Fox Fall Schedule: Empire Moves to New Night for Final Season, Wrestling Bumps Last Man Standing to 2020
Upfronts Week 2019 is underway, and Fox is the second broadcast-TV network (following NBC) to announce its schedule for the fall TV season.
♦ For its sixth and final season, Empire will shift from Wednesdays to Tuesdays, where it will be paired with the also-relocated The Resident.
♦ The Masked Singer‘s spring cycle (aka Season 3) will launch immediately following Super Bowl LIV. The breakout hit’s fall cycle (aka Season 2), meanwhile, will air on Wednesdays at 8/7c leading into Jason Katims’ new unconventional family drama Not Just Me.
♦ As previously reported, WWE’s SmackDown Live will take over Fridays, bumping Last Man Standing to midseason (when it will air Thursdays at 8)..
♦ Buzzy new psychological thriller/cop drama Prodigal Son will air Mondays following 9-1-1.
MONDAY
8 pm 9-1-1
9 pm PRODIGAL SON (WATCH TRAILER)
TUESDAY
8 pm The Resident (new time slot)
9 pm Empire (new time slot)
WEDNESDAY
8 pm The Masked Singer (new time slot)
9 pm NOT JUST ME (WATCH TRAILER)
THURSDAY
8 pm Thursday Night Football
FRIDAY
8 pm WWE’s SmackDown Live
SATURDAY
8 pm College Football
SUNDAY
8 pm The Simpsons
8: 30 pm BLESS THE HARTS (WATCH SNEAK PEEK)
9 pm Bob’s Burgers (new time slot)
9:30 pm Family Guy (new time slot)
The Orville, MasterChef, Last Man Standing, 9-1-1: LONE STAR, FILTHY RICH, DEPUTY, NEXT, OUTMATCHED, ULTIMATE TAG, DUNCANVILLE and THE GREAT NORTH.
The Cool Kids, The Gifted, Gotham, Lethal Weapon, The Passage, Proven Innocent, Rel and Star
Man I used to watch so many shows on Fox and now I’m down to 3. And with Empire finishing it will be down to 2. Way to piss off viewers
Why do they have to take off all the good shows??? Won’t be long all we will have are these DAMN reality shows! I myself care nothing about watching people’s drama play out on TV!
Wrestling? Do people still watch wrestling?
Yes. They still do. It’s still more popular than you think.
Why change The Resident & 9-1-1 to different nights! Monday 9-1-1 & Tuesday The Resident, you will lose some viewers because Fox is messing up a system that was just fine!
They most certainly do.
My mother used to watch it.
She was 91. Don’t know anyone else.
This really fits with New Fox’s earlier vision that was said to focus on live sporting and reality type programming.
I still don’t understand why they would cancel STAR, Gotham and The Passage. Gotham ended with a great finale. Passage left us wanting more. STAR just left us with a good cliffhanger. Ridiculous!
I agree they could’ve given it one last season now how we suppose to know who died, who lived, it was a very good season finale. I feel like they should make a decision about whether or not they gonna keep the shows or not before it goes on finale. Well I guess after the last season of Empire, I am finished with this station way to go Fox!
No. Not if their IQ is over 10.
Omg right! Chief Jay Strongbow tag teams of the eighties. A great spot. I hope so!
I still watch wwe 😊
WHAT IS IT WITH THESE REALITY SHOWS THATS ALL YOU BEEN DOING EVERYTHING IS REALITY AND YOU TAKE OFF THE GOOD SHOWS
They foreshadowed that this was coming with new Fox, after the Disney merger. I’m actually surprised by the number of shows that they picked up because it doesn’t seem like they will have room for them, even come Spring, unless everything gets shortened orders.
I was surprised by the number of pick ups too. I bet most of them are for 13 episode.
That’s my thinking with how much they are leaving for midseason.
There’s literally one “reality show” on this schedule (The Masked Singer). Everything else is scripted or sports.
Totally agree with you Mary
The way the scheduling is unless I find a good pilot in the fall.. Tuesdays will be the only time I watch Fox lol
Well, looking at that schedule, I am only watching 1 hour of television on Fox next year. Sure makes it easier on my DVR. Broadcast is making a good case to just cutting the cord entirely.
I’m going to have to just start watching cable because they just keep taking all my favorites off I waste my time even getting interested in a show. I cant believe they’re taking Star, The Gifted, and Lethal Weapon off the air. It’s also stupid to move the Resident. I’m just going to move on from Fox.
My household no longer watches any Fox shows. Goodbye lethal weapon and goodbye the passage
What’s going on with Hell’s Kitchen?
Hells Kitchen comes after MasterChef
So put Empire up against This Is Us……good plan Fox!
Well, Empire finishes this season anyway so I don’t think it really matters where they move it to.
