The FOX Network Upfront Event (among all the major networks and cable) took place this past week in NYC. Check out the synopsis and trailers below.
SCREAM QUEENS
The girls of Kappa House are dying for new
pledges. SCREAM QUEENS is a new killer comedy-horror series from Ryan Murphy,
Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the Emmy- and Golden Globe Award-winning
executive producers of GLEE and “American Horror Story.” Wallace University is
rocked by a string of murders. Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for
pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by its Queen Bitch,
CHANEL OBERLIN (Emma Roberts, “American Horror Story: Freak Show,” “Scream 4”).
But when anti-Kappa DEAN MUNSCH (Jamie Lee Curtis, “Halloween,” “A Fish Called
Wanda,” “True Lies”) decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all
students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to
break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc, claiming one victim,
one episode at a time. Part black
comedy, part slasher flick, SCREAM QUEENS is a modern take on the classic
whodunit, in which every character has a motive for murder…or could easily be
the next blood-soaked casualty. SCREAM
QUEENS stars Emma Roberts, Jamie Lee Curtis, Emmy
Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Lea Michele (GLEE),
Academy Award nominee Abigail Breslin (“Little
Miss Sunshine,” “Zombieland,” “August: Osage County”),
Nasim Pedrad (“Saturday Night Live”), Oliver Hudson (“Nashville,” “Rules of Engagement”), Skyler
Samuels (“American Horror Story: Coven”), Keke Palmer (“Akeela and the Bee,” “Masters
of Sex”), newcomer Billie Lourd, Diego Bonita (“Rock of Ages”), Glen Powell (“The
Expendables 3”), Lucien Laviscount (“Episodes”), Niecy Nash (“Getting
On,” “The Soul Man”), pop superstar and actor Nick Jonas (“Kingdom”) and Grammy
Award nominee and actress Ariana Grande.
CAST: Emma Roberts as Chanel Oberlin, Jamie
Lee Curtis as Dean Munsch, Lea Michele as Hester, Abigail Breslin as Chanel #5,
Nasim Pedrad as Gigi, Oliver Hudson as Wes, Skyler Samuels as Grace, Keke
Palmer as Zayday, Billie Lourd as Chanel #3, Diego Boneta as Pete, Glen Powell
as Chad, Lucien Laviscount as Earl, Niecy Nash as Denise, Nick Jonas as Boone, Ariana
Grande as Chanel #2
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GRANDFATHERED
What’s the fastest way to put the brakes on a
cruise-controlled bachelor lifestyle? Fatherhood? Guess again. Television icon
John Stamos (“Full House,” “ER”) stars in a new comedy about the ultimate
bachelor who discovers he’s not only a father, but a grandfather. Successful
restaurateur and man-about-town JIMMY MARTINO (Stamos) is used to being the
most suave, most handsome and most single person in the room. All that changes
with the surprise appearance of Jimmy’s adult son, GERALD (Josh Peck, THE MINDY
PROJECT), and his baby daughter, EDIE. Now Jimmy has to
unlearn a lifetime of blissful selfishness and grapple with the fact that he
went straight from single to grandfather in six seconds flat. Keeping tabs on
Jimmy is Gerald’s mother and Jimmy’s former girlfriend, rocker
chick-turned-mother SARA (Paget Brewster, “Criminal Minds,” “Community”).
Equally concerned about how Jimmy will manage these new developments is Jimmy’s
restaurant family, especially assistant manager ANNELISE (Kelly Jenrette, “Audrey”)
and chef KEN (Ravi Patel, “Super Fun Night”). Can Jimmy teach Gerald to be a
little more like him in order to win the affection of Edie’s hot mess of a mom,
VANESSA (Christina Milian, FAMILY GUY, “Baggage Claim”)? Will Jimmy and Sara
fall for each other all over again, even though she’s the one thing he never
dates – a woman his own age? And who’s higher maintenance, Jimmy or the baby?
GRANDFATHERED is an unconventional, sophisticated comedy about coming of age –
at any age.
CAST: John Stamos as Jimmy, Josh Peck as Gerald,
Paget Brewster as Sara, Christina Milian as Vanessa, Kelly Jenrette as
Annelise, Ravi Patel as Ken
THE
GRINDER
How many TV lawyers does it take to try a
real-life case in a real-life courtroom? One, and his name is THE GRINDER.
