New York | Fox will set a police drama in post-Katrina New Orleans next fall and turn Fridays into music night with the American Idol spinoff that tries to confer stardom on a band, not just a singer.
And sitcom veterans Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton will co-star as news anchors for a Pittsburgh TV station in the comedy Back to You.
Fox, along with CBS, is dealing from a position of strength. It will win this season among the coveted 18-to-49-year-old demographic for the third year in a row, by its widest margin. Fox's biggest problem in recent years is finding momentum in the fall, when its prime-time schedule is frequently pre-empted for baseball. But this coming fall, it will have 14 nights of baseball, versus 26 last year.
The drama K-Ville, set for Mondays, focuses on a cop angry that his partner deserted him after Hurricane Katrina and willing to bend rules to catch bad guys. His new partner is an Afghanistan war veteran and more of a stickler for rules.
It will be filmed on location in New Orleans, said Peter Liguori, Fox entertainment president.
The Search for the Next Great American Band is Fox's attempt to spread some of the American Idol success to the fall. That hit's producers will be behind the new show, too. It will be paired on Friday nights with Nashville, a Real World-type reality show about people trying to make it in the country music business.
Another new Fox drama for the fall, New Amsterdam, features a cop who was born in the 1600s and granted immortality - until he finds his true love.
Per usual, Fox will completely revamp its schedule in January.
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