Britney, Demi, Glee, Oh My! It’s the Fox 2012 Fall Schedule!

The new shows on Fox’s fall 2012 schedule sound pretty promising especially a new comedy from The Office star Mindy Kaling. However, they all may be overshadowed by the re-working of The X Factor with two new judges, teen starlet Demi Lovato and pop princess and headline-maker Britney Spears. Just how will these two affect the show and will they bring in higher ratings? We will see, but Britney has a total young Paula thing going for her, so I will at least tune in a couple of times to see if things have changed for the better. (And how could they not? The show was a mess last season!)… Fox made some news with other interesting schedule changes moving Glee to Thursdays following The X Factor results show, moving Touch to Fridays alongside the final season of Fringe, and installing an all comedy lineup on Tuesday with Raising Hope, New Girl, the aforementioned The Mindy Project and the sibling comedy Ben & Kate. New dramas include The Mob Doctor starring Jordana Spiro and the midseason entry The Following about a serial killer (James Purefoy) being traced by a former FBI agent (Kevin Bacon in his first TV series)… Midseason will also bring the return of American Idol and another new comedy The Goodwin Games…With the new additions come the cancellations of Terra Nova, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Breaking In, The Finder and Alcatraz along with House departing after 8 seasons. For more on these shows and Fox’s fall schedule, head to Deadline Hollywood here, and take a look at the new lineup below

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM THE MOB DOCTOR THE FOLLOWING (new) joins in midseason.

TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE
8:30-9:00 PM BEN AND KATE (new)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (new)
THE GOODWIN GAMES (new) joins in midseason.

WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM THE X FACTOR (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL (midseason)

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE X FACTOR Results (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM TOUCH
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (fall)
HELL’S KITCHEN returns in midseason.

SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY (fall)
COPS returns in midseason.
ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF(new) will join late-prime in 2013.

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall) / ANIMATION DOMINATION (encores)
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT (fall) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD

Check out Fox’s New Fall Schedule

X marks the spot on Fox‘s new Fall Schedule as Simon Cowell’s new talent competition show, The X Factor, leads the network’s new offerings as they attempt to establish an American Idol-size smash at the beginning of the season. The show will reunite Simon with Paula Abdul and run Wed-Thursdays like Idol and looks to be a promising hit. The other big new player is the dinosaur time traveling action drama Terra Nova which will lead into House on Mondays. Take a look at the new fall schedule below with descriptions of the new shows and the network’s plan come midseason. For more on Fox, head here.

MONDAY
8/7c TERRA NOVA (A futuristic/prehistoric family adventure starring Jason O’Mara as a group of people head back in time to Jurassic adventures in hopes of halting the extinction of the human race in the future).
9 pm House (new timeslot)

TUESDAY
8 pm Glee
9 pm NEW GIRL (A comedy starring Zooey Deschanel as a goofy girl who moves in with three single guys)
9:30 pm Raising Hope

WEDNESDAY
8-9:30 pm THE X FACTOR (Simon Cowell’s new talent search series with co-judges music exec. LA Reid, Brit superstar Cheryl Cole and Paula Abdul, hosted by Brit Steve Jones and former Pussycat Doll Nicole Scherzinger)
9:30 pm I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (A wacky comedy starring Emmy winner Jamie Pressley and Tony winner Katie Finneran as moms who realize they can’t stand their teenage daughters who are just like they used to be…)

THURSDAY
8 pm THE X FACTOR (Results Show)
9 pm Bones

FRIDAY
8 pm Kitchen Nightmares
9 pm Fringe

SATURDAY
8 pm Cops
9 pm Encores/America’s Most Wanted (Specials)

SUNDAY
7:30 pm The Cleveland Show
8 pm The Simpsons
8:30 pm ALLEN GREGORY (a new animated series about a pretentious 7-year-old voiced by Jonah Hill)
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 pm American Dad

***MIDSEASON SCHEDULE***

MONDAY
8/7c House
9 pm ALCATRAZ (J.J. Abrams new thriller set at the infamous prison starring Sam Neil, Jorge Garcia and Parminder Nagra)

TUESDAY
8 pm Glee
9 pm NEW GIRL
9:30 pm Raising Hope

WEDNESDAY
8-9:30 pm American Idol
9:30 pm I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER

THURSDAY
8 pm American Idol (Results Show)
9 pm FINDER/Bones (Returning in Spring) … FINDER is the Bones spinoff

FRIDAY
8 pm Kitchen Nightmares
9 pm Fringe

SATURDAY
8 pm Cops
9 pm Encores/America’s Most Wanted (Specials)

SUNDAY
7:30 pm The Cleveland Show
8 pm The Simpsons
8:30 pm NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (an animated show based on the cult hit comedy film)
9 pm Family Guy
9:30 pm Bob’s Burgers

Also coming at midseason, but yet to be scheduled is the drama Touch starring Emmy winner Kiefer Sutherland (24).

So, what do I think of the new sched?

The Good: Fringe got another season!!! Raising Hope and Glee look like they have a fun new comedy companion on Tuesdays and The X Factor and Terra Nova show promise.

The Bad: booo~ they cancelled Human Target… (also canned were The Chicago Code, Lie To Me, Traffic Light and supposedly Breaking In)
The Argh: in the spring Glee will be taking a long break to make way for some other new comedies…