FOX has just released its schedule for summer show finale dates. And it’s… a little bit weird. Keep reading to find out when So You Think You Can Dance, MasterChef, Hell’s Kitchen and more shows will have their season finales.
We can blame the Olympics for the odd scheduling. As a result, many of the FOX shows — especially the more popular shows — will take a break in early August. The shows will then complete their runs in early to mid September.
In addition to breaking the FOX summer shows into two parts, this scheduling has another important effect. We can expect many of the regular-season FOX shows to begin before some of the summer programming is finished.
This could all be very confusing.
In the case of So You Think You Can Dance, for example, the show will be off-the-air (or in repeats) on the evenings of Wednesday, August 1 and Wednesday, August 8. The dancing competition will resume on Wednesday, August 15, when the top 16 dancers will perform.
The later scheduling also means that So You Think You Can Dance will have to move to Tuesdays for its final two episodes. The semi-finals will air on Tuesday, September 11 at 8pm, while the So You Think You Can Dance season 9 finale will air on Tuesday, September 18 at 8pm.
Keep reading for the full FOX summer finale schedule.
Thursday, July 12
The Choice — 9pm
Thursday, July 26
Take Me Out — 8pm
Saturday, August 25
Mobbed — 9pm
Tuesday, September 4
MasterChef — 8pm (This 2-hour season finale airs at a special time)
Wednesday, September 5
So You Think You Can Dance — 8pm (Final Wednesday airing)
Monday, September 10
Hotel Hell — 8pm
Hell’s Kitchen — 9pm
Tuesday, September 11
So You Think You Can Dance — 8pm (First Tuesday airing)
Tuesday, September 18
So You Think You Can Dance — 8pm
What do you think of the FOX summer finale schedule? Do you think taking a break during the Olympics will help or hurt the shows? Leave your comments below!
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Laurel grew up in Mamaroneck, NY, Grosse Pointe, MI and Bellevue WA. She then went on to live in places like Boston, Tucson, Houston, Wales, Tanzania, Prince Edward Island and New York City before heading back to Seattle. Ever since early childhood, when she became addicted to The Muppet Show, Laurel has watched far too much TV. Current favorites include Chuck, Modern Family, Supernatural, Mad Men and Community. Laurel received a BA in Astrophysics (yes, that is possible) from Colgate University and a PhD in Middle Eastern Studies and History of Science from Columbia University before she realized that television is much better than studying.
