So much of this blog is coming
later than I want it to. The post on the cancelled shows for last season will
probably be one of them. But I thought that I would finally do the post that I
have the most fun doing. I will write my cancellation predictions for the
upcoming season. Enjoy.
ABC predictions
Modern Family- All I need to
hear are rumors that a show might be ending for me to put them on this list of
mine. Would a long running show just randomly end out of the blue? Yes. It
happened to The Middle last season and could easily happen to this show if
people just decide that it is right to end it even if there are no issues in
terms of ratings or other problems.
Dancing with the Stars- I
think that they have been changing it too much in recent times for this to
still be considered safe. I don’t know what is with all of these random edition
versions of these shows that make it different, but it seems bad enough that it
would be in danger of ending.
The Conners- This show is
effectively them doing Roseanne without Roseanne as she is a terrible person
who caused her own demise by continually acting out. I don’t know just how many
shows have gone on without their main character, but few, if any, are ever
thought of a better product after it. While Two and a Half Men continued for a
while without Charlie Sheen and the original Charmed lasted for five more
seasons without Shannon Doherty, I don’t know if the rest of Roseanne’s cast
can last well on its own and I have to think that a lot of people wouldn’t like
it or want to see it.
Dancing with the Stars:
Junior- Has there been a reality show that had a spin-off that lasted except
for shows in the Bachelor franchise? That’s why I think this will get
cancelled. While I will never understand why people like this franchise, that’s
their choice and I hardly think it is a bad show. Still, one would have to
think of a lot of failures of children doing adult themed reality shows. Only
MasterChef Junior has lasted and I don’t know why this one would.
The Rookie- The timeslot for
this show has been disastrous more often than not. Even when shows at this
timeslot due get renewed, it is in spite of their bad ratings. Also, I don’t
think that this show could last otherwise due to problems with ratings that
Nathan Fillion’s shows tend to have.
The Alec Baldwin Show- Sundays
are more of a death slot on ABC than Fridays have been in the past. I also
remember that Alec Baldwin’s last attempt at a talk show failed. Plus, a lot of
people hate this guy for no good reason so they probably won’t want to watch
anything with him on it. I wish him the best and wish that I could watch this
show, but probably won’t be able to most of the time.
Fresh off the Boat- They are
randomly moving this to Friday. That’s why I think that this might not last.
Even if you want to point out that sitcoms have been on Fridays on this network
before, I should point out that they were inexplicitly cancelled despite
relatively good ratings.
Speechless- This is on here
for the same reasons that the last one is on the list. You don’t move shows
that you care about to Fridays. It just doesn’t happen most times without any
good reason. I still do not know if this show is any good, although I might
find out this season.
Shark Tank- There are signs
that this show isn’t as cared about anymore as it might have been in the past.
Who would have thought that moving this from Fridays to another night would be
toxic for it? We saw last season when they didn’t even air this show from March
onward. Why air a show they care about only part of the year and not all year
round.
Single Parents- I swear that
every new sitcom starting this fall that I’ve seen promos for looks terrible so
I might as well put them all on my list of what could be cancelled. Most shows
that look bad are bad and one can only hope that most bad shows wind up
cancelled.
The Kids are Alright- Typically,
the less they air about shows in promos, the less interesting they are. And it
can get tiring seeing the same old formats of kids causing problems or just yet
another show about families and it just doesn’t seem any good, what I know
about it thus far.
Marvel’s Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D.- Why would they wait until airing this until the summer of 2019?
Well, there might be a good explanation as it could just be accommodating the
airing of the more important Marvel movies and to avoid major spoilers about
it. Possibly, it will be unrelated to the plots of any of the movies and be
doing its own thing for a while. Still, I think that they wouldn’t air a show
they care about this late into the schedule and it has cheated death enough
times that they should fear the reaper unlike what the song suggests. It just can't keep staying around.
A Million Little Things- There
are enough shows with this type of plot that I know that they are not likely to
last long. All of these shows tend not to last even though a lot of them wind
up loved by the critics. I still don’t know if I will wind up seeing it or not.
Whiskey Cavalier- This is on
here due to the bad title rule and the fact that it seems too generic to what
is considered an average plot device for many shows nowadays. For some reason,
I just can’t gather much information about the show and that is a bad sign for
shows typically.
American Idol- While this is
still popular in some ways, there are enough problems that could potentially
happen with it still. For one, there might be pressure to replace Ryan Seacrest
as host and people may not like him replaced nor might some people want him to
stay on. Besides, this show was over for a long time before and it could happen
again.
