Sci-fi accidents, murder mysteries on Fox

MANILA, Philippines – This month, Fox gives you two reasons to spend your weeknights at home, away from the maddening and costly Christmas rush, with the all-new seasons of Eureka and Bones.

On its third season (premieres Dec. 6, 8:15 p.m.), Eureka follows the adventures of former US marshal Jack Carter played by Colin Ferguson (CSI: Miami) as he solves mysterious accidents one after the other, often from intentional misuse of technology, in Eureka, a top-secret town in Oregon where the country’s best scientists and geniuses live to develop the next breakthroughs in science and technology.

Eureka episodes include Bad to the Drone; What About Bob?; Best in Faux; I Do Over; Show Me the Mummy; Phased and Confused; Here Come the Suns; From Fear to Eternity; Welcome Back, Carter; Your Face or Mine; Insane in the P-Brane; It’s Not Easy Being Green; If You Build It...; Ship Happens; Shower the People; You Don’t Know Jack; Have an Ice Day; and What Goes Around Comes Around.

Bones (premiering Dec. 8, 9:50 p.m.) tells the story of a series of case files solved weekly by FBI Homicide Investigation Unit special agent Seeley Booth played by David Boreanaz (The Mighty Macs) and forensic anthropologist Dr. Temperance Brennan played by Emily Deschanel (The Alamo, Spider-Man 2), who examine the human remains of murder victims.

Season episodes include Harbingers in the Fountain; The Bond in The Boot; The Plain in the Prodigy; The Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood; A Night at the Bones Museum; The Tough Man in the Tender Chicken; The Dwarf in the Dirt; The Foot in the Foreclosure; The Gamer in the Grease; The Goop on the Girl; and The X in the File.