Analysis: CBS Announces its 2012-2013 Schedule

Upfront Week 2012 continues with CBS's announcement of their 2012-2013 schedule. The Eye didn't make too many big changes, but there's still material to discuss about their schedule. The schedule and my analysis are after the jump.

Analysis: ABC Announces its 2012-2013 Schedule

Upfront week 2012 continues with ABC's announcement of its 2012-2013 schedule. The schedule and my analysis of the schedule are after the jump.

Analysis: FOX Announces their 2012-2013 Schedule

Upfront week 2012 continues with FOX's announcement of their fall schedule. The schedule and my analysis are after the jump.

Analysis: NBC Announces their 2012-2013 Schedule

It's that time of year again, folks.

From today until Thursday all four of the major broadcast networks will be announcing their schedules for next season. I will be here to share my thoughts on the schedules for all five broadcast networks.

NBC started things off today. (*) My thoughts on their schedule are after the jump.

(*) Because NBC shares tomorrow with FOX, they reveal their schedule a day earlier.

Will Your Favorite Show Be Renewed or Cancelled?: 1st Edition

Last season I did a series of posts on which shows on TV will be renewed and which series would be cancelled. Now, this series of posts has been "renewed" for the 2011-2012 season. (Frankly, they did better then most of my posts about normal television.) I will be posting one of these every 3-4 weeks.

What these posts are is a list of shows, my prediction of their fates, and analysis of my predictions for each of the broadcast networks. (I was asked to do this for cable, but it's just too difficult to predict those due to many other factors being involved.)

All that is after the jump.

The CW Announces its 2011-2012 Schedule

Today the CW announced their schedule for the upcoming season. The theme of this schedule is "obvious". The schedule and an analysis of it are after the jump.

CBS Announces its 2011-2012 Schedule

Today CBS announced their schedule for the 2011-2012 season. I wanted to get the schedule online immediately. The post has now been updated with a detailed analysis of their schedule. Everything is after the jump.

ABC Announces its 2011-2012 Schedule

Today ABC announced their schedule for the 2011-2012 season. I wanted to get the schedule online immediately while I wrote my analysis of the schedule. The schedule and my analysis are after the jump.

FOX Announces Schedule for 2011-2012

Today FOX announced their schedule for the 2011-2012 season. I wanted to get the schedule online immediately so the analysis had to wait until later in the day. The schedule and my analysis are after the jump.

NBC Announces Schedule for 2011-2012

I wanted to get this schedule up as soon as I heard about it. The post has now been updated with a detailed analysis of NBC's schedule. You can find both after the jump.

The CW begins its 2011-2012 with CBS Pilot "Ringer"

Deadline is reporting that the pilot Ringer, starring Sarah Michelle Geller, has been picked up to series. The crazy thing is that the network picking it up isn't CBS (which developed it), it's the CW. This is a very interesting move because the pilot was developed at CBS. What probably happened was CBS didn't think it was the right fit for them, so they passed on it, and the CW jumped immediately to pick up the pilot. This should be a great fit for the new network, which is looking to get out of the ratings toilet.

What does everyone else think of this? Excited to see Buffy back on your TVs?

Update: The CW has also picked up the witch drama Secret Circle and the medical drama Hart of Dixie. They also picked up the unscripted series H8R


THE CW HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR FALL SCHEDULE

CBS begins its Pickups for Next Season

CBS has begun its pickups for next season by picking up the JJ Abrams drama Person of Interest and the Whitney Cummings /Michael Patrick King comedy Two Broke Girls.

The Eye has also cancelled Shit My Dad Says, Mad Love, and The Defenders

CBS HAS ANNOUNCED ITS FALL SCHEDULE

ABC Makes its 2011-2012 Pickups (and Cancels some Shows)

ABC has made calls to producers regarding which series they will be picking up for next year, and which shows they wouldn't.

ABC picked up 7 new dramas. These are: the remake of Charlie's Angels, the soap Good Christian Belles (formally Good Christian Bitches), the 1960s drama Pan-Am, the fairy tale drama Once Upon a Time, the new Shonda Rhimes pilot Scandal, the Count of Monte Christo like drama Revenge, and the drama The River. 

On the comedy side, ABC picked up the Tim Allen sitcom Last Man Standing, the much-talked-about comedy Apartment 23 (formally Don't Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23), Chris Moynihan's Man Up, the comedy Suburgatory, and the cross-dressing comedy Work It. 

ABC made decisions on its remaining unpicked up shows. It renewed the comedy Happy Endings, the procedural Body of Proof, and the reality show Shark Tank. Other shows were not so lucky as ABC made a flurry of cancellations. These are: the sci-fi drama V, the family drama Brothers and Sisters, the comedy Mr. Sunshine, the other comedy Better with You, the superhero drama No Ordinary Family, the medical show Off the Map, and the cop drama Detroit 1-8-7. 

ABC ANNOUNCES ITS FALL SCHEDULE

NBC Makes their 2011-2012 Pickups (And Cancels some others)

I had a post up on Wednesday with the first batch of decisions (but it was eaten in the Blogger crash).

NBC has made their decisions on which pilots to pickup and which shows to Renew and Cancel. 

