Rueben's Ramblings

The following is the proposed FOX line-up for the new fall 2015-2016 TV season:

Monday:

8 PM – Gotham
9 PM – Minority Report (NEW)

Minority Report – Based on the international blockbuster film this new series 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. The cast includes Meagan Good (Deception), Stark Sands (Inside Llewyn Davis), Laura Regan (Mad Men) and Wilmer Valderrama (That 70’s Show). The executive producers include Max Borenstein, Kevin Falls, Steven Spielberg, Darryl Frank, Justin Falvey and Mark Mylod.

Tuesday:

8 PM – Grandfathered (NEW)
8:30 PM – The Grinder (NEW)
9 PM – Scream Queens (NEW)

Scream Queens – This new comedy-horror series will focus on the new pledges at Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority that is ruled with an iron fist by Queen “Bitch” Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts). But when anti-Kappa Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) 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. The cast will also include Lea Michele (Glee), Abigail Breslin (Zombieland), Oliver Hudson (Nashville), Keke Palmer (Masters of Sex), Diego Boneta (Rock of Ages and Pretty Little Liars), Skyler Samuels (The Nine Lives of Chloe King and The DUFF) and Niecy Nash (The Soul Man) [among others]. The executive producers include Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan.

Wednesday:

8 PM – Rosewood (NEW)
9 PM – Empire

Rosewood – This new series will focus on Dr. Beaumont Rosewood, Jr. (Morris Chestnut from Legends and V), 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 from the web series The After), a Miami PD detective with attitude and demons to spare. The cast will also include Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate and We Bought a Zoo). The executive producers include Todd Harthan, Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and Richard Shepard.

Thursday:

8 PM – Bones
9 PM – Sleepy Hollow

Friday:

8 PM – Masterchef Junior
9 PM – World’s Funniest

Saturday:

7 PM – FOX Sports Saturday

Sunday:

7 PM – NFL on FOX
7:30 PM – The OT /Bob’s Burgers
8 PM – The Simpsons
8:30 PM – Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9 PM – Family Guy
9:30 PM – The Last Man on Earth

The new FOX dramas that will air in 2016 include:

The X-Files – Thirteen years after the original series run, the next mind-bending chapter of the classic series will be a six-episode event, finding David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson re-inhabiting their roles as iconic FBI Agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully.

The Frankenstein Code – This modern reimagining of the Mary Shelley classic is about a man brought back to life by two scientists playing god. Seventy-five-year-old Jimmy Pritchard (guest star Philip Baker Hall from Modern Family) 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 from 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 from Revenge) and her brother, Otto (Adhir Kalyan from 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 from True Blood) is given a second chance at life. The cast also includes Ciara Bravo (Red Band Society). The executive producers include Rand Ravich and Howard Gordon.

Lucifer – Based upon the characters created by Neil Gaiman, Sam Kieth and Mike Dringenberg for DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint, this new drama tells the story of the original fallen angel. Bored and unhappy as the Lord of Hell, Lucifer Morningstar (Tom Ellis from Rush) 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. The cast includes Lauren German (Chicago Fire), Lesley-Ann Brandt (The Librarians), DB Woodside (Buffy and 24), Nicholas Gonzalez (Sleepy Hollow and Jane the Virgin) and Rachael Harris (Suits). The executive producers include Jerry Bruckheimer, Tom Kapinos, Jonathan Littman, Len Wiseman, Ildy Modrovich and Joe Henderson.