Though Fox recently gave Dads a full-season pickup, itâs now backed away from that deal like some kind of [FILL IN HILARIOUS RACIAL STEREOTYPE]. The network has released its midseason schedule and Dads is nowhere to be found after Feb. 11, as the show goes on hiatus with no set date for return. The news was just slightly better for its fellow struggling Tuesday night comedy The Mindy Project, which has a âwinter finaleâ that is a thing now on Jan. 28, after which it wonât be seen again until April 1. Both sitcoms have struggled in the ratings, with The Mindy Project in particular seeing record lows this week. According to Deadline, the showâs staff will take this time off to âregroupâ and plot how to come back strong in the April relaunch, which will hopefully involve a strategy beyond getting more celebrity guest stars for Mindy to date.
In both cases, this isnât an official cancellation (though it obviously doesnât bode well for future seasons). Rather, itâs a move meant to shore up Tuesday nights by putting Gleeâa declining, yet relatively more stable performerâin the lead-off slot, where it will be followed by New Girl and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (which continues to improve). Shuffling Glee off of Thursdays also makes room for the upcoming Rake, the Greg Kinnear-starring asshole lawyer drama that will now get the plum, post-American Idol slot, and that Fox hopes will join Sleepy Hollow in its relatively small âwinâ column this year.
