Sunday Funday (block)

Sunday Funday
Network Fox
Launched September 28, 2014
Country of origin United States
Format Animation
Comedy
Adult animation
Live action
Running time Sunday 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Sunday Funday is the Sunday night block on the Fox network, featuring a mix of animated and live-action series. The block premiered on September 28, 2014.

History

Sunday Funday was created to replace the Animation Domination block, acknowledging that an hour of the Sunday night schedule has live-action sitcoms and is no longer fully made up of animated shows. Its final show was American Dad!, which also broadcast its final episode on Fox before moving to TBS on September 21, 2014.[1] The initial lineup incorporated the remaining animated series from Animation Domination, including The Simpsons, Family Guy, and Bob's Burgers, plus Brooklyn Nine-Nine, which previously aired on Tuesday nights, and the new sitcom, Mulaney [2] This marks the first time that Fox has regularly aired first-run live-action comedies on Sundays since 2005. Mulaney was cancelled in February 2015 due to negative reviews and was replaced by mid-season replacement The Last Man on Earth On January 3, 2016, Brooklyn Nine-Nine was removed from the Sunday Funday block and moved back to its original Tuesday night slot. The Last Man on Earth was temporarily put on hiatus. In their place, the new animated series Bordertown and the live-action comedy Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life took their slots.[3]

Starting of April 3, 2016, new series Bordertown and Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life were moved to 7pm and 7:30pm due to both shows gaining very low ratings. Bob's Burgers was then placed at the 8:30pm where it was from 2011 until 2014.

On September 25, 2016, the new live-action and animated hybrid comedy series Son of Zorn premiered at 8:30pm. In early winter, Making History will take over the timeslot for the remainder of the television season.

Shows

Current programming

Title Premiere date Note Time slot
The Simpsons September 28, 2014 Previously part of Animation Domination 8:00PM
Family Guy September 28, 2014 Previously part of Animation Domination 9:00PM
Bob's Burgers October 5, 2014 Previously part of Animation Domination 7:30PM
Son of Zorn September 25, 2016 New Series 8:30PM
The Last Man on Earth March 1, 2015 9:30PM

Previous programming

Title Dates aired Note Time slot(s)
Brooklyn Nine-Nine September 28, 2014 - December 13, 2015 Previously aired on Tuesday nights
Moved back to original Tuesday slot 		8:30PM
Mulaney October 5, 2014 - February 15, 2015 Cancelled 9:30PM
7:30PM
7:00PM
Golan the Insatiable May 31, 2015 - July 19, 2015 Ended
Aired reruns on ADHD until March 6, 2015 		9:30PM
Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life January 3, 2016 - April 17, 2016 Cancelled 8:30PM
7:30PM
Bordertown January 3, 2016 - May 22, 2016 Cancelled 9:30PM
7:00PM

Schedules

2014/15

Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
Fox Fall NFL on Fox Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Brooklyn Nine-Nine Family Guy Mulaney Local programming
Follow-up Mulaney[4] Bob's Burgers[4]
Winter Mulaney The Simpsons (R)
Spring The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers The Last Man on Earth
Summer Bob's Burgers (R) Golan the Insatiable
Follow-up The Last Man on Earth (R)

2015/16

Network 7:00 PM 7:30 PM 8:00 PM 8:30 PM 9:00 PM 9:30 PM 10:00 PM 10:30 PM
Fox Fall NFL on Fox Bob's Burgers The Simpsons Brooklyn Nine-Nine Family Guy The Last Man On Earth Local programming
Winter The Simpsons (R) Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Bordertown
Spring Bordertown The Last Man On Earth
Follow-up Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life Bob's Burgers
Follow-up The Simpsons (R)
Summer The Simpsons (R) Bob's Burgers (R) Brooklyn Nine-Nine (R)

See also

References

  1. ↑ Venable, Nick (2014-11-19). "American Dad Gets More Episodes On TBS". Cinemablend. Retrieved 2014-11-19.
  2. ↑ Andreeva, Nellie (May 12, 2014). "Fox 2014 Schedule: 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' & 'Mulaney' Join Sunday Animated Block, 'Glee' Held For Midseason". Deadline.com. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  3. ↑ "Fox's Sunday Funday Lineup Is Getting A Major Reboot". CINEMABLEND. Retrieved 30 December 2015.
  4. 1 2 Bibel, Sara (November 11, 2014). "FOX's 'Mulaney' & 'Bob's Burgers' Swap Timeslots". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved November 11, 2014.


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