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'American Idol' final season will debut on January 6 while 'Sleepy Hollow' will move to Friday.

• Nov 11, 2015

AceShowbiz - Gearing up to welcome a new year, FOX has announced the winter premiere dates for its shows. The network's midseason slate kicks off on Sunday, January 3 with new comedy "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" and fresh animated satire "Bordertown" joining returning animations "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy".

Andy Samberg's sitcom "Brooklyn Nine-Nine", therefore, is now pushed to Tuesday at 9 P.M., after "New Girl" which will begin its new season in a new 8 P.M. timeslot and "Grandfathered" at 8:30 P.M. "The Grinder" is also moving to a new timeslot at 9:30 P.M. Also getting a new timeslot is "Sleepy Hollow" which will air on Friday at 8 P.M. starting February 5.

The 15th and last season of "American Idol" will launch with a two-night four-hour event on Wednesday, January 6 and Thursday, January 7 beginning at 8 P.M. As revealed before, "The X-Files" revival will debut with a two-night event on Sunday, January 24 and Monday, January 25. The show will be followed by freshman "Lucifer" on Monday at 9 P.M.

Another rookie, "Second Chance" (previously called "Frankenstein Code" and "Lookinglass") will debut Wednesday, January 13 at 9 P.M. "Gotham", meanwhile, returns on Monday, February 29, while "Empire" is back on Wednesday, March 30.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 3 8-8:30 P.M. - "The Simpsons" (Winter Return) 8:30-9 P.M. - "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" (Series Premiere) 9-9:30 P.M. - "Family Guy" (Winter Return) 9:30-10 P.M. - "Bordertown" (Series Premiere)

MONDAY, JANUARY 4 8-10 P.M. - "Superhuman (Two-Hour Special)

TUESDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 5) 8-8:30 P.M. - "New Girl" (Season Premiere) 8:30-9 P.M. - "Grandfathered" (Time Period Premiere) 9-9:30 P.M. - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Time Period Premiere) 9:30-10 P.M. - "The Grinder" (Time Period Premiere) WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6 8-10 P.M. - "American Idol" (Season Premiere, Part One)

THURSDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 7) 8-10 P.M. - "American Idol" (Season Premiere, Part Two)

FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 8-10 P.M. - "MasterChef Junior" (Winter Return/Special Two-Hour Episode)

SUNDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 10) 7:30-8 P.M. - "Bob's Burgers" (Winter Return) 8-8:30 P.M. - "The Simpsons" 8:30-9 P.M. - "Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life" 9-9:30 P.M. - "Family Guy" 9:30-10 P.M. - "Bordertown"

WEDNESDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 13) 8-9 P.M. - "American Idol" (Time Period Premiere) 9-10 P.M. - "Second Chance" (Series Premiere)

FRIDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 15) 8-9 P.M. - "MasterChef Junior" 9-10 P.M. - "Hell's Kitchen" (Season Premiere) SUNDAY, JANUARY 24 10-11 P.M. ET/7-8 PM PT - "The X-Files" (Season Premiere, Part One)

MONDAYS (BEGINNING JANUARY 25) 8-9 P.M. - "The X-Files" (Season Premiere, Part Two) 9-10 P.M. - "Lucifer" (Series Premiere)

SUNDAY, JANUARY 31 7-10 P.M. ET live/tape-delay PT - "Grease Live"

FRIDAYS (BEGINNING FEBRUARY 5) 8-9 P.M. - "Sleepy Hollow" (Time Period / Spring Premiere) 9-10 P.M. - "Hell's Kitchen"

MONDAYS (BEGINNING FEBRUARY 29) 8-9 P.M. - "Gotham" (Spring Premiere) 9-10 P.M. - "Lucifer"

WEDNESDAYS (BEGINNING MARCH 2) 8-9 P.M. - "Rosewood" (Spring Premiere) 9-10 P.M. - "Second Chance"

WEDNESDAYS (BEGINNING MARCH 30) 8-9 P.M. - "Rosewood" 9-10 P.M. - "Empire" (Spring Premiere)