FX SETS SUMMER 2015 PREMIERE DATES FOR NEW AND RETURNING SERIES
Denis Leary Returns to FX with Series Premiere of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll on Thursday, July 16 at 10 PM e/p
Married Returns for Second Season on Thursday, July 16
at 10:30 PM e/p, Immediately Following Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
Louis C.K.’s Latest Standup Special Louis C.K.: Live From the Comedy Store
To Premiere on FX on Thursday, May 28 at 11 PM e/p
Immediately following the Season 5 Finale of Louie
Second Season of Tyrant Debuts on Tuesday, June 16 at 10 PM e/p
Second Season of Award-Winning Drama The Strain Returns This Summer
Date and Time To Be Determined
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2015 – FX is turning up the heat this summer with the series premiere of Denis Leary’s new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, the second seasons of the award-winning thriller The Strain, the tense political and familial drama Tyrant and the comedy series Married, and the television premiere of Louis C.K.’s latest standup special Louis C.K.: Live From the Comedy Store, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll marks Leary’s return to FX after starring for seven seasons on the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning Rescue Me.
FX Summer Premieres and Highlights
Get summer started right with the television premiere of Louis C.K.’s latest standup comedy special, Louis C.K.: Live From The Comedy Store, on FX on Thursday, May 28 at 11 PM e/p, immediately following the Season 5 finale of Louie. The hour-long special features the Emmy® Winning comic at the World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. C.K. wrote and directed the special and served as an Executive Producer along with M. Blair Breard. The special is produced by C.K.’s production company, Pig Newton. Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store is C.K.’s sixth hour-long standup comedy special and the second to air on FX following Louis C.K.: Live At the Beacon Theater in May 2012. Louis C.K. won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his special Louis C.K. Oh My God and an Emmy Award in 2012 for his special Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater.
The anticipated second season of the tense political and familial drama Tyrant will air on FX on Tuesdays at 10 PM e/p, beginning June 16. Tyrant is the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the inner workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner), the youngest son of a war-torn country’s controversial dictator, returns to his homeland after a self-imposed 20-year exile in America, only to be forced back into the treacherous familial and national politics of his youth. When his brother, Jamal (Ashraf Barhom), assumes the presidency, Barry becomes a powerful force within the government, fueled by visions of bringing humanitarian freedoms to his homeland. Upon realizing that Jamal lacks any sense of justice or morality, Barry colluded with members of the U.S. government on a failed attempt at overthrowing his tyrannical reign and was arrested on charges of treason. Having been betrayed by the West, Jamal now sets his sights on the East, developing an alliance with China that he hopes will make Abbudin a global power. But Barry continues to be a thorn in Jamal’s side, becoming a symbol of freedom for the increasingly vocal insurgency. Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning Howard Gordon serves as Executive Producer/Showunner, along with Executive Producers Glenn Gordon Caron, Chris Kyser, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir and Hugh Fitzpatrick. Tyrant is produced by FX Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, created by and starring Denis Leary, will air on FX on Thursdays at 10 PM e/p, beginning July 16. Leary stars as “Johnny Rock,” lead singer of a legendary early 90s New York band called The Heathens. Known for living up to their name, the band partied so long and so hard that even Keith Richards thought they needed to slow things down. The Heathens were on the brink of becoming famous for their kickass live shows and the release of their highly anticipated first album. Until they broke up. The same day the album dropped. Because lead guitarist Flash (John Corbett) found Johnny in bed with his wife. So the band became legendary for all the wrong reasons - like self-destructing sooner than any group in rock ‘n’ roll history. 25 years later the only thing bigger than Johnny’s ego is his prostate. The drugs he really needs now aren't cocaine and marijuana - they're Crestor, Cymbalta and Cialis. He's out of work, out of money and out of show business options. That's when a massively talented young singer named Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) shows up - with a burning desire to be famous, a throwback appreciation for The Heathens only album, and a stack of cash big enough to bring the whole band back into the studio. Only this time, SHE'S the lead singer and Johnny's just a behind the scenes songwriter. John Ales, Bobby Kelly and Elaine Hendrix round out the rest of this dysfunctional rock and roll family. The race is on to see who gets famous first - and for what reason. Leary serves as Executive Producer along with Jim Serpico. Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is produced by FX Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Season 2 of the comedy series Married will air on FX on Thursdays at 10:30 PM e/p, beginning July 16. Married is a half hour comedy about a couple who are happy they have each other to blame. Russ (Nat Faxon) and Lina Bowman (Judy Greer) have changed almost everything about themselves in order to be responsible parents, but once in a while they find time to remind each other of who they used to be. The show also features Russ and Lina’s circle of friends who include: the divorced AJ (Brett Gelman), who is trying to chart his next move after a lost year of addiction; the May/December couple of Jess (Jenny Slate) and Shep (Paul Reiser), who are finding that age isn’t the greatest challenge in their relationship; single mother Abby (Sarah Burns) whose desperate need for approval keeps getting her in trouble; and the enabling Bernie (John Hodgman) who’s always willing to go along for the ride. Married was created by Andrew Gurland, who serves as Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director, alongside Executive Producers Peter Principato and Paul Young. Married is produced by FX Productions.
