FOX May 2014 Highlights Include Premiere of '24: Live Another Day', Season Finales of 'Glee' and 'The Following'

Here are the highlights, night by night, for this May on FOX:

MONDAY

Monday, April 28

BONES (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) - "The Drama in the Queen"
When a swim coach is found dead inside an abandoned well, the team investigates his secret past, leading them to a world of drag queens. Also, new "squintern" Jessica Weaver (guest star Laura Spencer) catches Sweets' (John Francis Daley) attention.

THE FOLLOWING (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) - "Forgive" - Season Finale
In the shocking second season finale, Mark (Sam Underwood) and Luke (Sam Underwood) turn the tables on both Ryan (Kevin Bacon) and Joe (James Purefoy), forcing the two sworn enemies to come together to save the woman they love.

THE FOLLOWING "For Joe" Preview: Ryan is Haunted By New Threats

Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) is haunted by new threats.
Photo Credit: David Giesbrecht/FOX

THE FOLLOWING continues its second season with a new episode ("For Joe"), Monday, January 27 at 9 p.m. ET/PT on FOX.

After the tragic subway killings, Ryan's obsession with the case becomes stronger than ever. Soon, mysterious phone calls bring him face-to-face with what may be his biggest threat yet. Meanwhile, revelations surrounding Joe's new life are brought to the surface/

Check out a sneak peek video below:

NEWS: CORONATION STREET's Controversial Suicide Storyline, Venezuelan President Blames Country's Violence On Telenovelas, TWIN PEAKS Blu-ray

Venezuelan President Blames Country's Violence On Telenovelas
President Nicolas Maduro has a new villain as he campaigns to bring down Venezuela’s spiraling crime: TV soap operas. He accuses the telenovelas of spreading “anti-values” to young people by glamorizing violence, guns and drugs.

On Monday night, his vice president, Jorge Arreaza, met with broadcast and pay TV operators to review the prime time lineup, warning that they could be in violation of a 2004 law mandating “socially responsible” programming. The two sides will meet in a week with the aim of drafting an agreement on meeting those obligations.

It’s unclear whether the government will take steps to restrict programming or impose harsher rules on telenovelas, which are hugely popular across Latin America.

CORONATION STREET Suicide Storyline Draws Praise, Concern
More than 10 million people watched the long-running soap CORONATION STREET on Monday as Hayley Cropper, sick with incurable pancreatic cancer, took an overdose of drugs and died peacefully in the arms of her loving husband Roy.

Some praised the storyline for its sensitive handling of terminal illness and death, but others said it risked encouraging suicides.

THE FOLLOWING Season 2 Premiere Preview: One Year Later, New Terror Begins

Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) and Mike Weston (Shawn Ashmore) have a
discussion at a crime scene. Photo Credit: Sarah Shatz/FOX

THE FOLLOWING returns on Sunday, January 19 at 10:30 p.m. ET/7:30 p.m. PT, immediately following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME on FOX.

One year after Ryan Hardy's (Kevin Bacon) pursuit of serial killer Joe Carroll, a healthy and healed Ryan is living in New York City. On the surface, it appears Ryan's gotten his life back together. But deep down, his obsession with Joe continues to grow. Then, on the anniversary of Joe's death, a new murderous rampage leaves everyone shocked and determined to discover the truth in the all-new "Resurrection" Season Two preview episode.

Check out a sneak peek video below:

FOX Announces Winter Schedule Changes, GLEE Moving To Tuesdays

FOX has announced schedule changes, set to take place in early 2014.

Last season's No. 1 new series, THE FOLLOWING, returns for its thrilling 14-week second season with a special two-night season premiere event, beginning Sunday, Jan. 19 (10-11 p.m. ET/7-8 p.m. PT), following the NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME (live, 6-10 p.m. ET). The two-night event continues with its time period premiere on Monday, Jan. 20 (9-10 p.m. ET/PT), following the season finale of SLEEPY HOLLOW, airing at a special time (8-9 p.m. ET/PT).

Bold new legal drama RAKE debuts on Thursday, Jan. 23 (9-10 p.m. ET/PT), following an all-new AMERICAN IDOL (8-9 p.m. ET/PT). Making his broadcast television series debut, Academy Award nominee and Emmy Award winner Greg Kinnear (Little Miss Sunshine, The Kennedys) plays a brilliant and frustratingly charming criminal defense attorney, whose chaotic and self-destructive personal life often gets in the way of his professional one.

