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Fox sets 2027 midseason premiere dates, including new drama The Interrogator on Feb. 9

Fox announced midseason premiere dates on Wednesday, running from January 5 to February 18, 2027. They include the new Stephen Fry drama The Interrogator and the Baywatch reboot.

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Centre · 2Fox announced on Wednesday, 11 November 2026, premiere dates for its midseason schedule, covering several returning series and one new drama. Centre · 2The new drama is The Interrogator, which premieres on Tuesday, February 9 at 8 p.m. It stars Stephen Fry and replaces Best Medicine once that show's second season ends. Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter adds that Fry also wrote the first episode, that the show moves into the 8 p.m. Tuesday slot now held by Best Medicine, and that Best Medicine's season finale airs Feb. 2.

Centre · 1TVLine describes The Interrogator as an espionage thriller in which Fry plays a former MI6 agent who oversees a team of unconventional operatives. It says the show will lead into new episodes of Doc on Tuesday nights. Centre · 2Best Medicine and Doc return from holiday hiatus on Tuesday, January 5 at 8 and 9 p.m. Best Medicine, starring Josh Charles, Abigail Spencer and Annie Potts, has a reduced 14-episode order this season. Deadline's prose gives the date as January 6, but its schedule list and TVLine both say January 5. Centre · 2On Wednesday, January 6, Season 15 of The Masked Singer premieres at 8 p.m., followed at 9 p.m. by the Baywatch reboot, whose date was announced earlier. TVLine says Stephen Amell takes over as Hobie Buchannon, the son of David Hasselhoff's Mitch, with several original cast members returning.

Centre · 2Season 3 of Extracted starts on Thursday, January 7 at 8 p.m. with a special two-hour episode. It moves to 9 p.m. on January 14, when Hell's Kitchen takes the 8 p.m. slot. Centre · 2Murder in a Small Town (Season 3, starring Peter Gallagher) and Memory of a Killer (Season 2, with Patrick Dempsey and Michael Imperioli) premiere on Monday, February 1 at 8 and 9 p.m. Season 6 of Next Level Chef follows on Thursday, February 18 at 8 p.m. Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter notes that Murder in a Small Town and Memory of a Killer take over Monday nights from Name That Tune and Celebrity Weakest Link, and that Thursdays stay with reality shows, with Next Level Chef following Hell's Kitchen's current season.

Centre · 2The announcement included no comedies or Sunday programming, and Fox has not yet announced return dates for the animated series American Dad!, Bob's Burgers, Family Guy and Krapopolis. Left · 1The Hollywood Reporter frames the lineup as a shift toward scripted programming: four dramas (Murder in a Small Town, Memory of a Killer, Baywatch and The Interrogator) join in January and February, and with the Sunday animation/comedy block Fox will devote seven hours a week to scripted shows at midseason, up from four. Left · 1It says Bob's Burgers and Family Guy will likely move into Sunday spots later in the season, and that Fox also has a new unscripted show, Marriage Market, in the wings.

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Framing
The Hollywood Reporter treats the dates as a change in Fox's strategy, leading on the network flipping from mostly unscripted to mostly scripted programming at midseason.
Emphasis
Hours of scripted programming (seven, up from four), the four dramas, the Best Medicine finale date and the shows being displaced on Mondays.
Leaves out or plays down
Does not mention the Jan. 5 return of Best Medicine and Doc, or the Doc lead-out for The Interrogator, which the trade outlets cover.
Charged language
“flip the script”
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“Fox will flip the script on its schedule — somewhat literally — in early 2027.” — The Hollywood Reporter

Centre2 outlets

Framing
Both trade outlets run the announcement as a schedule item. Deadline leads on the hiatus returns and the new drama, while TVLine leads on the returning favourites and then The Interrogator.
Emphasis
Deadline stresses the Tuesday medical-drama night and the Best Medicine order. TVLine adds detail on the Baywatch cast and the plot of The Interrogator, and asks readers what they will watch.
Leaves out or plays down
Deadline does not describe The Interrogator's premise and leaves out the animated series. TVLine does not mention the absence of comedies or Sunday programming, or Best Medicine's cast. Neither frames the lineup as a shift toward scripted shows.
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“Fox has set midseason premiere dates for several of its returning series and one new drama.” — Deadline
“Scroll down for the network's complete midseason rollout, then hit the comments and tell us: What will you be watching on Fox this winter?” — TVLine

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