Here are the official Fall 2016 prime time schedules for NBC and FOX. New shows in italics. A separate midseason grid will follow at a later date. Look for ShowBuzzDaily instant analysis of FOX’s schedule later today. In the meantime, enjoy the NBC schedule analysis. ###
UPDATED with reactions to FOX trailers, which are available here: The FOX fall schedule is a puzzlement. FOX seems to have done little to help itself with its fall 2016 line-up, leaving two of its weakest nights unimproved, and burying one of its highest-profile projects on low-rated Friday. The network will be more […]
Here is a summary of the Fall 2015 broadcast schedules, announced this week in New York to advertisers at the upfront presentations. Start setting your DVRs now, or start making your picks for biggest hit or first cancellation of the season.
We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now. Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions. Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]
We’ve reached the broadcast networks’ Upfront Week… which used to be a lot more central to our television lives than it is now. Ratings everywhere are down, and there’s no reason to think they’ve hit bottom, which has caused seismic changes in the ways networks make scheduling decisions. Among other things, with revenues from on-air […]
Thanks to SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL, THE VOICE and Dick Wolf, NBC is in stable–if unexciting–shape as the 2015-16 season ends, and the Peacock’s fall line-up is as notable for what it doesn’t do as for what it does. Although the network has ordered a dozen new series, only 3 of them will begin airing […]
The first day of network Upfront presentations features a doubleheader, with NBC followed by FOX. That means another stack of trailers (unlike NBC, FOX also released the materials for its midseason shows), so let’s take a look. Reminder: it’s patently unfair to judge a TV series based on a 3-4 minute trailer, except that […]
Welcome to Upfronts week, when the broadcast networks (or what’s left of them) announce their Fall schedules and attempt to generate billions of dollars worth of excitement from advertisers. It’s harder than ever to authoritatively analyze the thought process that goes into a broadcaster’s cancellation, renewal and pick-up decisions, because network ad revenues directly […]