UPDATED: Fox’s reality series MasterChef is getting a reprieve. Originally, Fox had planned to air the cooking show Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 PM, an hour earlier than last summer. But after MasterChef plummeted 33% year-to-year in its season premiere on Monday and only went up a tenth from that in its Tuesday premiere last night, the network is shifting the series to 9 PM where it aired last year behind Hell’s Kitchen. The move on Monday will be made right away, with a MasterChef rerun airing at 8 PM, leading into a new MasterChef starting next week. Hell’s Kitchen, which was originally slated to premiere on July 19 and air Tuesdays at 9 PM, following MasterChef, will now air on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 PM, kicking off its new season with a two-night premiere on July 18 and July 19 when MasterChef will move to the Tuesday 9 PM slot. Starting the week of July 18, Fox will air identical Hell’s Kitchen/MasterChef lineups on both Monday and Tuesday. Fox also has scheduled the recently ordered antiques-appraisal reality show Buried Treasure. It will air Wednesdays 8 PM, starting on Aug. 24, after So You Think You Can Dance finishes its season. Here is the updated Fox summer schedule:
MONDAY
Mondays, beginning June 13:
8:00-9:00 PM MASTERCHEF (Encores)
9:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes) (Time Period Premiere)
Mondays, beginning July 18:
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere, Part 1)
9:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes)
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TUESDAY
Tuesdays (current schedule):
8:00-9:00 PM MASTERCHEF (Season Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-9:30 PM RAISING HOPE (Encores)
9:30-10:00 PM RAISING HOPE (Encores)
Tuesday, July 12:
8:00-11:00 PM ET MLB ALL-STAR GAME 2011 (FOX Sports Special)
Tuesdays, beginning July 19:
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere, Part 2)
9:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes)
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WEDNESDAY
Wednesday, June 8:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Las Vegas Callbacks
(2-Hour Episode)
Wednesdays, beginning June 15:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Performance Shows
(Live Episodes)
Wednesday, Aug. 17:
8:00-9:00 PM MOBBED (Encore Airing)
9:00-10:00 PM HOUSE (Encore Episode)
Wednesdays, beginning Aug. 24:
8:00-9:00 PM BURIED TREASURE (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM HOUSE (Encores)
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THURSDAY
Thursday, June 9:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Meet the Top 20
(2-Hour Episode)
Thursdays, beginning June 16:
8:00-9:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Results Shows
(Live Episodes) (Time Period Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE (Encores)
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FRIDAY
Friday, June 10:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM LIE TO ME (Encore)
Fridays, beginning June 17:
8:00-9:00 PM BONES (Encores)
9:00-10:00 PM HOUSE (Encores)
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SATURDAY
Saturday, June 18:
8:00-8:30 PM COPS (Season Finale)
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (Season Finale)
Saturday, June 25 and July 2:
8:00-8:30 PM COPS (Encores)
8:30-9:00 PM COPS (Encores)
9:00-9:30 PM COPS (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)
9:30-10:00 PM COPS (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)
Saturdays, beginning July 9:
8:00-8:30 PM COPS (Encores)
8:30-9:00 PM COPS (Encores)
9:00-9:30 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)
9:30-10:00 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)
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SUNDAY
Sundays (current schedule):
7:00-10:00 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION (Encores)
Sunday, Aug. 14:
7:00-7:30 PM AMERICAN DAD (Encore)
7:30-8:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Encore)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encore)
8:30-9:00 PM FAMILY GUY (Encore)
9:00-10:00 PM IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT (1-Hour Series Premiere)
Sundays, beginning Aug. 21:
7:00-7:30 PM AMERICAN DAD (Encores)
7:30-8:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Encores)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encores)
8:30-9:00 PM THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Encores)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (Encores)
9:30-10:00 PM IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT (All-New Episodes)