NEWS: Jensen Buchan Splits With Sam Gores; World's Most Subversive Soap Operas; Diamont To Speak in Michigan; Asian Soaps Conquer Hispanic Markets; Homelamb; Soap Opera Club

Former daytime star Jensen Buchanan splits from husband
Buchanan (ex-Vicky/Marley, ANOTHER WORLD; ex-Sarah, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) and husband, Sam Gores, the chairman of the Paradigm Talent Agency, are splitting after 10 years of marriage, reports TMZ. The actress has two sons, Conor, 19, and Angus, 17 from her first marriage to Gray O'Brien.

The Daily Beast: The World’s Most Subversive Soap Operas
From telenovelas about Latin America’s missing girls to a series on conflict resolution in wartorn lands, soap operas are surreptitious agents of social change in the developing world.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL's Don Diamont To Speak In W. Bloomfield, Michigan
Diamont will be the featured speaker at the 31st Annual Alicia Joy Techner Memorial Parenting Conference. The conference is set to get underway at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 29th, at Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township. He will share his personal, behind-the-scenes pain and poignant journey back to his roots and share the wisdom he has gained through parenting. He will also discuss his inspirational story of overcoming personal loss and growing up the victim of anti-Semitic bullying.

Asian soap operas conquer Hispanic markets
Asian productions are becoming increasingly successful among Latin American and US Hispanic audiences, especially due to the new soap opera formats from China, Taiwan and Korea.

Monday Night Ratings: CARRIE DIARIES Steady, DALLAS Slightly Down

The overnight ratings are in for Monday, March 25.

On the CW, THE CARRIE DIARIES was flat with last week's 0.4 adults 18-49 rating (830,000 total viewers).

On FOX, THE FOLLOWING scored a series low 2.3, down two tenths from last week's 2.5 adults 18-49 rating (6.66 million viewers).

THE FOLLOWING Adds Nearly 10 Million Viewers to its Premiere Episode via Encore Showings, DVR, On Demand & Online Streaming

Total Viewing of THE FOLLOWING Premiere Episode

1/21/13 premiere (Live + Same Day): 10.42 million viewers

1/21/13 premiere (L7 gain): 4.68 million viewers

1/25/13 encore (L7): 2.84 million viewers (Note: This factors out 25% duplication with first airing)

4-14 Day VOD: 1.02 million plays (Note: The first 3 days of VOD are already included in Nielsen’s L7)

Streams (FOX.com and Hulu through 2/8/13): 1.38 million initiated streams

Total Audience: 20.34 million

THE FOLLOWING Photo Booths Set Up In 10 Cities

FOX is offering a "thrilling and chilling" interactive photo experience by inviting fans to join THE FOLLOWING at 10 photo booth locations across the country in New York, Los Angeles, Boston, Dallas, Atlanta, Houston, Seattle, Phoenix, San Diego and Miami.

Before the new drama premieres on Monday, January 21 (at 9 p.m. ET/PT), fans can get in on the action by stepping into THE FOLLOWING photo booths to snap a photo and then choose either “The Cast” (to team up with former FBI agent Ryan Hardy (Kevin Bacon) or Go On the trail of Joe Carroll (James Purefoy)) or “POEtic Writing” of the words from “The Raven.” Photos can be instantly uploaded from the photo booths, allowing fans to share their photo(s) on Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest.

FOX Winter Premiere Dates: Kevin Bacon's THE FOLLOWING Jan. 21, TOUCH Feb. 1

FOX announced the winter season and series premiere dates today for THE FOLLOWING, TOUCH and AMERICAN IDOL.

THE FOLLOWING, a psychological thriller created by Kevin Williamson (THE VAMPIRE DIARIES, DAWSON'S CREEK) and starring Golden Globe Award-winning actor Kevin Bacon (GUIDING LIGHT, Footloose) and James Purefoy (ROME), launches Monday, Jan. 21 (9:00-10:00 p.m. ET/PT). The intense, spellbinding drama follows Ryan Hardy (Bacon), an ex-FBI agent called out of retirement to track down Joe Carroll (Purefoy), a devious and diabolical serial killer, and the mastermind behind an ever-growing web of killers.

AS THE WORLD TURNS Alum Annie Parisse Joins THE FOLLOWING As Series Regular

Annie Parisse (ex-Julia, AS THE WORLD TURNS) has joined the cast of THE FOLLOWING as a series regular in the highly anticipated new thriller from creator/executive producer Kevin Williamson (THE VAMPIRE DIARIES; DAWSON'S CREEK), premiering midseason on FOX.

The chilling new series focuses on former FBI agent RYAN HARDY (Emmy Award-nominated actor Kevin Bacon, X-Men: First Class; Frost/Nixon), who is brought in as a consultant when notorious serial killer JOE CARROLL (James Purefoy, ROME) escapes from death row and embarks on a new killing spree.