“On behalf of myself, Greg Garcia and Raising Hope’s amazing cast and crew, I would like to thank our audience for tuning in and supporting us over the last four seasons,” said executive producer Mike Mariano. “We planned our Season Four finale with this possibility in mind, and hope our loyal fans enjoy the way we’ve chosen to say goodbye to the Chances and to Natesville.  Thanks again, and we’ll see you in syndication.”

It’s not a surprise that Hope has seen her last days, seeing as how creator Greg Garcia jumped ship for The Millers and the show found itself buried on Fridays after spending three seasons on Tuesdays. In fact, FOX was double pumping episodes for much of the fall, seemingly to get Hope off the schedule and into syndication even faster, so unless the show had especially overperformed, its cancellation was predetermined before the season even began.

The only FOX comedies that haven’t had their fates determined are multi-cam Dads, which aired its season finale in February; military ensemble Enlisted, Hope‘s critically acclaimed Friday partner; and Surviving Jack, which doesn’t premiere until later this month. While it’s possible that decisions on all three will come before the network unveils its fall 2014 schedule this coming May, it seems likelier that their fates won’t be revealed until then, especially if the network is planning on cancelling any or all. Networks tend to try and bury cancellations as best they can, unless it’s a situation like Raising Hope, where the show is less canceled and more concluded.

Raising Hope airs Fridays at 9:30 on FOX.

Will you miss Raising Hope? Do you think FOX is making the right decision in letting the show go? How much of a renewal chance do Dads, Surviving Jack, and Enlisted have?

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While the move will help Enlisted get sampled more than it was getting following Raising Hope, it might be two weeks too late, as the show needs every eyeball it can get in order to make it to a second season and the ceiling that it can now achieve has been lowered by delaying the move to 9:00. Often times, a show’s series premiere is its ratings high point, months of marketing and pre-season buzz culminating in a wave of sampling, and only in special circumstances can it build an audience out of a series premiere. Enlisted, which received a 0.6 in the 18-49 demo for its second episode, will likely have to add at least 67% to its current numbers to give itself a chance at another season; though it should receive a shot from airing after Bones, there’s no guarantee that enough of the procedural’s audience will find the show and stick with it for the remaining 11 episodes, all of which will air, per FOX’s TCA session last week.

What should help Enlisted is that it’s earned strong reviews and that no FOX comedy is doing especially great in L+SD ratings, with ratings leader New Girl staying around a 1.6-1.7 its past few airings. Given the ratings Friday Factor, the show might not have to catch Dads, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and The Mindy Project in order to take a slot on the schedule next season, but financially, there would be no way for the show to return at the ratings level it would have gotten at 9:30. Although it has a tall task ahead of it in building an audience after two poorly-rated episodes, especially now that it’s going head-to-head with the likes of Shark Tank and Grimm, Enlisted now has something of a chance to turn its fortunes around.

Do you think Enlisted moving to 9:00 will give it a chance at renewal? What ratings level would the show have to achieve in order to get a second season? Why would FOX place a comedy that garnered strong pre-season buzz in a slot where it couldn’t get a proper launch?

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Modern Family

The network has begun the development of Raising Mom, from Vergara and Latin World Entertainment, Electus and ABC Studios, Deadline reports.

Raising Mom follows a young mom and her 21 year-old son who learn that they have actually done a pretty good job of raising each other, only to decide that it may be time for them each to be a bit more independent.

The idea for the show was sparked by Luis Balaguer of Latin World Entertainment after observing Vergara’s relationship with her son during the time that they have been producing partners.

Gail Mancuso, just off her Emmy win for directing Modern Family, will be on board.  Christine Zander (Raising Hope) will be writing.

Sofia Vergara is also an executive producer of ABC’s upcoming drama Killer Women.

