Fox Sets Its 2027 Midseason Lineup, With More Scripted Drama

Fox will give more of its weekly schedule to scripted shows when new episodes return in early 2027. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the network will air seven hours of scripted programming a week at midseason, up from four in the fall. Midseason is the batch of new shows that arrives between the fall and spring TV seasons.

The first night of new material is Jan. 6, 2027. Fox's Baywatch update premieres at 9 p.m., with season 15 of The Masked Singer starting an hour earlier at 8 p.m. (ET/PT refers to Eastern and Pacific time, the two US zones Fox schedules for.) Extracted follows the next day, on Jan. 7. It moves to its regular 9 p.m. time on Jan. 14.

Monday nights change the most. Season 3 of Murder in a Small Town premieres on Feb. 1 at 8 p.m., and season 2 of Memory of a Killer follows at 9 p.m. The two dramas take over the night from the game shows Name That Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link.

Tuesdays shift too. Best Medicine airs its season finale on Feb. 2. The Interrogator then premieres on Feb. 9 at 8 p.m. in the same slot. The series stars Stephen Fry as a former MI6 agent who now works for an intelligence agency in Washington. Fry also wrote the first episode.

Reality fans have a date as well. Next Level Chef premieres on Feb. 18 at 8 p.m., right after Hell's Kitchen finishes its season.

For viewers, the practical change is the timetable. Anyone who watches on Monday or Tuesday will find a different line-up from the one they know, and the Jan. 6 pairing puts two of Fox's titles back to back in prime time. The network has not said how long each new series will run.