FOX Announces Season Finale and Summer Premiere Dates

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The Following FOXFOX has become the second network to confirm the season finale dates for each of its shows. Beginning on April 29th with the finales of Bones and The Following, the network’s 2012-13 regular season will be drawing to a close, with the final season finales on Sunday, May 19th.

In addition to the season finale dates, FOX revealed the premiere dates for comedy burn-off The Goodwin Games (May 20th), the tenth season of So You Think You Can Dance (May 14th), the preview of unscripted workplace experiment Does Someone Have To Go (May 15th with a series premiere on May 23rd), and the fourth season of Masterchef (May 22nd).

Finally, FOX will be attempting a new alternative animated programming block called Animation Domination High-Def, consisting of a number of new quarter-hour animated series, including Axe Cop, High School USA!, and Golan the Insatiable. The line-up premieres Saturday, July 27th at 11:00.

What will you be watching on FOX this summer? Do you think they scheduled their finales well? Is your favorite FOX show safe from cancellation?

MONDAY
Monday, April 29:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Season Finale)
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Season Finale)

Mondays, beginning May 6:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (All-New Special Monday Episodes)

Mondays, beginning May 20:
8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE (Encore)
8:30-9:00 PM THE GOODWIN GAMES (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL (Encore)
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (Encore)

TUESDAY
Tuesday, May 7:
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (All-New Episode)

Tuesdays, beginning May 14:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (Season Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL (Season Finale)
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT (Season Finale)

WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, May 15:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Finale, Part One; ET live/PT tape-delayed)
9:00-10:00 PM DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GO (Series Preview)

Wednesdays, beginning May 22:
8:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF (Season Premiere)

THURSDAY
Thursday, May 9:
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL (All-New; ET live/PT tape-delayed)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Season Finale)

Thursday, May 16:
8:00-10:07 PM AMERICAN IDOL (Season Finale, Part Two; ET live/PT tape-delayed)

Thursdays, beginning May 23:
8:00-9:00 PM DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO GO (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (Time Period Premiere)

FRIDAY
Friday, April 5:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Finale)
9:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (All-New)

Fridays, beginning April 12:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (All-New)

Friday, April 26:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (All-New)
9:00-10:00 PM TOUCH (All-New)

Friday, May 10th:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Season Finale)
9:00-10:00 TOUCH (Season Finale)

Fridays, May 17:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM BONES (Encore)

Fridays, beginning May 24:
8:00-9:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Encore)

SATURDAY
Saturday, May 4:
8:00-9:00 PM COPS (One-Hour Season Finale)
9:00-10:00 PM THE FOLLOWING (Encore)
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ENCORES

Saturday, May 11:
6:00 PM-CC NASCAR ON FOX – DARLINGTON 500
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ENCORES

Saturday, May 18:
8:00-10:00 PM COPS (Encores)
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ENCORES

Saturdays, beginning May 25:
6:30 PM-CC FOX SPORTS SATURDAYS: BASEBALL ’13
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ENCORES

Saturdays, beginning July 27:
6:30 PM-CC FOX SPORTS SATURDAYS: BASEBALL ’13
11:00 PM-12:30 AM ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF (Series Premiere)

SUNDAYS
Sunday, May 12:
7:00-7:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encore)
7:30-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (All-New)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (All-New)
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Season Finale)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (All-New)
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (Season Finale)

Sunday, May 19:
7:00-8:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (One-Hour Season Finale; Two All-New Episodes)
8:00-9:00 PM THE SIMPSONS (One-Hour Season Finale; Two All-New Episodes)
9:00-10:00 PM FAMILY GUY (One-Hour Season Finale; Two All-New Episodes)

Sunday, May 26:
5:30 PM-CC NASCAR ON FOX – COCA-COLA 500

Sundays, beginning June 6:
7:00-10:00 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION (Encores)