Rel
After his scene-stealing turn in Get Out, Lil Rel Howery is smart to capitalize on the buzz with his very own sitcom. The self-named series Rel follows Howery as a husband and father whose life falls apart after his wife leaves him for his barber. A short trailer like this doesn’t often do justice to a multi-camera sitcom, but the laugh track does feel a little stale coming after jokes that elicit barely more than a chuckle. This is the series replacing Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
But Howery is a major talent — even if his scenes come off as more like stand-up than a sitcom routine. And co-star Sinbad injects the series with enough panache to make Rel feel vaguely enjoyable. Cast: Lil Rel Howery, Sinbad, Jess “Hilarious” Moore, Jordan L. Jones Official Synopsis: Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), REL is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild his life as a single father, following his divorce.Rel wil air Sundays at 9:30 pm ET.
The Cool Kids
It’s like Golden Guys! A multi-camera sitcom about geriatric best friends who get into shenanigans seem perfectly suited toward Fox’s new target demographic, aka the Roseanne crowd. The series follows four friends as they break every rule of their retirement community and live large. Good, classic comedy that will probably be on the air for 10 seasons.
Cast: David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordan, Vicki Lawrence Official Synopsis: From executive producer Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), The Cool Kids is a multi-camera comedy about a rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun – because, at their age, what do they really have to lose?The Cool Kids will air Fridays at 8:30 pm ET.
Proven Innocent
I like that major networks are going to bat for utterly sincere shows. Proven Innocent seems like Fox’s response to NBC’s New Amsterdam, and part of a wave of shows inspired by NBC’s weepy good-hearted melodrama This is Us. The procedural show follows an underdog criminal defense firm as they combat injustice, led by a fierce lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre) who became a media sensation after being wrongfully convicted. It’s a promising procedural series, but most importantly, it has Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser rocking a beard and hoodie.
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Vincent Kartheiser, Russell Hornsby, Brian d’Arcy James, and Nikki M. James Official Synopsis: Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner and Empire co-creator Danny Strong partners with David Elliot (Four Brothers) to tell the emotional story of one woman’s fight for the innocence of others, as well as her own. Proven Innocent follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by a fierce and uncompromising lawyer, who was wrongfully convicted in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession, a household name and a national cause célèbre.Proven Innocent will be held for a midseason debut.
By Hoai-Tran Bui/May 15, 2018 4:30 pm EST
Rel
After his scene-stealing turn in Get Out, Lil Rel Howery is smart to capitalize on the buzz with his very own sitcom. The self-named series Rel follows Howery as a husband and father whose life falls apart after his wife leaves him for his barber. A short trailer like this doesn’t often do justice to a multi-camera sitcom, but the laugh track does feel a little stale coming after jokes that elicit barely more than a chuckle. This is the series replacing Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
But Howery is a major talent — even if his scenes come off as more like stand-up than a sitcom routine. And co-star Sinbad injects the series with enough panache to make Rel feel vaguely enjoyable. Cast: Lil Rel Howery, Sinbad, Jess “Hilarious” Moore, Jordan L. Jones Official Synopsis: Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), REL is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild his life as a single father, following his divorce.Rel wil air Sundays at 9:30 pm ET.
After his scene-stealing turn in Get Out, Lil Rel Howery is smart to capitalize on the buzz with his very own sitcom. The self-named series Rel follows Howery as a husband and father whose life falls apart after his wife leaves him for his barber. A short trailer like this doesn’t often do justice to a multi-camera sitcom, but the laugh track does feel a little stale coming after jokes that elicit barely more than a chuckle. This is the series replacing Brooklyn Nine-Nine?
But Howery is a major talent — even if his scenes come off as more like stand-up than a sitcom routine. And co-star Sinbad injects the series with enough panache to make Rel feel vaguely enjoyable.
Cast: Lil Rel Howery, Sinbad, Jess “Hilarious” Moore, Jordan L. Jones
Official Synopsis: Inspired by the life of Lil Rel Howery (Get Out), REL is a multi-camera comedy starring Howery as a loving husband and father living in Chicago, who finds out his wife is having an affair, and must rebuild his life as a single father, following his divorce.Rel wil air Sundays at 9:30 pm ET.
The Passage
Now we’re talking. The Passage seems like an ambitious, character-driven sci-fi series with a pedigree to match — Ridley Scott and Matt Reeves are just two of the names behind it. The Passage has a pretty standard set-up: a dangerous virus threatens to wipe out all of humanity and scientists are scrambling to find a cure to the zombie-like symptoms. Out of options, one scientist suggests experimenting on a child, and the group begrudgingly goes along with it. But the series kicks into thriller mode when the federal agent tasked with bringing in the child grows a conscience, and the pair go on the run. It’s like The Road meets Contagion — and it looks absolutely thrilling.
