Tuesday, June 25, 2019
Fox Fall 2019 Premiere Dates; FX Sets Dates for Fall 2019 Schedule

Fox has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series. Kicking off the new season, the 71st Primetime Emmy Awards(R) will air LIVE coast-to-coast from the Microsoft Theater at L.A. LIVE in Los Angeles on Sunday, Sept. 22 (8:00-11:00 PM ET live/5:00-8:00 PM PT live). Hit drama 9-1-1 returns for its third season on Monday, Sept. 23 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, followed by the series premiere of crime drama Prodigal Son at 9:00 PM ET/PT, starring Tom Payne, Emmy Award and Golden Globe nominee Michael Sheen, Bellamy Young and Lou Diamond Phillips. All-new Tuesdays begin Sept. 24, with the sixth and final season premiere of Empire at 9:00 PM ET/PT, following the Season Three return of The Resident at 8:00PM ET/PT. On Wednesday, Sept. 25, television's #1 new series, The Masked Singer, returns with a special two-hour season premiere from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PM. Thursday Night Football, with NFL Hall of Famers Terry Bradshaw, Howie Long and Michael Strahan headlining the pregame show, returns Sept. 26 at 7:30 PM-CC ET live/4:30 PM-CC PT live, as the Green Bay Packers host the Philadelphia Eagles.
Animation Domination returns Sunday, Sept. 29, with the premieres of The Simpsons unprecedented 31st season at 8:00 PM ET/PT; the all-new animated comedy Bless the Harts at 8:30PM ET/PT, featuring the voices of Kristen Wiig, Maya Rudolph, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz; the 10th season of Bob's Burgers at 9:00 PM ET/PT, in its new regular time period; and the 17th season of Family Guy at 9:30PM ET/PT, in its new regular time period. The series premiere of new drama Almost Family, starring Brittany Snow, Megalyn Echikunwoke, Emily Osment and Academy Award winner Timothy Hutton, will launch Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 9:00PM ET/PT in week two, following the time period premiere of The Masked Singer from 8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT.
WWE's flagship program, WWE's Smackdown Live, debuts Friday, Oct. 4 from 8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT. The weekly, two-hour live event will air 52 weeks a year, offering fans a unique combination of edge-of-your-seat action, unpredictable drama and world-class athleticism. WWE's Smackdown Live has helped launch the careers of pop-culture icons Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, John Cena, Undertaker, Triple H, "Stone Cold" Steve Austin and The Bella Twins.
FX Networks announced the fall premiere dates for the hit biker drama Mayans M.C., the acclaimed Mr Inbetween, the ninth installment of the American Horror Story franchise, American Horror Story: 1984, and the 14th season of comedy It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia. The premiere dates are as follows:
Mayans M.C. - Season Two Premieres Tuesday, September 3 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX
Mr Inbetween - Season Two Debuts Thursday, September 12 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX
American Horror Story: 1984 - Ninth Installment Premieres Wednesday, September 18 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FX
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - 14th Season Begins Wednesday, September 25 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on FXX
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Tuesday, September 30
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Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 29)
Tuesday, September 30
- Kumail Nanjiani (Bless the Harts/Silicon Valley) - Catch Kumail on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- ReneƩ Rapp (The Sex Lives of College Girls) - ReneƩ is the musical guest on Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Dwayne Johnson (Young Rock) - Dwayne appears on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Henry Winkler (Barry/Arrested Development/Out of Practice/Monty/Happy Days) - Henry is a guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC. He also talks about his children's book Detective Duck: The Mystery at Emerald Pond on ABC News Live Prime with Linsey Davis at 7pm.
- Charlie Hunnam (Undeclared) - Charlie stops by Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. He also talks about Monster: The Ed Gein Story on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am and on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
- Ronny Chieng (Young Rock/Ronny Chieng: International Student) - Ronny hosts Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Cristela Alonzo (Cristela) - Cristela is a guest on Comedy Central's The Daily Show at 11pm.
- Chelsea Frei (The Paper/The Moodys) - Chelsea appears on Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC. She will also be on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen at 3:30am on Bravo.
- Glen Powell (Chad Powers/Scream Queens) - Glen talks about Chad Powers on ABC's Good Morning America sometime between 7-9am.
- Mindy Kaling (Running Point/The Mindy Project/The Office) - ABC's Good Morning America has Deals & Steals with Mindy sometime between 7-9am.
- Asher Grodman (Ghosts) - Asher talks about Ghosts on CBS Mornings Plus in the 9am hour.
- Neil Patrick Harris (How I Met Your Mother/Star Raving Mad/Doogie Howser, M.D.) - NBC's Today has TODAY Food with Neil and David Burtka sometime between 7-9am.
- Jane Lynch (Angel from Hell) - Jane dishes on the new season of Celebrity Weakest Link on Fox on Sherri, so check your local listings.
- Regina Hall (Black Monday/Grandfathered/Married/Second Generation Wayans) - Regina tells Drew all about her action-packed new film One Battle After Another on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Teri Hatcher (The Odd Couple/Sunday Dinner/Karen's Song/The Love Boat) - Teri is whipping up a delicious meal in the kitchen with her Desperately Devoted Podcast Co-Hosts onscreen daughter Andrea Bowen and real-life daughter Emerson Tenney on The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- John Corbett (And Just Like That.../Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll/United States of Tara/Lucky/Sex and the City) - John talks about Soul on Fire on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
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