Child Support- I don’t think
that I’ll ever wind up watching this show, but it just seems too strange to
last as it just doesn’t seem that good or interesting. I mean, why is nearly
all of this weird in some way? Why have these kids being as weird and strange
as they are?
For the People- This probably
shouldn’t have been renewed in the first place. When that happens, it is often
that these shows won’t last much longer than what they have already. Even if
this does wind up airing with the other TGIT shows, then I don’t think it will
get a ratings boost.
Splitting up Together- Maybe
this will probably just as easily stay in the future. But often some second
season shows just don’t have whatever momentum they had the first time around.
I might never be able to guess what sophomore rating slumps might happen, so
I’m going to guess this one might end in the future and we’ll see what happens
with it.
Schooled- I almost had this as
safe, but it was passed over as a show before and things might change with it
since a character won’t be able to show up on this show due to an actor’s
commitment to their new show. Plus, I just can’t be as hopeful with spin-offs
as I have in the past.
The Fix- This is here due to
the bad title rule. Plus, I don’t think that the plot is something that will
last when I was looking it up earlier. Some of these picks on newer shows might
be harder than they’ve been in the past as I can’t access a site I used to for
the information that would help me with this post.
Grand Hotel- Often, you just
have to look at the plot of a show and see how lame it would seem. There are
hardly any shows that I can think of that use such a different type of plot
that winds up lasting that long in the future. While going for something different can be good, it doesn't work out well in ratings most of the time. Look at Time after Time.
What I think is safe: American
Housewife (the only thing worrisome about it going into the next season is the
timeslot change, but it is on its third full season in a row meaning that it
will not get cancelled as it doesn’t make any sense for them to do that),
America’s Funniest Home Videos (while this show relies too much on physical
comedy and most people might not realize that it is even still on, I have to
say that this will probably last longer still).
Continued: The Goldbergs (I
don’t see why this would end any time soon and hopefully they don’t do
something like The Middle did last season when I had it as a safe pick and
you’d think that they would get rid of the new Schooled over this since I doubt
they would get rid of both during one single season), Black-ish (this is
critically loved and many would like this sort of thing in this day and age), The
Good Doctor (only a showrunner change or the death of Freddie Highmore would
have me doubt this show lasting longer), Station 19 (this may be a bit risky to
put on here, but I think that it will last).
Continued: How to Get Away
with Murder (this has to be close enough to syndication, if it isn’t already,
and even if it is already there, I don’t see problems with it that will cause
it to end), Grey’s Anatomy (why would this end?), 20/20 (I just do not see this
show as possibly ending any time), The Bachelor (this will last a long time as
people like it for whatever strange reason they do and it makes me wonder if
they know just how few relationships on this show actually last).
CBS predictions
The Big Bang Theory- This show
could wind up getting too expensive for them to keep renewing it one season
after another. I mean, they have made an episode of Supergirl for the same amount
of money that they spent on paying one single actor for an episode on this
show. Plus, as usual, when there are rumors that a show might end, then I’m
putting it on my list of predictions.
FBI- I think that this will be
the least likely of all of my predictions to wind up cancelled. Its timeslot is
golden and I can’t think of a show that failed here in over a decade. So why am
I predicting it as likely to be cancelled? I think that public distrust of the
FBI may lead to waning interest in shows about them. Plus, Dick Wolf does have
his share of failures.
God Friended Me- While this
show looks good, that can often mean that it WON’T last. The only show that I
can think of that focused on God in some way and lasted a long time was 7th
Heaven. While this show looks like it might actually be a good way of focusing
on God and isn’t out to make people or him look bad, I still have to worry that
people won’t like it or watch it. Plus a lot of Sunday shows don’t last that
long currently. Still, I'll have to see what pastors of mine would think about it.
Happy Together- A rock star is
someone’s neighbor and that’s about all that the plot seems to offer. I guess
that there are just too much repetitive plots that they have done in the past
that they went with something dumb that’s new at least.
Magnum P.I.- This is on here
due to the reboots won’t be successful rule. Look at Minority Report or
Limitless. Few shows can actually last as a reboot and there are only a few
examples of successes with it and far more examples of failures.
The Neighborhood- While I said
that all of the fall sitcoms look bad, this at least has the distinction of
looking the least bad of all of them. While that is not really a compliment and
it could wind up being good, I don’t yet see how it could last right now.
