Fox Boss on Bones’ ‘Likely’ Final Season, New Broadchurch Ending, Extra Sleepy Hollow Eps
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Booth and Brennan settled into married life, Booth and Angela buried the hatchet and Cam's identity thief turned out to be her old college roommate Haley.
COMING UP NEXT | The successor to Pelant's throne of terror, The Ghost Killer, will be introduced in the first episode back… sorta. As exec producer Stephen Nathan explains, the evildoer in question "will not necessarily be personified" in the Jan. 10 episode. "We will know that he or she -- most probably a she -- exists," the EP adds, "but this is a very ephemeral villain." Speaking of frightening new foes, Squintern Wendell "is greeted with a pretty shocking health concern" -- one that he will be dealing with "for the rest of the season," says Nathan. And on a somewhat lighter note, Booth and Brennan will find themselves navigating some of the "crazy little practical things" that newlyweds and parents face. "What happens if something happens to one or both of them?" Nathan muses. "What is their financial situation? Are they pooling their money? All of the practical things that confront couples will be confronting Booth and Brennan."
RETURN DATE | Friday, Jan. 10 at 8/7c (Fox)
Bones Season 10 appears to be a fait accompli.
“I would anticipate it will be back,” Fox Chairman Kevin Reilly told reporters Monday at the Television Critics Association winter press tour, adding that the renewal deal is currently being hammered out. Reilly also noted that longtime EP Stephen Nathan will take over as showrunner as Hart Hanson segues to his new drama Backstrom.
Following his formal exec presentation, Reilly indicated to reporters than any Season 10 would “likely” be Bones‘ last.
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Other takeaways from Fox’s exec session…
* The X Factor is down, but is it out? Reilly insisted “no decision” has been made regarding the future of Simon Cowell’s floundering singing competition, but acknowledged, “The show underperformed this year. Simon himself would admit that… If the show were to come back, it would not be in the current format that we have.” (Reilly also confirmed buzz that Cowell’s onscreen role could be diminished or eliminated altogether.)
* Sleepy Hollow‘s Season 2 renewal is for 13 episodes but “we may do a few more,” said Reilly. Production on the next cycle begins this March, resultant of Fox’s new production model.
* Despite Enlisted‘s weak ratings start last Friday, Reilly plans to “hang with it” for all 13 episodes.
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* Upcoming event series Gracepoint will remain “very faithful” to its Broadchurch source material, but “we have a different ending than” the UK version.
* Reilly is “highly bullish” on The Mindy Project coming back for a third season, despite ratings not being “where we wish they were.”
* “I think Dads has come a long way,” Reilly enthused of the much-maligned rookie sitcom. “If you have actually watched the show, it is funny. It makes me laugh. It is what it is. [The producers] smoothed out some of the choppiness they had in the pilot.”
Enlisted is a heck of a lot funnier than Dads – not that it’s saying much, since watching homeless guys pee at the bus stop is funnier than Dads.
Yeah Raising Hope and Enlisted should be moved to Tuesdays and Mindy and Dads should just vanish from TV.
Um, I LOVE Mindy. I would be very sad if it got cancelled. I have especially enjoyed the last few episodes. The pilot for Enlisted was really funny! They should definitely move it to a better timeslot than Fridays.
Uh, The Mindy Project is amazing. SOOO much better than last season. It’s insulting to include it in the same sentence as Dads.
I would love to see Raising Hope and Enlisted moved to another night but to say Mindy should be removed from TV is just wrong. Mindy is hilarious. About half way through last season it found its grove and it just keeps getting better. There is no way it should be put in the same sentence with Dads. I’d love to see New Girl kind of go away. The first two seasons were great, but this season has been horrible.
Give me a 2-hour Tuesday block of New Girl, Mindy, Enlisted and Raising Hope and I would be quite a happy camper.
Whatever you think of Bones it is the stalwart of Fox’s schedule. It has proven itself over and over on almost every night of the week and while it will end sooner or later you can’t blame them for wanting to keep it as long as they can. It’s called “the little show that could” for a reason and I’m still enjoying it immensely.
