TV News: FX Announces 2012 Premiere Dates For ‘Justified,’ ‘Archer,’ ‘Unsupervised’

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CHICAGO – FX sent a press release today announcing the return dates for critical darlings “Justified” and “Archer,” along with the premiere of their new animated series “Unsupervised.” All three will premiere the same week mid-January.

It starts with the return of the Emmy-winning and damn-amazing “Justified,” a show you can be sure will be included in our upcoming Best TV of 2011 feature. The third season launches on January 17th, 2012 at 9pm CST and the show will air regularly on Tuesday nights.

Thursday nights will see an animated comedy block on FX, starting with the third-season premiere of “Archer” on January 19th at 9pm CST and leading in to “Unsupervised”.

What’s “Unsupervised” about? From FX — “Unsupervised is a comedy about optimistic best friends “Gary” and “Joel” navigating the harsh landscape of teenage life and trying to do what’s right without any parental guidance whatsoever. The series was created by and is executive produced by Rob Rosell, Scott Marder and David Hornsby, all who currently serve as writer/producers on FX’s hit comedy series It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It features an outstanding voice cast including Justin Long, Kristen Bell, Fred Armisen, Romany Malco, Kaitlin Olson and Alexa Vega, along with Rosell and Hornsby. Unsupervised is produced by FX Productions, in association with RCG Productions and Floyd County. RCG is the team of Sunny Executive Producers/Writers/Stars Rob McElhenney, Charlie Day and Glenn Howerton. The deal for Unsupervised is the first series order for RCG as part of their overall deal with FX Productions. The series will be animated by Archer Executive Producers Adam Reed and Matt Thompson.”

By BRIAN TALLERICO Content Director HollywoodChicago.com brian@hollywoodchicago.com