Friday isn’t yet Saturday for the broadcast networks–there’s still plenty of original programming on the night. But declining ratings and revenues have made it something like the network Island of Misfit Toys, where shows that skew too old or fall in too narrow a niche share space with miscellaneous newsmagazines and reality shows. It’s not the right night for a show to earn any glory. Nevertheless, someone has to win it, and others have to lose.
8PM: WHITNEY/COMMUNITY (NBC) vs. SHARK TANK (thru Nov)/LAST MAN STANDING/MALIBU COUNTRY (ABC) vs. CSI: NY (CBS) vs. TOUCH (FOX): This hour is really all conjecture right now, because the line-ups listed above won’t be in place for several weeks. In fact, as new series die on more important nights (Mob Doctor for FOX, Animal Practice and Guys With Kids for NBC), one or more of these could be plucked off the bench and sent into the big game before even hitting Friday’s air.
9PM: GRIMM (NBC) vs. PRIMETIME (ABC) vs. MADE IN JERSEY (CBS) vs. FRINGE (FOX): Grimm has been a success for NBC, but not the breakout hit the network was desperately hoping it would be (and a recent test run on Mondays showed little promise). Fringe is playing out its last string before heading for eternal life in ancillary media. The only possible excitement in the hour would come from the new arrival on CBS, but Made In Jersey just isn’t good enough to make a stir.
10PM: DATELINE (NBC) vs. 20/20 (ABC) vs. BLUE BLOODS (CBS): This hour was identical last season, with Blue Bloods a marginal success that justifies its existence (much more expensive than the newsmagazines it faces) with syndication and foreign sales.
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MITCH SALEM has worked on the business side of the entertainment industry for 20 years, as a senior business affairs executive and attorney for such companies as NBC, ABC, USA, Syfy, Bravo, and BermanBraun Productions, and before that, at the NY law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges. During all that, he has more or less constantly been going to the movies and watching TV, and writing about both since the 1980s. His film reviews also currently appear on screened.com and the-burg.com. In addition, he is co-writer of an episode of the television series "Felicity."
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