Fox Announces Post-Strike Schedule

Fox has ordered additional episodes of the dramas House and Bones and the multicamera comedies Back to You and Til Death to air in the spring and beyond. The order for Back to You and Til Death is said to be for eight episodes, some of them expected to air in early August. House will produce four new episodes, while Bones will make six fresh segments and might get a supersized order for next season. Also returning to production are the animated comedies American Dad! Family Guy and The Simpsons, as well as the real-time drama 24, which won’t premiere until January.

Fox also has revised its midseason premiere dates and slots for some of its scripted series. Fox’s fall Tuesday lineup of Bones and House will move to Mondays. Bones will return with originals at 8 p.m. April 14. House will move to the Monday 9 p.m. period April 21, resuming originals the following Monday.

The two unaired original episodes of the Kelsey Grammer starrer Back to You produced before the strike were slated to air behind 90-minute Tuesday editions of American Idol on February 26 and March 25. They will now run Feb. 26 and 27 at 9:30 p.m., following the “Idol” results show. The post-Idol slot March 25 will go to a newly produced episode of the Brad Garrett starrer Till Death, which received a big ratings boost from its run behind Idol last year. The two comedies will return to their fall Wednesday 8-9 p.m. period April 16 but will switch slots – Til Death at 8 p.m. and Back to You at 8:30 p.m.

The new drama New Amsterdam will keep its launch schedule of two previews after Idol on March 4 and March 6 before settling into its regular 9 p.m. Monday slot March 10. However, fellow midseason drama Canterbury’s Law, previously slotted to replace “Amsterdam” in the 9 p.m. Monday slot, will now air in tandem with it. “Canterbury’s” will debut March 10 in the 8 p.m. Monday berth.