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FOX ANNOUNCES FALL PREMIERE DATES FOR THE 2008-2009 SEASON
FOX FALL TWO-HOUR PREMIERES KICK OFF MONDAY, SEPT. 1
HIGHLY ANTICIPATED NEW THRILLER "FRINGE" PREMIERES TUESDAY, SEPT. 9; NEW COMEDY "DO NOT DISTURB" DEBUTS WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 10
FOX has set the fall premiere dates for its new and returning series and will kick off the 2008-09 season with special two-hour premieres of PRISON BREAK Monday, Sept. 1 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT); BONES Wednesday, Sept. 3 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT); THE MOMENT OF TRUTH Thursday, Sept. 4 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT); and ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? Friday, Sept. 5 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).
FRINGE, the highly anticipated new thriller from J.J. Abrams ("Lost"), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman ("Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible III," "Alias") and starring Joshua Jackson, Anna Torv and John Noble, will debut with a two-hour premiere Tuesday, Sept. 9 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). DO NOT DISTURB, the new workplace comedy starring Jerry O'Connell and Niecy Nash, will premiere Wednesday, Sept. 10 (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT).
New series and returning favorites' premieres are listed below in chronological order. All times are ET/PT.
Monday, Sept. 1
8:00-10:00 PM PRISON BREAK (2-Hour Season Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 3
8:00-10:00 PM BONES (2-Hour Season Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 4
8:00-10:00 PM THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (2-Hour Season Premiere)
Friday, Sept. 5
8:00-10:00 PM ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
(2-Hour Season Premiere)
Saturday, Sept. 6
8:00-8:30 PM COPS (Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM COPS (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA'S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK (Season Premiere)
Monday, Sept. 8
8:00-9:00 PM TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
(Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM PRISON BREAK (Time Period Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 9
8:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (2-Hour Series Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 10
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM 'TIL DEATH (Season Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (Series Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 11
8:00-9:00 PM THE MOMENT OF TRUTH (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Premiere)
Friday, Sept. 12
8:00-9:00 PM ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?
(Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM DON'T FORGET THE LYRICS! (Season Premiere)
Saturday, Sept. 13
11:00 PM-Midnight MADtv (Season Premiere)
Midnight-12:30 AM TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN (Season Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 16
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (Time Period Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 28
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Season Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL (Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (Season Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (Season Premiere)
[EDITOR'S NOTE: The premieres previously announced to begin Monday, Aug. 25 will now begin Monday, Sept. 1.]
