TV News (including Fox and CW line-ups, and a little LOST news)
EDITOR'S NOTE: WE WERE JOHNNY-ON-THE-SPOT FOR THE CBS, ABC, AND NBC LINE-UPS. AND THEN YOUR QOTD SORT OF FELL DOWN ON THE JOB VIS-A-VIS FOX AND CW. (DARN THOSE DAY JOBS. DARN THAT FUN PARTY I WENT TO THURSDAY NIGHT!)
DARN DARN DARN.
HEREWITH, FOX AND CW. (AND REMEMBER, TIME PERMITTING THIS WEEKEND, WE'LL DO A SYNOPSIS OF THE WHOLE WEEKLY LINEUP, WITH SOME BETTER SHOW DESCRIPTIONS THROWN IN. FOR THOSE OF YOU...LIKE ME.... JUST PUTTING YOURSELVES INTO STASIS TILL NEW TV SHOWS START UP AGAIN).---
Fox Seeks Stability With New Schedule
Network Adds Three Dramas, Two Comedies
By Christopher Lisotta
The Fox broadcast network plans to debut three new dramas and two comedies in the fall, keeping most returning series in their current positions to promote stability in its schedule and maintain audience loyalty.
The new shows are designed to hold onto the younger viewers who favor the News Corp. network while also appealing to a broader audience, Fox President of Entertainment Peter Liguori said at an upfront presentation to advertisers Thursday in New York.
Fox, propelled by the popularity of the "American Idol" talent show and programs including "24," is poised to edge out ABC to become the No. 1 network for the May sweeps and for the season among the 18 to 49 viewers sought by advertisers. The network's scheduling is complicated each fall by its broadcasts of Major League Baseball playoffs, which test viewers' devotion to series interrupted by the sports coverage.
Fox plans to repeat its strategy of launching the new season several weeks before baseball broadcasts start. Last year that move paid off, with shows including "Prison Break" and "Bones" performing well.
The new and returning series will premiere in mid- to late August to fit in five to seven episodes before the baseball playoffs, Mr. Liguori said. Fox hopes the first block of episodes will interest viewers enough that they'll tune in after baseball ends in October.
Shows not returning for the 2006-07 season include the early drama cancellations "Kitchen Confidential," "Head Cases," "Killer Instinct" and "Reunion," plus comedies "Arrested Development," EDITOR'S NOTE: SORRY, ODDBOB. BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW IT WAS DOOMED, RIGHT? "Stacked" and "Free Ride." Comedy veterans "That '70s Show," "Malcolm in the Middle" and "The Bernie Mac Show" have completed their runs as well.
Fox's schedule starting fall 2006:
Monday: "Prison Break," "Vanished"
Tuesday: "Standoff," "House"
Wednesday: "Bones," "Justice"
Thursday: "'Til Death," "Happy Hour," "The O.C."
Friday: "Nanny 911," "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy"
Saturday: "Cops," "America's Most Wanted: America Strikes Back"
Sunday: Comedy encores, "The Simpsons," "American Dad," "Family Guy," "The War at Home"
Fox also announced its January 2007 schedule, which keeps "Idol" in its traditional Tuesday-Wednesday lineup and returns "24" to Mondays.
Animated comedy "King of the Hill" also returns in January to Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
Fox's schedule starting January 2007:
Monday: "Standoff," "24"
Tuesday: "American Idol," "House"
Wednesday: "Justice," "American Idol" results show, "The Loop"
Thursday: "'Til Death," "Happy Hour," "The O.C."
Friday: "Bones," "The Wedding Album"EDITOR'S NOTE: WONDER WHY THEY MESS WITH "BONES" THAT WAY?
Saturday: "Cops," "America's Most Wanted: America Strikes Back"
Sunday: Comedy encores, "King of the Hill," "The Simpsons," "American Dad," "Family Guy," "The War at Home"
Fox and CBS, the most-watched network, have both touted the stability of their schedules in presentations to advertisers.
Among Fox's returning shows is teen drama "The O.C.," which will premiere after baseball ends.
"We'll have more original episodes in more contiguous blocks," Mr. Liguori said of "The O.C."
