RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Orange is the New Black, on the other hand, has been ruled ineligible for Best Comedy and will instead have to enter the drama race.
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2014-15 TV Cancellations: Under the Dome canned, what will CBS do with CG cows next?
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Orange is the New Black, on the other hand, has been ruled ineligible for Best Comedy and will instead have to enter the drama race.
My guess is that Fresh off the Boat and Last Man on Earth will come back. More sure about Fresh off the Boat.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
Scandal 2.4
American Crime 1.2
yeesh
American Crime 1.2
yeesh
TheAbsolution
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I really like American Crime too.
Oh well. That pilot must've turned a lot of people off of it.
Oh well. That pilot must've turned a lot of people off of it.
Haven't seen the new ep yet but we really dug the first two. We've been liking it a lot more than we expected to.
RastaMentality
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Yeah a lot of people on social media were intrigued by the commercials but were bored during the pilot.
Nappuccino
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Is Last Man on Earth not doing well? I only have Hulu to watch it, but I'll be really sad if it leaves us already.
Norwegian Rudo
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There have been plenty of funny network comedies. It's just that they never attract decent ratings.
Poor Glee
What if you had a series finale and no one showed up?
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-sked-friday-ratings-3-20-2015.html
What if you had a series finale and no one showed up?
http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/articles/the-sked-friday-ratings-3-20-2015.html
jamesinclair
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WTF is Fox doing on Sunday?
Last Man on earth wins the hour with a 1.9, but Fox airs two at once, indicating a burn off.
And they sandwich a new Bobs Burgers inside of 3 repeats???
Last Man on earth wins the hour with a 1.9, but Fox airs two at once, indicating a burn off.
And they sandwich a new Bobs Burgers inside of 3 repeats???
the_firewithin
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just fox being fox
Well, I did say I expected it to come back, so...
A combination of many factors that I assume Fox wishes they could avoid but can't due to the reality of animation/midseason scheduling.
Friend of Sonic
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Ouch. I remember when this show was hot. I was forced to watch it; early on, it actually wasn't all that bad.
Which it then made it up in music/international sales.
By the end? They still selling songs?
Yes.
Glee is going to continue to make millions for News Corp in the years going forward with its music/backend/all other merchandise.
IVY'S PREDICTIONS:
NBC:
Sunday:
Football
Monday:
8 - The Voice
10 - ENDGAME
Tuesday:
8 - The Voice
9 - UNT. SUZANNE MARTIN
9:30 - Undateable
10 - Chicago Fire
Wednesday:
8 - TELENOVELA
8:30 - SUPERSTORE
9 - Law & Order: SVU
10 - Chicago PD
Thursday:
8 - UNVEILED
9 - The Blacklist
10 - CHICAGO MD
Friday:
8 - Dateline
9 - Grimm
10 - WARRIOR
Midseason:
CUCKOO
HOW WE LIVE
GO JERROD GO
CURSE OF THE FUENTES WOMEN
SHADES OF BLUE
Hannibal
The Night Shift
NBC:
Sunday:
Football
Monday:
8 - The Voice
10 - ENDGAME
Tuesday:
8 - The Voice
9 - UNT. SUZANNE MARTIN
9:30 - Undateable
10 - Chicago Fire
Wednesday:
8 - TELENOVELA
8:30 - SUPERSTORE
9 - Law & Order: SVU
10 - Chicago PD
Thursday:
8 - UNVEILED
9 - The Blacklist
10 - CHICAGO MD
Friday:
8 - Dateline
9 - Grimm
10 - WARRIOR
Midseason:
CUCKOO
HOW WE LIVE
GO JERROD GO
CURSE OF THE FUENTES WOMEN
SHADES OF BLUE
Hannibal
The Night Shift
dead souls
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Dead Souls' predictions: I will watch Hannibal and nothing else on NBC.
That's one more than I.
An interesting read as always Ivy but it's interesting that you chose Endgame over Blindspot.
I know that Endgame is from the producers of The Blacklist but I'd have thought that NBC would make room for a drama from Berlanti starring a 'name' (with the male demo at least after Striker Back and the 300 sequel) in Sullivan Stapleton.
Unless you've read/heard differently and the pilot for Blindspot hasn't turned out of course.
Norwegian Rudo
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Blindspot has maybe the two most sought after actors this pilot season, as well as a "star producer". I would think it would have to be a disaster of a pilot for NBC to pass.
Oh, that would get me to watch NBC next season.
firehawk12
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I assume Fresh Off The Boat is all but guaranteed if The Middle is going off the air. It makes too much sense not to move the show back to Wednesdays and into the family sitcom block.
