Read All Our Fall Pilot Reports here. REIGN: Thursday 9PM on CW – Potential DVR Alert The CW is often–and rightly–considered a network of very limited ambitions, with just two modes of operation: rom-com soap and supernatural soap. But its new REIGN, while well fortified with suds, is as big a swing for the […]
A TO Z: Thursday 9:30PM on NBC THE FACTS: The title refers to Andrew (Ben Feldman) and Zelda (Cristin Milioti), who both work at an online dating company, and who, since this is a rom-com, are of course fated for each other. The series creator is Ben Queen, whose first series this is, and […]
STATE OF AFFAIRS: Monday 10PM on NBC starting November 17 – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Star and Executive Producer Katherine Heigl, who developed the series for herself and pitched it to all the networks, hoping to spark a bidding war (which never really happened). Series creator and pilot director Joe Carnahan, a […]
ENLISTED: Friday 9:30PM on FOX – Change the Channel Not all goofy, barely-functional family sitcoms are alike, and although FOX has paired the new ENLISTED with Raising Hope on its Friday schedule, the two aren’t much of a match. Raising Hope is a very smart comedy about people who aren’t necessarily rocket scientists, while […]
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 […]
JANE THE VIRGIN: Monday 9PM on CW – If Nothing Else Is On… PLAYERS: Ugly Betty, plus the whole notion of basing US TV shows on Spanish-language series (Red Band Society and The Mysteries of Laura are two more this season), and especially Executive Producer Ben Silverman, who’s was one of those behind Betty […]
NBC picked up a handful of shows yesterday, but that was just the first installment, as an additional trio of new shows have been announced so far today. 2 are dramas and the other a comedy, and interestingly, all hail from Warner Bros Television. DRAMAS MYSTERIES OF LAURA: NBC wasn’t out of the Debra […]
Last week, the glamorous part of the network “Upfronts” took place, largely for viewer and media purposes: hordes of new shows were announced, stars were trotted out, executives madly spun this past season’s numbers so that every decline looked like a triumph, gala parties were held. This week, however, the real Upfronts kick into […]