The Red Line- This is here due
to the bad title rule and many shows that start at midseason tend not to last
on CBS or any network for that matter. Maybe this will be a great show. But one
has to wonder what Instinct had that no other drama that wasn’t a spin-off
since The Unit had that got it renewed and why all of the other ones get
cancelled.
Fam- I might run out of ways
of saying, see previous example and use the same rule, so I don’t think that I
will keep doing that over and over again. But this is midseason on CBS, it
doesn’t have a good title, and there’s not much else to say about it than that.
The Code- Once again, this is
a midseason show on CBS and it has a bad title so I don’t think that it will
last much longer than whatever run it might end up having. One might want to do
a prediction of which of these shows will wind up burning off on Saturdays
during the summer.
Blood and Treasure- Maybe this
will last or maybe it won’t. All I know is that if it winds up being a type of
show that is different than the rest of CBS’s shows, then it won’t last. Even
if it is the same, then it won’t last either. And if it is reality, then I
don’t see it lasting.
Instinct- When shows probably
shouldn’t have been renewed going into the season, then it is likely that it
will fail the next time around. Still, I like Alan Cumming and the show is
pretty good, even if not much wind up separating it from the other shows on
this or any other network.
Celebrity Big Brother- I don’t
even know if it will wind up airing this season or if it is just going to air
at some point in the future. Regardless of that, it might have only lasted
against the Olympics due to some people just not caring about it or getting
bored with what was on. A lot of these celebrity like shows just will not keep lasting
like they have and it might be too different from the main version in some ways
for people to think that it is fair. Plus, when would this air anyways?
Elementary- With so much of
its future in doubt, it is likely that the upcoming season will be promoted and
wind up being the final season. I don’t even know when it will wind up airing
and the later that it starts on the air, the more likely in my mind that it
doesn’t last. Still, it has lasted a lot longer than it could have under other
circumstances so it could stick around.
Ransom- It doesn’t matter to
us if this show lasts or not. It matters to viewers in Canada. That alone means
that any number of things could wind up changing with it in the future. It was
cancelled at one point and that alone could be why it doesn’t wind up lasting.
Murphy Brown- While the last
two revivals of old shows got pretty good ratings, it is hard to tell for sure
what fans of today will think of a show from back then. Plus, the 18-34
demographic remains the more important thing to track than the total viewers.
We’ll see if this lasts or not, but I don’t have that much high hopes for it.
NCIS: Los Angeles- This show
might be aging too much for them to keep renewing it in future seasons like
they have in the past. Would they really keep it around when they have offed
other shows that were long running too? Remember what happened to the CSI spin-offs.
NCIS: New Orleans- It should
be a good sign that this has a new showrunner going into next season as the old
one was quite terrible and that’s not even taking into account the sexual
harassment scandal against him. But it is the least liked of the three NCIS
shows and the fact that they film it in New Orleans could be a mark against it
as well. It is likely to have more than enough episodes for syndication going
into next season.
I’m going to take a bit of a
break here to wonder: which of the previous two shows is more likely to end in
the future? People saw them going against long running tradition by them
getting rid of Scorpion last season and that could mean a show that’s not as
old could be getting the boot. Of course, they might want to try to milk more
out of New Orleans than they would with the other show. I know that both of the
NCIS spin-offs are not ending in the same season, although they could end in
back to back seasons. I think that it is more likely that they take out Los
Angeles at the moment, although it could logically go either way in the long
run. There are pros and cons each way.
Hawaii Five-0- This is also on
the list because it is aging too much and might not last because of it. They
have more than enough episodes for it to last in syndication and I just don’t
know if they would want to risk taking off a show that’s still a hit like this
in order to make room for newer shows in its stead. One might never know which
long running show could bit the dust in the future.
Blue Bloods- Here’s another
show that’s aging and well past the point where it needs to produce even more
episodes than it has already. If they want to end this, they will. We can only
hope that we get enough forewarning and they don’t just end it like other shows
have.
Man with a Plan- Last season,
they delayed this until later to accommodate the filming schedule of Matt
LaBlanc. This season, they are probably doing the same thing by putting this on
at midseason. But you don’t put shows you care about at midseason and unless
this returns quickly like it did last year, then it won’t be heading into
enough episodes where syndication is guaranteed like it would be if this were
on at the fall. The point is, it might not be a good sign that it’s not on during
the fall even if we shouldn’t read too much into it.
