Fox has set its midseason 2027 calendar, using the first week of January to restart its medical block and unscripted anchors before slotting one new drama into the schedule in February.
The dates that matter
The network’s listed slate begins Tuesday, January 5 with the return of Best Medicine at 8 p.m. and Doc at 9 p.m. Best Medicine—starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts—is working with a reduced 14-episode order this season. That shorter run means the 8 p.m. slot passes to The Interrogator, a new drama led by Stephen Fry, on February 9.
Wednesday, January 6 brings Season 15 of The Masked Singer at 8 p.m., followed by the high-profile Baywatch reboot at 9 p.m. The shore-side drama’s date had been revealed last month; the new schedule shows which title will supply its lead-in.
On Thursday, January 7, Extracted starts Season 3 with a two-hour episode at 8 p.m. It moves to its regular 9 p.m. slot on January 14, with Hell’s Kitchen taking over at 8.
February’s wave opens on Monday, February 1 with Murder in a Small Town and Memory of a Killer. Next Level Chef begins Season 6 on Thursday, February 18 at 8 p.m.
Why the grid matters
Fox is using proven titles to structure the quarter rather than betting on all-new hours in January. The Masked Singer is a durable unscripted performer, and it is now the on-air entry point for a scripted reboot. The Tuesday medical block stays intact through the remaining Best Medicine episodes, then hands a known drama hour to a new show instead of leaving it open.
For media planners, the schedule creates three useful windows. January 6–7 is the high-reach unscripted block with two premieres in 48 hours. The Tuesday 8 p.m. transition on February 9 is the scripted pipeline test. And February 18 gives buyers a fresh food-competition episode to anchor late-week placements.
- January 5: Best Medicine and Doc return with a medical block.
- January 6: The Masked Singer Season 15 leads into Baywatch.
- February 9: The Interrogator inherits Best Medicine‘s Tuesday 8 p.m. slot.
The 14-episode order is the clearest scheduling signal in the announcement. Broadcast networks often use reduced episode counts to manage costs and create a clean handoff to a new title. Here, Fox gets a finite run for a sophomore medical drama and a February debut window for The Interrogator in the same hour.
One omission stands out: the announcement includes no comedies or Sunday programming. Fox’s spring grid is therefore still incomplete, and buyers weighing full-quarter commitments will need a follow-up update for those slots.
Source: Deadline
