Just a day after NBC announced the end of its Thursday Must-See-TV block of comedies, FOX is breaking up its Animation Domination Sundays with a pair of live-action sitcoms. There are plenty of changes to the FOX line-up on the way, and here’s a quick breakdown: MONDAY: Matching the new Batman prequel GOTHAM with […]
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 […]
MADAM SECRETARY: Sunday 8PM on CBS – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Series creator Barbara Hall, a veteran of everything from Northern Exposure to Joan of Arcadia (which she created), and Army Wives to Homeland. Star Tea Leoni, and an A-list supporting cast that includes Keith Carradine, Tim Daly, Bebe Neuwirth and Zeljko Ivanek. Pilot […]
SCORPION: Monday 9PM on CBS THE FACTS: A group of nerdy genius goofballs works with the government to solve high-tech emergencies–based on a true story. Elyes Gabel is Walter O’Brien, the leader of the nerd squad, Robert Patrick is their exasperated supervisor, and Katharine McPhee is the token normal girl, a waitress with a […]
GRACEPOINT: Thursday 9PM on FOX starting October 2 – Potential DVR Alert PLAYERS: Broadchurch, the wildly successful limited (and now continuing) British TV series, of which Gracepoint is a remake. Broadchurch returnees, including series creator Chris Chibnall, director James Strong and star David Tennant. A cast surrounding Tennant that includes Anna Gunn, Nick Nolte, […]
CBS was, for the most part, very CBS in its choice of new series for next season, with a pair of spin-offs, some additional procedurals, one retread sitcom and another that fits right into the network’s multi-camera family comedy sweet spot. The biggest surprise was the omission, at least for now, of How I […]
HIEROGLYPH: Midseason TBD on FOX THE FACTS: Ancient Egyptian fantasy-adventure, given a direct-to-series order by FOX. The series creator is Travis Beacham, a screenwriter of Pacific Rim and the remake of Clash of the Titans, and let’s pretend that’s something to boast about. WHAT IT’S SAYING: There will be mystery, magic, palace intrigue and […]
The big news at CBS is that the network is reducing its Monday comedy block to 1 hour, while leaving 2 sitcom hours on Thursday. Consequently, the network is adding only one new half-hour in the fall. (There was no last-minute pick-up for How I Met Your Dad, which until last week was regarded […]