The new drama "Vanished" will run with "limited interruptions" in fourth quarter 2006, he said.
Despite changes in the schedule driven by the midseason series "24" and "American Idol," Fox is keeping its core dramas in the same time periods for fall."Prison Break" will remain on Mondays at 8 p.m. (ET), "House" stays at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and "Bones" sticks with its 8 p.m. Wednesday slot.
The 20th Century Fox FBI pilot formerly known as "Primary" has been renamed "Standoff," while the Warner Bros./Jerry Bruckheimer legal drama "American Crime" is changing its name to "Justice."
This fall also will mark the debut of Fox's new Saturday late-night talk show, "Talk Show With Spike Feresten," which premieres Sept. 16 at midnight, after "MadTV."
Other Fox projects include "Duets," a music reality competition from "American Idol" host Simon Cowell in which established singers are paired with unknowns. "Duets" will air for four weeks on Thursdays and Fridays before the Major League Baseball playoffs start.
The 20th Century Fox comedy "The Winner," which profiled a successful man's look back to when he was in his twenties, will be scheduled in midseason.
The Mark Burnett/Amblin/DreamWorks reality series "On the Lot," which gives 16 hopefuls the chance to become a Hollywood director, will premiere in late spring to give it exposure during Fox's season finales.
For the past few years, Fox has had two distinct schedules: fall and midseason. The network usually finishes in third or fourth place among broadcasters in the fall in the sought-after adults 18 to 49 demographic, thanks in part to program disruptions caused by postseason baseball and what has often been lackluster series premieres.
In January Fox has been making up for lost ground, driven by the returning "American Idol" and "24."EDITOR'S NOTE: I HEARD, BY THE WAY, THAT THE FOX PRESENTATION TO THE AD FOLK STARTED A HALF HOUR LATE, DRONED ON, AND WAS INCREDIBLY BORING. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE SAID THE SHOWS ACTUALLY LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS FROM THIS SEASON, BUT THE PRESENTAION WAS SO OFF-PUTTING, THEY WERE TEMPTED TO LEAVE. (JUST A LITTLE INDUSTRY GOSSIP.....)
EDITOR'S NOTE: LAST...AND YEAH....KINDA LEAST ----
CW Announces Schedule Dominated by Shows From WB, UPN
Network Adds One New Drama, Comedy to Fall Slate
By Christopher Lisotta
At its inaugural upfront presentation to advertisers, The CW announced a fall 2006 schedule made up almost entirely of programming from the soon-to-be-expired broadcasters UPN and The WB.
The CW will focus on attracting younger viewers, Dawn Ostroff, The CW's president of entertainment said Thursday in New York.The CW's strategy is to anchor each night with at least one program that is already the No. 1 or No. 2 show in its time period among men or women in the 18-to-34 age group, Ms. Ostroff said.
The CW schedule:
Monday: "7th Heaven," "Runaway"
Tuesday: "Gilmore Girls," "Veronica Mars"EDITOR'S NOTE: YIPPEE! (VERONICA ROCKS!)
Wednesday: "America's Next Top Model," "One Tree Hill"
Thursday: "Smallville," "Supernatural"
Friday: "Friday Night Smackdown!"
Saturday: no programming
Sunday: "Everybody Hates Chris," "All of Us," "Girlfriends," "The Game" "America's Next Top Model" repeats
The WB's "Gilmore Girls" and UPN's "Top Model" are staying in their current time periods. The CW is keeping intact The WB's Thursday night and UPN's Friday night lineups for its new schedule.The biggest change is The CW's Sunday night schedule, which creates one night of African-American themed sitcoms from UPN's current Monday and Thursday lineups.
The only two new shows are the Sony family drama "Runaway" and "The Game," a spinoff of the CBS Paramount comedy "Girlfriends."The WB's reality series "Beauty and the Geek" will air midseason as a bridge between two installments of "Top Model."
The sole midseason pickup is the Lions Gate soapy drama "Hidden Palms" (formerly known as "Palm Springs") from "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star.