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Here’s a look at several recent casting announcements:

Blue Bloods
Buffy the Vampire Slayer‘s Marc Blucas has signed on to appear in one episode of the family cop drama as a movie star who goes for a ride-along with Danny to research for a role. However, his secret life gets exposed and he has to cut a deal to help with a case in exchange for Danny’s silence. (Huffington Post)

Bones
John Ratzenberger, who played Cliff on long-running NBC comedy Cheers, is set to appear in the second episode of Bones‘s ninth season as Bill Schumacher, a man at a couples retreat with his wife Ethel. (Entertainment Weekly)

Defiance
James Murray (Primeval) is set to appear as a regular on the next season of the Syfy hit as Niles Pottinger, the shrewd new mayor of Defiance who was appointed by the Earth Republic. Pottinger is described as polished, charming, ruthless, and pragmatic. (Deadline)

Drop Dead Diva
90210 alum Trevor Donovan is set to play the “worst best man ever”, as the groom ends up in a Mexican jail under his watch, on the August 11th summer finale of the Lifetime dramedy. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Elementary
Smash alum Jeremy Jordan will appear in an October episode as Joey Castoro, the son of the surgical patient who died in Watson’s care who comes back into Joan’s orbit with an unusual request. Additionally, Lynn Collins (True Blood) is set to appear on the CBS procedural as a math professor who helps Holmes and Watson in a case involving dead mathematicians. (TVLine)

Hart of Dixie
Josh Cooke has landed a recurring role as a New Yorker struggling to adjust to BlueBell. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Hawaii Five-0
In a role with the potential to recur, Tim Daly will play a Texas ranger with a missing daughter in one installment of the series, which relocates to Friday this season. (TVLine)

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD
David Conrad is the latest to join the secretive drama from ABC in a role with no announced character details. However, due to casting notices, there’s a chance he’ll be playing a brilliant and quirky scientist. (TVLine)

Mom
Justin Long will guest star as the main character’s (played by Anna Faris) first attempt at a romantic relationship following rehab, while Octavia Spencer is set to portray a woman with bigger problems than the main character.  (TVLine)

Nashville
Oliver Hudson is set to play a “charming, audacious, take-no-prisoners businessman” who begins working at Edgehill Records on the second season of the ABC soap. There’s no word on how many episodes he’ll appear in, but the role is said to be recurring. (Vulture)

Open
Anna Torv and Jennifer Jason Leigh have signed on to the Ryan Murphy HBO drama pilot and will play a lesbian couple (a yoga instructor and an actress, respectively) dealing with outside attractions. (Deadline)

Raising Hope
Jeffrey Tambor will portray Arnold, a resident of Natesville who starts popping up in the lives of everybody in the Chance family. He joins Molly Shannon in guest starring on the comedy, heading into its fourth season this fall. (The Hollywood Reporter)

Saint George
Danny Trejo has been cast in the upcoming FX comedy as the uncle of the main character (played by George Lopez), a construction worker who serves as a drinking buddy and mirror for those around him. Additionally, the series has added Jenn Lyon and Kaden Gibson as the main character’s ex-wife and 11-year-old son, respectively. (The Hollywood Reporter; Deadline)

Sherlock
Lars Mikkelsen will play Charles Augustus Magnussen, the newest villain on the BBC/PBS crime drama. No character details have been released as of yet. (Vulture)

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You can check out FOX’s 2013 schedule here, as well as trailers for its new shows here and the premiere dates for NBC, CBS, and The CW here, here, and here.

Which FOX shows will you be watching next season? Do you think they ordered too many new shows to be able to fit everything into the season? Will they find their next big hit out of the most recent series orders they made?

Wednesday, September 11th
8:00 The X Factor (Season Premiere, Part One)
9:00 Masterchef (Season Finale)

Thursday, September 12th
8:00 – 10:00 The X Factor (Season Premiere, Part Two)

Monday, September 16th
8:00 Bones
9:00 Sleepy Hollow

Tuesday, September 17th
8:00 Dads
8:30 Brooklyn Nine-Nine
9:00 New Girl
9:30 The Mindy Project

Wednesday, September 18th
8:00 – 10:00 The X Factor (All-New, Regular Time Period)

Thursday, September 19th
8:00 The X Factor (All-New, Regular Time Period)
9:00 Glee

Friday, September 27th
8:00 Masterchef Junior
9:00 Sleepy Hollow (Encore)

Sunday, September 29th
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Bob’s Burgers
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 American Dad

Monday, November 4th
8:00 Almost Human
9:00 Sleepy Hollow

Friday, November 8th
8:00 Bones (Time Period Premiere)
9:00 Raising Hope
9:30 Enlisted

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