[US] Fall Schedules.

Mr E

This is the week where US networks announce their new shows (and announce the cancellation/renewal of old shows, depending on how they did).

The story so far regarding new/cancelled/renewals:

NBC

Axed/Ended
Celebrity Cooking Showdown
Conviction
E-Ring
Fear Factor
Four Kings
Heist
Inconceivable
Joey
Surface
Teachers
The Apprentice: Martha Stewart
The Book Of Daniel
The West Wing
Will & Grace

Returning
Crossing Jordan (midseason)
Dateline Saturday
Deal Or No Deal
ER
Las Vegas
Law & Order
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
Medium
My Name Is Earl
Scrubs (midseason)
Sunday Night Football
The Apprentice (January 2007)
The Biggest Loser
The Office

New series (Link)
20 Good Years
30 Rock
Andy Barker, P.I.
Friday Night Lights
Heroes
Kidnapped
Raines
Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip
The Black Donnellys
The Singles Table


Invasion also seems to be cancelled (they started too slowly, so lost alot of people before it got interesting - and it DID get interesting).

Sandals

Keep up the good work Timay.

cosgrove80

Thanks for the list.

Really looking forward to "Studio 60 On The Sunset Strip".

jor el

So no more Surface either, God damn it. I wanted to see where they'd bring that. So that's two decent shows (Invasion too) gone and yet they renew that rubish 'My name is Earl'. Well at least they finally seen sence and cancelled Will & Grace... and Joey

YeatsCounty

Don't forget to include "Arrested Development" on the Axed/Ended list. That will be confirmed very soon, I'm afrain.

Elmo

Fall Season Details are out very early this year.

Don't forget to include "Arrested Development" on the Axed/Ended list. That will be confirmed very soon, I'm afrain.

That's Fox not NBC.

NBC seem to be the first to show their fall line up, (bad pun coming up) lets hope they don't fall flat on their face again this year.

Mr E

A cool rumour spotted this morning on Ain't It Cool said that The CW might be ordering 13 new Veronica Mars episodes for the autumn....

Now if only someone would do the same with Firefly.

Elmo

A cool rumour spotted this morning on Ain't It Cool said that The CW might be ordering 13 new Veronica Mars episodes for the autumn....

7th Heaven will be returning for an 11th Season.

Anyone have a link to theCW web site?

Mr E

The CW hasn't been launched as a brand yet, AFAIK. It is a merger of the WB and UPN.
The WB TV site is here (and it contains info about UPN shows, like Veronica Mars...).

masterK

Is there anything interesting coming up for the summer since Lost, Prison Break etc are coming to an end or do US summer schedules consist of reruns?

Cina

Invasion isn't NBC it's ABC, and it was renewed ages ago as it's the strongest ABC have been in that timeslot in ages.

Mr E

Invasion was killed by ABC, but may be picked up by CW. Its still up in the air, though.... We will know more when The CW announce their official schedules. (Link)

Is there anything interesting coming up for the summer since Lost, Prison Break etc are coming to an end or do US summer schedules consist of reruns?

Some new programs might appear, but I haven't heard of any yet. Shows like The 4400 and Big Brother are on, though... Stargate SG1 and Atlantis will also be on during the summer.

Cina

sorry you're right, i was sure I heard invasion was getting picked up again. Such a shame though, cause after the slow start it got really good. I hope the CW pick it up

Vokes

Also, BSG is returning and is starting at end of October rather than the summer.

Good to see The Office returning.

Anyone know what Heros is about?

Basq

There's a decent synopsis of all the new shows on DigitalSpy.. hold on, i'll find the link!

... here it is! (actually, just spotted this in TmB's original post)

'Heroes' sounds a bit daft but i like the sound of a couple of their shows: 'Kidnapped' and 'The Black Donnellys' (though it does sound a bit too much like 'Four Brothers' to me but directed by Paul Haggis, of 'Crash' fame) both sound good.

