Fox announced their 2014 Fall schedule bright and early on Monday morning, and there’s one very notable show missing from the line up.
UPDATE: Fox has released trailers for their various new shows – check them out in our new article!
Glee season 6 does not have a home on the schedule and will be held for mid-season, meaning the show will not premiere until early 2015. The decision comes in the wake of the show’s slumping ratings this year which are now at series lows: The last three episodes nabbed 2.1, 2.41, and 2.45 million viewers.
Update: On a conference call with members of this press this morning, Fox head Kevin Reilly says that Glee season 6 currently has a 22-episode order, but that may change. In better news, Reilly says that the episodes will air consecutively. Also on the call, Reilly revealed that American Idol will be reduced from 50 hours to 37 hours for the 2015 season.
Fox will decide on a home for Glee once they see what shows in the below line-up aren’t performing well. They renewed the show for season 5 and season 6 in April of last year.
Below is Fox’s fall line up which includes newcomers like the Batman spinoff Gotham, the David Tennant-led Gracepoint (the Broadchurch remake), and several returning favorites.
All shows are one hour long unless otherwise noted. One notable move in the schedule below is Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s shift to Sundays from its current Tuesday slot.
Monday
8:00 PM Gotham (new)
9:00 PM Sleepy Hollow
Tuesday
8:00 PM Utopia (new)
9:00 PM New Girl
9:30 PM The Mindy Project
Wednesday
8:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen
9:00 PM Red Band Society (new)
Thursday
8:00 PM Bones
9:00 PM Gracepoint (new)
Friday
8:00 PM Masterchef Junior
9:00 PM Utopia (new)
Saturday
7:00-10:30 PM College Football
Sunday
7:00-7:30 PM NFL on Fox
7:30-8:00 PM The OT/Bob’s Burgers
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM Mulaney (new)
Other shows premiering mid-season (2015) include Backstrom (new), Bordertown (new), Empire (new), Hieroglyph (new), The Last Man on Earth (new), Wayward Pines (new), Weird Loners (new), American Idol, and The Following.