Fox Shares Winter Premieres
Joel McHale comedy ‘Animal Control’ begins February 16
Fox has revealed its winter premieres, including drama Fantasy Island January 2, competition series Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test January 4 and workplace comedy Animal Control February 16.
It will be season two of Fantasy Island.
The Resident starts January 3.
Special Forces sees celebs embark on grueling challenges from the Special Forces selection process. Mel B, Kate Gosselin and Dwight Howard are among the contestants.
Hell’s Kitchen, Welcome to Flatch and Call Me Kat begin their seasons January 5.
Missing persons drama Alert, with Jamie Foxx and John Eisendrath executive producing, debuts January 8.
Celebrity Name That Tune, on January 11, is hosted by Jane Krakowski.
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9-1-1: Lone Star, with Rob Lowe and Gina Torres in the cast, starts January 17.
Howard Gordon drama Accused premieres January 22.
Gordon Ramsay’s Next Level Chef begins season two February 12, after the Super Bowl.
Workplace comedy Animal Control, with Joel McHale, premieres February 16. The show is about animal control workers who have the animals figured out, but not so much the people. ■
Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.