Here's why I choose Endgame (and I should've had Blindspot for midseason):
It's the #1 Sony pilot of the fall (of 3 lol). Game of Silence is way too dark and I can't imagine it'll go to series. It's the same formula as The Blacklist in a way that State of Affairs wasn't. Mostly -- it's the fun, proceduraserial that NBC thinks is their brand outside of Jesus. It also stars Wesley Snipes. I also hear Endgame is coming in well. Again, this is all from Sony, which has to be high on their shows, but I've also heard NBC loves it. And I think they're going to want to put something there that's a proven commodity.
I read Blindspot. I liked Blindspot, with some caveats. I think it could go to series (and honestly, I'd like to work on it. I think Martin Gero is a good writer). I just can't see them giving it the post-Voice slot, since they were so burned on serialization with Revolution there.
Ideally, they'd probably like to give it to something from UniTV, but I don't think Heart Breakers will go there (especially if they renew The Night Shift), Unveiled is an 8pm show, and Warrior cannot do 22. Shades of Blue, maybe, but that seems like a terrible idea.
But yeah, it'll either be Blindspot or Endgame, but my money's on Endgame.
It's a good script* (*again, there are good scripts that come in terribly, see 6th Gun), and I think it'll go, but who knows. I don't see a place for it on the fall schedule.
EDIT: RE: Comedy -- Suzanne Martin is the big one this season, so that'll go after The Voice. They could actually pick up a lot more comedies (probably mostly multis), but we'll see. I'm going off buzz with those. I think in most worlds, The Mysteries of Laura would get renewed, but there's no other place to put a comedy block and they seem very hesitant to put comedies on Thursdays. And even if they do Thursdays at 8-9 (which they won't), then you'd just put Unveiled (which Bob has a hard on for ugh whyyyyyy) at 8pm on Wednesday for JESUS AND SEX CRIMES POWER BLOCK.
beat
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TV really loves these "Boomers have their parents and kids move in" shows, huh.
Shrug.
How We Live and Telenovela are probably their best bets at something that GAF will like. Cuckoo too. I don't expect many of you to watch many comedies on NBC! (Though, I still think Undateable is funny and punchy in a way that most multis aren't. I know you disagree)
It'll get renewed no matter what. The question is do you move The Middle to Tuesdays at 8? How many new shows do you put? They're going to renew 5 comedies and maybe Cristela.
So you can either do:
Tuesday:
8 - Fresh off the Boat
8:30 - NEW SHOW
or, move FOB to Wednesdays at 8:30 and shift The Goldbergs down to 8. But then where do you put Black-ish? You don't have to move it, and I don't think they should since it's the only ABC Studios produced sitcom left on ABC, but ABC has a hard on for shifting things behind Modern Family.
I imagine they'll wait to see what Fox does with Empire before they decide where to put Black-ish. You could always put Fresh off the Boat and Black-ish on Tuesdays, but again, you're weakening Black-ish. And The Middle might not come back!*
*it will probably come back one last time, but still.
Have the cast of The Middle signed new contracts yet? I recall they lost the actor who played Axl, but did they lose anybody else?
I also want to quickly comment on the X-Files thing. As much as I love that show, and as much as I want to see the new episodes, it feels somewhat short-sighted for Fox to be continuing this nostalgia kick.
At most, I think they'll get 2 short seasons out of it. Is it really worth it?
I also want to quickly comment on the X-Files thing. As much as I love that show, and as much as I want to see the new episodes, it feels somewhat short-sighted for Fox to be continuing this nostalgia kick.
At most, I think they'll get 2 short seasons out of it. Is it really worth it?
It still seems weird to me that Fox itself is going to air it. Feels like something that'd be a better fit for cable or a streaming service at this point.
I agree. When I first heard about it, I was convinced it would be Netflix or Amazon behind the revival.
Did Castle ever improve in the last season? I lost all interest with that wedding/amnesia plot, and have yet to catch back up.
FOX:
Sunday:
7:30 - Bob's Burgers
8 - The Simpsons
8:30 - Last Man On Earth
9 - Family Guy
9:30 - BORDERTOWN
Monday:
8 - Gotham
9 - MINORITY REPORT
Tuesday:
8 - Brooklyn 9-9
8:30 - 48 HOURS 'TILL MONDAY
9 - New Girl
9:30 - The Mindy Project (this one I go back and forth on if it's coming back) OR: UNT. JOHN STAMON COMEDY
Wednesday:
8 - Empire
9 - STUDIO CITY
Thursday:
8 - SCREAM QUEENS
9 - FRANKENSTEIN
Friday:
8 - Various Gordon Ramsey Shows
9 - Bones
Thoughts:
Bordertown has to go somewhere, and it's Seth, so I'm thinking 9:30 on Sundays. I also think LMOE will go on Sundays, because it's done well there. Ideally, I'd think Fox would like to keep Sundays actually the same if it weren't for Bordertown, but there it is.
