The Fox Country Music Drama Monarch Has Been Delayed Until Fall

The Fox country music drama Monarch, starring Susan Sarandon, Trace Adkins and Anna Friel, has been delayed until fall. The series was originally scheduled for a Jan. 30 release date, was delayed due to COVID-19. As the cornerstone of Fox’s new 2022-23 slate, shifting a show of this magnitude allows us to have its entire first season produced, create additional, high-profile content and promotional windows to support launch, and give our viewers the best opportunity to enjoy the series as intended with a non-compromised run of episodes.

The show, executive produced and created by Melissa London Hilfers, centers on a multigenerational country music family, the Romans, known as America’s first family of country music. Adkins is no stranger to acting projects, having appeared in The Lincoln Lawyer, I Can Only Imagine and more. When their reign as country royalty is put in jeopardy, Nicky Roman, the heir to the crown, already battling an industry stacked against her, will stop at nothing to protect her family’s legacy, Variety reports.

Music-driven programming is a big part of the DNA of Fox’s success with shows like The Masked Singer, Empire, American Idol and Glee, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline. Monarch is the latest country music-related project headed to the small screen. News of the series follows a rumored Real Housewives-esque reality show project.

The ABC and CMT series Nashville, starring Connie Britton, Charles Esten and Hayden Panettiere, ran from 2012 to 2018. This article previously ran on Sept. 7, 2021.

When Did Abc And Cmt’S Prime Time Drama Nashville Go Off Air?

Monarch Season 1: Release Date, Cast, And More (Welcome to …And More, our no-frills, zero B.S. guide to when and where you can watch upcoming movies and shows, and everything else you could possibly stand to know.) ABC and CMT’s prime time drama Nashville went off the air back in 2018, leaving a country music-sized hole in the broadcast network lineup. Now Fox is stepping up to fill that hole with Monarch, a sprawling new series set in the world of country music that should feature plenty of familiar tunes – and some new ones, as well.