Rich Heldenfels, Pop Culture Wanderer

 All they have to say: FOX ANNOUNCES NEW PRIMETIME SCHEDULE FOR 2021-2022 SEASON FOUR NEW DRAMAS, TWO NEW COMEDIES, FOUR NEW UNSCRIPTED SERIES AND ONE NEW ANIMATED COMEDY JOIN LINEUP, TAPPING INTO THEMES OF HOPE, SECOND CHANCES AND REINVENTION UPLIFTING DRAMEDY “THE BIG LEAP,” STARRING SCOTT FOLEY, TO PREMIERE THIS FALL FAMILY DRAMA “OUR KIND OF PEOPLE,” FROM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS LEE DANIELS AND KARIN GIST, AND STARRING YAYA DaCOSTA AND MORRIS CHESTNUT, ALSO TO DEBUT THIS FALL ALL-NEW SINGING COMPETITION SERIES “ALTER EGO” LAUNCHES THIS FALL, FOLLOWING THE #1 SHOW ON TELEVISION, “THE MASKED SINGER” GORDON RAMSAY’S NEW COOKING COMPETITION SERIES, “NEXT LEVEL CHEF,” PREMIERES MIDSEASON COUNTRY MUSIC FAMILY DRAMA “MONARCH” BEGINS ITS TWO-NIGHT PREMIERE EVENT, FOLLOWING THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP ON SUNDAY, JANUARY 30, AND CONTINUES TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 1 THRILLING DRAMA “THE CLEANING LADY,” STARRING ELODIE YUNG, TO PREMIERE MIDSEASON SMALL-TOWN DOCU-COM “WELCOME TO FLATCH,” FROM DIRECTOR AND EXECUT

Reality, sports and some pickups from elsewhere. The official announcement: Responding to real-time shifts in the marketplace, FOX, this season’s #1 network among Adults 18-49, and the only network to experience year-to-year growth in the demo and Total Viewers, is announcing its Fall 2020 schedule. The programming slate includes Season Four of television’s #1 series, THE MASKED SINGER, new drama series NEXT and FILTHY RICH, as well as all-new seasons of returning animated series THE SIMPSONS, BLESS THE HARTS, BOB’S BURGERS and FAMILY GUY, along with Gordon Ramsay’s hit cooking competition series, MASTERCHEF JUNIOR. Also, making its network television debut is police drama L.A.’S FINEST, starring Jessica Alba and Gabrielle Union, along with the third installment of COSMOS, entitled COSMOS: POSSIBLE WORLDS. In midseason, original programming includes 9-1-1 and the #1 new drama 9-1-1: LONE STAR; along with new comedy CALL ME KAT, starring Mayim Bialik and executive-produced by B