Monday, May 17, 2021
Fox Upfront 2021-22: Fall 2021 Schedule; Friends Reunion on HBO Max, Every Episode Marathon on TBS
Fox 2021-22
Fall 2021
Mondays
8:00PM 9-1-1
9:00PM The Big Leap (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM The Resident
9:00PM Our Kind of People (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM The Masked Singer
9:00PM Alter Ego (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Thursday Night Football on Fox
Fridays
8:00PM WWE's Friday Night Smackdown
Saturdays
7:00PM Fox Sports Saturday
Sundays
7:00PM NFL on Fox
7:30PM The O.T. (NFL post-game)/Fox Encores
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM The Great North
9:00PM Bob's Burgers
9:30PM Family Guy
Unscheduled Mid-season 2022 (new and returning):
New Comedy: Welcome to Flatch, Pivoting, Krapopolis (animated)
New Drama: The Cleaning Lady, Monarch, Accused
New Reality/Unscripted: Next Level Chef, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, Domino Masters
Returning Comedy: Call Me Kat, Duncanville (animated), Housebroken
Returning Drama: 9-1-1: Lonestar
Returning Reality/Unscripted: I Can See Your Voice, Beat Shazam, Crime Scene Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen, Lego Masters, Masterchef, Mental Samurai
NOTES: Four new dramas, two new comedies, four new unscripted series and one new animated comedy join the lineup, tapping into themes of hope, second chances and reinvention.
Fall 2021
Mondays
8:00PM 9-1-1
9:00PM The Big Leap (NEW!)
Tuesdays
8:00PM The Resident
9:00PM Our Kind of People (NEW!)
Wednesdays
8:00PM The Masked Singer
9:00PM Alter Ego (NEW!)
Thursdays
8:00PM Thursday Night Football on Fox
Fridays
8:00PM WWE's Friday Night Smackdown
Saturdays
7:00PM Fox Sports Saturday
Sundays
7:00PM NFL on Fox
7:30PM The O.T. (NFL post-game)/Fox Encores
8:00PM The Simpsons
8:30PM The Great North
9:00PM Bob's Burgers
9:30PM Family Guy
Unscheduled Mid-season 2022 (new and returning):
New Comedy: Welcome to Flatch, Pivoting, Krapopolis (animated)
New Drama: The Cleaning Lady, Monarch, Accused
New Reality/Unscripted: Next Level Chef, Don't Forget the Lyrics!, Domino Masters
Returning Comedy: Call Me Kat, Duncanville (animated), Housebroken
Returning Drama: 9-1-1: Lonestar
Returning Reality/Unscripted: I Can See Your Voice, Beat Shazam, Crime Scene Kitchen, Hell's Kitchen, Lego Masters, Masterchef, Mental Samurai
NOTES: Four new dramas, two new comedies, four new unscripted series and one new animated comedy join the lineup, tapping into themes of hope, second chances and reinvention.
Small-town docu-com Welcome to Flatch, from director and executive producer Paul Feig and Writer and Executive Producer Jenny Bicks, will launch midseason. Eliza Coupe, Ginniger Goodwin and Maggie Q star in the new comedy Pivoting, premiering midseason.
Krapopolis will serve as the first-ever animated series curated entirely on the Blockchain, as Fox and Bento Box enter the NFT business. The company will launch a dedicated marketplace for Krapopolis that will curate and sell digital goods, ranging from NFTs of one-of-a-kind character and background art and GIFs, as well as tokens that provide exclusive social experiences to engage and reward super fans.
This August, Fox travels to Fantasy Island, with an all-new version of the classic show. A modern drama series, Fantasy Island takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected.
Discuss Fox's 2021-22 lineup. You'll find the official press release there, too...with details on all the new series.
