City fall/midseason lineup heavy on laughs

Broadcaster nabs comedies Scream Queens, The Muppets and Life in Pieces

The slasher series Scream Queens, The Muppets reboot and the comedy Life in Pieces are among the big TV titles heading to City.

The Rogers Media channel is announcing a fall/midseason schedule featuring 11 returning series and 12 new shows.

That includes Scream Queens, the latest horror-comedy to come from American Horror Story creator Ryan Murphy. The show anchors an all-new Tuesday night lineup with the John Stamos comedy Grandfathered and the Rob Lowe comedy The Grinder.

And a new Sunday night lineup adds the Fox comedy The Last Man on Earth and two comedies last seen on Global: Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers.

Other additions include the family musical event, The Wiz Live!, and Thursday Night NFL. Hockey Night in Canada returns Saturday nights.

Returning series include the breakout hit drama Empire, and the comedies The Mindy Project, Modern Family, and Black-ish. The CBC-TV classroom comedy Mr. D also joins the schedule.

Midseason additions include the big-screen spinoff Rush Hour, the animated comedy Bordertown, and the comedy variety series Little Big Shots.

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