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Fox doesn’t announce its fall slate until Thursday, but the word is already out on six new shows it will take to series next season.

NEW HOURLONGS:

“The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” from screenwriter Josh Friedman (“The Black Dahlia,” “War of the Worlds”), is set between “Terminator 2” and “Terminator 3.”

“New Amsterdam,” from writers Allan Loeb and Christian Taylor (“Six Feet Under”), is about a 400-year-old New York Cop.

“K-Ville,” from writer Jonathan Lisco (“Jack & Bobby”), is about cops patrolling post-Katrina New Orleans.

NEW SITCOMS:

“The Return of Jezebel James,” from “Gilmore Girls” creator Amy Sherman-Palladino, is about a book editor who recruits her estranged sister to have her baby.

“Back To You,” from writer-producers Steve Levitan (“Just Shoot Me,” “Stacked”) and Christopher Lloyd (“Frasier,” “Out of Practice”), is about local news anchors in Buffalo. It stars Kelsey Grammar and Patricia Heaton.

“The Rules For Starting Over,” from two guys named Chris Pappas and Mark Bernier, is about a group of thirtysomethings who find themselves back in the dating pool. It stars Craig Bierko (“Boston Legal”) and Rashida Jones (“The Office”).

NOT YET HEADED TO SERIES:

“Animals,” the animated comedy from writer Robert Smigel (“Saturday Night Live,” “TV Funhouse”) about suburban fauna.

“NSA Innocent,” from “24” creators Joel Surnow and Bob Cochran, is about a defense contractor employee spying on his company for the National Security Agency.

“Them,” from “Eyes” creator John McNamara, based on the graphic novel “Six” about an extraterrestrial sleeper cell that goes native.

Read the Hollywood Reporter’s story on the matter here.