Season 2 of the award-winning thriller The Strain from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse will return to FX this summer; Premiere date TBD. The transformation has begun. It can no longer be denied — New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Its citizens must fight or die. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed. Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi's entire history... and possibly a way to kill them. Meanwhile, the Master is out for revenge, sending new and even more terrifying breeds of bloodthirsty creatures after our team. They need to find a way to defeat him before the transformation has become widespread, irreparable...Before they become monsters themselves. Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan serve as Co-Creators/Executive Producers/Writers and Carlton Cuse as Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer of The Strain, along with Executive Producers Gary Ungar, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle and Regina Corrado. The Strain is produced by FX Productions.
Denis Leary Returns to FX with Series Premiere of Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll on Thursday, July 16 at 10 PM e/p
Married Returns for Second Season on Thursday, July 16
at 10:30 PM e/p, Immediately Following Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
Louis C.K.’s Latest Standup Special Louis C.K.: Live From the Comedy Store
To Premiere on FX on Thursday, May 28 at 11 PM e/p
Immediately following the Season 5 Finale of Louie
Second Season of Tyrant Debuts on Tuesday, June 16 at 10 PM e/p
Second Season of Award-Winning Drama The Strain Returns This Summer
Date and Time To Be Determined
LOS ANGELES, April 8, 2015 – FX is turning up the heat this summer with the series premiere of Denis Leary’s new comedy Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, the second seasons of the award-winning thriller The Strain, the tense political and familial drama Tyrant and the comedy series Married, and the television premiere of Louis C.K.’s latest standup special Louis C.K.: Live From the Comedy Store, it was announced today by Chuck Saftler, President of Program Strategy and COO, FX Networks. Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll marks Leary’s return to FX after starring for seven seasons on the Emmy® and Golden Globe® winning Rescue Me.
FX Summer Premieres and Highlights
Get summer started right with the television premiere of Louis C.K.’s latest standup comedy special, Louis C.K.: Live From The Comedy Store, on FX on Thursday, May 28 at 11 PM e/p, immediately following the Season 5 finale of Louie. The hour-long special features the Emmy® Winning comic at the World Famous Comedy Store in Los Angeles. C.K. wrote and directed the special and served as an Executive Producer along with M. Blair Breard. The special is produced by C.K.’s production company, Pig Newton. Louis C.K.: Live at the Comedy Store is C.K.’s sixth hour-long standup comedy special and the second to air on FX following Louis C.K.: Live At the Beacon Theater in May 2012. Louis C.K. won an Emmy Award in 2013 for his special Louis C.K. Oh My God and an Emmy Award in 2012 for his special Louis C.K.: Live at the Beacon Theater.
The anticipated second season of the tense political and familial drama Tyrant will air on FX on Tuesdays at 10 PM e/p, beginning June 16. Tyrant is the story of an unassuming American family drawn into the inner workings of a turbulent Middle Eastern nation. Bassam “Barry” Al-Fayeed (Adam Rayner), the youngest son of a war-torn country’s controversial dictator, returns to his homeland after a self-imposed 20-year exile in America, only to be forced back into the treacherous familial and national politics of his youth. When his brother, Jamal (Ashraf Barhom), assumes the presidency, Barry becomes a powerful force within the government, fueled by visions of bringing humanitarian freedoms to his homeland. Upon realizing that Jamal lacks any sense of justice or morality, Barry colluded with members of the U.S. government on a failed attempt at overthrowing his tyrannical reign and was arrested on charges of treason. Having been betrayed by the West, Jamal now sets his sights on the East, developing an alliance with China that he hopes will make Abbudin a global power. But Barry continues to be a thorn in Jamal’s side, becoming a symbol of freedom for the increasingly vocal insurgency. Emmy® and Golden Globe® Award-winning Howard Gordon serves as Executive Producer/Showunner, along with Executive Producers Glenn Gordon Caron, Chris Kyser, Gideon Raff, Avi Nir and Hugh Fitzpatrick. Tyrant is produced by FX Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll, created by and starring Denis Leary, will air on FX on Thursdays at 10 PM e/p, beginning July 16. Leary stars as “Johnny Rock,” lead singer of a legendary early 90s New York band called The Heathens. Known for living up to their name, the band partied so long and so hard that even Keith Richards thought they needed to slow things down. The Heathens were on the brink of becoming famous for their kickass live shows and the release of their highly anticipated first album. Until they broke up. The same day the album dropped. Because lead guitarist Flash (John Corbett) found Johnny in bed with his wife. So the band became legendary for all the wrong reasons - like self-destructing sooner than any group in rock ‘n’ roll history. 25 years later the only thing bigger than Johnny’s ego is his prostate. The drugs he really needs now aren't cocaine and marijuana - they're Crestor, Cymbalta and Cialis. He's out of work, out of money and out of show business options. That's when a massively talented young singer named Gigi (Elizabeth Gillies) shows up - with a burning desire to be famous, a throwback appreciation for The Heathens only album, and a stack of cash big enough to bring the whole band back into the studio. Only this time, SHE'S the lead singer and Johnny's just a behind the scenes songwriter. John Ales, Bobby Kelly and Elaine Hendrix round out the rest of this dysfunctional rock and roll family. The race is on to see who gets famous first - and for what reason. Leary serves as Executive Producer along with Jim Serpico. Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll is produced by FX Productions and Fox 21 Television Studios.
