June 15th, 2009 | 0 Comments
Fox has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. The 2009-2010 season will kick off Wednesday, September 16 with the sixth season premiere of So You Think You Can Dance (8:00 PM/ET), followed by the highly anticipated series premiere of Glee (9:00 PM/ET), the biting new comedy for the underdog in all of us that features a soundtrack of hit songs from past and present. On Thursday, September 17, fan favorite Bones (8:00 PM/ET) and the second thrilling season of Fringe (9:00 PM/ET) return. Brothers, the new family comedy starring Michael Strahan, premieres Friday, September 18 (8:00 PM/ET) followed by the return of ‘Til Death (8:30 PM/ET) and the second season premiere of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse (9:00 PM/ET).
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March 27th, 2009 | 16 Comments
Fox announced the return of So You Think You Can Dance, another season of Hell’s Kitchen and a new scripted psych ward drama called Mental for this summer. The lineup launches in late May. Fox is also rolling out Don’t Forget the Lyrics and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader.
So You Think You Can Dance has a two-night four-hour premiere starting Thursday, May 21 and Wednesday, May 27. Once auditions conclude, two-hour weekly performance shows will air Wednesdays at 8 pm with one-hour results shows on Thursdays at 9 pm. Hell’s Kitchen is airing back-to-back installments this year, and will return with a two-hour debut on Tuesday, July 21 at 8 pm Mental will air Fridays at 9 pm, debuting May 22.
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November 7th, 2007 | 0 Comments
Fox’s revised 2008 schedule kicks off January 13 and 14 with the series premiere of Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles continues on the 15th with the two-night return of American Idol. TV Guide Online is reporting that the seventh season premiere of 24 is being postponed to ensure that Day 7 can air uninterrupted, in its entirety. And instead of taking a four-month break after the December 17 “fall finale,” Prison Break will take a break after this Monday’s airing, then return with new episodes starting January 14.
Other Fox programming:
• Starting January 4, the Friday night line-up features Bones at 8, and House encores at 9. (House leads out of Idol starting January 22.)
• The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, American Dad, 5th Grader, Don’t Forget the Lyrics!, Cops and America’s Most Wanted all will continue with original episodes, while a mix of original and encores is currently planned for House, Bones, ‘Til Death and Back to You.
• The game show The Moment of Truth premieres Wednesday, January 23 at 9 pm/ET.
• New Amsterdam premieres Friday, February 22, at 9 pm.
• The Farrelly Brothers comedy Unhitched premieres Sunday, March 2, at 9:30 pm.
• The unscripted role-reversal series When Women Ruled the World debuts Monday, March 3, at 8.
• The Return of Jezebel James premieres Friday, March 7, at 8:30.
• Hell’s Kitchen returns with a fourth season on April 1.
• Canterbury’s Law premieres April 11.
June 20th, 2007 | 6 Comments
Hell’s Kitchen host Gordon Ramsay has been slapped with a lawsuit claiming that on his upcoming fall-season restaurant makeover series, Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares, he fabricated certain elements for the purpose of cooking up drama. According to court papers cited by ABC News, Martin R. Hyde, the former general manager of Dillons in Manhattan, accuses Ramsay of falsely deeming meat spoiled, simulating decrepit furnishings and hiring actors to pose as customers “flocking” to the rehabilitated eatery.
Hyde, who was compelled by Ramsay’s verbal abuse to quit his job at Dillons, seeks millions in damages. A spokesperson for Ramsay had no comment on the suit, but claimed that such fakery is “not something they would do.” Because reality television is, if anything, real.
May 11th, 2007 | 0 Comments
Fox’s has revealed to TVGuide Online its recipe for the third season of Hell’s Kitchen, the reality competition in which a (non-baker’s) dozen would-be restaurateurs put up with host Gordon Ramsay’s verbal flambés all in the name of emerging as the last chef cooking. This time around, the winner will be garnished with the title of head chef at the Terra Rossa Restaurant in the Green Valley Ranch Resort, Spa and Casino in Las Vegas, and the most savory $250,000 that comes with it. This seasons chefs are:
• Aaron, age 48, a retirement home chef from Palos Verdes, California
• Brad, 25, a sous chef from Scottsdale, Arizona
• Eddie, 28, a grill cook from Atlanta, Georgia
• Josh, 26, a junior sous chef from Miami Beach, Florida
• Rock, 30, an executive chef from Spotsylvania, Virginia
• Vinnie, 29, a night club chef from Milltown, New Jersey
• Bonnie, 26, a nanny/personal chef from Los Angeles
• Jen, 26, a pastry chef from Hazelton, Pennsylvania
• Joanna, 22, a chef’s assistant from Detroit, Michigan
• Julia, 28, a short-order cook from Atlanta
• Melissa, 29, a line cook from New York City
• Tiffany, 27, a kitchen manager from Scottsdale, Arizona
Hell’s Kitchen premieres June 4 at 9 pm/ET.
February 7th, 2007 | 2 Comments
Hell’s Kitchen is coming back in March, and it sounds like the girls are hard-core this year. The show will continue the men versus women theme this season. Gordon Ramsay says, “This show is a battle of the sexes; it’s the girls against the boys. It’s quite a kick in the balls for the guys to be beaten by girls.”