Exactly, haters go away and hate on something else, nobody is forcing you to watch. #Bonesseason10
Love bones, and hope the show continues for a long time.
i love the show, but watch it for the other cast members rather than B&B. Brennan has become insufferable, all inflated ego and self importance. A female Sheldon Cooper is not appealing.
I literally just took Bones off my DVR after the last episode. It’s just been SOOOOO bad this year! I’ve watched it for everyone in the lab, but they’ve all been insufferable for large parts of the season. Brennan hasn’t been the worst, considering how intolerable most of the squinterns have become. But Brennan is up there too, especially now that the writers seem interested in making sure she regrets everything about her personality. Her personality was always the most inventive part of the show! But this past episode and the jury duty show, where they all KNEW he was guilty even though NONE OF THEM had any proof were quite possibly the two worst episodes ever! Finally getting Pelant was underwhelming too. Just, seriously, whatever, show!
i agree..brennan has become just to much..love booth and the other cast members
I agree wholeheartedly! I love the show and also watch reruns a lot on TNT. I would hate to see it go after one more season, but 10 years is a long time for any series. I don’t know why anyone would say this season has been soooo bad. However, I am glad they finally put Pallant in the grave I love all the characters and hope the new leadership doesn’t ruin the show for the last season. I always fear change, lol.
Love this show and its wonderful cast led by Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz. They feel like family to us and are great entertainers. Bones has already made TV history as one of the best shows ever. I acknowledge that it cannot go on forever, but if it were up to me, it would last even longer than 10 seasons. I only hope that Fox retains Emily and David. It could even plan a spin off for each and take us with them — a great group of diehard fans!!!
I hope by “different ending” for GRACEPOINT, they don’t actually mean “different scene to close out the final episode” because that’s a cop out. Change the killer, or no dice.
Agree. The ending needs a major change.
Not only that I hope they re-use the same dialog as the original. That’s why I have difficulty these re-dos like The Bridge, The Killing, etc. because it’s deju vu.
The Bridge IS a deja-vu, but The Killing is most definitely not. The character who is the killer in the original
SPOILER
dies in the first episode of s2 of AMC’s version, and the killer isn’t even of the same gender.
Was I the only one who read “different ending” to just mean another member of Miller’s family? I mean, it’s got to be someone close to her to illicit the reaction and the anguish in the character at the end… unless they don’t plan on having Anna Gunn play her that way and instead she’s as much of a cold outsider in it as her partner on the case is…otherwise, someone else in the community being the killer doesn’t have the same effect. Broadchurch was as much a character study as it was a murder mystery; so changing the ending might eliminate one of the main points that made the show so compelling – not saying they shouldn’t change it though; I can’t imagine sitting through a remake only to wind up with the same result.
I don’t understand why more people don’t watch Mindy Project. The cast and writing is phenomenal. Quite frankly, it’s far funnier and more engaging than New Girl this season!
Jenna I agree with you 100%. The Mindy Project has such witty dialogue. It is far more funnier than New Girl which I, sadly, soured on of late. The Mindy Project and Brooklyn Nine Nine are two of the funniest comedies in my opinion because they ARE comedies.
TMP has the same problem that Parks and Rec had. The start was underwhelming, quality wise. It found its footing, eventually, but it was maybe too late. If some people, like me, watched the first batch of TMP eps, they probable bailed and haven’t come back.
I guess nobody watched TMP bc they watch New Girl, get depressed and switch channels. Because New Girl is awful this year!
I also agree Jenna. It seems no one, and not just TVLine, are willing to ask questions of any TV exec that fans of shows want answers to. Heck, Michael was on the last episode of BOP with no question to ABC that I know of.
Agree!
MINDY PROJECT! Oh that gives me so much hope for next season.
I do think Bones will be renewed for its 10th season but the question might be for how many episodes.Plus maybe the network and the show are trying to decide now if next season will be the show’s last or not.
Reilly already said Bones works well with 22 eps, a well-oiled machine, comedies and procedurals will prolly stay at 22 eps.
I really want it to be 18 episodes. If it is the final season that would total 206 Bones episodes and how great would that be!
Reilly is proud of his Tuesday comedies, wow, what a great dad he must be.
Pretty, pretty please keep the Mindy Project. I’m enjoying it so much! I don’t even watch New Girl anymore.