Life in Pieces- For the first
time ever, this will be on at midseason instead of during the fall. Returning
shows at midseason are normally always a sign that the show is in danger in
some way of ending in the future as shows they care about aren’t delayed until
later for no good reason.
The Amazing Race- While this
still gets so many awards (or, at least, one), it seems that they are caring
less and less about finding time to air it. It is already bad enough that they
cut it down to just one single season a year. Now, they just air it whenever
they can and just don’t seem to care much about when it is on. This show may
become a thing of the past and it doesn’t help that the next rumored season
seems to just be about contestants from other reality shows doing this one.
Criminal Minds- It is always
telling that when CBS does its (somewhat) early renewals that this is never one
of them. While it does get renewed later, it is likely that this will become
too expensive to make in the future and they will get rid of it as a result.
Mom- With this in syndication
and WB owning this show instead of CBS, this means that this is in danger of
ending in the future. I don’t think that it is in too much danger compared to
other things, but I ended up thinking that it made more sense to put it here
instead of as a safe prediction.
What I think is safe: 60
Minutes (primetime’s longest running show isn’t going anywhere ever), 48 Hours
(even on Saturdays, people can’t stop watching true crime), Survivor (has this
ever been in danger of ending? The only thing that would worry me is them
changing the show too much), Bull (with this being the third full season in a
row of this show, then it is highly unlikely to end and only will if Michael
Weatherly dies), MacGyver (this is in a magic area right now that only the
death of Lucas Till could stop it from getting renewed next season)
Continued: Madam Secretary (I
might be going out on a limb with this one considering its awful timeslot, but
I just don’t see it ending although this might be the one I’m most likely to
get wrong), S.W.A.T. (something very disastrous would have to happen in order
for this to suddenly fail), NCIS (this is highly unlikely to end anytime soon),
Young Sheldon (would its popularity really fade so quickly? They have a better
Sheldon than Jim Parsons), SEAL Team (I could be wrong not predicting a
sophomore slump in ratings for any of these networks, but I don’t see why a
show like this would fail)
CW predictions
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend- Sometimes
you have no way of knowing if a show will keep lasting or not. Other times,
they announcing that the upcoming season will be the last and you know you can
put it on your list as a freebie since you know it will end at the end of the
season, whenever that is. We’ll see if this is delayed until the summer or not.
iZombie- Here’s another
freebie. This show will be ending sometime next season. It will have its final
season. I hope that it ends well, although you can never be too sure. If I had
to guess, I’d say that it is more likely to have a good ending since they know
it is ending.
Jane the Virgin- Even shows
like this wind up finding an end. I still don’t know what to think of the last
season’s cliffhanger and wonder if it is even worse than the first season’s.
All I know is that I’m not sure if I can trust that the ending will be what
everyone wants since this show has more twists in it than your average Arby’s
curly fries.
All American- The vaguer a
promo is, the less likely you’d think that it will last in the future. All that
I know is that most of the CW fall shows have failed in recent history and I
just don’t see this being any different from them. And what will make this
different from something like Friday Night Lights?
Charmed- While I might enjoy
having things to watch on this network on Sundays, the fact that they went so
long without shows on that night makes me question any show getting good
ratings on a night like that. Plus, with this being a reboot, it is also not
likely to last as a result.
In the Dark- This doesn’t
sound like a good show and the only way that a midseason show lasts on the CW
nowadays is if it starts around January. With me not knowing when it will
start, I can only guess that it will be bad and get low ratings.
Roswell, New Mexico- I’m
pretty sure this is a reboot and those don’t normally last. Even if it did
last, I still have to be weary of the chances of any midseason CW show lasting
because they normally have done a lot of renewals by then leaving the fate of a
show like this in doubt.
The 100- This should be well
past the point of syndication by now so if it suffers from lower ratings, they
will get rid of it quicker since they know it won’t be a hit on their network
still. Plus, them airing it as late as they did into the summer should be a
sign to doubt its long term chances going forward.
Dynasty- While there might be
a lot of chances for it to continue, it is likely that if it does, it won’t be
on the CW. Why would they isolate a show they care about to Fridays? Still, it
has a very sweet deal with Netflix and is likely to last even if it doesn’t
last on the CW.
Supergirl- Them splitting the
last season up so that it was still airing in the early summer is a bad sign. While
it being on Sundays might not be that bad of a problem, it could be the final
nail in the coffin. It will have enough episodes for syndication after the
newest one and if the ratings do collapse over a night where a network hasn’t
aired anything for around a decade, then they will have no choice but to get
rid of it in the future. I hope that it keeps lasting, but maybe it won't.
