Rueben's Ramblings

The following is the proposed FOX line-up for the new fall 2017-2018 TV season:

Monday:

8 PM – Lucifer [New Time]
10 PM – The Gifted [NEW]

The Gifted – The drama tells the story of a suburban couple whose ordinary lives are rocked by the sudden discovery that their children possess mutant powers. Red (Stephen Moyer from True Blood) and Caitlin (Amy Acker from Person of Interest) Strucker are typical middle-class parents dealing with the realities of raising a family. However, when their teenage kids, Lauren (Natalie Alyn Lind from Gotham) and Andy (Percy Hynes White from Night at the Museum 3), are involved in an incident at their high school which reveals they are mutants.

The cast also includes Coby Bell (Burn Notice), Sean Teale (Reign), Emma Dumont (Aquarius), Blair Bedford (Satisfaction, The Lying Game and Switched at Birth) and Jamie Chung (Once Upon a Time).

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Tuesday:

8 PM – Lethal Weapon [New Night]
9 PM – The Mick
9:30 PM – Brooklyn Nine-Nine

Wednesday:
8 PM – Empire [New Time]
9 PM – Star

Thursday
8 PM – Gotham [New Night]
9 PM – The Orville [NEW]

The Orville – This one-hour science fiction series is set 400 years in the future, following the adventures of the U.S.S. Orville, a mid-level exploratory vessel, which has a crew consisting of both human and alien, who face the wonders and dangers of outer space, while also dealing with the familiar, often humorous problems of regular people in a workplace. Think of this new show as a farcical look at Star Trek mixed with Galaxy Quest.

The cast includes series creator Seth MacFarlane (Family Guy and the box office film Ted), Adrianne Palicki (Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.), Penny Johnson Jerald (Castle), Scott Grimes (Party of Five and American Dad) [among others].

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Friday:

8 PM – Hell’s Kitchen
9 PM – The Exorcist

Saturday:

7 PM – FOX Sports Saturday: College Football

Sunday:

7 PM – NFL on FOX
7:30 PM – The OT / Bob’s Burgers
8 PM – The Simpsons
8:30 PM – Ghosted [NEW Comedy]
9 PM – Family Guy
9:30 PM – The Last Man of Earth

The new dramas that will debut later in the season include:

9-1-1 – This procedural drama will star Angela Bassett (American Horror Story) in a fast-paced story that will explore the lives and careers of first responders – cops, paramedics, firefighters – the people who put their lives on the line to save others.

The Resident – This medical drama will focus on three doctors at different stages of their careers and a dedicated young nurse, starring Matt Czuchry (The Good Wife and Gilmore Girls), Manish Dayal (Halt and Catch Fire), Bruce Greenwood (Mad Men and Nowhere Man), Emily VanCamp (Revenge and Everwood) and Valerie Cruz (The Following).

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