City’s fall 2016 schedule is built for the man cave.

The Rogers Media channel has added 12 new series and kept 11, largely skewing male to complement its hockey-heavy focus.

The channel has also renewed its Rogers Hometown Hockey series featuring Ron MacLean and Sunnyside, from Dan Redican and Gary Pearson. It will return to the schedule in October.

Sunnyside debuted mid-season on Thursday nights, but is being moved to Sundays at 8 p.m. for its January 2016 return. Fall will see the fourth season of CBC’s Mr. D debut on City on Thursday nights at 8 p.m., part of Rogers’ comedy swap with CBC.

On the acquisition front: three new shows – Grandfathered, The Grinder, and Scream Queens – are slated for Tuesday evenings. Grandfathered, at 8 p.m., is a coming-of-age comedy about a successful restauranteur – played by John Stamos (Full House) – who stumbles upon the knowledge that he is not just a father but a grandfather as well. The Grinder, at 8:30 p.m.,  stars Rob Lowe as a TV lawyer who returns to his childhood home in Idaho and tries to apply his TV expertise to the family’s law firm. In Scream Queens, billed as a horror-comedy, a young woman who wants to join a sorority finds herself in the centre of a bloody rampage.

On the family-targeted side, Kermit the Frog will make his re-entrance onto Canadian screens Monday evenings on City for The Muppets reboot and following that at 8:30 p.m. is Life in Pieces, a single-camera comedy series about a big, happy family that is told through the different perspectives of its family members.

Returning shows through the week include Modern Family, Black-ish, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, New Girl and 2 Broke Girls. 

Friday nights feature Un-dateable at 8 p.m., a comedy show about two roommates and their eclectic mix of friends who interact over beers at one roommate’s unsuccessful bar and help each other through their problems.

Weekend fare is a mix of sports and U.S. favourite shows. Saturday nights are reserved for hockey between 7 and 10 p.m. with Hockey Night in Canada, while Sundays see an animated comedy boost with the addition of Bob’s Burgers at 7:30 p.m. and Family Guy at 9 p.m. (both formerly on Global) and new Will Forte-starrer The Last Man on Earth at 9:30 p.m.

Sunday nights will also see the return of Hometown Hockey, with next year’s tour of Canadian hockey towns starting in Kitchener, ON on Oct. 10. The show will be moving from City to Sportsnet One in the fall.

Sports programming also includes the introduction of Thursday night NFL games at 8 p.m., which will run on the channel until the end of October.

Also, The Mindy Projectwill remain in Canada on City on Thursday nights at 9:30 p.m. despite moving to the Hulu streaming service in the US.

City’s live programming includes the 58th Annual Grammy Awards in 2016, City’s most-watched program last year with 2.9 million viewers. City will also broadcast the Grammy Nominations Concert Live!

The channel will also air the a three-hour live performance of the Broadway hit, The Wiz Live! featuring song and dance routines in collaboration with the Cirque du Soleil Theatre.

Other returning shows include Mike & Molly, The Middle and The World’s Funniest Fails. Shows slated for mid-season include Rush Hour, Bordertown and The Guide to Surviving Life. 

From Media in Canada