I think that the fact that i see at least two main cast members of 'Arrested Development' - Jeffrey Tambor (George Snr) and Michael Hale (Buster) - have new shows on NBC in the new season confirm it's dead and buried.

Good to see: Earl back, Scrubs returning, The Office returning, Veronica Mars possibly coming back. And finally thank f*ck they finally put the nail in the coffin of 'Will & Grace' - christ, that was horrible!

TmB wrote:

Now if only someone would do the same with Firefly.

Amen to that, brother!

Mr E

Heroes sounds like fun (if its done well). Sounds a bit misfits of science-ish.... It all hinges on whether they play for laughs (not good), drama, or a bit of both.

Chronicles the lives of ordinary people who discover they possess extraordinary abilities. As a total eclipse casts it shadow across the globe, viewers follow a genetics professor (Ramamurthy) in India whose father's disappearance leads him to uncover a secret theory - there are people with super powers living among us. A young dreamer (Ventimiglia) tries to convince his politician brother (Pasdar) that he can fly. A high school cheerleader (Panettiere) learns that she is totally indestructible. A Las Vegas stripper (Larter), struggling to make ends meet to support her young son (Gray-Cabey), uncovers that her mirror image has a secret. A prison inmate (Roberts) mysteriously finds himself waking up outside of his cell. A gifted artist (Cabrera), whose drug addiction is destroying his life and the relationship with his girlfriend (Cypress), can paint the future. A down-on-his-luck beat cop (Grunberg) can hear people's thoughts, including the secrets of a captured terrorist. In Japan, a young man (Oka) develops a way to stop time through sheer will power.

Basq

'Heroes' sounds a bit like Mutant X..

.. i'm betting '20 Good Years' will be the first to go!

Mossy Monk

jor el wrote:

they renew that rubish 'My name is Earl'.

i like that show

Basq

Mossy Monk wrote:

i like that show

Seconded.. fantastic show!

Excellent character and story driven comedy with a little moral in every episode.. brillant!

Best new comedy this season by miles!

replytohere2004

good guides here:

abc :
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-photogallery-abcupfronts-2006,0,6952912.photogallery

nbc:
http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-photogallery-nbcupfronts-2006,0,4584427.photogallery

Mr E

ABC

Returning
20/20
According To Jim
America’s Funniest Home Videos
American Inventor
Boston Legal
Dancing With The Stars
Desperate Housewives
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
George Lopez
Grey’s Anatomy
Lost
Primetime
Supernanny
The Bachelor
What About Brian
Wife Swap

Axed/Ended
Alias
Commander-in-Chief
Crumbs
Emily's Reasons Why Not
Freddie
Hope & Faith
Hot Properties
Invasion
In Justice
Jake In Progress
Less Than Perfect
Miracle Workers
Night Stalker
Rodney
Sons & Daughters
The Evidence

New series
ABC Saturday Night College Football
Betty The Ugly
Big Day
Brothers & Sisters
Day Break
Greg Behrendt's Wake-Up Call
Help Me Help You
In Case Of Emergency
Just For Laughs
Let’s Rob…
Men In Trees
Notes From The Underbelly
Set For The Rest Of Your Life
Six Degrees
The Nine
Traveler

J.R.HARTLEY

Axed
Alias
thanks god, they ran out of stories after three years,
"what'll we do this year?"
"what did we do last year?"
"oh we brought back a longlost mother thought dead."
"oh lets bring back a sister this time."
:rolleyes:

but worse according to jim is back, james belushi is not funny.

