Fox Unveils 2017-2018 Primetime Schedule

Dana Walden and Gary Newman, Chairmen and CEOs, Fox Television Group, today are introducing the Fox primetime slate for the 2017-18 season to the national advertising community during its annual programming presentation at the Beacon Theatre in New York.

“This past season, we launched five of the top 15 new series — more than any other network — and next season, we’re using our strongest series to launch new shows and grow returning series,” said Newman and Walden. “We’re strategically pairing shows that have greater compatibility to increase audience flow and create higher duplication on each night. We endeavored to develop a mix of provocative, compelling dramas; broad, funny comedies; and exciting, live events from the best creators in the business – and we’re excited about these new shows.”

The new dramas joining the schedule this fall are The Gifted and The Orville. Produced in association with Marvel Television, family adventure series The Gifted tells the emotional story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Forced to go on the run from a hostile government, the family seeks help from an underground network of mutants and must fight to survive. The series stars Stephen Moyer (Shots Fired, True Blood), Amy Acker (Person of Interest), Natalie Alyn Lind (Gotham) and Percy Hynes White (Night at the Museum 3) as the Strucker family. The series is written by Matt Nix (Burn Notice), directed by Bryan Singer (the X-Men franchise) and executive-produced by Nix, Singer, Lauren Shuler Donner and Simon Kinberg (X-Men: Apocalypse, X-Men: Days of Future Past) and Marvel’s Jeph Loeb and Jim Chory.

Watch the full-length trailer for The Gifted here. 

From Emmy Award-winning executive producer and creator Seth MacFarlane and director Jon Favreau, The Orville is a live-action, one-hour series set 400 years in the future that follows the adventures of The Orville, a mid-level exploratory spaceship, as its crew, both human and alien, face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the familiar, often humorous problems of everyday life. The series stars MacFarlane as the ship’s commanding officer and Adrianne Palicki as his ex-wife, who’s assigned as his first officer.

The new comedy joining the lineup this fall is Ghosted. Starring Craig Robinson and Adam Scott, Ghosted is a single-camera, action-comedy about the partnership between two polar opposites — a cynical skeptic and a genius “true believer” in the paranormal, who are recruited to investigate unexplained phenomena in Los Angeles — all while uncovering a larger mystery that could threaten the existence of the human race. Scott and Robinson also serve as executive producers on the series.

Additionally, Fox and Warner Horizon Unscripted Television will partner with film, television and theater producer Marc Platt the live musical event A Christmas Story, inspired by the holiday classic feature of the same name and the Tony Award-nominated Broadway production A Christmas Story: The Musical. The three-hour live television production of A Christmas Story will air this December.

In 2018, additional new series and events joining the schedule include dramas 9-1-1 and The Resident; comedy LA to Vegas; and an all-new installment of event series The X-Files.

From creators Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, procedural drama 9-1-1 is a fast-paced exploration into the lives and careers of first responders. Starring Academy and Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Angela Bassett (American Horror Story, What’s Love Got to Do with It), the series is based on the real-life, high-pressure experiences of emergency response providers who are thrust into heart-stopping situations that are equal parts unpredictable, intense and uplifting.

Focusing on three doctors at different stages of their careers and a dedicated young nurse, The Resident is a medical drama that rips back the curtain to reveal the truth of what really happens, both good and bad, in hospitals across the country. Starring Matt Czuchry, Emily VanCamp, Manish Dayal, Shaunette Renée Wilson and Bruce Greenwood, the series’ executive producers include Amy Holden Jones, Antoine Fuqua and Phillip Noyce, who also directed the pilot.

From executive producers Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Lon Zimmet, and executive producer/director Steve Levitan, LA to Vegas is a workplace comedy about an airline crew and the eccentric passengers who, every weekend, take a no-frills roundtrip flight from Los Angeles to Las Vegas with one goal in mind — to come back a winner. The series stars Kim Matula, Ed Weeks, Nathan Lee Graham, Olivia Macklin with Peter Stormare and Emmy Award nominee and Golden Globe winner Dylan McDermott.

The next chapter of The X-Files, a 10-episode second installment of the event series, once again will be executive-produced by creator Chris Carter, with stars David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson returning in their roles as iconic FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

Executive producer Marc Platt also will team with Fox on Rent, a live musical production of the Tony Award-, Grammy Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical.

During the 2017-18 season, several Fox series will celebrate major milestones, including Family Guy’s 300th episode and Brooklyn Nine-Nine’s 99th episode. In addition to already claiming the title of longest-running scripted series in television history, The Simpsons will enter the record books yet again next spring, as having produced the most episodes for a scripted series, surpassing Gunsmoke’s record of 635. Additionally, New Girl will air its seventh and final season.

Following is the Fox fall 2017 primetime schedule (all times ET/PT:

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM                          LUCIFER  

9:00-10:00 PM                        THE GIFTED (new)

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM                          LETHAL WEAPON

9:00-9:30 PM                          THE MICK

9:30-10:00 PM                        BROOKLYN NINE-NINE

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:00 PM                          EMPIRE

9:00-10:00 PM                        STAR

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM                          GOTHAM

9:00-10:00 PM                        THE ORVILLE (new)

FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM                          HELL’S KITCHEN

9:00-10:00 PM                        THE EXORCIST

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                          GHOSTED (new)

9:00-9:30 PM                          FAMILY GUY

9:30-10:00 PM                        THE LAST MAN ON EARTH