FOX's Fall Schedule: The Return of "24"

FOX announced its fall schedule today, but the big announcement was the official return of “24.”
FOX will present a two-hour movie Sunday, November 23rd at 8 p.m. The movie will take place just a few months before the start of day seven and will have Jack in the middle of an incident in Africa as the United States prepares to inaugurate its first female president. Parts of the movie will be shot on location in South Africa.

Here is the rest of FOX’s fall schedule, as reported on Variety.com, TVWeek.com and TVGuide.com…

Monday
8 PM--Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
9 PM--Prison Break

Tuesday
8 PM--House
9 PM--Fringe

Wednesday
8 PM--Bones
9 PM--’Til Death
9:30 PM--Do Not Disturb

“Disturb” is a comedy about a New York hotel starring Jerry O’Connell.

Thursday
8 PM--The Moment of Truth
9 PM--Kitchen Nightmares

Friday
8 PM--Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?
9 PM--Don’t Forget the Lyrics!

Saturday
8 PM--Cops
9 PM--America’s Most Wanted

Sunday
7 PM--The OT
8 PM--The Simpsons
8:30 PM--King of the Hill
9 PM--Family Guy
9:30 PM--American Dad

Here’s FOX’s January schedule, but be sure not to write it in pen, because it will change…

Monday
8 PM--Dollhouse
9 PM--24

“Dollhouse” is a drama from Joss Whedon (“Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) about a team “imprinted with personalities to solve secret missions, only to have their memories wiped clean in a high-tech lab/dorm.” It stars Eliza Dushku.

Tuesday
8 PM--American Idol
9 PM--Fringe

“Fringe” is the new drama from J.J. Abrams (“Lost”) about a female FBI agent, a scientist and his “bad-boy genius son” who investigate unexplained phenomena.

Wednesday
8 PM--House
9 PM--American Idol Results
9:30 PM--TBA Comedy

Thursday
8 PM--Hell’s Kitchen
9 PM--Secret Millionaire

“Millionaire” is a new reality show about rich people who go undercover into poor neighborhoods pretending to be documentary filmmakers while actually being there to hand out money.

Friday
Same

Saturday
Same

Sunday
7 PM--Comedy encores
8 PM--The Simpsons
8:30 PM--(January) King of the Hill
9 PM--(January) Family Guy
(Spring) Sit Down, Shut Up
9:30 PM--(January) American Dad
(Spring) The Cleveland Show

“Sit” is an animated comedy about a dysfunctional family at a school that reunites “Arrested Development” creator Mitch Hurwitz with Jason Bateman, Will Arnett and Henry Winkler. “Cleveland” is the “Family Guy” spinoff featuring the Griffins’ neighbor, Cleveland.

Not returning are “Back To You,” “Canterbury’s Law,” “K-Ville,” “Nashville,” “New Amsterdam,” “The Next Great American Band,” “The Return of Jezebel James,” and “Unhitched.”

FOX will start rolling out its schedule the week of August 25th so they can present an alternative to the Democratic National Convention.. But considering how into the election everyone is this year, I think that might be a mistake…