FOX Entertainment has unveiled plans for primetime, 2024-25.
The Network has 3 new dramas prepped for Fall, including Medical drama Doc, action series Rescue: HI-Surf, and psychological crime thriller Murder in a Small Town.
These 3 join FOX’s new single camera comedy series Going Dutch, starring Denis Leary and a new animated comedy, Universal Basic Guys.
See below for more on each.
Meanwhile, returning shows include 9-1-1: Lone Star (Season Five), Accused* (Season Two), Alert: Missing Persons Unit (Season Three) and The Cleaning Lady (Season Four); comedy Animal Control (Season Three); animated series Bob’s Burgers (Season 15), Family Guy (Season 23), The Great North (Season Five), Grimsburg (Season Two), Krapopolis (Season Two) and The Simpsons (Season 36), with additional renewals to be announced at a later date.
*New cast members on Accused include Felicity Huffman, William H. Macy, Nick Cannon and Michael Chiklis.
“With outstanding original ideas and world-class talent across both new series and returning favorites, FOX’s 2024-25 schedule is filled with unexpected, unforgettable entertainment in every genre,” said FOX Entertainment CEO Rob Wade at the Network’s Upfronts presentation in New York today.
“Great creative is the center of all we do, and that is reflected in next season’s lineup, as is our ability to attract so many of the industry’s finest storytellers.”
ABOUT RESCUE: HI-SURF
From creator/executive producer/director John Wells (Shameless, The West Wing, ER) and executive producer/writer Matt Kester (Animal Kingdom, Outsiders), Hawaii lifeguard drama Rescue: HI-Surf follows the personal and professional lives of the heavy-water lifeguards who patrol and protect the North Shore of O’ahu—the most famous and dangerous stretch of coastline in the world.
Each episode will feature these dedicated, heroic, and adrenaline-seeking first-responders saving lives in the difficult and often life-threatening conditions of Hawaii’s Seven Mile Miracle.
The series stars Robbie Magasiva (Wentworth, Bad Behaviour), Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries, John Tucker Must Die), Adam Demos (Sex / Life, UnReal), Kekoa Kekumano (The White Lotus, Aquaman), Alex Aiono (Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, Doogie Kameāloha M.D), and Zoe Cipres (Roswell, New Mexico).
In addition, Sea Shimooka (3 Body Problem, Arrow), Shawn Hatosy (Animal Kingdom) and Ian Anthony Dale (The Resident) will appear in recurring roles.
Rescue: HI-Surf is co-produced by Warner Bros. Television and FOX Entertainment Studios.
ABOUT DOC
Doc is a new medical drama starring Molly Parker (House Of Cards) as the hard-charging, brilliant Dr. Amy Elias, Chief of Internal and Family Medicine at Westside Hospital in Minneapolis.
After a brain injury erases the last eight years of her life, Amy must navigate an unfamiliar world where she has no recollection of patients she’s treated, colleagues she’s crossed, the soulmate she divorced, the man she now loves and the tragedy that caused her to push everyone away.
She can rely only on her estranged 17-year-old daughter, whom she remembers as a 9-year-old, and a handful of devoted friends, as she struggles to continue practicing medicine, despite having lost nearly a decade of knowledge and experience.
The series also stars Omar Metwally (Big Sky, Lisey’s Story), Amirah Vann (A Jazzman’s Blues, How To Get Away With Murder), Jon Ecker (The Watchful Eye, Firefly Lane) and Anya Banerjee (The Blacklist).
Scott Wolf (Nancy Drew, Party of Five) and Patrick Walker (Lessons In Chemistry) will recur in featured roles.
Doc is co-produced by Sony Pictures Television and FOX Entertainment Studios.
ABOUT MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN
Based on the Edgar Award-winning, nine-book “Karl Alberg” series by novelist L.R. Wright, and starring Rossif Sutherland (Reign, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Beauty and the Beast), Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work.
But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore.
Kreuk stars as Cassandra, a local librarian who becomes Alberg’s muse, foil and romantic interest. Mya Lowe (My Life with the Walter Boys, Yellowjackets), Savonna Spracklin (Two-Spirit Odyssey, Wildhood), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Watchful Eye) and Fritzy-Klevans Destine (The Boys, Superman & Lois) recur in the series, which also features special guest stars James Cromwell (Babe, Succession), Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia) and Paula Patton (The Perfect Match, Precious), Murder in a Small Town is produced by Sepia Films in association with FOX Entertainment and Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment.
ABOUT GOING DUTCH
From executive producers Denis Leary (The Moodys, Rescue Me), Jack Leary (Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll) and Joel Church-Cooper (Brockmire), and starring Denis Leary, single-camera comedy Going Dutch centers on an arrogant, loudmouth U.S. Army Colonel, who, after an epically unfiltered rant, is reassigned to the Netherlands, where he is punished with a command position at the least important army base in the world.
After serving with distinction in every warzone of the last three decades, he now finds himself in charge of a base with no guns, no weapons, and no tactical purpose. Instead, it has a Michelin-star-level commissary, top-notch bowling alley and the best (and only) fromagerie in the U.S. Army.
Surrounded by a diverse group of underdogs, the colonel tries to reinstall military discipline and professionalism with the help of the base’s previous interim leader, who just happens to be his estranged daughter.
Going Dutch is produced by FOX Entertainment Studios. Joel Church-Cooper serves as writer, showrunner and executive producer on the series. Denis Leary and Jack Leary also serve as executive producers.
ABOUT UNIVERSAL BASIC GUYS
From creators Adam and Craig Malamut (Sports Friends, Game of Zones, The Champions), animated comedy Universal Basic Guys centers on two brothers, Mark and Hank Hoagies, who lose their jobs to automation and are given $3,000 a month in a new basic income program.
Now, they’re using their free time and free money to find purpose in a world where they’re no longer needed. Universal Basic Guys is co-produced by FOX Entertainment through its Emmy Award-winning animation studio, Bento Box Entertainment, and Sony Pictures Television.
The series is executive produced by Adam and Craig Malamut. Dan Lagana (Deadbeat, American Vandal) is executive producer and showrunner for Season One.
FOX FALL 2024 SCHEDULE
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM 9-1-1: Lonestar
9:00-10:00 PM Rescue: HI-Surf (new series)
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Accused
9:00-10:00 PM Murder in a Small Town (new series)
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The Masked Singer
9:00-10:00 PM The Floor
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen
9:00-10:00 PM Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FRIDAY
8:00 PM-CC ET/ FOX College Football Friday/FOX College Hoops/FOX UFL
5:00 PM-CC PT
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM Fox Sports Saturday
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL On Fox
7:30-8:00 PM The OT / FOX Animation Encores
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Universal Basic Guys
9:00-9:30 PM Bob’s Burgers
9:30-10:00 PM Krapopolis