HBO Max will debut Friends: The Reunion special on Thursday, May 27, the one-year anniversary of HBO Max's launch. Friends stars Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer return to the iconic comedy's original soundstage, Stage 24, on the Warner Bros. Studio lot in Burbank for a real-life unscripted celebration of the beloved show. Friends: The Reunion will feature a variety of special guests including David Beckham, Justin Bieber, BTS, James Corden, Cindy Crawford, Cara Delevingne, Lady Gaga, Elliott Gould, Kit Harington, Larry Hankin, Mindy Kaling, Thomas Lennon, Christina Pickles, Tom Selleck, James Michael Tyler, Maggie Wheeler, Reese Witherspoon and Malala Yousafzai. Ben Winston directed the special and executive produced along with Friends executive producers Kevin Bright, Marta Kauffman, and David Crane. The special hails from Warner Bros. Unscripted Television in association with Warner Horizon, Fulwell 73 Productions and Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions. Aniston, Cox, Kudrow, LeBlanc, Perry, and Schwimmer executive produced the special. Emma Conway, James Longman and Stacey Thomas-Muir co-executive produced. Every episode of Friends is available on HBO Max to stream.
And if you want to relive the episodes before the reunion you can on TV as well! Until June 4, TBS is airing every single episode of Friends ever, in a month-long marathon, weekdays from 10am – 4pm ET/PT. Fans can catch-up on all their favorite episodes before the highly anticipated premiere of Friends: The Reunion on HBO Max on Thursday, May 27.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Friday, May 15
Happy's Place - "Social Discontent" (NBC, 8:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
When Steve and Isabella begin shooting marketing content for the tavern, they quickly realize Bobbie has a case of camera madness, causing them to recast her with a local influencer.
Happy's Place - "The Name Game" (NBC, 8:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Bobbie doesn't want Gabby to get her hopes up too soon about her potential pregnancy, but accidentally rains on her parade in the process; Isabella hires Takoda's band to play at the tavern unaware he's in a death metal band.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of May 11)
Friday, May 15
- Goldie Hawn (Good Morning World) - Watch Goldie on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Asif Ali (Deli Boys/Wrecked/Mr. Robinson) and Saagar Shaikh (Deli Boys) - Asif and Ali are guests on a repeat of Jimmy Kimmel Live! at 11:35pm on ABC.
- Stanley Tucci (Central Park) - Stanley appears on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Brenda Song (Running Point/Dollface/Dads/The Suite Life on Deck/The Suite Life of Zack & Cody) - Brenda is a guest on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Nathan Lane (Mid-Century Modern/Only Murders in the Building/Modern Family/Charlie Lawrence/Encore! Encore!/One of the Boys) - Nathan appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- John Krasinski (The Office) - John talks about Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: Ghost War on CBS Mornings sometime between 7-9am.
- Lisa Ann Walter (Abbott Elementary/Emeril) - Lisa talks about Abbott Elementary and Lisa Ann Walter: It Was an Accident with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT and on ABC's GMA 3: What You Need to Know at 1pm.
- Valerie Bertinelli (Hot in Cleveland/Cafe Americain/Sydney/One Day at a Time) - Drew and Ross are covering the headlines with pals Valerie and Nate Berkus on a repeat of The Drew Barrymore Show, so check your local listings.
- Belmont Cameli (Saved by the Bell (2020-2021) - Belmont and Ella Bright talk about Off Campus on NBC's Today sometime between 7-9am.
- Patton Oswalt (A.P. Bio/The Goldbergs/The King of Queens) - Patton co-hosts NBC's Today in the 9am hour.
- Jackie Tohn (Nobody Wants This/GLOW) - NBC's Today catches up with Jackie in the 10am hour.
- Y'lan Noel (Insecure) - Y'lan talks about Netflix's Nemesis on Access Daily with Mario & Kit, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
11/04/25 - Happy's Place - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11/25 - Rick and Morty - Season 8 (Blu-ray) (DVD)
11/11/25 - SpongeBob SquarePants - The Complete Fifteenth Season (DVD)
11/11/25 - Two and a Half Men - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/02/25 - Tom and Jerry - The Golden Era Anthology (1940-1958) (Blu-ray) (DVD)
12/16/25 - Lippy the Lion and Hardy Har Har - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
12/16/25 - Wally Gator - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
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