The Fox network annnounced new lineups for the 2008-2009 season that includes new comedies and dramas including a supernatural thriller from the producer of “Lost.”

JJ Abram’s “Fringe,” about a team of investigators ( lead by Joshua Jackson of “Dawson’s Creek” ) who are tracking series of unbelievable events, will air at 9 p.m. Tuesdays following “House.”

And coming at mid-season will be “Dollhouse” from Joss Whedon, creator of cult favorites “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and “Firefly.” Eliza Dushku ( “Tru Calling” ) stars as a member of an underground group of “Actives “ who have their personalities wiped clean so they can be imprinted with any number of new personas to carry out a variety of missions.

Also picked up for the fall is a new comedy “Do Not Distrub” starring starring Jerry O’Connell ( “Crossing Jordan” ) and Niecy Nash ( “Reno 911!” ) as the management team behind one a trendy New York Hotel.  It will follow “Til Death” on Wednesday nighs.

A new reality show “Secret Millionaire” features a different millionaire each week who goes undercover to some of America’s most disadvantaged areas in search of everyday heroes to possibly change their lives forever. 

Two new animated comedies will join the schedule in the spring of 2009. From the creators of “Family Guy” and “American Dad” comes “The Cleveland Show” (working title), the story of what happens when “Family Guy’s” Cleveland Brown moves to Stoolbend, VA, to make good on a promise to his high school sweetheart.

The second animated series “Sit Down, Shut Up” (working title), from Mitchell Hurwitz ( “Arrested Development” ), follows a group of unconventional teachers and staff members working at a high school in a small northeastern fishing town who never lose sight of the fact that the students must always come second.

FOX series returning in 2008-2009 include: 24, AMERICAN DAD, AMERICAN IDOL, AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK, ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER?, BONES, COPS, DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS!, FAMILY GUY, HELL’S KITCHEN, HOUSE, KING OF THE HILL, KITCHEN NIGHTMARES, MADtv, THE MOMENT OF TRUTH, PRISON BREAK, THE SIMPSONS, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN, TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES and ‘TIL DEATH.

Following are the FOX primetime schedule for 2008-2009 and synopses of the new series:

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: FALL 2008

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES
9:00-10:00 PM PRISON BREAK

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-9:30 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (wt)

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE MOMENT OF TRUTH
9:00-10:00 PM KITCHEN NIGHTMARES

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM ARE YOU SMARTER THAN A 5th GRADER? 
9:00-10:00 PM DON’T FORGET THE LYRICS! 

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK
11:00 PM-Midnight MADtv
Midnight-12:30 AM TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 PM THE OT (NFL post-game)
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD

FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE: BEGINNING JANUARY 2009

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM DOLLHOUSE
9:00-10:00 PM 24

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM AMERICAN IDOL
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE
9:00-9:30 PM AMERICAN IDOL Results Show
9:30-10:00 PM TBA Comedy

THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN
9:00-10:00 PM SECRET MILLIONAIRE

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-9:30 PM ‘TIL DEATH
9:30-10:00 PM DO NOT DISTURB (wt)

SATURDAY
8:00-8:30 PM COPS
8:30-9:00 PM COPS
9:00-10:00 PM AMERICA’S MOST WANTED: AMERICA FIGHTS BACK
11:00 PM-Midnight MADtv
Midnight-12:30 AM TALKSHOW WITH SPIKE FERESTEN

SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM COMEDY ENCORES
7:30-8:00 PM COMEDY ENCORES
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM KING OF THE HILL (January) / SIT DOWN, SHUT UP (wt) (spring)
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD (January) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW (wt) (spring)

2008-2009 FOX PRIMETIME SCHEDULE

NEW SERIES SYNOPSES

The following new drama will premiere this fall on FOX:

FRINGE (Tuesdays, 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT): From J.J. Abrams ( “Lost” ), Roberto Orci and Alex Kurtzman, the team behind “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible III” and “Alias,” comes a new drama that will thrill, terrify and explore the blurring line between science fiction and reality.

When an international flight lands at Boston’s Logan Airport and the passengers and crew have all died grisly deaths, FBI Special Agent OLIVIA DUNHAM ( newcomer Anna Torv ) is called in to investigate.

After her partner, Special Agent JOHN SCOTT (Mark Valley, “Boston Legal” ), is nearly killed during the investigation, a desperate Olivia searches frantically for someone to help, leading her to DR. WALTER BISHOP ( John Noble, “Lord of the Rings” ), our generation’s Einstein.

There’s only one catch: he’s been institutionalized for the last 20 years, and the only way to question him requires pulling his estranged son PETER ( Joshua Jackson, “Dawson’s Creek” ) in to help.

When Olivia’s investigation leads her to manipulative corporate executive NINA SHARP ( Blair Brown, “Altered States” ), our unlikely trio along with fellow FBI Agents PHILLIP BROYLES ( Lance Reddick, “The Wire” ), CHARLIE FRANCIS ( Kirk Acevedo, “Oz” ) and ASTRID FARNSWORTH ( Jasika Nicole, “Law & Order: Criminal Intent” ) will discover that what happened on Flight 627 is only a small piece of a larger, more shocking truth.

The new comedy premiering this fall is:

DO NOT DISTURB (working title) (Wednesdays, 9:30-10:00 PM ET/PT): DO NOT DISTURB (working title) is a hilarious workplace comedy set at one of New York City’s hottest and hippest hotels: The Inn. Named one of the Big Apple’s “10 Best Places to Stay,”

The Inn is just that – the “in” place to be, with its chic décor, stylish staff and celebrity clientele. Behind the scenes, however, the upstairs/downstairs dynamic tells quite a different story.

The hotel’s top-notch reputation and sophisticated look is due in large part to NEAL ( Jerry O’Connell, “Crossing Jordan” ) – at least in his opinion. Although The Inn’s charismatic owner R.J. (guest star Robert Wagner) takes all the credit, Neal is the egotistical, hyper-stylish, detail-oriented general manager who will do whatever it takes to keep the hotel and its employees up to his standards.

RHONDA ( Niecy Nash, “Reno 911!” ) is the head of Human Resources who also keeps Neal’s demands in check. She’s brash, fabulous and brutally honest and runs the HR department from her bullpen downstairs with a set of rules that are all her own. Rhonda does her best to keep the back of the house in line and the front of the house out of trouble.

At the front desk handling check-in while wearing 6-inch Manolos is NICOLE ( Molly Stanton, “Twins” ), an aging model who is svelte, cynical and slightly starving. Fresh from Nebraska is JASON ( Brando Eaton, “Zoey 101” ) , the naïve bellman who would prefer to work behind-the-scenes, but was hired to show off his chiseled face and perfect pecs at the front of the hotel. The downstairs staff includes MOLLY ( Jolene Purdy, “Donnie Darko” ), a reservations clerk who dreams of pop-singer stardom as much as she craves to be part of the action upstairs; and LARRY ( Jesse Tyler Ferguson, “The Class” ), the head of housekeeping who spends more time on the phone cleaning up his messes at home than he does cleaning up after the guests upstairs. 

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