FOX Announces Fall 2014 Schedule and New Portfolio of Content (Press Release)

FOX ANNOUNCES FALL 2014 SCHEDULE AND NEW PORTFOLIO OF CONTENT

FIVE NEW DRAMAS, TWO NEW EVENT SERIES, FOUR NEW COMEDIES AND ONE NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES JOIN SCHEDULE

POWERFUL UNTOLD ORIGIN STORY "GOTHAM," YOUNG ENSEMBLE DRAMA "RED BAND SOCIETY," 10-PART MYSTERY EVENT SERIES "GRACEPOINT," MULTI-CAM COMEDY "MULANEY" AND BOLD SOCIAL EXPERIMENT "UTOPIA" TO DEBUT IN FALL 2014

NEW SERIES SET TO DEBUT IN 2015 INCLUDE MUSIC-INFUSED EPIC FAMILY DRAMA "EMPIRE," FANTASTICAL ADVENTURE "HIEROGLYPH" AND OFFBEAT COMEDIC CRIME DRAMA "BACKSTROM"; M. NIGHT SHYAMALAN'S MIND-BENDING 10-PART EVENT THRILLER "WAYWARD PINES"; WILL FORTE'S COMEDY "THE LAST MAN ON EARTH," SINGLES ENSEMBLE COMEDY "WEIRD LONERS" AND THE ANIMATED "BORDERTOWN"

Live Specials JUMP OF THE CENTURY (working title) to Make Grand Leap in Fall; PITBULL'S NEW YEAR'S REVOLUTION (working title) to Explode into the New Year; and GREASE LIVE (working title) to Electrify in 2015

NEW YORK — May 12, 2014 — Kevin Reilly, Chairman, Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company (FOX), today unveiled the FOX portfolio of content for the 2014-2015 television season to the national advertising community during its annual Programming Presentation at the Beacon Theatre.

"Our portfolio of content this year reflects the biggest investment in programming we've ever made," said Reilly. "FOX is redefining the network experience on our air and as a 24/7/365 platform, with distinctive series, addictive event dramas and can't-miss live specials that will deliver broadcast's most youthful audience at scale."

SLEEPY HOLLOW "The Golem" Sneak Peek

Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and Lt. Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie)
enlist the help of Henry Parrish (guest star John Noble).
Photo Credit: Brownie Harris/FOX

The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues with a new episode ("The Golem") on Monday, December 9th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

Ichabod enlists Henry Parrish (guest star Noble) to help him communicate with Katrina, but in the process, a menacing danger is unleashed from purgatory.

John Noble, Amandla Stenberg and Jill Marie Jones guest star.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

SUPERNATURAL & DOCTOR WHO Top GetGlue Chart for the Week of November 25-December 1, 2013

ALMOST HUMAN & DOCTOR WHO Top GetGlue Chart for the Week of November 18-24

FOX's ALMOST HUMAN was the top broadcast show on GetGlue, and BBC America's DOCTOR WHO was the top cable show for the week of November 18-24.

On the ratings front, DOCTOR WHO's 50th Anniversary special, DOCTOR WHO: THE DAY OF THE DOCTOR, delivered 3.6 million viewers in L+SD for the daytime simulcast and primetime encore. On Saturday, BBC AMERICA was the #1 cable network on Twitter, Doctor Who was #1 on Twitter in all of television and the series set a record on Tumblr with the highest level of activity of any televised event ever, surpassing the Super Bowl and MTV's Video Music Awards.

DOCTOR WHO earned the Guinness World Record for the largest ever simulcast of a TV drama following a massive global campaign which saw the episode broadcast in 94 countries across 6 continents.

SLEEPY HOLLOW "Sanctuary" Sneak Peek

Photo Credit: Brownie Harris/FOX

The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues with a new episode ("Sanctuary") on Monday, November 25th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

When Ichabod and Abbie investigate a missing persons case, the search leads to a colonial-era house which holds secrets from Ichabod's past...and unleashes a long-dormant evil.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

ONCE UPON A TIME & THE WALKING DEAD Top GetGlue Chart for the Week of November 11-17

SLEEPY HOLLOW "Necromancer" Sneak Peek

Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) has a flashback of Katrina (Katia Winter.
Photo Credit: Brownie Harris/FOX

The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues with a new episode ("Necromancer") on Monday, November 18th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

Ichabod, Abbie, Captain Irving and Jenny Mills (guest star Lyndie Greenwood) join forces and face the Headless Horseman. While staring down this nemesis, Ichabod is shocked by game-changing information about the Horseman's true motive.