RobertFoster

Oh crap, not more Desperate Housewives

The Black Oil

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - 6 Minute Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2klPzrYss

tvnutz

CBS

Returning
48 Hours: Mystery
60 Minutes
Close To Home
Cold Case
Crimetime Saturday
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
Ghost Whisperer
How I Met Your Mother
King Of Queens (midseason)
NCIS
Numb3rs
Survivor
The Amazing Race
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Unit
Two and a Half Men
Without A Trace

Axed/Ended
Courting Alex
Love Monkey
Out Of Practice
Threshold
Yes, Dear

New series
3 LBS (midseason)
Creature Comforts
Jericho
Rules of Engagement (midseason)
Shark
Smith
The Class
Waterfront (midseason)

LFCFan

jor el wrote:

that rubish 'My name is Earl'.

Go wash your mouth out!! Class show.

Basq

The Black Oil wrote:

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip - 6 Minute Preview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fo2klPzrYss

That looks feckin' awful! :eek:

jor el

LFCFan wrote:

Go wash your mouth out!! Class show.

Oh come on, I can't be the only one who thinks that show is shite. Also, George Lopez gets renewed, come on. I think Chris Griffin summed it up about right "The George Lopez Show only furthers the stereotype that George Lopez is funny".

Not very many of those new shows sound that great. Have to wait and see I guess.

For The 4400 fans, it's back on June 11th. SG1 and Atlantis back on July 14th but no BSG till October 30th.

cosgrove80

basquille wrote:

That looks feckin' awful! :eek:

Awful seems a bit harsh. It comes across as quite preachy, and perhaps a bit smug but I'd say it's worth giving it a chance.

Sports Night & West Wing are both great shows.


Also, I'd recommend everyone check out Love Monkey. They only made 8 episodes, which VH1 have just finished showing in the US. A fine show that was cancelled before it got a chance

Elmo

Axed
Alias
thanks god, they ran out of stories after three years,
"what'll we do this year?"
"what did we do last year?"
"oh we brought back a longlost mother thought dead."
"oh lets bring back a sister this time."

Ended
Alias

As agreed by the producers of the show. And I am sure JJ Abrams isn't too worried. Roll on 7 years of Lost

I have only started watching since series 3 perhaps I won't bother with series 1 and 2 so if they are just coming up with the same storylines. But I like it.

Mr E

JJ has another show (just finished after 5 episodes, with confirmation of a second series) called What About Brian. It was actually pretty good - kind of like thirtysomething without the annoying theme music (and a better looking cast). No rambaldi or numbers in sight.

He also has a new show starting in September called Six Degrees. 6 complete strangers in New York and over the course of the series, how their lives intersect in unusual ways. Sounds like "Crash - The Series". Could be good if done right.

Crumbs

TmB wrote:

Axed/Ended

Crumbs

:eek: NOOOOoooooooooooooo...............!!!

Mr E

Condolences, Crumbs

Time for CBS's lineup. Glad to see Criminal Minds, How I Met Your Mother, Numb3rs and The Unit back. RIP Threshold.

CBS

Returning
48 Hours: Mystery
60 Minutes
Close To Home
Cold Case
Crimetime Saturday
Criminal Minds
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
CSI: Miami
CSI: New York
Ghost Whisperer
How I Met Your Mother
King Of Queens (midseason)
NCIS
Numb3rs
Survivor
The Amazing Race
The New Adventures of Old Christine
The Unit
Two and a Half Men
Without A Trace

Axed/Ended
Courting Alex
Love Monkey
Out Of Practice
Threshold
Yes, Dear

New series (link)
3 LBS (midseason)
Creature Comforts
Jericho
Rules of Engagement (midseason)
Shark
Smith
The Class
Waterfront (midseason)

claire h

Yay for Grey's Anatomy!

When do the CW actually announce their schedule, anyone know? Keeping my fingers crossed that they'll pick up Veronica Mars for a third season...

Basq

claire h wrote:

Yay for Grey's Anatomy!

When do the CW actually announce their schedule, anyone know? Keeping my fingers crossed that they'll pick up Veronica Mars for a third season...

CW announce their official line-up tomorrow but..

Veronica Mars HAS been confirmed back for a third season..

