It is solely a matter of time earlier than the climate begins cooling and the summer time of the 2025 TV schedule offers approach to primetime filling again in once more for the autumn. Fox has now introduced its lineup for the autumn, and there is one change that grants my want for 2 sequence’ second seasons, whereas the remainder of the lineup makes me nervous about the way forward for the community. Let’s begin with the excellent news, regarding Doc and Homicide in a Small City following their profitable first seasons!
Doc Is Paired With Homicide In A Small City
Way back to the Season 1 finale of Doc as Fox’s record-breaking freshman medical drama, I have been hoping for the community to pair Molly Parker’s sequence with the second season of Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk’s co-led Homicide in a Small City. Each exhibits aired on Tuesday nights within the 2024 – 2025 TV schedule, however Homicide in a Small City‘s first season ran for eight episodes and wrapped in late 2024, whereas Doc debuted in early 2025. Each exhibits will premiere this fall on September 23.
Whereas we by no means noticed them paired up of their first seasons, I suspected that they’d make for an ideal evening of primetime collectively. Plus, it might be useful for me to look at two of my high new exhibits in a single sitting! It stays to be seen if this pairing is certainly a hit, however my fingers are crossed. Homicide in a Small City acquired a small increase in episode depend for Season 2, with a rise from the eight episodes of Season 1 as much as ten. As for Doc, the Season 1 order of ten episodes is bumped all the best way as much as 22 for Season 2.
So, Tuesday nights are shaping as much as be nice for me this fall, not least as a result of the pairing is a silver lining for me after CBS cancelled FBI: Most Wished and FBI: Worldwide as two of my earlier typical reside Tuesday evening exhibits. However there’s one factor of Fox’s fall lineup that troubles me, and it isn’t precisely a small factor.
Fox’s Principally Unscripted Fall 2025 Lineup
Fox additionally introduced the remainder of the autumn lineup, and it seems that Doc and Homicide in a Small City are the community’s solely scripted choices in the primary Monday – Thursday evening stretch of primetime, and the community’s solely live-action scripted choices with Sunday’s Animation Domination slate included. Although I in fact knew that Fox axed a number of sequence amidst the listing of 2025’s canceled and ending TV exhibits, seeing the schedule with out 9-1-1: Lone Star, Alert: Lacking Individuals Unit, The Cleansing Woman, and/or Rescue: HI-Surf makes it really feel all of the extra actual that Fox is investing lots in unscripted sequence and recreation exhibits.
As extra of a fan of scripted fare, this considerations me. Positive, I joked about Rescue: HI-Surf having an annoying title to sort out way back to my first protection of the action-packed present, however that did not imply I wished it and most of Fox’s different scripted sequence to be cancelled! Check out what to anticipate on the community beginning this fall:
Monday, September 15
Movie star Identify That Tune (Season 5) – 8 p.m. ET
Movie star Weakest Hyperlink (Sequence Premiere) – 9 p.m. ET
Tuesday, September 23
Homicide in a Small City (Season 2) – 8 p.m. ET
Doc (Season 2) – 9 p.m. ET
Wednesday, September 24
The Flooring (Season 4 Premiere) – 8 p.m. ET
99 to Beat (Sequence Premiere) – 9 p.m. ET
Thursday, September 25
Hell’s Kitchen (Season 24 Premiere) – 8 p.m. ET
Particular Forces: World’s Hardest Take a look at (Season 4 Premiere) – 9 p.m. ET
Fridays (Starting August 29)
FOX School Soccer Friday – 8 p.m. ET
Saturdays (Ongoing)
Fox Sports activities Saturday – 5 p.m. ET
Sunday, September 28
The Simpsons (Season 37) – 8 p.m. ET
Common Fundamental Guys (Season 2) – 8:30 p.m. ET
Krapopolis (Season 3) – 9 p.m. ET
Bob’s Burger’s (Season 16) – 9:30 p.m. ET
None of that is to say that Doc and Homicide in a Small City would be the solely scripted choices on the community for the 2025-2026 TV season. Reminiscence of a Killer, starring Gray’s Anatomy vet Patrick Dempsey, was ordered to sequence again in Could (per Selection), whereas The Wrap confirms that Greatest Medication (as an American adaptation of the U.Okay.’s Doc Martin) will arrive in 2026. Animal Management and Going Dutch may even be again in midseason, so the autumn choices will not really be Fox’s solely scripted fare. However the unscripted outnumbers the scripted, and that makes me nervous for the way forward for Fox.
In case you’re extra of a fan of unscripted than I’m, then the autumn schedule is full of nice choices for you. New and returning exhibits will start returning in mid-to-late September, so now is an efficient time to make use of a Hulu subscription to compensate for any episodes of exhibits like Doc and Homicide in a Small City that you simply might need missed the primary time round.