Tonight at 9p, Fox has a new reality competition show where you want to get eliminated. Why do the celebrity contestants want to lose Nation’s Dumbest? Because who wants to be known as the Nation’s Dumbest?
Who is trying not to win the show? The students are: television personality Hilaria Baldwin, actress and model Carmen Electra, actor Anthony Michael Hall, actor Jon Heder, musician and actor Chase Hudson, rapper and actor Ice-T, singer-songwriter Elle King, former NFL quarterback Matt Leinart, television personality and physician Dr. Drew Pinsky, stunt performer and comedian Steve-O, singer and performer JoJo Siwa, and entrepreneur and former presidential candidate Andrew Yang.
The game starts off with each contestant taking part individually in a logic test presented by the show’s teacher/host, Jack Whitehall. If they get it right, they get a point. If they don’t, then they don’t get one.
After the test, they go to a classroom where they answer basic questions. They can score another point.
After school, it is time to take part in a team challenge. Personally, I think that next week’s was biased towards one team. But that is another story. Anyways, they get another point.
Finally, it is time for them to answer questions. Whatever amount of points they have is what they start off with. If they get a question incorrect, they lose a point. When they get to 0, they are sent back to the classroom and move on to be the Nation’s Dumbest. This goes on until the smartest person is left standing. That person goes home a loser, or is it a winner?
So you have to wonder what you would do in that situation. Is it smart or dumb to be eliminated? What would you do?
When it comes to the contestants, Fox did a great job casting for the most part. Dr. Drew is awful, pompous, and unlikable as always. JoJo is not far behind. Surprisingly, Ice-T, Anthony Michael Hall, and Andrew Yang are the funniest ones of the group.
And that is not the only surprising thing about them. Don’t underestimate these celebrities. Just because we think they are dumb does not mean that they are. So get ready to be shocked by who goes home tonight.
And the biggest shocker is that a competition show can still be original and enjoyable to watch. And we need more of that that.
So tune in tonight and every Wednesday to find out which celebrity will win and lose at the same time.
We are two months away from the start of the Fall broadcast TV season, and today we found out when the Fox shows will premiere.
Grab your calendars because here are the dates:
Monday, Sept. 21
8:00-9:00 PM Celebrity Name That Tune (Season Six Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM Celebrity Weakest Link (Season Two Premiere)
Tuesday, Sept. 22
8:00-9:00 PM Best Medicine (Season Two Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM Doc (Season Three Premiere)
Wednesday, Sept. 23
8:00-9:00 PM The Floor (Season Six Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM 99 to Beat (Season Two Premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 24
8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen (Season 25 Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test (Season Five Premiere)
Sunday, Sept. 27
7:00-7:30 PM NFL On Fox
7:30-8:00 PM The OT / FOX Animation Encores
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons (Season 38 Premiere)
8:30-9:00 PM Animal Control (Season Five Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM Universal Basic Guys (Season Three Premiere)
9:30-10:00 PM Grimsburg (Season Three Premiere)
Fox announced their schedule for next season, and the Baywatch reboot is not swimming onto their Fall schedule. Instead, they will have only one night of scripted television, and that night is Tuesday, with Doc and Best Medicine. The rest is unscripted and sports.
FOX FALL 2026 SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Celebrity Name That Tune
9:00-10:00 PM Celebrity Weakest Link
TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Best Medicine
9:00-10:00 PM Doc
WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The Floor
9:00-10:00 PM 99 To Beat
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Hell’s Kitchen
9:00-10:00 PM Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FRIDAY
8:00 PM-CC ET/ FOX College Football Friday
5:00 PM-CC PT
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM ET/ Fox Sports Saturday
4:00-7:30 PM PT
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL On Fox
7:00-8:00 PM The OT / FOX Animation Encores
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Animal Control
9:00-9:30 PM Universal Basic Guys
9:30-10:00 PM Grimsburg
The midseason shows include: Dramas: Baywatch, The Interrogator, Memory of a Killer and Murder in a Small Town; Comedies: American Dad!, Bob’s Burgers, Family Guy and Krapopolis; Unscripted: Crime Scene Kitchen, Don’t Forget The Lyrics, Extracted, Fear Factor: House of Fear, Gordon Ramsay’s Secret Service, LEGO Masters, The Masked Singer, MasterChef, Next Level Chef. Additional programming to be announced.
Stewie and Highway to Heaven are being held until the 2027-2028 season.
Fox announced today that it picked up Murder in a Small Town for a third season, which stars Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk.
“We love bringing this cozy and delightful mystery to FOX fans, and we’re thrilled Murder in a Small Town has continued to resonate with our audience,” said Bowman. “We look forward to continuing our collaboration with Sepia Films and Future Shack on Season Three, alongside our exceptional cast led by Rossif Sutherland and Kristin Kreuk, and soon to include the incomparable talent of Peter Gallagher as their newest adversary.”
This season, Gallagher is joining the drama as Rod Finlayson, a charismatic, uber-independent, capable yet unreliable figure, whose arrival at the Gibsons’ marina on his beloved boat sets up a sequence of upheavals that Alberg (Sutherland) and Cassandra (Kreuk) will have to grapple with.
What they have to grapple with will be revealed when the police procedural debuts in the Fall.
