FOX Schedule shakeup! The American Idol results show will move up an hour on Thursdays, to 9 pm, beginning March 13. Rake (which has been a fail in the ratings) will move to Friday beginning March 14.
Tried and true, Hell’s Kitchen, starring Gordon Ramsey will take the 8 pm spot on March 13. Idol results will STILL cut back to 3o minutes on March 27, however. Surviving Jack will premiere after Idol, as previously announced, but at 9:30 on the 27th.
Read the official FOX press release:
GORDON RAMSAY RETURNS WITH SEASON 12 OF “HELL’S KITCHEN” AND “AMERICAN IDOL XIII” MOVES TO 9:00 PM THURSDAY, MARCH 13, ON FOX
RAKE Moves to Fridays at 8:00 PM, Beginning March 14
SURVIVING JACK to Air Thursdays at 9:30 PM, Beginning March 27
The competition heats up when Chef Gordon Ramsay returns with Season 12 of HELL’S KITCHEN, debuting Thursday, March 13 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, followed by the AMERICAN IDOL XIII results show (9:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), which moves to its new time period. In the Season Premiere of HELL’S KITCHEN, Chef Ramsay splits the latest batch of 20 aspiring restaurateurs into two teams, men vs. women, and asks them to present their signature dishes. The winning team gets treated to an exclusive dinner with Ramsay, while the losing team is left behind to scrub down the kitchen.
RAKE moves to Fridays, beginning March 14 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by all-new episodes of ENLISTED (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and RAISING HOPE (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). Don’t miss an all-new episode of RAKE this Thursday, March 6 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), when Keegan (Greg Kinnear) defends an old friend (guest star Anthony Anderson) from his AA days.
Once the AMERICAN IDOL XIII results shows shift to half-hour episodes on Thursday, March 27 (9:00-9:30 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed), SURVIVING JACK, the new comedy starring Emmy Award nominee Chris Meloni (“True Blood,” “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit”) as a man becoming a dad, while his son is becoming a man, will air at 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT.
