Posts Tagged ‘upfronts’
 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Once Upon A Time In Wonderland”

  ABC has had no success at all in the Thursday 8PM slot for years, which is doubly frustrating now that 9PM and 10PM are humming along beautifully with the Grey’s Anatomy/Scandal duo.  The network is trying somethi...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED’S NIELSENWAR – Week 8

  We’re now mid-way through November sweeps, and it’s time to ask once again:  What do we know now about this TV season that we didn’t know before? THERE WERE NO NEW BREAKOUT HITS THIS FALL.  Despite al...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “Mom”

  No name has more cachet at CBS than Chuck Lorre’s.  He’s given the network The Big Bang Theory, 2 1/2 Men and Mike & Molly, and hopes are high that his MOM, taking over the Monday 9:30PM timeslot this fa...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Brooklyn Nine-Nine”

  One of FOX’s big moves for the fall is revamping its Tuesday 8-9PM comedies, shifting sharply in tone from last falls soft duo of Raising Hope and Ben & Kate to a more guy-oriented tone.  Seth MacFarlane’...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: One More CBS Pick-Up

  The booze had been drunk, the party rooms cleaned up, everyone had gone home from last week’s network Upfront presentations–but CBS wasn’t quite done.  After what must have been marathon negotiations w...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Super Fun Night”

  ABC is all-in with Rebel Wilson next fall.  The network has given SUPER FUN NIGHT, which she wrote as well as stars in, its showcase Wednesday 9:30PM slot, behind Modern Family.  Wilson plays one of a trio of pals who&...
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THE SKED: “Guys” With More Episodes and the Sad State of Network Back Orders

  Today’s announcement by NBC that GUYS WITH KIDS has received a 4-episode back order (making for a season total of 17 episodes) seems to require some note. In last night’s ratings, Guys had a 1.3 rating in 18-...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “We Are Men”

  The CBS featurette for its new Monday 8:30PM comedy WE ARE MEN is at great pains to suggest that the cast–Chris Smith, Tony Shalhoub, Jerry O’Connell and Kal Penn, as divorcees who live in the same residentia...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Almost Human”

  In FOX’s new line-up, ALMOST HUMAN will take over the Monday 8PM slot from Bones post-baseball, then serve as lead-in to first Sleepy Hollow and then The Following.  It hails from Bad Robot, JJ Abrams’s mecc...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED: “The Blacklist” Stays NBC’s Most Wanted

  NBC has little enough to brag about these days, so it’s understandable that the network would want to claim victory for its breakout drama THE BLACKLIST as quickly as possible.  There’s no practical benefit ...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: ABC Trailer – “Back In the Game”

  ABC rounds out its new Wednesday with BACK IN THE GAME, placed in the 8:30PM hammock slot between The Middle and Modern Family  It’s pretty clearly inspired by the Clint Eastwood movie Trouble With the Curve, with...
by Mitch Salem
 

 
 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: NBC Pick-Ups

  NBC has ordered what may just be the first batch of its pick-ups, which of course join the previously ordered MICHAEL J. FOX SHOW. Remember, for now we don’t know whether these shows will be on the air in fall or m...
by Mitch Salem
 

 

 

THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: CBS Featurette – “Intelligence”

  In the CBS featurette for its new midseason action-adventure INTELLIGENCE (it’ll take over the Monday 10PM timeslot from Hostages), the show is variously compared to Mission: impossible, Frankenstein, The Six Milli...
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THE SKED 2013 UPFRONTS: FOX Trailer – “Enlisted”

  ENLISTED has been curiously scheduled, placed in the hinterlands of 9:30PM on Fridays after Raising Hope, where the upside is that at least expectations will be low  The show is written by Kevin Biegel, whose previous s...
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NIELSENWAR 2014-15: News From FOX, NBC, TNT, TBS

  Nothing so far today matches yesterday afternoon’s high-profile pick-ups by NBC and FOX, but there’s nevertheless some news as we approach next week’s Upfronts: FOX Amid speculation that the network wil...
by Mitch Salem