CBS doesn’t typically cultivate daring in its fall schedules, but this year it’s making one exception. Here’s a quick look (new shows are in ALL CAPS, new timeslots are in italics): MONDAY Sept-Oct 8PM: The Big Bang Theory 8:30PM: LIFE IN PIECES Nov 8PM: SUPERGIRL 9PM: Scorpion 10PM: NCIS: LA Running Supergirl against Gotham isn’t as […]
NBC and FOX will be the first broadcast networks to announce their 2014-15 schedules next Monday, so it makes sense that they’re the first to begin announcing their new series pick-ups. No trailers have yet been released, but here are some quick facts on each: FOX Note: In addition to those below, FOX has […]
FOREVER: Tuesday 10PM on ABC THE FACTS: Dr. Henry Morgan (Ioan Gruffudd) is a brilliant New York medical examiner who can solve any murder. Partly that’s because he has a lot of experience with death, since he himself has (temporarily) died many times–when he falls out a window, is poisoned or hit by a […]
RED BAND SOCIETY: Wednesday 9PM on FOX – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: The Fault In Our Stars, which opened studio and network eyes to the commercial appeal of seriously ill teenagers. Amblin Television, the small-screen wing of Steven Spielberg’s production empire. The Spanish series that originated this project’s concept. US series creator Margaret […]
Only those involved will likely ever know the details, but ABC and 20th Century Fox Television worked out whatever they needed to, and the result was a pick-up of LAST MAN STANDING and orders for 2 additional 20th sitcoms: CRISTELA has a nice backstory: ABC had originally made a script deal with comic Cristela […]
THE MCCARTHYS: Thursday 9:30PM on CBS THE FACTS: Ronnie McCarthy (Jake Lacy) is part of a lovingly smothering Boston Irish-Catholic family, who are just fine with him being gay but embarrass him at every turn anyway. The series was created by Brian Gallivan, a relative newbie, so the showrunner will be Mike Sikowitz, of […]
MULANEY: Sunday 9:30PM on FOX THE FACTS: John Mulaney, in real life a stand-up comic and TV comedy writer (most notably on SNL, where his biggest claim to fame may be co-creating Bill Hader’s Stefon character), plays one in the sitcom he created for himself, too. His TV show boss is Martin Short, and […]
The rest of the week: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. The Saturday primetime network schedule, such as it is, isn’t worth much attention, being a patchwork of reruns and sports (although we will include estimates for that night in our full-week network projections). That brings us to Sunday, once the showcase night for […]