FOX’s Backstrom (Thursdays, 9/8C) could be seen as Dr. Gregory House as a police detective, or he could be seen as Sherlock Holmes as Inspector Lestrade. Whatever the case, Detective Lieutenant Everett Backstrom is the misanthropic head of a team of detectives that tackles the crimes that must be dealt with fast. In the Swedish novels […]
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FOX Winter Premieres From Backstrom and Glee To Weird Loners and The Following Announced!
FOX has set the dates for its winter premieres for new scripted shows Backstrom (January 22nd), The Last Man On Earth (March 1st) and Weird Loners (March 31st) – and unscripted World’s Funniest Fails (working title) (January 16th). Returning scripted shows include Glee’s final 13-episode season (two-hour premiere on January 9th), The following (two-hour premiere on March 2n) and Bones […]
Mystifying Teaser: Backstrom!
Backstrom, the new series from the creator of FOX’s long-lived Bones, is a procedural that features a despicable, alcoholic, lazy, yet brilliant detective – the Backstrom of the title – played by Rainn Wilson. Yup, he sounds like Gregory House as a cop – but he may be even less functional outside business hours. Backstrom […]
Fox Announces Fall 2014-15 Schedule!
Batman prequel Gotham, North American Broadchurch adaptation Gracepoint and social experiment/unscripted series Utopia lead the way for Fox’s 2014-15 fall schedule. M. Night Shyamalan’s 10-episode event series, Wayward Pines, Egyptian myth/fantasy series Hieroglyph and Rain Wilson’s politically incorrect but brilliant Backstrom are among the highlights scheduled for 2015. Live specials include Pitbull’s New Year’s Revolution […]
Rain Wilson Cracks The Case as Fox Orders Backstrom To Series!
Rain Wilson will star as the head of the Serious Crimes Unit in Backstrom, a new one-hour drama from Hart Hanson. The Creator of Bones has been given a thirteen episode order for the series which is based on the acclaimed series of novels by renowned Swedish criminologist Leif G.W. Persson. Wilson will play Detective […]