‘Scream Queens,’ ‘The Muppets’ head to City

TORONTO – 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 announced a fall/mid-season schedule Tuesday 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.”

“We were concerned about Tuesdays and I now think we’re going to win on Tuesdays,” Colette Watson, vice-president of television and broadcast operations, said Tuesday at the launch of City’s upcoming slate.

Sunday night also gets an overhaul with addition of the Fox comedy “The Last Man on Earth” and two comedies last seen on Global: “Family Guy” and “Bob’s Burgers.” “Rogers Hometown Hockey,” with Ron MacLean, moves over to Sportsnet.

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 comedies “Modern Family,” and “Black-ish” and the breakout hit drama “Empire,” which moves from OMNI and will air at 8 p.m. ET Wednesdays, an hour earlier than the Fox broadcast.

“It was unbelievably successful in the U.S. so they are so anxious to get season number two going,” Watson said of the fall return.

The CBC-TV classroom comedy “Mr. D” also joins the schedule while “The Mindy Project,” recently dropped by Fox but picked up by Hulu, will run Thursdays.

Thursdays will also be home to “Thursday Night NFL” in a CBS simulcast until Oct. 29.

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

A sizzle reel of upcoming FX shows touted new offerings including Denis Leary’s “Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll” and the Zach Galifianakis comedy “Baskets.”