The network has picked up 5 new dramas. Among those picked up are the remake of the British drama Prime Suspect, the musical series Smash, the Inception-style cop drama Awake (which was known as REM in development), the 1960s show The Playboy Club, and the fairy-tale show Grimm. 

On the comedy side NBC picked up 6 new comedies. They picked up the multicamera sitcom from Whitney Cummings called Whitney. They picked up the comedy Up All Night starring Will Arnett and Christina Applegate previously in the week. Today they announced the pickups of Chelsea Handler's new comedy Are You There Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea, the adaption of the British comedy Free Agents starring Hank Azaria, the romantic comedy Bent, and they also picked up BFFs. 

This makes a total of 11 new series for NBC, as they try to rebuild their network.

Among the pilot pickups, some shows were Renewed and Cancelled as well. Chuck was given a new season. Parenthood and Harry's Law were renewed as well. Outsourced, The Event and Law and Order: LA were cancelled. 

NBC HAS ANNOUNCED THEIR FALL SCHEDULE

It's Official: Chuck Renewed for a 5th and Final Season

Today NBC made it official, the little show that could has made it for a 5th season which will consist of 13 episodes. (I don't know if there's an option for more, but I'll let you know what I do). All of the Chuck fans out there should be patting themselves on the back, because your passion was heard again. 

Then a little bit later, the news broke that it would be the final go-around for this show. Even if it is slightly bittersweet, Chuck will get to end on its own terms. Josh Schwartz and Chris Fedak get to end this show on their terms and we should get an ending to what has been what of my favorite shows of my lifetime. 

Who else is excited for next season?

FOX begins the Series Pickups and Series Cancellations for 2011-2012

FOX has begun order season by announcing the pickup of three new series for next fall. The New Girl is a comedy starring Zooey Deschanel as a school teacher who moves away from her town and moves in with three guys.  The Finder is a spinoff of the show Bones that stars Geoff Stults as a "finder" as well as Michael Clarke Duncan. Alcatraz is a crime drama from JJ Abram's production company set in the prison. The series follows investigators as they investigate the disapperance of 1960s prisoners. The show stars Jorge Garcia of Lost fame.

The network also cancelled the show Human Target. The show was rebooted this year but never really gained traction in the ratings.

Updater: FOX has also cancelled Breaking In after it failed to gain traction in the post-Idol timeslot.

Update 2: FOX has also picked up the comedy pilot I Hate My Teenage Daughter starring Jamie Pressly.

Update 3: The Chicago Code, Lie to Me, and Traffic Light  have been cancelled as well.

FOX ANNOUNCES ITS FALL SCHEDULE

The X-Factor sets its Judging Panel and Hosts

Credit: FOX

I don't write about reality TV very much, mostly because I don't watch very much of it, but it's mostly because what I do watch is in a capacity where I don't want to be thinking at all. But I have to do a post on the X-Factor finding its final judge and hosts.

On the Judging Panal: Simon Cowell will reunite with Paula Abdul and they will be joined by Cheryl Cole and LA Reid.

The show will be hosted by Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones.

Press Releases announcing Paula Abdul's spot on the panal and the hosts are after the jump.

Will your Favorite Shows be Renewed or Cancelled?: 4th Edition

It's time for another update to my predictions on which shows will be renewed or cancelled. There are many changes to shows' fates as well as updated analysis in the post. All that is after the jump.

Mad Men Renewed for Two Seasons! Matthew Weiner has singed on for 3!

Well I'm glad that's over.


After a week with a lot of tension between Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner and AMC, a deal is finally done. Mad Men, AMC's 1960's drama has been renewed for two more seasons (seasons 5 and 6) with a seventh season becoming a strong possibility now that Weiner has signed on through a season 7. 


On the issues: AMC reportedly withdrew its plan to cut cast members while Weiner has compromised to cut an episode's running time from 47 minutes to 45 minutes. There was great worry among the media that these would prevent the show from coming back and/or that Weiner would not come back. But that didn't happen and the show will be back for at least two more seasons.


Matthew Weiner had this to say: “I want to thank all of our wonderful fans for their support. I also want to thank AMC and Lionsgate for agreeing to support the artistic freedom of myself, the cast and the crew so that we can continue to make the show exactly as we have from the beginning. I'm excited to get started on the next chapter of our story.”


Season 5 of Mad Men will premiere in early 2012 (probably March, as some reports suggest). I hope to start watching the show soon so that I will be caught up by the time that comes around. 


Update: Matthew Weiner has apparently told many reputable sources that Mad Men will end after the seventh season. 


Full press release is after the jump.

Fringe Fans Rejoice! Fringe Renewed for a Fourth Season!

Credit: FOX

Hey everyone,while I was at rehearsal FOX renewed the Sci-Fi drama Fringe for a fourth season. It is for a full season of 22 episodes. 


The news broke when Fringe EP Jowel Wyman tweeted "Fringe was picked up!!!! Thanks Fringedom!"


While Fringe hasn't done well on Fridays, it hasn't done poorly either, improving on previous FOX Friday shows.


This is a show that I hope to catch up on over the summer so I can begin writing about it this fall.


So Fringe fans, how happy are you? Surprised at all? Feel free to discuss in the comments


(Press release from FOX has been added after the jump.

Credit: FOX