Meanwhile, 'Gotham' and 'The Orville' are held back for midseason.
- May 17, 2018
AceShowbiz - FOX has unveiled its fall 2018 schedule. Viewers are offered with six returning dramas, two new sitcoms and two nights of football. This fall will see Tim Allen's "Last Man Standing" returning for season 7 after being canceled last year. Meanwhile, "Gotham" and "The Orville" are held back for midseason.
The Monday schedule features "The Resident" and "9-1-1" that are set for 8 P.M. and 9 P.M. slot respectively. Meanwhile, the Tuesday lineup consists of "The Gifted" at 8 P.M. with "Lethal Weapon" following at 9 P.M.
New series "The Cool Kids" joins newly-revived comedy "Last Man Standing" on the Friday schedule. Allen's comedy show will open that day at 8 P.M., while "The Cool Kids" is set to air at 8.30 P.M. Rounding out the lineup for Fridays is "Hell's Kitchen".
Another new show, "Rel", will be coming this fall. The series joins "The Simpsons", "Bob's Burgers" and "Family Guy" among others in the Sunday lineup.
FOX has also unearthed trailers for its new series. The new season of "Last Man Standing" will see the return of Allen as Mike Baxter, a married father of three girls, who tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women. The cast also includes Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller, Christoph Sanders and Jordan Masterson.
"The Cool Kids", meanwhile, is about three guy friends in a retirement community are the top dogs until they're blown out of the water by the newest member of the community, a female rebel who's ready to challenge their place. It's high school with seventysomethings. The project stars comedy veterans Vicki Lawrence, David Alan Grier, Leslie Jordan and Martin Mull.
"Rel" follows Lil Rel, a prideful, self-made success who lives by the code to “always believe in yourself and great things will come.” He finds that attitude put to the test when he learns his wife is having an affair with his own barber. He tries to rebuild his life post-divorce as a long-distance single father on the South Side of Chicago who's on a quest for love, respect, and a new barber.
FOX Fall 2018-19 Schedule (all times ET)
MONDAY
- 8.00 P.M. - "The Resident"
- 9 P.M. - "9-1-1"
TUESDAY
- 8 P.M. - "The Gifted"
- 9 P.M. - "Lethal Weapon"
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
- 7.30 P.M. - "Thursday Night Football Pregame Show"
- 8 P.M. - "NFL Football"
FRIDAY
- 8 P.M. - "Last Man Standing" (all-new episodes)
- 8.30 P.M. - "The Cool Kids" (new)
- 9 P.M - "Hell's Kitchen"
SATURDAY
- 8 P.M. - "FOX Sports Saturday: FOX College Football"
SUNDAY
- 7 P.M. - "NFL on FOX"
- 7.30 P.M. - "The OT/FOX Encores"
- 8 P.M. - "The Simpsons"
- 8.30 P.M. - "Bob's Burgers"
- 9 P.M. - "Family Guy"
- 9.30 P.M. - "Rel" (new series)