Very sad that Fox has cancelled the two shows that i watched on a Friday night – The Cool Kids and Proven Innocent now there is nothing to watch on this channel oh well i guess they don’t care about viewers.
I cannot believe they are playing with Last Man Standing. SMH. And I did not discover cool kids until around Jan. but I am really enoying it. I wish they would have given it a bit more time.
again with smackdown they had too but we do know what the thursday line-up is now and don’t be suprised if matt has a revised schedule or fox tommorow, as we didn’t have to wait long, post nfl the thursday line-up for fox lms 8 pm, outmatched 8:30 the orville at 9 pm, and when it ends it’s season filthy rich premiers in the 9 pm slot
I agree I loved those two shows, makes for a Good Friday night. When isThe Resident on now?
I watched Gotham… Gone, Star… Gone, The Cool Kids… Gone, Presumed Innocent…. Gone. I still watch Empire… It’ll be gone and where is Last Man Standing?? Hopefully not gone!!
lms held until mid-season but it didn’t take very long for the date to leak as tim posted on his twitter page and then fox came out shortly after that lms thursday nights at 8 pm, followed by outmatched and the 9 pm slot the orville and after the orville finishes up filthy rich
Sorry FOX I’ll guess I stick to streaming. Nothing worth my time on any Network, including FOX which was always a backup plan.
Not sure they are doing The Resident any favors pairing it with Empire.
They aren’t doing any favors for me because The Resident and will be up against the perpetual NCIS slot. I wish they had kept it on Monday.
That will be bad for you, sorry. At least there is DVR or Hulu to watch it – well Hulu for The Resident, which I use to rewatch it after airing. Plus I’m not an NCIS fan (other than NCIS:LA) so luckily I won’t have that dilemma for live viewing.
Tuesdays at 8 are always the busiest time slot for me, so I’m also disappointed in this move. Resident and 9-1-1 were a good combo, I don’t think Resident’s numbers justify a move to Tuesdays.
Mondays were a good match for FOX with The Resident and 9-1-1. Resident fans are extremely loyal so I hope this move will work out. Always leery when the networks mess with success though.
Why are they moving LMS to a new night?? It’s a power House for Friday, makes no sense to me.
More people will easily watch wrestling as it is a live event. It’s why sporting events in general will always have more viewers especially given the recent downward trend of ratings for scripted programs.
Smackdown live actually got higher ratings than last man standing, even on it’s bad days wwe still got the coveted 18-49 demo. Tuesdays got close to a 1.0 for USA.
because of the money they shelled out but most people think the new night will be thursday, and at 8 pm there really isn’t much on network tv,so it will be just fine because big bang ends this week it will likely stay as fox’s #2 show overall
I’m never going to watch another show from Fox anymore because this stupid so called network canceled Cool Kids
I know. I loved that show.
I agree that was a good funny shows
Every time TV shows comes out and tell the truth, it’s get the ax.
actially this headline is not completely accurate since wrestling will still be around in 2020. last man standing is more likely to pop up on thursday following the end of football season.
I enjoyed watching the gifted. Star as well. VERY DISAPPOINTED about the removal. How about a few final show repeats please.
I’ll only be watching 9-1-1 next season. Agree with other commenters. Fox has completely gone downhill for me. The Passage had such potential, even though it deviated a bit from original source material. Feel so sorry for the actors who were great in the roles. Loved Proven Innocent. Gone. They have WWE Smackdown on USA so why bring it to Fox 5? Pairing Empire and The Resident won’t benefit either show (not that I watch either). I’m afraid to commit to any new show on Fox since they can’t seem to commit enough resources to keep them going after one season either. Wonder…does anyone from Fox network read these comments?? Can they take a hint that they are losing viewers?
I can almost guarantee no one from Fox reads these comments. This is a site completely unaffiliated with any network. Networks are businesses. They look at numbers and dollars. If the numbers aren’t there, and the ad dollars aren’t there, then it isn’t worth the cost of the show.
because fox paid 250 million for the rights to smackdown, and at least the good news is when smackdown comes to fox it will remain 2 hours as there was talk of it going to 3 hours and the 3rd hour would’ve aired on fs1
I’m sorry they are splitting up The Resident and 9-1-1. I thought they were a good combo. Oh well, I watch everything on PVR, so I guess I can save 9-1-1 for Tuesdays.
Lethal weapon should not be cancelled!!great show!!###
Fox has now cancelled every show I watched on the network. It was my second most watched network behind CW. Guess I’ll be watching more Netflix this year, what a bummer.
Why would y’all cancel Star, Proven Innocent, The cool kids those are some very good shows please reconsider these shows please
I will not be watching anything until mid season and then only one.
HI MY NAME IS LISA I WAS A BIG FAN OF LETHAL WEAPON AND PASSAGE AND STAR WHY DID YOU CANCEL THEM.
Shocking. I figured LMS would land on Tuesday in the fall.