Fox's hopes for fall rest on Cowell, Spielberg

Fox's biggest bets for fall are two projects already in the works: Simon Cowell's new singing contest, The X Factor, to inherit American Idol's time slots; and Terra Nova, an ambitious time-travel dinosaur adventure from Steven Spielberg that will open Mondays.

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  Class is now in session: Allen Gregory (Jonah Hill), second from left, is not like the other 7-year-olds in Fox's new animated comedy of the same name.

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Class is now in session: Allen Gregory (Jonah Hill), second from left, is not like the other 7-year-olds in Fox's new animated comedy of the same name.

In a schedule to be unveiled to advertisers today, the network ? still first among young-adult viewers ? has committed to six more series: A Bones spinoff, the J.J. Abrams drama Alcatraz and four new comedies, including the animated Allen Gregory, starring Jonah Hill as a precocious 7-year-old, and Napoleon Dynamite, featuring the 2004 film's original cast.

New Girl, a live-action comedy starring Zooey Deschanel as a quirky, recently dumped teacher who moves in with three guys, follows Glee on Tuesdays, paired with Raising Hope.I Hate My Teenage Daughter, a comedy about two women with "mean girl" daughters like those who picked on them in high school, is due after a 90-minute X Factor on Wednesdays, and Thursday's X Factor will be paired with Bones. The Friday-to-Sunday lineup remains mostly intact, with Gregory a new post-Simpsons entry for fall and America's Most Wanted ending its weekly run but continuing in repeats and specials.

New shows in bold, new time periods
in italics. All times ET/PT.

MONDAY
8:00 Terra Nova
9:00 House

TUESDAY
8:00 Glee
9:00 New Girl
9:30 Raising Hope

WEDNESDAY
8:00 The X Factor
9:30 I Hate My Teenage Daughter

THURSDAY
8:00 The X Factor
9:00 Bones

FRIDAY
8:00 Kitchen Nightmares
9:00 Fringe

SATURDAY
8:00 Cops
9:00 America's Most Wanted

SUNDAY
7:00 NFL runovers
7:30 The Cleveland Show
8:00 The Simpsons
8:30 Allen Gregory
9:00 Family Guy
9:30 American Dad

On the bench for midseason are Alcatraz, about the reappearance decades later of missing people from the infamous prison, due after Terra completes its planned 13-episode run; Napoleon; and The Finder, a spinoff of Bones set in the Florida Keys starring Geoff Stults, based on a character introduced last month. Finder will replace Bones while star Emily Deschanel (Zooey's sister) is on maternity leave. Fox also plans a new Kiefer Sutherland's drama, Touch, though a pilot won't be filmed until summer.

Goners include midseason comedies Breaking In and Traffic Light and dramas Human Target, Lie to Me and The Chicago Code.

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