An early premiere for The X-Factor leads Fox into its 2012 Fall Schedule, premiering with a two-hour episode on Wednesday, September 12th and another hour on Thursday, September 13th with new judges Britney Spears and Demi Lovato. The second night of The X-Factor will lead into the new season of Glee, with new cast members Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Bones returns Monday, September 17th, followed by the premiere of The Mob Doctor, starring Jordan Spiro. New Girl returns Tuesday, September 25th with back to back episodes followed by two new shows, Ben and Kate and The Mindy Project. Raising Hope rejoins the Tuesday lineup on October 2nd.
Friday, September 28th finds Fringe premiering its fifth and final season, followed by Kitchen Nightmares. Touch returns Friday, October 26th. Sunday’s Animation Domination lineup returns September 30th with the premieres of The Simpsons, Bob’s burgers, Family and American Dad. The Cleveland Show embarks on its new season on October 7th.
For the complete press release – including dates and times for all of Fox’s premieres, follow the jump.
FOX ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES
FOR THE 2012-2013 SEASON
THE X FACTOR RETURNS WITH TWO-NIGHT SEASON PREMIERE
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12 AND THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
GLEE LAUNCHES ON A NEW NIGHT AND TIME
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13
THE MOB DOCTOR PREMIERES MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 17
NEW GIRL CELEBRATES SEASON TWO RETURN WITH TWO ALL-NEW EPISODES,
PLUS BEN AND KATE AND THE MINDY PROJECT DEBUT
ON TUESDAY COMEDY BLOCK SEPTEMBER 25;
RAISING HOPE JOINS TUESDAY LINEUP OCTOBER 2
TOUCH RE-CONNECTS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26
BONES Back on the Case Monday, September 17;
FRINGE Thrills for Fifth and Final Season Starting Friday, September 28;
THE SIMPSONS, BOB’S BURGERS, FAMILY GUY & AMERICAN DAD
Dominate Sundays Beginning September 30;
THE CLEVELAND SHOW Returns Sunday, October 7
FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series.
The 2012-2013 season begins with the spectacular return of THE X FACTOR, last fall’s No. 1 new unscripted series. The hit music competition series, featuring Simon Cowell, Britney Spears, L.A. Reid and Demi Lovato, will launch with a two-night season premiere event on Wednesday, Sept. 12 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Sept. 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Featuring new cast members including Kate Hudson and Sarah Jessica Parker in multi-episode story arcs, the fourth season of GLEE launches on a new night and time Thursday, Sept. 13 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following THE X FACTOR. With McKinley’s senior class graduated and Rachel Berry (Lea Michele) off to NYADA, change is in the air this fall for the GLEE club.
Fan-favorite BONES will enter its eighth season on Monday, Sept. 17 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the series premiere of the compelling new drama THE MOB DOCTOR (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). THE MOB DOCTOR stars Jordana Spiro (My Boys) as a brilliant, life-saving surgeon indebted to the mob.
It’s two for Tuesday, Sept. 25, when NEW GIRL returns for Season Two with two all-new episodes – a special episode at 8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT and the season premiere at 9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT – and two new comedies, BEN AND KATE (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) and THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT), join the Tuesday comedy block. BEN AND KATE stars newcomer Dakota Johnson and Nat Faxon (Bad Teacher, Academy Award-winning co-screenwriter of The Descendants) as a pair of odd-couple siblings – one a responsible single mom; the other a youthful free spirit – who reunite to help raise Kate’s daughter, Maddie (Maggie Jones, We Bought A Zoo). Created and written by Mindy Kaling (The Office), THE MINDY PROJECT stars Kaling as a skilled OB/GYN trying to balance both her personal and professional life. The following week, on Tuesday, Oct. 2 (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), RAISING HOPE returns to the Tuesday night lineup with all-new misadventures of the Chance family.
FRINGE returns for an unparalleled fifth and final season Friday, Sept. 28 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), following an all-new episode of Gordon Ramsay’s KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). TOUCH, starring Kiefer Sutherland and Maria Bello (Prime Suspect, A History of Violence), will make its Season Two debut Friday, Oct. 26 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).
Sundays get animated beginning Sept. 30, with the season premieres of THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT), BOB’S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT), FAMILY GUY (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and AMERICAN DAD (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Then, on Sunday, Oct. 7 (7:30-8:00 PM ET/PT), THE CLEVELAND SHOW rejoins the ANIMATION DOMINATION lineup.
Fall premieres of new and returning series are listed below in chronological order (all times are ET/PT):
Wednesday, Sept. 12
8:00-10:00 PM THE X FACTOR (Season Premiere, Part One)
Thursday, Sept. 13
8:00-9:00 PM THE X FACTOR (Season Premiere, Part Two)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Season Premiere)
Monday, Sept. 17
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM THE MOB DOCTOR (Series Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 25
8:00-8:30 PM NEW GIRL (Special All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM BEN AND KATE (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL (Season Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (Series Premiere)
Friday, Sept. 28
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (All-New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Season Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 30
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (Season Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (Season Premiere)
Tuesday, Oct. 2
8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE (Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM BEN AND KATE
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT
Sunday, Oct. 7
7:30-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Season Premiere)
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
Friday, Oct. 26
8:00-9:00 PM TOUCH (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE