Utopia’s ratings are anything but peaceful for Fox, so they made a decision that works for them. Instead of airing the reality show/year long project twice a week, they are cutting it down to once a week starting immediately.
This Tuesday, they will re-air the brilliant Family Guy/The Simpsons crossover episode. Thus, if you missed it, you can see it then. If you have seen it, then watch it again because it was sheer perfection. The following week, The Simpsons deadly season premiere and the one for Bob’s Burgers will repeat before new episodes of New Girl and The Mindy Project at 9p. The two weeks after that, it is time for that baseball thingy. Finally, on November 4th, Fox’s best reality show MasterChef Junior is back for its second season.
Gordon Ramsay’s latest cooking competition show was originally supposed to air on Friday nights. Since it is boiling hot and Utopia is not, Fox decided to switch things up. What will air in its Friday timeslot is yet to be determined. I am assuming repeats of Gotham for the foreseeable future.
Now the big question of the day, is if a show that airs two nights a week is cut down to one, does that make it the first show cancelled of the season? I say, if Mulaney isn’t the first show pulled completely from the lineup, then yes. If another show bites the dust before the unfunniest comedy on television, then no.
I have to say, I never thought Utopia was going to work. There is just something about it that doesn’t scream Fox or basically, television.