Starring Emmy Award nominee Rob Lowe (“Parks and Recreation,” “The West Wing”),
THE GRINDER is a new comedy about a famous TV lawyer at a crossroads. When his
legal series ends, he decides to move back home and join his family’s real law
firm – despite having no formal education, no bar certification, no license to
practice and no experience in an actual courtroom. DEAN SANDERSON (Lowe) spent
eight seasons playing the title role on the hit legal drama “The Grinder.” Now
he’s moving back to his hometown of Boise, Idaho, where his brother, STEWART
(Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award nominee Fred Savage, “The Wonder Years”), is
a real-life attorney who is poised to take over the family law firm. It doesn’t
take long for Dean to start injecting his TV drama into every aspect of Stewart’s
life, both in the courtroom and at home, impacting Stewart’s wife – and Dean’s
high school sweetheart – DEBBIE (Mary Elizabeth Ellis, NEW GIRL, “It’s Always
Sunny in Philadelphia”); their two kids, 15-year-old LIZZIE (Hana Hayes, “Bucket
and Skinner’s Epic Adventures”) and 13-year-old ETHAN (Connor Kalopsis, “Days
Of Our Lives”); and Dean and Stewart’s father, the law firm’s head, DEAN SR.
(William Devane, “24: Live Another Day”). Dean and Stewart don’t see to eye to
eye, but when they stop arguing with each other and start arguing together in
court…they make a formidable team. THE GRINDER is the story of two brothers,
who took different paths, but meet again in the middle – for justice…sort of.
CAST: Rob Lowe as Dean, Fred Savage as Stewart,
Mary Elizabeth Ellis as Debbie, William Devane as Dean Sr., Hana Hayes as
Lizzie, Connor Kalopsis as Ethan
MINORITY REPORT
The future is coming. Based on the
international blockbuster film by executive producer Steven Spielberg and the
first of his films to be adapted for television, MINORITY REPORT follows the
unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by
her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they
happen. Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a
law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals…before
their crimes were committed. To carry out this brand of justice, the agency
used three precogs – “precognitives” Dash, Arthur and Agatha – who were able to
see the future. Now, in 2065, crime-solving is different, and justice leans
more on sophisticated and trusted technology than on the instincts of the
precogs. Precog DASH (Stark Sands, “Inside Llewyn Davis”) – driven by his
terrifying, but fragmented visions – now has returned in secret to help a
brash, but shrewd police detective, LARA VEGA (Meagan Good, “Think Like A Man”
franchise, “Californication”), attempt to stop the murders that he predicts. As
they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin
brother, ARTHUR, and elude others who will stop at nothing to exploit their
precog abilities. Also complicating matters is Dash and Arthur’s ingenious, but
reclusive, foster sister, AGATHA (Laura Regan, “Mad Men,” “Unbreakable”), who
just wants Dash to return home. A drama of crime and conspiracy, this is a
timeless story of connection: two lost souls, Dash and Vega, who find
friendship, purpose and redemption in each other.
CAST: Meagan Good as Vega, Stark Sands as
Dash/Arthur, Wilmer Valderrama as Will Blake, Daniel London as Wally, Laura
Regan as Agatha, Li Jun Li as Akeela, Zhane Hall as Rico
ROSEWOOD
Meet the Beethoven of private
pathologists…From executive producer Todd Harthan (“Psych,” “Dominion”),
ROSEWOOD is the story of DR. BEAUMONT ROSEWOOD, JR. (Morris Chestnut, “Nurse
Jackie,” “The Best Man” franchise), the most brilliant private pathologist in
Miami. Using his wildly sophisticated autopsy lab, he performs for-hire
autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. His new
partner-in-crime is Detective VILLA (Jaina Lee Ortiz, “The After”), a Miami PD
detective with attitude and demons to spare. While she’s impressed by Rosewood’s
incredible abilities, his constant optimism is more annoying than it is
infectious. But somehow, week-to-week, this unlikely tag team will solve many
crimes together. Joining Rosewood in his practice are his sister and “toxicology
queen,” PIPPY (Gabrielle Dennis, “The Game”); and DNA specialist TARA MILLY
IZIKOFF aka TMI (Anna Konkle, “Man Seeking Woman,” “Betas”), who is Pippy’s
fiancée. Plagued with his own set of medical
ailments, Rosewood sees that every moment of life should be embraced and lived
to the fullest. And those moments of victims’ lives that will never be are what
drive him the most.