Monday seemed easy. With Tuesday, this all comes down to: If Fox wants to do an hour of comedy again (dubious). If not, shift Scream Queens to 8. It also might behoove Fox to get rid of Mindy -- Vulture sort of stated that this seems to be case. It might also be time to stop using New Girl as an anchor, since it probably only has a season or two left in it and it mostly does well with DVR numbers. You can put that at an 8:30 or 9:30 and slot in a bigger comedy.
Don't love Wednesdays, but Studio City is music themed and I'm assuming Fox will think that these fit. You could also put Scream Queens here for the cattiest night on TV.
Bones can just go anywhere tbh.
For midseason, you'll have Sleepy Hollow, ROSEWOOD, and something like FANTASY LIFE. There's almost that Houdini show from Sony.
Sunday:
7:30 - Bob's Burgers
8 - The Simpsons
8:30 - Last Man On Earth
9 - Family Guy
9:30 - BORDERTOWN
Monday:
8 - Gotham
9 - MINORITY REPORT
Tuesday:
8 - Brooklyn 9-9
8:30 - 48 HOURS 'TILL MONDAY
9 - New Girl
9:30 - The Mindy Project (this one I go back and forth on if it's coming back) OR: UNT. JOHN STAMON COMEDY
Wednesday:
8 - Empire
9 - STUDIO CITY
Thursday:
8 - SCREAM QUEENS
9 - FRANKENSTEIN
Friday:
8 - Various Gordon Ramsey Shows
9 - Bones
Thoughts:
Bordertown has to go somewhere, and it's Seth, so I'm thinking 9:30 on Sundays. I also think LMOE will go on Sundays, because it's done well there. Ideally, I'd think Fox would like to keep Sundays actually the same if it weren't for Bordertown, but there it is.
Monday seemed easy. With Tuesday, this all comes down to: If Fox wants to do an hour of comedy again (dubious). If not, shift Scream Queens to 8. It also might behoove Fox to get rid of Mindy -- Vulture sort of stated that this seems to be case. It might also be time to stop using New Girl as an anchor, since it probably only has a season or two left in it and it mostly does well with DVR numbers. You can put that at an 8:30 or 9:30 and slot in a bigger comedy.
Don't love Wednesdays, but Studio City is music themed and I'm assuming Fox will think that these fit. You could also put Scream Queens here for the cattiest night on TV.
Bones can just go anywhere tbh.
For midseason, you'll have Sleepy Hollow, ROSEWOOD, and something like FANTASY LIFE. There's almost that Houdini show from Sony.
6 episodes. Shove it wherever.
Nappuccino
Member
Followed up by "more sure abut Off the Boat"
I guess I read your expectation as like a 70:30 thing. Decent chance, but not an amazing one.
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
How so? It's not like they're going all in with short lived revivals like this and 24. They're still doing lots of brand new shows. I don't see how doing an occasional revival would hurt them at all.
Why wouldn't it be worth it? This is getting tons of hype and is sure to draw a lot of eyes towards Fox.
oh you.
You'd know better than I would - what's your basis for assuming the new shows you list are locks? (Not counting Scream Queens and Bordertown, obviously.)
I have no idea about the economics for Fox, but coming so long after the show ended, it doesn't seem likely to draw in a large audience. I mean, they renewed Sleepy Hollow in spite of weak ratings, but generally I'd thought the networks sought broader appeal on their event series.
'48 Till Monday is like, their big comedy. Same with Minority Report, which is practically picked up. I've heard they liked Studio City, which is interesting, and Frankenstein is a pre-sold title from 20th and Rand Ravich. Figured they'd pick up Rosewood for something more traditionally procedural.
Gonna have to take some time off today to read this: http://okbjgm.weebly.com/lost
RatskyWatsky
Hunky Nostradamus
The X-Files is one of the most iconic TV series of all time - it's ingrained into our popular culture. What else does Fox have that has more brand recognition and broader appeal?
Cause I can't think of anything.
I could see them having some success with a new 21 Jump Street in the vein of the recent films. Maybe in a few years they could bring back House or Prison Break for a couple episodes. Firefly is obviously the ultimate fanboy pipedream, but it's still a very niche property.
jamesinclair
Banned
Isnt Xfiles traditionally a Sunday show?
That it's "iconic" does not mean there is widespread, mainstream interest in it, 13+ years after the show ended. And look how badly the last movie did.
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