Fox slots 'Finder' behind 'Idol'

Fox is giving its "Bones" spinoff "The Finder" and reality skein "Mobbed" the plum publish- "The American Idol ShowInch berths in the midseason sked update. The internet has additionally set The month of january preem dates because of its midseason dramas "Alcatraz" and "Touch" and animated comedy "Napoleon Dynamite." Coming back comedies "Bob's Hamburgers" and "Breaking In" are positioned for March bows. Within the midseason sked revealed Thursday, Fox set Jan. 18-19 for "American Idol's" two-evening premiere of their eleventh season. It will likewise possess a special Sunday telecast on Jan. 22 following Fox's coverage from the NFL's NFC championship game. As "Bones" requires a break with new episodes until spring, "Finder" bows on Jan. 12 at 9 p.m. behind a repeat of "Bones." The next week it'll have the advantage of a lead-in in the second a part of "Idol's" season preem. "Alcatraz" opens having a two-hour seg on Monday Jan. 16 before establishing to the regular 9 p.m. berth behind "House" the next week. "Alcatraz" will wrap its run having a two-hour finale on March 12. "Touch" moves in to the Monday 9 p.m. slot by March 19. However the Kiefer Sutherland starrer may have a unique preview airing Jan. 25 at 9 p.m. behind "Idol." "Napoleon Dynamite" joins Fox's Sunday toon block on Jan. 15, airing in multiple slots that evening before setting into its regular publish-"Simpsons" 8:30 p.m. slot on Jan. 29. "Dynamite" will vacate that place by March 11 once the sophomore season of "Bob's Hamburgers" moves in. "Breaking In," the comedy that scammed dying captured by generating another-season pickup several weeks after it had been canceled, is going to be combined with a repeat of "New Girl" from 8-9 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning March 6, when "Glee" requires a relaxation before the spring. Fresh segs of "New Girl" stay in the show's regular Tuesday 9 p.m. slot, combined with "Raising Hope." "Mobbed" returns to Fox's sked within the Wednesday 9 p.m. berth by Jan. 4. It'll reap the rewards of the "Idol" lead-in beginning February. 1. Fox also stated it'll bring its new comedy "I Dispise My Teenage Daughter," that has been much-maligned by crix, in the spring having a slot following "Idol." The show bowed Wednesday following "The X Factor" to so-so amounts and can finish its initial operate on 12 ,. 21. Contact Cynthia Littleton at cynthia.littleton@variety.com