The always trustworthy Michael Ausiello (at TVGuide.com) recieved an e-mail from Rob Thomas today confirming it.. a 22 episode season (which could potentially be cut back to 13 depending on how well it does in the ratings next season)

It's Official: Veronica Mars Renewed..

Straight from the horse's mouth, Rob Thomas just e-mailed me to confirm that Veronica Mars has been renewed for a third season. The show got a 22-episode order that, depending on ratings, can be reduced to 13...

Source!

PS - there was no doubt Grey's Anatomy would be back with the ratings it's been getting. But i was left a bit underwhelmed and slighty bored by the triple-bill season-finale.

claire h

Oh, excellent, thanks.

Yeah - wasn't too worried about Grey's, but it's still good to know.

tvnutz

CW

Returning
7th Heaven (The WB)
All Of Us (UPN)
America's Next Top Model (UPN)
Beauty and the Geek (The WB)
Everybody Hates Chris (UPN)
Gilmore Girls (The WB)
Girlfriends (UPN)
One Tree Hill (The WB)
Smallville (The WB)
Supernatural (The WB)
Veronica Mars (UPN)
WWE Smackdown (UPN)

Axed/Ended
Blue Collar TV (The WB)
Cuts (UPN)
Eve (UPN)
Everwood (The WB)
Get This Party Started (UPN)
Half & Half (UPN)
Living With Fran (The WB)
Love, Inc. (UPN)
Modern Men (The WB)
One On One (UPN)
Pepper Dennis (The WB)
Reba (The WB)
Related (The WB)
South Beach (UPN)
Survival of the Richest (The WB)
The Bedford Diaries (The WB)
Twins (The WB)

New series
Palm Springs
Runaway
The Game

Almost everything done right except Everwood. What were they thinking? One Tree Hill over Everwood? Everwood even has the better ratings. And bringing back the woefull sh!t that is 7th Heaven...why????

I'd say if they had sticked with the idea of dumping 7th heaven,Everwood would have made the cut.

Mr E

It looks like they're putting Supernatural up against CSI (CBS) and Greys Anatomy (ABC). Thats the equivalent of giving supernatural a terminal illness. W*nkers.

Basq

TmB wrote:

It looks like they're putting Supernatural up against CSI (CBS) and Greys Anatomy (ABC). Thats the equivalent of giving supernatural a terminal illness. W*nkers.

Agreed.. but the series itself was quite hit n miss.

Best episode in my opinion

being the one that was very similar to an X-Files episode (yes, i know.. that's about 80% of them) about the family of rednecks who capture people and hunt them.

Twas particularly tense..!

But series as a whole didn't exactly overwhelm me. I'd watch it if it were on but wouldn't make a point of tuning in.

Mr E

The last 4 or 5 episodes were great. Once they introduced John and Meg as characters (and had a continuous storyline - not just 'ghost of the week' episodes) it got really good. Great end of series cliffhanger too......

Mr E

And last but not least, here is the scorecard for Fox.

Arrested Development RIP.


Fox

Returning
24
American Dad
American Idol
America's Most Wanted: America Strikes Back
Bones
Cops
Family Guy
House
King Of The Hill
MADtv
Nanny 911
Prison Break
The Loop
The O.C.
The Simpsons
The War At Home
Trading Spouses: Meet Your New Mommy

Axed/Ended
Arrested Development
Free Ride
Head Cases
Killer Instinct
Kitchen Confidential
Malcolm in the Middle
Reunion
Stacked
That '70s Show
The Bernie Mac Show

New series
Duets
Happy Hour
On The Lot (Spring 2007)
Standoff
Talk Show With Spike Feresten
The Wedding Album (January 2007)
The Winner (midseason)
'Til Death
Vanished

Elmo

The CW site

http://www.cwtv.com

Basq

Elmo wrote:

The CW site

http://www.cwtv.com

All the green makes me feel a bit nautious!

Also.. the CW Logo - when i look at it, i can't help think of the logo for the fox show 'The Loop'