Wednesday, May 18, 2005
TV: Shows Renewed And Axed + New Shows
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ABC: According to TV Guide.com ABC has decided to not order new seasons of "My Wife & Kids," "8 Simple Rules," "Complete Savages," "Blind Justice" and "Eyes."
I watched "Blind Justice" and "Eyes" and thought they were good enough shows to have a real shot at making it, but if they're dead, they are dead.
Also ABC plans to move "Alias" to 8pm Thursday and "Lost" to 9pm Wednesday. Oh, and Fred Savage ("Wonder Years," "Working"; midseason: "Crumbs" - includes Jane Curtin), Freddie Prinze Jr (Mr. Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Freddie" - from the producers & writers of "The Drew Carey Show"), Heather Graham ("Scrubs," "Boogie Nights"; midseason: "Emily's Reasons Why Not") and Geena Davis (show title: "Commander in Chief" - first female president of USA and includes Donald Sutherland) are heading to ABC's lineup next year. Futon Critic.com's story. FALL NEW: 3 Comedies & 3 dramas; Midseason: 3 comedies & 3 dramas and 1 "alternative" series. "Jake in Progress" set to return at midseason (replacing MNF when it ends).
NBC: the Futon Critic.com story. Fall: 3 new dramas, 1 new comedy and 2 new unscripted series.
CBS: Not yet released their schedule
WB: has also announced a lot of moves (look at the TV Guide story and/or the Futon Critic.com story, the Futon Critic story includes midseason information). Don Johnson ("Miami Vice," "Nash Bridges") is returning to the small screen in a Jerry Bruckheimer show: "Just Legal." This time Johnson is a lawyer. "Jack & Bobby" & "Summerland" have been canceled. "Charmed" has been renewed for another season. Announced: 3 new dramas & 1 comedy for Fall and 2 comedies and 2 dramas for midseason.
FOX: 24 renewed for 2 more seasons. Arrested Development renewed.
UPN: not yet released schedule.
A list of CANCELED shows: here.
A list of RENEWED shows: here.
A list of SUMMER shows: here.
A chart of the 2005 Fall schedule, tentative, is here (note: "Scrubs" appears to be missing from the chart, but isn't really, NBC currently plans on bringing the show back later in the season (I believe last year that they renewed the show for 2 more seasons, this would be the 2nd season)). CBS & FOX have not announced their 2005 schedules yet (oh, and don't expect to actually see the schedule remain unchanged going into Fall 2005, the announced schedule is almost never the actual used schedule). thefutoncritic.com's chart.
A lot of interesting information can be found on thefutoncritic.com, for example this is a combined rundown of the actions taken by NBC (renewed/canceled/summer shows/fall 2005 shows/2006 shows). Check out the front page for similar layouts for most of the other channels.
TV Guides Matt Roush's dispatches about the next season, or more specifically, the "upfronts." TV Guides "The Biz" notes about the "upfronts."
ABC: According to TV Guide.com ABC has decided to not order new seasons of "My Wife & Kids," "8 Simple Rules," "Complete Savages," "Blind Justice" and "Eyes."
I watched "Blind Justice" and "Eyes" and thought they were good enough shows to have a real shot at making it, but if they're dead, they are dead.
Also ABC plans to move "Alias" to 8pm Thursday and "Lost" to 9pm Wednesday. Oh, and Fred Savage ("Wonder Years," "Working"; midseason: "Crumbs" - includes Jane Curtin), Freddie Prinze Jr (Mr. Sarah Michelle Gellar, "Freddie" - from the producers & writers of "The Drew Carey Show"), Heather Graham ("Scrubs," "Boogie Nights"; midseason: "Emily's Reasons Why Not") and Geena Davis (show title: "Commander in Chief" - first female president of USA and includes Donald Sutherland) are heading to ABC's lineup next year. Futon Critic.com's story. FALL NEW: 3 Comedies & 3 dramas; Midseason: 3 comedies & 3 dramas and 1 "alternative" series. "Jake in Progress" set to return at midseason (replacing MNF when it ends).
NBC: the Futon Critic.com story. Fall: 3 new dramas, 1 new comedy and 2 new unscripted series.
CBS: Not yet released their schedule
WB: has also announced a lot of moves (look at the TV Guide story and/or the Futon Critic.com story, the Futon Critic story includes midseason information). Don Johnson ("Miami Vice," "Nash Bridges") is returning to the small screen in a Jerry Bruckheimer show: "Just Legal." This time Johnson is a lawyer. "Jack & Bobby" & "Summerland" have been canceled. "Charmed" has been renewed for another season. Announced: 3 new dramas & 1 comedy for Fall and 2 comedies and 2 dramas for midseason.
FOX: 24 renewed for 2 more seasons. Arrested Development renewed.
UPN: not yet released schedule.
A list of CANCELED shows: here.
A list of RENEWED shows: here.
A list of SUMMER shows: here.
A chart of the 2005 Fall schedule, tentative, is here (note: "Scrubs" appears to be missing from the chart, but isn't really, NBC currently plans on bringing the show back later in the season (I believe last year that they renewed the show for 2 more seasons, this would be the 2nd season)). CBS & FOX have not announced their 2005 schedules yet (oh, and don't expect to actually see the schedule remain unchanged going into Fall 2005, the announced schedule is almost never the actual used schedule). thefutoncritic.com's chart.
A lot of interesting information can be found on thefutoncritic.com, for example this is a combined rundown of the actions taken by NBC (renewed/canceled/summer shows/fall 2005 shows/2006 shows). Check out the front page for similar layouts for most of the other channels.
TV Guides Matt Roush's dispatches about the next season, or more specifically, the "upfronts." TV Guides "The Biz" notes about the "upfronts."
