FOX axes ‘Murder Police’ from AniDom lineup…set to shop

 

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TVGuide.com is reporting that Kevin Reilly and the other top brass over at FOX weren’t fans of their new animated series Murder Police set to air Mid-Season on FOX which means FOX will go without four shows in the AniDom lineup for the first time in almost 10 years. Yep, Murder Police got dropped from the FOX lineup, and despite a rather serious push at San Diego Comic Con, it looks as though FOX TV is just going to try and shop it to different networks and see if it gets a pickup elsewhere. Thirteen episodes have been ordered but all aren’t completed and probably won’t be until a net picks it up.

I actually think Comedy Central and TBS are the favorites to land the series, but maybe Adult Swim makes a play, too. Hulu has also been doing a GREAT job at acquiring shows so they could be a dark horse candidate. But, where does this leave FOX?

If you recall, the AniDom lineup started in 2005 with The Simpsons, King of the Hill, Family Guy, and American Dad manning the four spots on the lineup bringing us two full hours of the BEST animated comedy ever seen. Later, FOX would cancel King of the Hill, and add to the lineup The Cleveland Show in 2009 which went four seasons and died last year and of course after a play of ‘Ring Around the Rosey’ with Napoleon Dynamite, Allen Gregoryand Bob’s Burgersthe latter won out and is arguably the future of FOX’s Animation Domination block with many proclaiming the series to be the next The Simpsons. 

This pretty much leaves FOX with FOUR animated shows starting in January as American Dad finishes up ITS FOX run and switches to TBS in Fall of 2014 leaving FOX with only three animated shows for Fall 2014. What does FOX do? We know that The Simpsons, Bob’s Burgersand Family Guy are all picked up, but what about the 10:30 pm slot? FOX has made several announcements in the past years about looking at shows from all walks of life including 50 Cent, Jack Black, and more. Could something NEW be on the horizon??  Could FOX promote Archer and move him from FX to FOX? Could FOX put up some of it’s ADHD shows like Axe Cop or High School USA!? Or could FOX do what everybody on Planet Earth is clamoring for? The one show that should NEVER have been cancelled by FOX in the first place.

Could FOX do the unthinkable and bring back Futurama?