CAST: Morris Chestnut as Beaumont Rosewood, Jr.,
Jaina Lee Ortiz as Det. Villa, Gabrielle Dennis as Pippy, Anna Konkle as TMI,
Maggie Elizabeth Jones as Bella
THE
X-FILES (COMING JAN 2016)*
Thirteen years after the original series run, the next
mind-bending chapter of THE X-FILES will be a thrilling, six-episode event
series helmed by creator/executive producer Chris Carter, with stars David
Duchovny and Gillian Anderson re-inhabiting their roles as iconic FBI Agents
FOX MULDER and DANA SCULLY. This marks the momentous return of the Emmy- and
Golden Globe Award-winning pop culture phenomenon, which remains one of the
longest-running sci-fi series in network television history. Production on THE
X-FILES event series is set to begin in summer 2015. THE X-FILES originally
premiered in September 1993. Over the course of its nine-season run, the
influential series went from breakout sci-fi favorite to massive global hit,
and became one of the most successful television dramas of all time. The
show, which earned 16 Emmy Awards, five Golden Globes and a Peabody Award,
follows FBI special agents Scully (Anderson) and Mulder (Duchovny), as they
investigate unexplained cases – “X-Files” – for which the only answers involve
paranormal phenomena.
CAST: David Duchovny as FBI Special Agent Fox
Mulder, Gillian Anderson as FBI Special Agent Dana Scully, Mitch Pileggi as
Walter Skinner
MIDSEASON SHOWS:
THE
GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE
Wouldn’t it be great to have a friend who has
made all the mistakes in life there are to make, and then tells you exactly
where he went wrong, so you don’t have to? THE GUIDE TO SURVIVING LIFE is
a new comedy that explores what we all go through on our way to figuring out
what life is all about. COOPER BARRETT (Jack Cutmore-Scott, “Kingsman: The
Secret Service”) still doesn’t have the job he wants; he’s accidently fallen in
love with his across-the-hall neighbor, KELLY BISHOP (Meaghan Rath, “Being
Human”); one of his roommates, NEAL (Charlie Saxton, “Betas,” “Hung”), just can’t
seem to dump his bodybuilder girlfriend; his other roommate, BARRY (James Earl,
“Ground Floor,” GLEE), is a “loveable jackass” who can’t stop getting into
trouble; and his 40-year-old-brother, JOSH (Justin Bartha, “The New Normal,” “The
Hangover” franchise), a married father of two, is constantly popping in to come
hang with the fellas. The one thing they do have is each other. As Cooper struggles to survive each of life’s
many challenges – a night in jail, an inappropriate text he never should have
sent, an ill-advised household pet – he will guide us through the
often-messy, always-hilarious ordeal, so that our lives don’t have to be nearly
the entertaining disaster that Cooper’s is turning out to be.
CAST: Jack Cutmore-Scott as Cooper, Meaghan Rath as
Kelly, James Earl as Barry, Charlie Saxton as Neal, Justin Bartha as Josh, Maureen
Sebastian as Leslie
BORDERTOWN
From FAMILY GUY’s Mark Hentemann comes
BORDERTOWN, a new animated comedy about two families living in a Southwest
desert town on the U.S. - Mexico border. The series takes a satirical look at
the cultural shifts occurring in America, where the U.S. Census forecasts that
by 2017, ethnic minorities will become the majority. Set against this
increasingly diverse backdrop, the comedy explores family, politics and
everything in between with a cross-cultural wink. BORDERTOWN centers on two
clans: the Buckwalds and the Gonzalezes. BUD BUCKWALD (Hank Azaria, THE
SIMPSONS) is a married father of three and a Border Patrol agent who is just a
tad behind the times and feels slightly threatened by the cultural changes
transforming his neighborhood. He lives next door to ERNESTO GONZALEZ (Nicholas
Gonzalez, SLEEPY HOLLOW), an ambitious family man, who has been in the country
less than 10 years, but is already doing better than Bud – which, it turns out,
is a bit of an issue for Bud. Bud is married to JANICE BUCKWALD (Alex Borstein,
FAMILY GUY), both the wisest and most oblivious member of the family. The
Buckwald kids include BECKY (Borstein), a socially awkward, big-boned geek;
SANFORD (Judah Friedlander, “30 Rock”), a loser who thinks he’s a player; and
GERT (Missi Pyle, “The Exes,” “Galaxy Quest”), a beauty pageant-obsessed
five-year-old with a pet pig. Meanwhile, living the American Dream next door
are the Gonzalezes, including MARIA (Stephanie Escajeda, “100 Things To Do
Before High School”), Ernesto’s no-nonsense wife; their son, RUIZ (guest voice
Efren Ramirez, “Napoleon Dynamite”); and their 21-year-old nephew, J.C.
(Gonzalez), a graduate student who is engaged to Becky and frequently butts
heads with Bud. As Bud and Ernesto’s paths begin to cross, their two families
soon become bound by romance, conflict and, perhaps most importantly,
friendship – a word that means the same, no matter what side of the border you’re
from.