Watch a sneak peek video below:

SUPERNATURAL & THE WALKING DEAD Top GetGlue Chart for the Week of November 4-10

SLEEPY HOLLOW: Watch the First Eight Minutes of Tonight's Episode

John Noble guest-stars. Photo Credit: Brownie Harris/FOX

The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues with a new episode ("The Sin Eater") on Monday, November 4 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

When Ichabod Crane goes missing, his wife, Katrina, appears to Lt. Abbie Mills in a vision warning her that the Headless Horseman will return to Sleepy Hollow by nightfall. A frantic Abbie seeks help from the mysterious Henry Parrish (guest star John Noble), who holds vital clues about how Crane can vanquish his dangerous blood tie to Headless. Meanwhile, an encounter from Crane's past weighs heavily on him, and details about his first meeting with Katrina are revealed.

You can watch the first eight minutes of the episode in the video below:

SLEEPY HOLLOW "John Doe" Preview

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The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues on Monday, October 14th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

In "John Doe," when an unidentified boy is discovered in Sleepy Hollow, Ichabod Crane and Lt. Abbie Mills are called to the scene.

After speaking with the child, they immediately realize that something sinister and sickly is afoot and the duo go on a hunt to discover his home and origins - and are shocked by what they find.

Check out a sneak peek video below:

SLEEPY HOLLOW "The Lesser Key of Solomon" Preview

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The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues on Monday, October 7th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

In "The Lesser Key of Solomon," Lt. Abbie Mills and Ichabod Crane search for Abbie's estranged sister, Jenny (guest star Lyndie Greenwood), who has escaped from a Sleepy Hollow psychiatric hospital.

In a game-changing episode, which includes flashbacks to the real Boston Tea Party, Abbie and Ichabod discover more about the evil they are facing... and finally learn its name.

Check out a sneak peek video below:

SLEEPY HOLLOW Renewed For Second Season

FOX will delve into a second season of the hit action/adventure series SLEEPY HOLLOW, it was announced today by Kevin Reilly, Chairman of Entertainment, Fox Broadcasting Company.

"The show has proven to be a risk well worth taking - it's a conceptual blast unlike anything else on television and it all holds together with inventive writing and a fantastic cast," said Reilly. "I can't wait for fans to experience what else is in store for this fall and even more of this wild ride into Season Two."

BREAKING BAD and MARVEL'S AGENTS OF S.H.I.E.L.D. Top GetGlue Chart for the Week of September 23-29

SLEEPY HOLLOW "For the Triumph of Evil" Preview

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The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues on Monday, September 30th at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

In "For the Triumph of Evil," another soldier in the army of evil, the Sandman, seeps into the dreams of the residents of Sleepy Hollow. By infiltrating their minds at night, he tortures them to the brink - all because they, at one time, turned a blind eye to justice.

When the Sandman seemingly sets his sights on Abbie, she is forced to begin to face her past - and her institutionalized sister, Jenny (Lyndie Greenwood).

SLEEPY HOLLOW "Blood Moon" Preview

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The first season of SLEEPY HOLLOW continues on Monday, September 23rd at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

In "Blood Moon," still adjusting to his 21st century reality, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison) and Det. Abbie Mills (Nicole Beharie) move forward in their mission to unravel the mysteries lurking in Sleepy Hollow.

A frightful vision from Ichabod's former wife, Katrina (Katia Winter), sends the unlikely duo on the hunt for a vengeful witch from the 1700s who has been awoken by unknown evils and is on a path of destruction in the quaint town.

John Noble To Recur On SLEEPY HOLLOW

Veteran actor John Noble, famous for his acclaimed tenure as eccentric scientist Walter Bishop on FRINGE, will appear in a recurring guest-starring role on the new hit drama SLEEPY HOLLOW. Noble will appear later in the season as Henry Parrish, a kind and reclusive man who possesses supernatural powers that have the potential to help the series' protagonist, Ichabod Crane (Tom Mison).

The role marks a return to FOX for Noble, as well as a creative reunion with SLEEPY HOLLOW executive producers Alex Kurtzman, Roberto Orci and Heather Kadin, all of whom collaborated with the versatile actor on FRINGE.

Monday Night Ratings: SLEEPY HOLLOW Starts Strong

The overnight ratings are in for Monday, September 16, 2013. Check out a roundup of primetime ratings reports below:

From CBS:
The season finale of UNDER THE DOME delivered its largest audience since its June premiere and its highest key demographics since July, according to Nielsen preliminary live plus same day ratings for Monday, Sept. 16.

At 10 p.m., UNDER THE DOME was first in viewers (11.84m), adults 25-54 (3.6/09) and adults 18-49 (2.8/08) with its season one finale. Compared to last week, UNDER THE DOME was up +24% in adults 25-54 (from 2.9/08), +33% in adults 18-49 (from 2.1/06) and added +2.12m viewers (from 9.72m, +22%).