Fox Sunday Night

Fox Sunday Night was the former branding of the Sunday night primetime lineup on the Fox network, which featured a mix of animated and live-action series.

Fox Sunday Night
NetworkFox
LaunchedSeptember 28, 2014 (September 28, 2014)
ClosedSeptember 15, 2019 (2019-09-15)
Country of originUnited States
FormatAnimation
Comedy
Adult animation
Live action
Running timeSunday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

History

Sunday Funday (2014–17)

The Sunday Funday block was created to replace Fox's Animation Domination block, acknowledging that the Sunday primetime schedule was no longer fully made up of animated shows. The block's final show was American Dad!, of which was the final episode to air on Fox before moving to TBS on September 21, 2014.[1] The initial lineup incorporated the remaining animated series from Animation Domination (including The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers) with the addition of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which previously aired on Tuesday nights, and the new sitcom, Mulaney.[2] This marks the first time that Fox had regularly aired first-run live-action comedies on Sundays since 2005. Mulaney was cancelled in February 2015 and was replaced by mid-season replacement The Last Man on Earth.

On January 3, 2016, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was dropped from the Sunday Funday block and moved back to its original Tuesday night slot. The Last Man on Earth would then go on hiatus. In their place, new series Bordertown and Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life took their slots.[3] Ultimately, both series were cancelled after one season.

On September 25, 2016, Son of Zorn premiered at 8:30pm.[4] The series would be replaced by Making History on March 5, 2017. Both series would also be cancelled after one season.

As "Fox Sunday Night" (2017–19)

Beginning with the 2017/18 season, the Sunday Funday block was dropped. Hereafter, the Sunday night lineup was simply referred to as "Fox Sunday". Ghosted premiered on October 1, 2017, but was cancelled after one season. On May 10, 2018, The Last Man on Earth was cancelled. The following day, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was picked up by NBC.

For the 2018/19 season, Rel premiered as a sneak preview on September 9, 2018. The series would also be cancelled after one season. A new season of Cosmos was set to premiere in the Spring, but was pulled. Reruns of Last Man Standing, began airing in the 7PM hour.

Ahead of the 2019/20 season, Fox began promoting the return of the Animation Domination block, with new show Bless the Harts debuting that Fall.[5]

Shows
TitleFirst aired Last airedNotes
Animation
The SimpsonsSeptember 28, 2014September 15, 2019Previously part of Animation Domination
Moved back to Animation Domination
Family Guy
Bob's Burgers October 5, 2014September 1, 2019
Golan the InsatiableMay 31, 2015 July 19, 2015Ended
Aired reruns on ADHD until March 6, 2016
BordertownJanuary 3, 2016 May 22, 2016Canceled
Son of ZornSeptember 11, 2016 February 19, 2017Canceled
Live-action
Brooklyn Nine-NineSeptember 29, 2014 May 20, 2018Cancelled
Moved to NBC
MulaneyOctober 5, 2014 February 15, 2015Cancelled
The Last Man on EarthMarch 1, 2015 May 6, 2018
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving LifeJanuary 3, 2016 April 17, 2016
Making HistoryMarch 5, 2017 May 21, 2017
GhostedOctober 1, 2017 July 22, 2018
RelSeptember 9, 2018 January 13, 2019
What Just Happened??! with Fred SavageJune 30, 2019 September 1, 2019
The Masked SingerSeptember 15, 2019 Special presentation

Schedules

All times are in (ET/PT).

2014/15
Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Fox Fall Fox NFL Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Brooklyn Nine-Nine Family Guy Mulaney
Follow-up Mulaney[6] Bob's Burgers[6]
Winter Mulaney The Simpsons (R)
Spring The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers The Last Man on Earth
Summer Bob's Burgers (R) Golan the Insatiable
Follow-up The Last Man on Earth (R)

2015/16
Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Fox Fall Fox NFL Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Brooklyn Nine-Nine Family Guy The Last Man On Earth
Winter The Simpsons (R) Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Bordertown
Spring Bordertown The Last Man On Earth
Follow-up Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Bob's Burgers
Follow-up The Simpsons (R)
Summer The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R)

2016/17
Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Fox Fall Fox NFL Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Son of Zorn Family Guy The Last Man on Earth
Winter Animation Encores Bob's Burgers
Spring Animation Encores Bob's Burgers Making History The Last Man on Earth
Summer Bob's Burgers (R) The Last Man on Earth (R) Family Guy (R) American Grit

2017/18
Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Fox Fall Fox NFL Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Ghosted Family Guy The Last Man on Earth
Winter Bob's Burgers (R) Brooklyn Nine-Nine
Spring
Summer One Strange Rock (R) The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R) Family Guy (R) Ghosted

2018/19
Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM
Fox Fall Fox NFL The OT (R) The Simpsons Bob's Burgers Family Guy Rel
Late Winter Encore programming Family Guy (R)
Spring The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R)
Summer Last Man Standing (R) Last Man Standing (R) The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R) Family Guy (R) What Just Happened??! with Fred Savage
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See also

References
  1. Venable, Nick (2014-11-19). "American Dad Gets More Episodes On TBS". Cinemablend. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2014). "Fox 2014 Schedule: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' & 'Mulaney' Join Sunday Animated Block, 'Glee' Held For Midseason". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. "Fox's Sunday Funday Lineup Is Getting A Major Reboot". CINEMABLEND. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. http://www.thefutoncritic.com/showatch/son-of-zorn/listings/
  5. "Animation Domination | PROMO | Returns This Fall! (+ Bless The Hearts Promo)" – via www.youtube.com.
  6. Bibel, Sara (November 11, 2014). "FOX's 'Mulaney' & 'Bob's Burgers' Swap Timeslots". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2014.
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