FOX Summer Preview

FOX has the following planned for the summer - the Season Nine premiere of SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, the return of Gordon Ramsay’s HELL’S KITCHEN and MASTERCHEF, plus the premiere of Ramsay’s HOTEL HELL.

Back for a ninth season, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will have a two-hour premiere Thursday, May 24 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). The following week, on Wednesday, May 30 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the series moves into its regular time period. This season’s auditions in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, Dallas and Salt Lake City feature host Cat Deeley and resident judges Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy, as well as guest judges Adam Shankman, Debbie Allen, Tyce Diorio, Lil’ C, Stacey Tookey and Jesse Tyler Ferguson. SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE will air once a week.

On Tuesday, May 29, Gordon Ramsay returns for a new season of HELL’S KITCHEN (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), followed by the Season Three debut of MASTERCHEF (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT). In Season 10 of HELL’S KITCHEN, aspiring restaurateurs battle to prove they have the grit and talent to win the grand prize, traditionally a job as head chef at one of Ramsay's restaurnat's. Beginning Monday, June 4 (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT), the series expands to twice per week with new episodes Mondays (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Tuesdays (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT).

Following HELL’S KITCHEN on Tuesdays is MASTERCHEF (9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT).  It features Ramsay, restaurateur Joe Bastianich and chef Graham Elliot, as they challenge a amateur cooks by testing their palates, knowledge and determination to follow their dreams of making it in the culinary world.

In HOTEL HELL premiering Monday, June 4 (8:00-9:00 PM ET/PT), Ramsay will travel to San Diego, CA; Coeur D’Alene, ID; Cambridge, NY; Milford, PA; and Windsor, VT to fix bad hotels and inns. This show promises a look at filthy bedrooms and mold-ridden bathrooms, dreadful room service and incompetent staff. Hotel owners and employees will be put to work to try and turn around their failing establishments.

FOX 2012 SUMMER PREMIERE DATES (More to be announced)

THURSDAY, MAY 24:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (Season Premiere)
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TUESDAYS, BEGINNING MAY 29:
8:00-9:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM MASTERCHEF (Season Premiere)
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WEDNESDAYS, BEGINNING MAY 30:
8:00-10:00 PM SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE (Time Period Premiere)
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MONDAYS, BEGINNING JUNE 4
8:00-9:00 PM HOTEL HELL (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00 PM HELL’S KITCHEN (Monday Time Period Premiere)