The formation of The CW was announced in January by the network's two corporate parents, CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The move, which surprised many creative, advertising and station executives, eliminated some competition for ad money.News Corp. stepped into the void left by the WB-UPN consolidation by forming MyNetworkTV, which will try to lure viewers and advertisers with a slate of evening soap operas.
EDITOR'S NOTE: AND NOW A FEW TV NEWSY ITEMS ---
News on LOST Finale *SPOILERS*
The TV show Lost is set to go out with a huge bang with this seasons finale. J.J. Abrams was caught saying that "The ending of this year in Lost blows the ending of last season out of the water."
He continued saying, "It's an incredible finale. You'll see what happens, but I can tell you that a lot of it has been there and been building from the beginning of this season. It's not out of the blue, but what happens at the very end of this year, for me, it's the greatest finale I have ever heard." EDITOR'S NOTE: DON'T UNDERSELL IT, NOW.
Now on to the mini spoiler:
Michelle Rodriguez, who played the deceased Ana Lucia, believes that Claire and Jack are ... related?
Rodriguez said, ""I believe Claire and Jack are siblings. But that's all left up in the air."
It would make sense as part of the cliffhanger for the following season, as well as explain the reasoning behind the woman and daughter that Jack's father was visiting in Australia.
END SPOILER.....
DARN DARN DARN.
HEREWITH, FOX AND CW. (AND REMEMBER, TIME PERMITTING THIS WEEKEND, WE'LL DO A SYNOPSIS OF THE WHOLE WEEKLY LINEUP, WITH SOME BETTER SHOW DESCRIPTIONS THROWN IN. FOR THOSE OF YOU...LIKE ME.... JUST PUTTING YOURSELVES INTO STASIS TILL NEW TV SHOWS START UP AGAIN).---
Fox Seeks Stability With New Schedule
Network Adds Three Dramas, Two Comedies
By Christopher Lisotta
The Fox broadcast network plans to debut three new dramas and two comedies in the fall, keeping most returning series in their current positions to promote stability in its schedule and maintain audience loyalty.
The new shows are designed to hold onto the younger viewers who favor the News Corp. network while also appealing to a broader audience, Fox President of Entertainment Peter Liguori said at an upfront presentation to advertisers Thursday in New York.
Fox, propelled by the popularity of the "American Idol" talent show and programs including "24," is poised to edge out ABC to become the No. 1 network for the May sweeps and for the season among the 18 to 49 viewers sought by advertisers. The network's scheduling is complicated each fall by its broadcasts of Major League Baseball playoffs, which test viewers' devotion to series interrupted by the sports coverage.
Fox plans to repeat its strategy of launching the new season several weeks before baseball broadcasts start. Last year that move paid off, with shows including "Prison Break" and "Bones" performing well.
The new and returning series will premiere in mid- to late August to fit in five to seven episodes before the baseball playoffs, Mr. Liguori said. Fox hopes the first block of episodes will interest viewers enough that they'll tune in after baseball ends in October.
Shows not returning for the 2006-07 season include the early drama cancellations "Kitchen Confidential," "Head Cases," "Killer Instinct" and "Reunion," plus comedies "Arrested Development," EDITOR'S NOTE: SORRY, ODDBOB. BUT YOU ALREADY KNEW IT WAS DOOMED, RIGHT? "Stacked" and "Free Ride." Comedy veterans "That '70s Show," "Malcolm in the Middle" and "The Bernie Mac Show" have completed their runs as well.
Fox's schedule starting fall 2006:
Monday: "Prison Break," "Vanished"
Tuesday: "Standoff," "House"
Wednesday: "Bones," "Justice"
Thursday: "'Til Death," "Happy Hour," "The O.C."
Friday: "Nanny 911," "Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy"
Saturday: "Cops," "America's Most Wanted: America Strikes Back"
Sunday: Comedy encores, "The Simpsons," "American Dad," "Family Guy," "The War at Home"
Fox also announced its January 2007 schedule, which keeps "Idol" in its traditional Tuesday-Wednesday lineup and returns "24" to Mondays.
Animated comedy "King of the Hill" also returns in January to Sundays at 7:30 p.m.
