Fox: Comedies
Our pick:Bordertown
Seth MacFarlane’s latest animated series pits two families against each other on the U.S.-Mexican border.
Executive-produced by Seth MacFarlane.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Cabot College
What happens when a woman’s college turns coed?
Starring: Bonnie Dennison, Jack Cutmore-Scott, Brandon Jones, Margaret Cho, Ely Henry, Asif Ali.
Executive-produced by Tina Fey.
Not ordered to series.
Dead Boss
When one sister is charged with killing her boss, she must rely on her scatterbrained sister for help.
Starring: Jane Krakowski, David Cross, Rachel Dratch, Cedric Yarbrough, Justine Lupe, Ravi Patel.
Not ordered to series.
Fatrick
Patrick deals with the fact that his life isn’t turning out how he wanted and confronts his bullied past.
Starring: Zach Cregger, Marcia Cross, Ray Ford, Dante Hoagland.
Not ordered to series.
Last Man on Earth
Life… as the last man on Earth.
Starring: Will Forte.
Ordered to series.
Mulaney
Life as John Mulaney is, as it turns out, fairly humorous.
Starring: John Mulaney, Martin Short, Nasim Pedrad, Elliott Gould, Seaton Smith, Zack Pearlman.
Ordered for at least 16 episodes.
No Place Like Home
A newly-married mother (and her husband and his teenage children) moves in with her 30-something son.
Starring: Jane Kaczmarek, David James Elliot, Jon Heder, Peter DaCunha.
Not ordered to series.
Sober Companion
An attorney’s life is turned upside down by his new sober companion.
Starring: Justin Long, Ally Maki.
Not ordered to series.
Weird Loners
Four single people try to remain optimistic while rooming together in Queens.
Starring: Zachary Knighton, Becki Newton, Nate Torrence.
Ordered for at least six episodes.
Fox: Dramas
Our pick:Gotham
Return to Batman’s hometown of Gotham City and look into the past through Commissioner Gordon’s eyes. We wish we could be the people to root against this show, but we just can’t. We’re positive it’s pure genius. It should do well with crime-lovers and nerds.
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Jada Pinkett Smith, Robin Lord Taylor.
Ordered to series.
The rest of the lineup:
Backstrom
A Serious Crimes Unit is led by a surly and combustible detective.
Starring: Rainn Wilson, Kristoffer Polaha, Dennis Haysbert, Page Kennedy, Beatrice Rosen, Thomas Dekker, Genevieve Angelson.
Ordered for at least 13 episodes.
Empire
The inner workings of a family-run hip-hop label are explored.
Starring: Terrence Howard, Taraji P. Henson, Jussie Smollet.
Ordered to series.
Hieroglyphic
A renowned thief is released from prison in ancient Egypt in order to assist the Pharaoh.
Starring: John Rhys-Davies, Max Brown, Reece Ritchie, Kelsey Chow, Condola Rashad.
Ordered for at least 13 episodes.
Home
Another family drama.
Not ordered to series.
The Middle Man
Back to Boston (this time in the ’60s) where an FBI agent and an Irish gangster team up to take down the Italian mafia by accidentally putting the Irish mafia in charge.
Executive-produced by Ben Affleck.
Fate undecided.
Red Band Society
Sick kids in the pediatric wing of a hospital must band together for entertainment.
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Griffin Gluck, Charlie Rowe, Rebecca Rittenhouse, Zoe Levin.
Ordered to series.
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