CAST: Hank Azaria as Bud Buckwald, Nicholas Gonzalez as Ernesto Gonzalez and J.C
Gonzalez, Alex Borstein as Janice and Becky Buckwald, Missi Pyle as Gert
Buckwald, Judah Friedlander as Sanford Buckwald, Stephanie Escajeda as Maria
Gonzalez, Efren Ramirez as Ruiz Gonzalez
THE FRANKENSTEIN CODE
What would you do with a second chance? From executive producer/writer Rand Ravich (“Life,” “Crisis”)
and executive producer Howard Gordon (“Homeland,” “24”) comes THE
FRANKENSTEIN CODE, a modern reimagining of the Mary
Shelley classic, about a man brought back to life by two scientists playing
god. Seventy-five-year-old JIMMY PRITCHARD (guest star Philip Baker
Hall, “Modern Family,” “Magnolia”) is a shell of his former self. A drinker, a
womanizer and a father who always put work before family, Pritchard was forced
to resign as L.A. County Sheriff for corrupt conduct more than a decade ago.
Now, some 15 unkind years later, he is killed when he stumbles upon a robbery
at the home of FBI Agent DUVAL PRITCHARD (Tim DeKay, “White Collar”), one of
his three children. But death is surprisingly short for Jimmy, who is brought
back to life by billionaire tech-genius twins MARY GOODWIN (Dilshad Vadsaria, “Revenge”)
and her brother, OTTO (Adhir Kalyan, “Rules of Engagement”), founders of the
social networking empire, Lookinglass. Resurrected as a younger version of
himself, with physical abilities of which he never dreamed, a re-animated
Pritchard (Rob Kazinsky, “True Blood”) is given a second chance at life. What
will he do with it? Will he seek vengeance against those who killed him? Will
he try to repair the damage he did to his family? Will he embrace a new sense
of purpose or fall prey to old temptations?
CAST:Rob Kazinsky as Jimmy Pritchard,
Dilshad Vadsaria as Mary, Adhir Kalyan as Otto, Tim DeKay as Duval Pritchard,
Ciara Bravo as Gracie Pritchard
LUCIFER
The
Devil has come to Los Angeles…Based upon the characters created by Neil Gaiman,
Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, LUCIFER
is the story of the original fallen angel. Bored and unhappy as the Lord of
Hell, LUCIFER MORNINGSTAR (Tom Ellis, “Merlin”) has abandoned his throne and
retired to L.A., where he owns Lux, an upscale nightclub. Charming, charismatic
and devilishly handsome, Lucifer is enjoying his retirement, indulging in a few
of his favorite things – wine, women and song – when a beautiful pop star is
brutally murdered outside of Lux. For the first time in roughly 10 billion
years, he feels something awaken deep within him as a result of this murder.
Compassion? Sympathy? The very thought disturbs him – as well as his best
friend and confidante, MAZIKEEN aka MAZE (Lesley-Ann Brandt, “The Librarians”),
a fierce demon in the form of a beautiful young woman. The murder attracts the
attention of LAPD homicide detective CHLOE DANCER (Lauren German, “Chicago Fire”),
who initially is dismissive of Lucifer. But she becomes intrigued by his talent
for drawing out people’s secrets and his desire to dispense justice, doling out
punishment to those who deserve it. As they work together to solve the pop star’s
murder, Lucifer is struck by Chloe’s inherent goodness. Accustomed to dealing
with the absolute worst of humanity, Lucifer is intrigued by Chloe’s apparent
purity and begins to wonder if there’s hope for his own soul yet. At the same
time, God’s emissary, the angel AMENADIEL (DB Woodside, “Suits,” “24”), has
been sent to Los Angeles to convince Lucifer to return to the underworld…can
the Devil incarnate be tempted toward the side of Good, or will his original
calling pull him back toward Evil?
CAST: CAST: Tom Ellis as Lucifer, Lauren German as
Det. Chloe Dancer, Rachael Harris as Linda Martin, DB Woodside as Amenadiel, Lesley-Ann
Brandt as Maze, Nicholas Gonzalez as Dan, Scarlett Estevez as Trixie
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FOX FALL 2015 SCHEDULE
(All Times ET/PT)
Monday
8:00-9:00 PM GOTHAM
9:00-10:00 PM MINORITY REPORT (new)
Tuesday
8:00-8:30 PM GRANDFATHERED (new)
8:30-9:00 PM THE GRINDER (new)
9:00-10:00 PM SCREAM QUEENS (new)
Wednesday
8:00-9:00 PM ROSEWOOD (new)
9:00-10:00 PM EMPIRE
Thursday
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW
Friday
8:00-9:00 PM MASTERCHEF JUNIOR
9:00-10:00 PM WORLD’S FUNNIEST
Saturday
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY: FOX 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 THE LAST MAN ON EARTH
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