Fox's schedule starting January 2007:
Monday: "Standoff," "24"
Tuesday: "American Idol," "House"
Wednesday: "Justice," "American Idol" results show, "The Loop"
Thursday: "'Til Death," "Happy Hour," "The O.C."
Friday: "Bones," "The Wedding Album"EDITOR'S NOTE: WONDER WHY THEY MESS WITH "BONES" THAT WAY?
Saturday: "Cops," "America's Most Wanted: America Strikes Back"
Sunday: Comedy encores, "King of the Hill," "The Simpsons," "American Dad," "Family Guy," "The War at Home"
Fox and CBS, the most-watched network, have both touted the stability of their schedules in presentations to advertisers.
Among Fox's returning shows is teen drama "The O.C.," which will premiere after baseball ends.
"We'll have more original episodes in more contiguous blocks," Mr. Liguori said of "The O.C."
The new drama "Vanished" will run with "limited interruptions" in fourth quarter 2006, he said.
Despite changes in the schedule driven by the midseason series "24" and "American Idol," Fox is keeping its core dramas in the same time periods for fall."Prison Break" will remain on Mondays at 8 p.m. (ET), "House" stays at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays and "Bones" sticks with its 8 p.m. Wednesday slot.
The 20th Century Fox FBI pilot formerly known as "Primary" has been renamed "Standoff," while the Warner Bros./Jerry Bruckheimer legal drama "American Crime" is changing its name to "Justice."
This fall also will mark the debut of Fox's new Saturday late-night talk show, "Talk Show With Spike Feresten," which premieres Sept. 16 at midnight, after "MadTV."
Other Fox projects include "Duets," a music reality competition from "American Idol" host Simon Cowell in which established singers are paired with unknowns. "Duets" will air for four weeks on Thursdays and Fridays before the Major League Baseball playoffs start.
The 20th Century Fox comedy "The Winner," which profiled a successful man's look back to when he was in his twenties, will be scheduled in midseason.
The Mark Burnett/Amblin/DreamWorks reality series "On the Lot," which gives 16 hopefuls the chance to become a Hollywood director, will premiere in late spring to give it exposure during Fox's season finales.
For the past few years, Fox has had two distinct schedules: fall and midseason. The network usually finishes in third or fourth place among broadcasters in the fall in the sought-after adults 18 to 49 demographic, thanks in part to program disruptions caused by postseason baseball and what has often been lackluster series premieres.
In January Fox has been making up for lost ground, driven by the returning "American Idol" and "24."EDITOR'S NOTE: I HEARD, BY THE WAY, THAT THE FOX PRESENTATION TO THE AD FOLK STARTED A HALF HOUR LATE, DRONED ON, AND WAS INCREDIBLY BORING. SOME OF THE PEOPLE THERE SAID THE SHOWS ACTUALLY LOOKED PRETTY GOOD, AND THEY HAVE BEEN HAPPY WITH THE RESULTS FROM THIS SEASON, BUT THE PRESENTAION WAS SO OFF-PUTTING, THEY WERE TEMPTED TO LEAVE. (JUST A LITTLE INDUSTRY GOSSIP.....)
EDITOR'S NOTE: LAST...AND YEAH....KINDA LEAST ----
CW Announces Schedule Dominated by Shows From WB, UPN
Network Adds One New Drama, Comedy to Fall Slate
By Christopher Lisotta
At its inaugural upfront presentation to advertisers, The CW announced a fall 2006 schedule made up almost entirely of programming from the soon-to-be-expired broadcasters UPN and The WB.
The CW will focus on attracting younger viewers, Dawn Ostroff, The CW's president of entertainment said Thursday in New York.The CW's strategy is to anchor each night with at least one program that is already the No. 1 or No. 2 show in its time period among men or women in the 18-to-34 age group, Ms. Ostroff said.
The CW schedule:
Monday: "7th Heaven," "Runaway"
Tuesday: "Gilmore Girls," "Veronica Mars"EDITOR'S NOTE: YIPPEE! (VERONICA ROCKS!)
Wednesday: "America's Next Top Model," "One Tree Hill"
Thursday: "Smallville," "Supernatural"
Friday: "Friday Night Smackdown!"
