Fall TV 2014: Fox
Fox had a couple of big hits last year with Emmy Award winning, and hilarious, comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine and surprisingly fun but insane Sleepy Hollow. The Following also continues, inexplicably, to bring in a decent audience and the Sunday comedy block keeps chugging along, although they’ve classed it up recently with the stunning and greatly educational Cosmos reboot. As far as new shows, their entry into the comic book battle is the Batman prequel, Gotham and they have some other interesting looking new shows as well. Check out the trailers, descriptions and fall schedule below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2z-b3Nw6Znw
Wayward Pines
Starring: Matt Dillon, Melissa Leo, Terrence Howard, Julliette Lewis, Carla Gugino
Premise: Based on a best-selling novel and brought to life by suspenseful storyteller M. Night Shyamalan (“The Sixth Sense”), WAYWARD PINES is an intense, mind-bending 10-episode thriller starring Academy Award nominee Matt Dillon (“Crash”) as a Secret Service agent on a mission to find two missing federal agents in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines.
http://youtu.be/BgPUO2XlcA8
Backstrom
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Genevieve Angelson, Kristoffer Polaha, Dennis Haysbert, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, Thomas Dekker
Premise: Offensive, irascible Detective Everett Backstrom tries, and fails, to change his self-destructive behavior while leading his team, the Serious Crimes Unit, as they navigate Portland’s most sensitive cases.
http://youtu.be/e3fu7j02Mks
Utopia
(Reality Show)
Premise: Based on the Dutch hit of the same name, UTOPIA is a bold new series that moves 15 everyday Americans to an isolated, undeveloped location — for an entire year — and challenges them to create their own civilization. Will it be ultimate happiness or utter chaos?
http://youtu.be/-3P19ICEYfI
Mulaney
Starring: John Mulaney, Martin Short, Elliott Gould, Nasim Pedrad, Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman
Premise: Follows an aspiring comedian coming of age in NYC under the influence of his over-the-top boss – who was a major stand-up comedian in the 1980s and ’90s and now hosts a game show — his roommates and his neighbors.
http://youtu.be/JC2Nn0lPmfc
Hieroglyph
Starring: Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad, John Rhys-Davies, Caroline Ford, Antony Bunsee, Max Brown
Premise: A notorious thief is plucked from prison to serve the Pharoah, navigating palace intrigue, seductive concubines, criminal underbellies and even a few divine sorcerers.
http://youtu.be/dBzu_jKLJek
Empire
Starring: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollet, Bryshere Y. Gray, Timothy “Timbaland” Mosley, Malik Yoba, Gabourey Sidibe, Trai Byers, Grace Gealey, Kaitlin Doubleday
Premise: A unique family drama set in the world of a hip-hop empire.
http://youtu.be/s9IWvbbZPZc
Gracepoint
Starring: David Tennant, Anna Gunn, Josh Hamilton, Jack Irvine, Michael Pena, Nick Nolte, Virginia Kull, Nikolas Filipovic
Premise: Based on the BBC crime drama Broadchurch, the ten-episode mystery event series GRACEPOINT follows the tragic death of a young boy, and the major police investigation and nationwide media frenzy that subsequently overtake a picturesque seaside town, where anyone is a suspect.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xNvdptsXY
The Last Man on Earth
Starring: Will Forte
Premise: A man who becomes the last human on Earth.
Fall Schedule
MONDAY
8-9 PM – GOTHAM
9-10 PM – Sleepy Hollow
TUESDAY
8-9 PM – UTOPIA
9-9:30 PM – New Girl
9:30-10 PM – The Mindy Project
WEDNESDAY
8-9 PM – Hell’s Kitchen
9-10 PM – RED BAND SOCIETY
THURSDAY
8-9 PM – Bones
9-10 PM – GRACEPOINT
FRIDAY
8-9 PM – Masterchef Junior
9-10 PM – UTOPIA
SATURDAY
7-10:30 PM – Fox Sports Saturday
SUNDAY
7-7:30 PM – NFL Game
7-8 PM – Bob’s Burgers
8-8:30 PM – The Simpsons
8:30-9 PM – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9-9:30 PM – Family Guy
9:30-10 PM – MULANEY
(Schedule from Deadline.com)