Following weeks of dismal ratings, FOX has decided to cut their Utopia TV show’s schedule in half. They’re cancelling the Tuesday airings but the reality show will continue to air on Friday nights (when ratings expectations are lower).
For the next month, FOX will fill the empty timeslot with animation repeats and previously scheduled World Series games.
MasterChef Junior will take over the Tuesday timeslot beginning November 4th. The culinary competition had been scheduled to return on Friday, November 7th.
Here are the details:
HOT FROM FOX…
“MASTERCHEF JUNIOR” MOVES TO TUESDAYS
Season Two of Hit Culinary Competition Series Starts Cooking Tuesday, November 4, on FOX
UTOPIA Continues to Air Fridays
Season Two of MASTERCHEF JUNIOR premieres Tuesday, Nov. 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT) on FOX, followed by all-new episodes of NEW GIRL (9:00-9:30 PM ET/PT) and THE MINDY PROJECT (9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT). The hit culinary competition series gives talented kids between the ages of eight and 13 the chance to showcase their culinary abilities and passion for food through a series of delicious challenges.
On Tuesdays, prior to MASTERCHEF JUNIOR’s Season Premiere, an encore of the highly acclaimed one-hour Season Premiere of FAMILY GUY, in which the Griffins travel to Springfield and meet the Simpsons, will air Tuesday, Oct. 7 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). The following week, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, encores of the Season Premieres of THE SIMPSONS (8:00-8:30 PM ET/PT) and BOB’S BURGERS (8:30-9:00 PM ET/PT) kick off the night.
On Tuesday, Oct. 21, beginning at 7:30 PM ET live/4:30 PM PT live, FOX Sports presents Game #1 of Major League Baseball’s World Series, and on Tuesday, Oct. 28, beginning at 7:30 PM ET live/4:30 PM PT live, FOX Sports presents Game #6 of Major League Baseball’s World Series.
UTOPIA will air once a week on Fridays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT). On this Friday’s all-new episode (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), after a tense and dramatic vote, the pioneers reveal which Newtopian will remain in UTOPIA.
MASTERCHEF JUNIOR is produced by Shine America and One Potato Two Potato, and is based on a format created by Franc Roddam and Shine. Shine International handles distribution for the MASTERCHEF format. Elisabeth Murdoch, Eden Gaha, Paul Franklin, Robin Ashbrook, Gordon Ramsay, Adeline Ramage Rooney, Patricia Llewellyn and Ben Adler serve as executive producers. “Like” MASTERCHEF JUNIOR on Facebook at facebook.com/MasterChefJuniorFOX. Follow the series on Twitter @MasterChefJrFOX and join the discussion at #masterchefjunior.
UTOPIA is a presentation of Talpa Media USA. The show is created by John de Mol. De Mol, Conrad Green (“Dancing with the Stars”), Jon Kroll (“The Week the Women Went,” “The Amazing Race”) and David Tibballs (“Dragon’s Den”) executive-produce. “Like” UTOPIA on Facebook at facebook.com/UtopiaTVUSA. Follow the series on Twitter @utopiatvusa and join the discussion using #utopia. See photos and videos at Instagram @utopiatvusa. The UTOPIA App is available for iOS, Android and Windows. Check out UtopiaTV.com for more details and additional updates.
[EDITOR’S NOTE: The Season Premiere of MASTERCHEF JUNIOR was previously announced as Friday, Nov. 7.]
What do you think? Are you sorry to see Utopia cut to once per week? Will you be watching MasterChef Junior?
What happened to Utopia? I would watch online and no #9……
Cancelled and shut down a couple weeks ago.
I was upset that the game was on Fox instead of Utopia as well. We never see ads about the shows, many of my friends never heard about it, and I feel the old farts of Fox want the show off (not the fans). I am glad that Red is gone and a few others. Some people were and still are huge problems for the show. Then there were those I really liked. I don’t want Utopia to go away and I hope it’s on this Friday. It has great potential–Get rid of the moderator (use a sweet country gal)… Read more »
This is bull! There was no Utopia episode on Friday… Unless the changes have cancelled my recordings scheduling? They better put two episode every Friday to make up. How will all of the episodes air before the new Utopia series starts Oct 31?
Shows pushed out due to sports and stuff like this…
No more Brooklyn nine-nine on Sundays at the moment either.
Yeah I’m totally upset. This is one of the only shows worth watching! another cooking show? blah blah blah same thing. So boring. I won’t be watching, FOX….but I’d watch Utopia.
I watched Fox tonight and there was not one trailer about Utopia. It really upset me because Fox never has any ads about the show. Also, Chef Ramsey (even though I do like his shows) has so much pull on Fox. All of his shows are on Fox and he kind of has a monopoly of shows going on. Utopia must be a very expensive show to keep on as well. What’s going to happen to the animals and home on the property if they do cancel the show? This was supposed to be a year project. They are giving… Read more »
I feel really sad. I loved Utopia or the idea of it. It did need some tweeking to make it better, yet it’s a shame that people getting together to change the world, out in the beautiful landscape, can not make it work or even get along. I feel it needs more time and better ideas on how to survive instead of partying and not worrying about what comes next. I hate to see it go. There needed to be more structure and rules there. It was mess and all people thought about was running around naked and getting hooked… Read more »
I was very disappointed to find out that you to utopia was cut on Tuesday I was looking forward to watching it!!
i hate watching little spoiled kids cook!!!!!!!!!
I love Master Chef Jr. I also love Utopia. I am very upset that it is being only 1 day a week. They barely advertise Utopia. I don’t like the guy who talks about Utopia in the beginning and end. He is strange (sorry). Fox has ruined the show and they could make it better and more desirable if they get their pens out of their…
FOX please listen to me.. .I am posting in behalf of millions of faithful viewers of
Longmire.. A&E cast it aside… please please bring it to FOX… I promise you faithful viewers….
One crud show not worth watching replaced by an equally crud show not worth watching. Maybe they should send the little kiddies into Utopia and see what they do. But wait, that was already a successful novel years ago.
I won’t watch little chefs and Utopia was not that good, even though it held my interest
I even heard a rumor that there was gambling at Rick’s
I was kind of hoping that this show would succeed. It’s a little bit different than everything else that’s on, and I was just starting to get into it. Oh well, it stays with the karma that I possess with new shows, at least 70% of them get cancelled . Oh my.
It’s almost gone. Thanks, God.
Yes finally. It’s a dumb idea! Sorry
I could fill a screen with reason why but the bottom line to this move can be boiled down to the fact that Utopia sucked when it was not being stupid. I actually write reviews and this show was so poorly thought out and filled with people that mostly were unlikable, arrogant, and/or just plain old too freaking bizarre for me to care about. Throw in a few who just wanted to throw dirt on anything traditional or brought their own politics into it. WTF would have made me like it? I will be surprised if the Friday version lasts… Read more »
Agreed nobodies fit time for feminist tv
I do agree on the fact that the people weren’t a good choice. Fox aimed to cause some drama by doing so.
If they really want the experiment to flourish, they’re going to have to make some changes. I will still watch it until the day it dies.
Sick of watching the same thing over and over again, but always worse the next time around… TV = Sequel x100