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5 new TV shows coming to Fox this fall

The fact that the next season of “American Idol” will be its last was the biggest news — at least for the six or seven people who still watch it — Monday when Fox announced its plans for the 2015-16 season.

Here’s a look at the five shows Fox is adding this fall:

“Minority Report” (9 p.m. Mondays): Based on the international blockbuster by executive producer Steven Spielberg, “Minority Report” follows the unlikely partnership between a man haunted by the future and a cop haunted by her past, as they race to stop the worst crimes of the year 2065 before they happen. Set in Washington, D.C., it is 10 years after the demise of Precrime, a law enforcement agency tasked with identifying and eliminating criminals…before their crimes were committed. Precognitive Dash (Stark Sands, “Inside Llewyn Davis”) – driven by his terrifying, but fragmented visions – now has returned in secret to help a brash, but shrewd police detective (Meagan Good) attempt to stop the murders that he predicts. As they navigate this future America, they will search for Dash’s missing twin brother and elude others who will stop at nothing to exploit their precog abilities.

“Grandfathered” (8 p.m. Tuesdays): Successful restaurateur and man-about-town Jimmy Martino (John Stamos) is used to being the most suave, most handsome and most single person in the room. All that changes with the surprise appearance of Jimmy’s adult son (Josh Peck, “The Mindy Project”) and his baby daughter. Now Jimmy has to unlearn a lifetime of blissful selfishness and grapple with the fact that he went straight from single to grandfather in six seconds flat. Paget Brewster and Christina Milian co-star in the comedy.

“The Grinder” (8:30 p.m. Tuesdays): When his legal series ends, a famous TV lawyer decides to move back home and join his family’s real law firm – despite having no formal education, no bar certification, no license to practice and no experience in an actual courtroom. Dean Sanderson (Rob Lowe) spent eight seasons playing the title role on the hit legal drama “The Grinder.” Now he’s moving back to his hometown of Boise, Idaho, where his brother (Fred Savage, “The Wonder Years”), is a real-life attorney who is poised to take over the family law firm. It doesn’t take long for Dean to start injecting his TV drama into every aspect of Stewart’s life, both in the courtroom and at home, in this comedy.

“Scream Queens” (9 p.m. Tuesdays): Kappa House, the most sought-after sorority for pledges, is ruled with an iron fist (in a pink glove) by Chanel Oberlin (Emma Roberts, “American Horror Story”). But when anti-Kappa Dean Munsch (Jamie Lee Curtis) decrees that sorority pledging must be open to all students, and not just the school’s silver-spooned elite, all hell is about to break loose, as a devil-clad killer begins wreaking havoc, claiming one victim, one episode at a time. Part black comedy, part slasher flick, “Scream Queens” comes from Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan, the executive producers of “Glee” and “American Horror Story.” Lea Michele, Abigail Breslin, Nasim Pedrad, Oliver Hudson, Niecy Nash, Nick Jonas and Ariana Grande star.

“Rosewood” (8 p.m. Wednesdays): Dr. Beaumont Roswewood Jr. (Morris Chestnut) is the most brilliant private pathologist in Miami. Using his sophisticated autopsy lab, he performs for-hire autopsies to uncover clues that the Miami PD can’t see. His new partner-in-crime (Jaina Lee Ortiz) is a Miami PD detective with attitude and demons to spare. While she’s impressed by Rosewood’s incredible abilities, his constant optimism is more annoying than it is infectious. Plagued with his own set of medical ailments, Rosewood sees that every moment of life should be embraced and lived to the fullest. Those moments of victims’ lives that will never be are what drive him the most.

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