drama based on the celebrated
heroine of the Terminator movies.

A spring launch is planned for The Rules For Starting
Over (20th Century Fox Television), the
Farrelly Brothers’ comedic take on a group of 30-somethings trying to find true
love the second time around.