Saturday: no programming
Sunday: "Everybody Hates Chris," "All of Us," "Girlfriends," "The Game" "America's Next Top Model" repeats
The WB's "Gilmore Girls" and UPN's "Top Model" are staying in their current time periods. The CW is keeping intact The WB's Thursday night and UPN's Friday night lineups for its new schedule.The biggest change is The CW's Sunday night schedule, which creates one night of African-American themed sitcoms from UPN's current Monday and Thursday lineups.
The only two new shows are the Sony family drama "Runaway" and "The Game," a spinoff of the CBS Paramount comedy "Girlfriends."The WB's reality series "Beauty and the Geek" will air midseason as a bridge between two installments of "Top Model."
The sole midseason pickup is the Lions Gate soapy drama "Hidden Palms" (formerly known as "Palm Springs") from "Sex and the City" creator Darren Star.
The formation of The CW was announced in January by the network's two corporate parents, CBS Corp. and Warner Bros. Entertainment. The move, which surprised many creative, advertising and station executives, eliminated some competition for ad money.News Corp. stepped into the void left by the WB-UPN consolidation by forming MyNetworkTV, which will try to lure viewers and advertisers with a slate of evening soap operas.
EDITOR'S NOTE: AND NOW A FEW TV NEWSY ITEMS ---
News on LOST Finale *SPOILERS*
The TV show Lost is set to go out with a huge bang with this seasons finale. J.J. Abrams was caught saying that "The ending of this year in Lost blows the ending of last season out of the water."
He continued saying, "It's an incredible finale. You'll see what happens, but I can tell you that a lot of it has been there and been building from the beginning of this season. It's not out of the blue, but what happens at the very end of this year, for me, it's the greatest finale I have ever heard." EDITOR'S NOTE: DON'T UNDERSELL IT, NOW.
Now on to the mini spoiler:
Michelle Rodriguez, who played the deceased Ana Lucia, believes that Claire and Jack are ... related?
Rodriguez said, ""I believe Claire and Jack are siblings. But that's all left up in the air."
It would make sense as part of the cliffhanger for the following season, as well as explain the reasoning behind the woman and daughter that Jack's father was visiting in Australia.
END SPOILER.....
ABC may elect to shoot 'Chief' telefilm
"Commander in Chief" wasn't picked up for next season but ABC may give it a brief revival in the form of a two-hour movie.
The one-hour drama about the nation's first female president (Geena Davis) didn't catch on in the ratings, having been pulled off Tuesdays earlier in the season and failing to get traction Thursdays at 10 p.m. It was yanked off the schedule weeks ago and wasn't on the ABC 2006-07 primetime schedule announced early Tuesday.
But ABC Entertainment president Steve McPherson said at a meeting with reporters that "Commander in Chief" wasn't completely retired yet. McPherson said he had been pitched an idea for a two-hour movie by creator and former executive producer Rod Lurie, and was considering it.
The Schwartz is Back!
Remember a few months back, that there was a report that Mel Brooks was working on a new “Spaceballs” series? There have also been whispers that a live-action sequel to the 1987 sci-fi spoof might be in the works.
So anyway, TV Guide asked Mel Brooks what the deal is. Seems there’s some good news.
“There is a shot at Spaceballs becoming a half-hour animated TV series. I wouldn't mind doing the voice for President Skroob or Yoghurt, if they wanted me to. So I'm hoping that will happen with Spaceballs”, he says.
And what does he think of the forthcoming “Get Smart” movie, starring Steve Carell?
“I think they may be making a big error. They haven't called me, even though Buck Henry and I created the character [of Maxwell Smart]. I like Steve Carell — he's very funny, and if they get a good script and a talented director, they may have a shot at it. But it would be wise of them to pass the script under my nose. I might have a random thought that could be helpful. I think they give Buck Henry and me creator credits, but that's just a sly way of using our names. Anyway, I wish them luck.” EDITOR'S NOTE: HE SAYS, WHILE STICKING PINS IN DOLLS THAT LOOK SUSPICIOUSLY LIKE FILM STUDIO HEADS.....
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