FOX Announces ‘Glee’ Final Season Premiere Date and Many More

FOX has announced it’s premiere date schedule for the first half of 2015, including the premiere date that will usher in hit show Glee‘s final season on the network.

Glee takes its final bow with a sixth and final 13-episode season starting with a special two-hour premiere event Friday, Jan. 9. New Directions’ original star, Rachel Berry (Golden Globe Award nominee Lea Michele), comes home to Lima, after her humiliating failure as a TV actress, and discovers that Sue Sylvester (Emmy Award winner Jane Lynch) has banished the arts at McKinley. Throughout its closing season, McKinley alumnae will return to say “good-bye” to the award-winning and groundbreaking musical comedy. The series makes its time period premiere Friday, Jan. 16 and will air all-new episodes for 11 consecutive weeks, culminating in a special two-hour series finale on Friday, March 20.

In addition to Glee, the network has announced premiere dates for new series World’s Funniest Fails (working title)(Jan. 16), Backstrom (Jan. 22), The Last Man On Earth (March 1) and Weird Loners(March 31); and returning series Masterchef Junior(Jan. 6), The Following (March 2), Hell’s Kitchen (March 3) and Bones (March 26).

You can read FOX’s 2015 premiere schedule for yourself below:

FOX 2015 RECAP

(Times for All-New Episodes are ET/PT Except as Noted)

 

Sunday, Jan. 4:

8:00-8:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM                                      BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (All-New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      FAMILY GUY (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM                                    BOB’S BURGERS (All-New Episode)

Mondays, beginning Jan. 5:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      GOTHAM (All-New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    SLEEPY HOLLOW (All-New Episode)

Tuesdays, beginning Jan. 6:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      MASTERCHEF JUNIOR (Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      NEW GIRL (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM                                    THE MINDY PROJECT (All-New Episode)

Wednesdays, beginning Jan. 7:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      AMERICAN IDOL XIV (Season Premiere, Part One)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    EMPIRE (Series Premiere, with Limited Interruption)

Thursday, Jan. 8:

8:00-10:00 PM                                    AMERICAN IDOL XIV (Season Premiere, Part Two)

Sundays, beginning, Jan. 11:

7:00-7:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (Encore Episode)
7:30-8:00 PM                                      MULANEY (All-New Episode)
8:00-8:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM                                      BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (All-New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      FAMILY GUY (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM                                    BOB’S BURGERS (All-New Episode)

Friday, Jan. 9:

8:00-10:00 PM                                    GLEE (Two-Hour Season Premiere)

Thursday, Jan. 15:

8:00-10:00 PM                                    AMERICAN IDOL XIV (All-New Episode)

Fridays, beginning Jan. 16:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      WORLD’S FUNNIEST FAILS (wt) (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    GLEE (Time Period Premiere)

Thursdays, beginning Jan. 22:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      AMERICAN IDOL XIV (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    BACKSTROM (Series Premiere)

Sunday, March 1:

7:00-7:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (Encore Episode)
7:30-8:00 PM                                      BOB’S BURGERS (Time Period Premiere)
8:00-8:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM                                      BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (All-New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (One-Hour Premiere Event)

Monday, March 2:

8:00-10:00 PM                                    THE FOLLOWING (Two-Hour Season Premiere Event)

Tuesdays, beginning March 3:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      NEW GIRL (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM                                    THE MINDY PROJECT (All-New Episode)

Sundays, beginning March 8:

7:00-7:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (Encore Episode
7:30-8:00 PM                                      BOB’S BURGERS (All-New Episode)
8:00-8:30 PM                                      THE SIMPSONS (All-New Episode)
8:30-9:00 PM                                      BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (All-New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      FAMILY GUY (All-New Episode
9:30-10:00 PM                                    THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (Time Period Premiere)

Mondays, beginning March 9:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      GOTHAM (All-New Episode)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    THE FOLLOWING (Time Period Premiere)

Friday, March 20:

8:00-10:00 PM                                    GLEE (Two-Hour Series Finale)

Thursday, March 26:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      BONES (Spring Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM                                    BACKSTROM (All-New Episode)

Tuesdays, beginning March 31:

8:00-9:00 PM                                      HELL’S KITCHEN (All-New Episode)
9:00-9:30 PM                                      NEW GIRL (All-New Episode)
9:30-10:00 PM                                    WEIRD LONERS (Series Premiere)

Additional premiere dates and schedule details to be announced.

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