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As first reported on TVGuide.com, Michael Eklund, star of 'Fringe' and 'Smallville's' Eric Johnson are set to guest star on Fox's new drama series ALCATRAZ. Both actors will play prisonors who have recently escaped from the famed San Francisco prison.

Fox's new dramatic series ALCATRAZ will be premiering on Mondays, 9:00-10:00 PM ET/PT beginning in January of 2012. From executive producer J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, 'Lost,' 'Star Trek,' 'Super 8' and the upcoming 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol') and writer Elizabeth Sarnoff ('Lost,' 'Deadwood') the chilling new drama revolves around America's most infamous prison, the one-time home to the nation's worst murderers, rapists, kidnappers, thieves and arsonists.

From executive producer J.J. Abrams (FRINGE, 'Lost,' 'Star Trek' and the upcoming 'Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol' and 'Super 8') and writer and executive producer Elizabeth Sarnoff ('Lost,' 'Deadwood') comes ALCATRAZ, the chilling new thriller centered on America's most infamous prison and one-time home to the nation's most notorious murderers, rapists, kidnappers and thieves.

Fox Broadcasting Company, today unveiled the FOX primetime schedule for the 2011-2012 television season to the national advertising community during its annual Programming Presentation at The New Beacon Theatre. Amongst the shows picked up this fall was a new multi-camera family comedy I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER stars Emmy Award winner Jaime Pressly ('My Name Is Earl') and Tony Award winner for PROMISES, PROMISES Katie Finneran ('Wonderfalls') as single moms, life-long friends - and former nerds - who fear their privileged and overly indulged daughters are turning out to be just like the girls who picked on them in high school.