ABC:
Returning ABC shows: Lost & Pushing Daisies
ABC shows Out: Cavemen was buried in the cave it came from. (There is a God!)
New ABC shows: Life on Mars - This is based on a BBC series that revolves around a modern-day detective who finds himself transported back to 1973 after a car crash and is still a detective. My only hope for this show is that it’s executive-produced by David E. Kelley and produced by David E. Kelley Productions in association with 20th Century Fox Television.
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FOX:
Returning Fox Shows: 24, Bones, Cops, Prison Break, Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles, ‘Til Death
Shows that have been booted by Fox: K-Ville & New Amsterdam is old news.
New Fox Shows: Dollhouse (Midseason); Fringe. (But because of us at Screen Rant, you already knew this!)
New Amsterdam was such a refuse-laden show that it should have been called old-cliche written every other line-damn and deserved to be booted, but K-Ville was a very unique cop show that took place in New Orleans and interlaced character development with the aftermath of Katrina. It had a lot of material potential because of this, but somehow did not get a chance to explore this beyond one season.
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TNT:
Returning TNT shows: Their wildly popular shows - The Closer with Kyra Sedgwick and Saving Grace, featuring Holly Hunter.
New TNT shows: Delta Blues, executive produced by George Clooney is about a Memphis cop/Elvis impersonator who lives with his mother.
Leverage is about a former insurance investigator who builds a team of thieves, hackers and grifters and they become a modern-day Robin Hood gang.
The Genie Chronicles follows a female newspaper reporter who discovers a magic lamp and we follow both her and the genie as different people discover and use the lamp’s power to make wishes come true.
Technophobia is about an American town where technology is advancing at a frightening pace.
Haven’t we seen Robin Hood type shows in the past? The Genie Chronicles sounds a wee bit hokey to me, but a cool title! And what’s with Technophobia? My first impression is that It sounds like another Eureka, which may be a nice way to pay homage to a show they think is doing well.
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USA:
The only things of note for returning shows on USA are Burn Notice and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. I’m a conistent, across the board fan of L&O, but Burn Notice, about a CIA operative who’s been blacklisted by his own agency took me by surprise and I’ve enjoyed the show where Bruce Campbell is making a stab at a reasonably solid TV role, versus some of his classic roles of the past.
Sources: Memles, Memles, Writersdigest
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I’ll admit, Bruce, to being not that excited about much of the new shows: some of them sound just awful, and right now NBC’s shows are a real mystery for me (Although I’ll watch Merlin just to point out how little of the potential of Malory’s story they actually use).
FOX seems to have the two shows I’ll like the most (Just finished watching the Fringe pilot, and really enjoyed it), but with so few news shows from other networks I’m not feeling this Upfront season compared to last where there was three shows that really had me interested.
Hoping that something surprises me like last summer’s big hits (Burn Notice, Mad Men, Damages) did - I am certainly open to whatever they dish up.
Great rundown, Bruce!
Hmm, Technophobia does sound like Eureka. I love Eureka so I hope it’s more of a Welcome to Paradox. An anthology series that uses a common setting to tell its stories.
The Philanthropist could be interesting if it becomes a Vengeance Unlimited type series.
Deputized. Yes please. It’s been ages since we’ve a Space Cops type show. Let’s hope the execs don’t expect stellar ratings and cancel it because the ratings didn’t justify the budget.
Hi Bruce!
After reading that you were “pretty upset” that Moonlight was cancelled, I thought you would be heartened to know that fans of Moonlight are fighting to have another network pickup the show.
In the “Friday Night Lights” module, fans have been contacting the Sci-Fi channel while simultaneously DirecTV. We have also been contacting TNT.
Info here-> http://moonlight-united.com/
You and your readers can also read about our various efforts ranging from blood drives, rallies, ads in both The Hollywood Reporter and Variety and soon, billboard ads.
Info here-> http://www.mllforums.com/
Rafferty Rulz
Fighting for Moonlight, the show of perpetual coolness
enjoyed the leaked fringe, nice dynamics between the characters,
but i also liked new amsterdam and i am sad it wont return,
terminator was decent as well but could be better, but ill watch it anyway.
bones himym two and half men and csi and scrubs, happy at that
on usa is psych still on or has that moved to NBC?
IF ANYONE wants additional details on any show noted, just ask here and I’ll go digging around for info.
I’ll check ‘Blah’.
House is returning right? Or did I miss that one?
To keep you calm, here’s a quote from the man himself:
“I had a heart attack this morning. I can’t do any more drugs ’til at least lunch.”
I love this show.
LOL…thanks for the info…can’t wait!!!
One you skipped on TNT is (tentatively) titled “Angel City” and was created and it will be co-produced and co-written by my nephew, who created it. He is a homicide detective in the South Central area where the show is set. He spent 10 years on the gang and drug task force in that same area and will bring a very interesting perspective.
His first novel, LA Rex, will give you some idea of his POV. That’s been optioned for a movie by Scott Rudin.
On this new show think “Adam-12″ meets Training Day and The Shield. It’s not your fathers TV cop show.
To answer Blah’s query quickly, Psych isn’t moving to NBC - that was a strike-contingency plan that had Monk and Psych airing reruns on NBC this Spring, although to more than mediocre results. As a result, chances are Psych will return for a few episodes this summer sometime, as per USA’s extremely strange season structure that seems to run mid-summer to Fall, and then January to March or so. I’ll never understand it, that’s for sure!
Your recaps are awesome. Thanks for all the info. I am so sad about Moonlight. It was my one guilty pleasure. I really enjoyed that show.
I’m interested in checking out the Mentalist and am wondering if the Philanthropist will end up being any good.
Add me to the fighting for Moonlight list.
Harper’s Island sounds very similar to the short-lived murder mystery on FOX - “Reunion”. This was a murder mystery played out during a high school reunion. The relationship between the suspects is played out via flash-backs. It was cancelled before the killer was revealed.
Hopefully this fares better!
Hopefully, this
thumbs up for Terminator coming back, that was an awesome show
and it sucks that NBC is not keeping journeyman
Bruce, besides the content, I just wanted to say that I like your writing style. Fun, Factual, and you like lists rather than endless paragraphs. And I see that you, like Vic, have the power of Brown.
Journeyman was an awesome show, but it didn’t go up against Heroes. It was on right AFTER Heroes, so it was in a great time slot. I am really surprised that the SciFi Channel didn’t pick it up.
I’m looking forward to new episodes of Chuck. I think that was my favorite new show last year.
Nice job Bruce as usual!
You stole my thunder with your after-thoughts on the shows….;-p
One thing you didn’t clarify was that,The Unit will be returning. I’ve heard from inside sources that its coming back.
One show that stands out as a possible hit could be “My own worst Enemy” with Christian Slater. He’s due for a comeback. He’s a real cool dude and I feel its his time. Last time I saw him was a guest spot on “My Name is Earl”.
Very funny!!
Sure looking forward to…. 24, Prison Break, Sarah Connor and Heroes.
24, is going to be incredible next season and look for a 2 hour prequel in November!!!
There filming major parts of it in South Africa (on location) to explain the back story of Jack Bauers connection with one of the main villians of next season. Its going to be just like a 24 movie. I can’t wait!!
The last ep of Prison Break was amazing and I can’t wait to see where the awesome writing staff of Paul T. Scheuring is going to take us! That show is brillant.
Sarah Connor show, we were left with a cool cliffhanger. Let’s hope it mantains!
Heroes. Wow just wait till you see what’s gonna happen with that show. I have friends on that show and so far what I’ve heard is amazing ! Sylar meets his match. All I’m saying. :-/
Rock on Bruce!
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