I’m really glad to hear Reilly is sticking by The Mindy Project, but I’m going to allow myself to be a bit cynical here and point out that if they really do want higher ratings, then maybe they should promote the show more, help it find an audience. It may not have as wide an appeal as some of their other comedies or shows like Sleepy Hollow, what with it essentially being a romantic comedy, but I still think it could be holding the potential to become one of their biggest hits. Then again, maybe I’m just that biased.
I squealed & screamed with excitement when I seen that a season 10 of Bones is pretty much set. I could cry I’m so happy. It’s my favorites show on television & I will follow it to any day of the week. Thank you Fox.. Thank you! Ahhhhh
Canceling the Mindy Project would be a travesty. It’s the funniest comedy FOX has on the air right now!
I hate reading these things..like Ausiello did NO ONE ask Reilly why he wouldn’t try Enlisted on Tuesday nights? …I don’t understand why no one seems to be asking this question. What if Dads was on Fridays following Raising Hope? Would he still be as proud of it and its ratings then? Sounds to me like he’s trying to please Seth MacFarlane….
Mindy is awful and completely devoid of humour these days. It can go. Enlisted- I couldn’t even make it through the pilot. B99 is the only comedy worth saving on Fox.
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Looking forward to Gracepoint thanks to the stellar cast, but yes it definitely needs a new, different twist.
And what about the decision to pull the pilot season?
I’d like Tuesday to be Enlisted, B99, New Girl, and Mindy. Dads is terrible.
THIS!
Did they discuss at all the future of Almost Human or why they are showing the episodes out of order? Last week’s episode was the best so far, and I’m ready to fall in love with the show, but I’m reluctant to with Fox’s rocky relationship with it sci-fi fare.
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The type of humor that The Mindy Project has along with series like Parks and Rec..30 Rock..Community seem to be very specific and not meant for the masses. I personally love comedies like that but there NEVER going to get huge ratings on network television.
You’re onto something. I tried each of these at least once except TMP.. I love Joel McHale, but was bored by Community. 30 Rock lost me because I don’t like Alec or Tina. Parks & Rec never had a chance because I don’t like Amy Poehler or Offerman. And though you don’t mention it B99 has Andy Samberg and that leaves it out. If I dislike the star, the quality of the writing doesn’t matter. I’d watch reruns of Cheers, Taxi, M*A*S*H, Frasier or TBBT before I’d watch a new ep of any of those.
Bones is the best show on Tv!!! Fox moving it to Fridays didn’t hurt it too much! Season 10 is great ! Thank you Fox!!! I can see the show going on for much longer if given a chance!!!!!
Is there any truth to next season of Sleepy Hollow airing nonstop?
I would like tom know if Rizzoli and Isles is going to be back?
I did enjoy Enlisted so very happy he’s gonna stick with it!
Happy, Happy News, for me that is and all the Bones Fans. I still do not want to hear that season 10 will be their last. Right now, I will enjoy this good news.
PLEASE renew The Mindy Project. It’s so brilliant, I will cry if it gets cancelled.
WHY are they sticking with only 13 seasons of Sleepy Hollow? It’s a proven success. Give us 22 episodes!’
I’m with you. I know that one of the main concerns about extending to a full season with shows like this is being able to stretch out the plot over that length of time, and that’s a very fair point to consider and discuss. But hell, there were so many storylines/plots crammed into the episodes in the show’s first season (not that I minded that, of course, it kept things snapping along and all that good stuff) that I could definitely see being expanded upon and delved into a little more deeply if they had a few more episodes to explore them.
The fact that they seem to be at least open to the idea of going beyond the initial 13 episodes for next season is good to hear, though-hopefully they can figure something out with that.
Absolutely agree to 22 episodes of Sleepy Hollow! It could easily be divided up like OUaT–a fall and spring run… Or the network shows like Major Crimes, White Collar, etc. I think it does the viewers and network a disservice only being 13 episodes. It did so well–they could get more commercials and marketing with a longer season. The writers, cast, everyone associated with it did so well!! And have so many more stories to tell! I’m going to go crazy waiting until fall for this awesome show!!
“The Mindy Project” doesn’t get the appreciation it deserves. Great show.