Fox Sets Summer Bows for 'Dance,' Trio of Gordon Ramsay Series

10:27 AM PDT 3/28/2012 by Lesley Goldberg

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The ninth season of "So You Think You Can Dance" bows in May, with "Hell's Kitchen," "Masterchef" and "Hotel Hell" also receiving dates on the schedule.

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Fox is cooking up something special this summer, setting premiere dates for three unscripted efforts from Gordon Ramsay as well as the return date for So You Think You Can Dance.

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The ninth season of the Cat Deeley-hosted dancing competition series launches Thursday, May 24 at 9 p.m., airing once a week with its new results-show-free format for the first time. The following week, the Nigel Lythgoe and Mary Murphy toe-tapper moves to its regular slot on Wednesdays at 8 p.m.

On Tuesday, May 29, Season 10 of Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen opens as a lead-in to the third season of Masterchef at 9 p.m. Starting June 4, Hell's Kitchen expands to two nights a week, with fresh episodes joining the schedule on Mondays.

The second night of Kitchen on June 4 will receive a Ramsay-backed lead-in from freshman unscripted series Hotel Hell, which sees the chef travel around the country to fix hotels, inns and bed and breakfasts.

A full schedule follows:

THURSDAY, MAY 24
8-10 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance

TUESDAYS BEGINNING MAY 29
8-9 p.m. Hell's Kitchen
9-10 p.m. Masterchef

WEDNESDAYS BEGINNING MAY 30
8-10 p.m. So You Think You Can Dance

MONDAYS BEGINNING JUNE 4
8-9 p.m. Hotel Hell
9-10 p.m. Hell's Kitchen

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