Cast: Saniyya Sidney, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Caroline Chikezie, Vincent Piazza, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Brianne Howey, Jamie McShane
Official Synopsis: Based on author Justin Cronin’s best-selling trilogy of the same name, The Passage is an epic, character-driven thriller written by Liz Heldens (Friday Night Lights). Executive-produced by Heldens, Emmy Award winner and Academy Award and Golden Globe nominee Ridley Scott (The Martian) and writer/director Matt Reeves (Dawn of the Planet of the Apes), The Passage focuses on Project Noah, a secret medical facility where scientists are experimenting with a dangerous virus that could lead to the cure for all disease, but also carries the potential to wipe out the human race. When a young girl (Saniyya Sidney, Hidden Figures) is chosen to be a test subject, a federal agent (Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Pitch) is tasked with bringing her in, but ultimately, becomes her surrogate father, determined to protect her at any cost – even as Project Noah’s work threatens to unleash an unimaginable apocalypse.The Passage will be held for a midseason debut.
The Cool Kids
It’s like Golden Guys! A multi-camera sitcom about geriatric best friends who get into shenanigans seem perfectly suited toward Fox’s new target demographic, aka the Roseanne crowd. The series follows four friends as they break every rule of their retirement community and live large. Good, classic comedy that will probably be on the air for 10 seasons.
Cast: David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordan, Vicki Lawrence Official Synopsis: From executive producer Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), The Cool Kids is a multi-camera comedy about a rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun – because, at their age, what do they really have to lose?The Cool Kids will air Fridays at 8:30 pm ET.
It’s like Golden Guys! A multi-camera sitcom about geriatric best friends who get into shenanigans seem perfectly suited toward Fox’s new target demographic, aka the Roseanne crowd. The series follows four friends as they break every rule of their retirement community and live large. Good, classic comedy that will probably be on the air for 10 seasons.
Cast: David Alan Grier, Martin Mull, Leslie Jordan, Vicki Lawrence
Official Synopsis: From executive producer Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), The Cool Kids is a multi-camera comedy about a rag-tag group of friends living in a retirement community who are willing to break every rule in order to have fun – because, at their age, what do they really have to lose?The Cool Kids will air Fridays at 8:30 pm ET.
Last Man Standing
Cast: Tim Allen, Nancy Travis, Jonathan Adams, Amanda Fuller, Christoph Sanders, and Jordan Masterson
Official Synopsis: Hit comedy Last Man Standing joins the Fox lineup. A fan-favorite for six seasons, the series stars Tim Allen as Mike Baxter, a married father of three girls, who tries to maintain his manliness, despite being surrounded by women.Last Man Standing will air Fridays at 8 pm ET.
Proven Innocent
I like that major networks are going to bat for utterly sincere shows. Proven Innocent seems like Fox’s response to NBC’s New Amsterdam, and part of a wave of shows inspired by NBC’s weepy good-hearted melodrama This is Us. The procedural show follows an underdog criminal defense firm as they combat injustice, led by a fierce lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre) who became a media sensation after being wrongfully convicted. It’s a promising procedural series, but most importantly, it has Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser rocking a beard and hoodie.
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Vincent Kartheiser, Russell Hornsby, Brian d’Arcy James, and Nikki M. James Official Synopsis: Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner and Empire co-creator Danny Strong partners with David Elliot (Four Brothers) to tell the emotional story of one woman’s fight for the innocence of others, as well as her own. Proven Innocent follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by a fierce and uncompromising lawyer, who was wrongfully convicted in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession, a household name and a national cause célèbre.Proven Innocent will be held for a midseason debut.
I like that major networks are going to bat for utterly sincere shows. Proven Innocent seems like Fox’s response to NBC’s New Amsterdam, and part of a wave of shows inspired by NBC’s weepy good-hearted melodrama This is Us. The procedural show follows an underdog criminal defense firm as they combat injustice, led by a fierce lawyer (Rachelle Lefevre) who became a media sensation after being wrongfully convicted. It’s a promising procedural series, but most importantly, it has Mad Men’s Vincent Kartheiser rocking a beard and hoodie.
Cast: Rachelle Lefevre, Vincent Kartheiser, Russell Hornsby, Brian d’Arcy James, and Nikki M. James
Official Synopsis: Emmy and Golden Globe Award winner and Empire co-creator Danny Strong partners with David Elliot (Four Brothers) to tell the emotional story of one woman’s fight for the innocence of others, as well as her own. Proven Innocent follows an underdog criminal defense firm led by a fierce and uncompromising lawyer, who was wrongfully convicted in a sensational murder case that made her an infamous media obsession, a household name and a national cause célèbre.Proven Innocent will be held for a midseason debut.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds
MONDAY8-9 P.M. — The Resident
9-10 P.M. — 9-1-1
TUESDAY8-9 P.M. — The Gifted
9-10 P.M. — Lethal Weapon
WEDNESDAY8-9 P.M. — Empire
9-10 P.M. — Star
THURSDAY5-11 P.M. — NFL Football LiveFRIDAY8-8:30 P.M. – Last Man Standing
8:30-9 P.M. — THE COOL KIDS
9-10 P.M — Hell’s Kitchen
7:30-8 P.M — The OT
8-8:30 P.M. — The Simpsons
8:30-9 P.M. —Bob’s Burgers
9-9:30 P.M — Family Guy
9:30-10 P.M — REL