Season 2 of the comedy series Married will air on FX on Thursdays at 10:30 PM e/p, beginning July 16. Married is a half hour comedy about a couple who are happy they have each other to blame. Russ (Nat Faxon) and Lina Bowman (Judy Greer) have changed almost everything about themselves in order to be responsible parents, but once in a while they find time to remind each other of who they used to be. The show also features Russ and Lina’s circle of friends who include: the divorced AJ (Brett Gelman), who is trying to chart his next move after a lost year of addiction; the May/December couple of Jess (Jenny Slate) and Shep (Paul Reiser), who are finding that age isn’t the greatest challenge in their relationship; single mother Abby (Sarah Burns) whose desperate need for approval keeps getting her in trouble; and the enabling Bernie (John Hodgman) who’s always willing to go along for the ride. Married was created by Andrew Gurland, who serves as Executive Producer/Showrunner/Director, alongside Executive Producers Peter Principato and Paul Young. Married is produced by FX Productions.
Season 2 of the award-winning thriller The Strain from Guillermo del Toro and Carlton Cuse will return to FX this summer; Premiere date TBD. The transformation has begun. It can no longer be denied — New York City is rapidly falling to an evil epidemic, and no one is coming to its rescue. Its citizens must fight or die. Dr. Ephraim Goodweather and his unlikely allies tried to take down the embodiment of this evil — the Master — and failed. Now Eph and Dr. Nora Martinez concentrate on creating a biological weapon to wipe out the creatures, while Abraham Setrakian searches for an ancient book he hopes will reveal the strigoi's entire history... and possibly a way to kill them. Meanwhile, the Master is out for revenge, sending new and even more terrifying breeds of bloodthirsty creatures after our team. They need to find a way to defeat him before the transformation has become widespread, irreparable...Before they become monsters themselves. Guillermo del Toro and Chuck Hogan serve as Co-Creators/Executive Producers/Writers and Carlton Cuse as Showrunner/Executive Producer/Writer of The Strain, along with Executive Producers Gary Ungar, J. Miles Dale, Bradley Thompson, David Weddle and Regina Corrado. The Strain is produced by FX Productions.
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So You're The Worst is coming back in the summer then? Figured it would be paired with Married again.
ReplyDeleteLate summer or early fall.
ReplyDeleteVanDerWerff Gets Results (TM). RT @JohnSolbergFX: @tvoti @HitFixDaniel late summer/early fall. No more threats, please.— Todd VanDerWerff (@tvoti) April 8, 2015
Why wouldnt they wait until they had a premiere date for every show before releasing this?
ReplyDeleteOoo thanks!
ReplyDeleteI thought it was moved to FXX.
ReplyDeleteI keep forgetting FXX even exists!
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I am a bit disappointed. Like you, I was looking forward to watching it paired up with Married - my two new favorite bleak/cynical comedies of 2014.
ReplyDeleteFargo?
ReplyDeleteI am wondering the same. They previously announced that Fargo would return ion the summer, but they now they didn't announce it's premiere date with the rest of the summer shows.
ReplyDeleteWhat? Season 5 Finale of Louie airs May 28th? Are they airing back-to-back episodes for four Weeks (I think there are 8 episodes this season in total)
ReplyDeleteWe all do.
ReplyDeleteI thought Fargo was slated for fall. I assumed it'd fill the hole left by Sons of Anarchy.
ReplyDeleteI guess I'm not too surprised its been delayed, I seem to recall reading last month that they hadn't started filming S2 yet. Maybe FX just wanted to try a different pairing but its a bit of a shame.
ReplyDeleteYeah Fall makes more sense for Fargo.
ReplyDeleteI am pretty sure you are right and that Fargo season 2 has always been "Fall TBD".
ReplyDeleteI was so disappointed by The Strain, I don't know if I should bother for S2...
ReplyDeleteI only lasted through 4 episodes of The Strain..
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to Tyrant.
ReplyDeleteNot interested in seeing Leary as an aging rocker but just might check out the pilot..
Well it didn't get any better.
ReplyDeleteNot one likeable character in the lot.
The plotting so juvenile.
The dialogue so stilled.
And Oh! My! God! some of the acting...
Bumped into Corey Stoll as he was going back to his trailer earlier today though!