Fox Orders Live-Action Comedy Series ‘Outmatched’ and Animated ‘The Great North’ I hear Fox’s sixth drama pilot, Tom Kapinos’ Lovestruck, is not going forward at the network. The mass pickup of new drama series at Fox, which only ordered two new hourlong shows last year, is not good news for the network’s bubble dramas, Lethal Weapon, The Passage and Star.

The fifth in the group - soapy family drama Filthy Rich, headlined by Kim Cattrall, which is considered a suitable companion to Empire - remains in contention with deals being worked out.

The drama competition at Fox had been fierce virtually from the start with five of the six pilots emerging as solid contenders. That includes cop/serial killer drama Prodigal Son, starring Tom Payne and Michael Sheen John Slattery’s AI drama neXt police drama Deputy, headlined by Stephen Dorff and the Annie Weisman/ Jason Katims sister drama based on an Australian format. Fox just made its first new series pickups, ordering four of its six drama pilots to series.