Fox Tweaks Summer Schedule: ‘MasterChef’ Moves To 9, ‘Hell’s Kitchen’ To Air Twice A Week, ‘Buried Treasure’ Gets Premiere Date

UPDATED: Fox’s reality series MasterChef is getting a reprieve. Originally, Fox had planned to air the cooking show Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 PM, an hour earlier than last summer. But after MasterChef plummeted 33% year-to-year in its season premiere on Monday and only went up a tenth from that in its Tuesday premiere last night, the network is shifting the series to 9 PM where it aired last year behind Hell’s Kitchen. The move on Monday will be made right away, with a MasterChef rerun airing at 8 PM, leading into a new MasterChef starting next week. Hell’s Kitchen, which was originally slated to premiere on July 19 and air Tuesdays at 9 PM, following MasterChef, will now air on Mondays and Tuesdays at 8 PM, kicking off its new season with a two-night premiere on July 18 and July 19 when MasterChef will move to the Tuesday 9 PM slot. Starting the week of July 18, Fox will air identical Hell’s Kitchen/MasterChef lineups on both Monday and Tuesday. Fox also has scheduled the recently ordered antiques-appraisal reality show Buried Treasure. It will air Wednesdays 8 PM, starting on Aug. 24, after So You Think You Can Dance finishes its season. Here is the updated Fox summer schedule:

MONDAY

Mondays, beginning June 13:

8:00-9:00 PM              MASTERCHEF (Encores)

9:00-10:00 PM            MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes) (Time Period Premiere)

Mondays, beginning July 18:

8:00-9:00 PM              HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere, Part 1)

9:00-10:00 PM            MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes)

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TUESDAY

Tuesdays (current schedule):

8:00-9:00 PM              MASTERCHEF (Season Premiere, Part 2)

9:00-9:30 PM              RAISING HOPE (Encores)

9:30-10:00 PM            RAISING HOPE (Encores)

Tuesday, July 12:

8:00-11:00 PM ET      MLB ALL-STAR GAME 2011 (FOX Sports Special)

Tuesdays, beginning July 19:

8:00-9:00 PM              HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere, Part 2)

9:00-10:00 PM            MASTERCHEF (All-New Episodes)

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WEDNESDAY

Wednesday, June 8:

8:00-10:00 PM            SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Las Vegas Callbacks

(2-Hour Episode)

Wednesdays, beginning June 15:

8:00-10:00 PM            SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Performance Shows

(Live Episodes)

Wednesday, Aug. 17:

8:00-9:00 PM              MOBBED (Encore Airing)

9:00-10:00 PM            HOUSE (Encore Episode)

Wednesdays, beginning Aug. 24:

8:00-9:00 PM              BURIED TREASURE (Series Premiere)

9:00-10:00 PM            HOUSE (Encores)

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THURSDAY

Thursday, June 9:

8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Meet the Top 20

(2-Hour Episode)

Thursdays, beginning June 16:

8:00-9:00 PM              SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE Results Shows

(Live Episodes) (Time Period Premiere)

9:00-10:00 PM            GLEE (Encores)

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FRIDAY

Friday, June 10:

8:00-9:00 PM              BONES (Encore)

9:00-10:00 PM            LIE TO ME (Encore)

Fridays, beginning June 17:

8:00-9:00 PM              BONES (Encores)

9:00-10:00 PM            HOUSE (Encores)

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SATURDAY

Saturday, June 18:

8:00-8:30 PM              COPS (Season Finale)

8:30-9:00 PM              COPS

9:00-10:00 PM            AMERICA’S MOST WANTED (Season Finale)

Saturday, June 25 and July 2:

8:00-8:30 PM              COPS (Encores)

8:30-9:00 PM              COPS (Encores)

9:00-9:30 PM              COPS (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)

9:30-10:00 PM            COPS (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)

Saturdays, beginning July 9:

8:00-8:30 PM              COPS (Encores)

8:30-9:00 PM              COPS (Encores)

9:00-9:30 PM              ANIMATION DOMINATION (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)

9:30-10:00 PM            ANIMATION DOMINATION (Time Period Premiere) (Encores)

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SUNDAY

Sundays (current schedule):

7:00-10:00 PM            ANIMATION DOMINATION (Encores)

Sunday, Aug. 14:

7:00-7:30 PM AMERICAN DAD (Encore)

7:30-8:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Encore)

8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encore)

8:30-9:00 PM FAMILY GUY (Encore)

9:00-10:00 PM           IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT (1-Hour Series Premiere)

Sundays, beginning Aug. 21:

7:00-7:30 PM AMERICAN DAD (Encores)

7:30-8:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS (Encores)

8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS (Encores)

8:30-9:00 PM            THE CLEVELAND SHOW (Encores)

9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY (Encores)

9:30-10:00 PM          IN THE FLOW WITH AFFION CROCKETT (All-New Episodes)

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