Glee is coming back to Tuesdays. Fox announced its mid-season winter schedule, making significant changes to Tuesdays and setting the premiere for The Following and Rake.
Up first is The Following, the serial killer drama starring Kevin Bacon. Just like what Fox did with Almost Human, the network is launching it with a two-night premiere event. The season premiere will air on Sunday, Jan. 19 right after the NFL’s NFC Championship game. It will make its regular timeslot premiere the following day at 9 p.m. Sleepy Hollow’s season finale will air just before it, so The Following should have a strong lead-in that night.
Rake was previously scheduled to air after the NFC Championship game, but the new Greg Kinnear-starring show now won’t premiere until Thursday, Jan. 23 after American Idol. The series stars Kinnear as a defense attorney whose messy private life gets in the way of his work.
Since Tuesday is Fox’s worst night of the week, it’s no surprise that the network made some key changes. The Mindy Project will have a winter finale on Jan. 28 at 9:30 p.m. and then go on hiatus until April 1 with a one-hour show. Freshman comedy Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which is now drawing more viewers than New Girl, will take the 9:30 p.m. slot starting on Feb. 4. New episodes of New Girl and Dads will continue, with Dads finishing on Feb. 11.
Glee shifts back to Tuesday on Feb. 25 at 8 p.m. The musical dramedy will continue with all new shows in that slot for the rest of the season. The Mindy Project will go back to 9:30 p.m. on April 8.
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