Riverdale- I don’t know if I
can have high hopes for this show going forward. If they are done with the
whole Black Hood storyline, there might be less interest in this show. I also
don’t know if there will be any issues with ratings, but since it won’t have
enough episodes for syndication to be automatic, then I have to worry about its
chances then as a result.
Legends of Tomorrow- There are
signs that this might be the least cared about show in its franchise. You
should always be worried if one show gets a short shaft over another show. I
still maintain that it is likely that this show, which has not yet had a full
season, will not be cared about as much as other shows in the franchise and
it’s likely that they would just wind up on other shows anyways.
Legacies- Why would they get
rid of The Originals just to do a spin-off of it? I don’t get it. I think that
it is possible and likely that they are going to be done with the whole vampire
thing that you’d think that most people would be tired of by now anyways.
What I think is safe: Black
Lightning (with this show being as popular as it was last season, I just don’t
see a topical show like it ending anytime soon), Arrow (I just don’t see this
as ending any time soon as long as Steven Amell is still alive), The Flash (this
might be the network’s most popular show right now and even if it isn’t, I
still don’t see it going anywhere anytime soon), Supernatural (if one thing is
certain it’s that the CW will always have this as a show in the future)
FOX predictions
Gotham- With it on its final
season sometime next year, there is no reason not to see it as not ending in
the next season. This should be the last freebie on the list. It should have a
good ending and I might do a list of the top ten villains of this show in the
future.
The Cool Kids- This looks
awful and it is very often that shows that look bad are bad and a bad show is
often cancelled by the end of the season. Plus, multi-camera shows shouldn’t be
lasting long on this network as the last one that they aired was back when New
Girl started.
Rel- Here’s another example of
a show that looks bad. What’s with all the multi-camera comedies that FOX is
doing? Don’t they remember the absolute failure of I Hate My Teenage Daughter?
It is such a strange reversal that I just don’t see it turning out well. It’s a
shame because a lot of their single camera comedies were doing great and they
got rid of all of them for no good reason.
9-1-1- When people don’t like
a show, it tends not to last. I don’t know if I’ll ever watch it and know for
sure if it is bad or if it is good. What I do know is that I don’t have high
hopes for it, especially if the rumors are true and an actress is leaving.
Last Man Standing- If the
rumors are true and they are recasting at least two of the characters going
into the new season, then I don’t see it doing well on this network as a
result. Does anyone think that them doing a revival of this was the sole basis
for the cancellation of The Last Man on Earth? They might not have had a good
reason to do that otherwise and didn’t want people to be confused by the two
shows with similar titles. It’s a shame too because this show really sucked and
should stay cancelled.
Lethal Weapon- There have been
enough off screen issues that I doubt its chances of survival in the future
season. Still, this might end up lasting as I think that it should have enough
episodes for them to have to keep it for syndication. I wouldn’t be too worried
if you are a fan of this show, but you might want to be kind of worried a
little.
Showtime at the Apollo- Actually,
I don’t think that this is even coming back for future seasons at all. I do not
see it listed as renewed and the weird acts on this show can always find work
elsewhere. Plus, it’s not like Steve Harvey doesn’t have enough jobs without
this continuing. I don’t know why they would want to keep this show and still
not announce its renewal. I remember that this show was on for a while and if
it never comes back, I’ll consider this right.
Cosmos: Possible Worlds- The
last Cosmos was a miniseries and not meant to last that long. While this could
be different and meant to continue, I wouldn’t know if there would be much
interest for a show about science on a non PBS network TV station. Have any of
them that weren’t on Saturday mornings ever lasted? I don’t think there has
been enough of them to know for sure.
Star- I don’t see much of a
future for this show. It won’t have enough episodes going forward into the next
season for syndication to be automatic and it seems like if anything were to go
randomly, it would be more likely to be a show like this than anything else.
The Resident- Enough people in
the medical community hate this show that it could turn into backlash that
would lead to its cancellation. I like it, but can easily see the problems with
it and know why all of the doctors in real life wouldn’t care for it.
The Masked Singer- If it’s a
reality show, it might as well be mentioned as cancelled because a lot of them
just don’t last. Plus, if it’s on FOX, it would have to have Gordon Ramsey in
it to have a chance at success or most of them just die off as quickly as they
get here.
Mental Samurai- This is also
on here due to the reality shows won’t last long rule. This could be a good
show, but one can never know for sure and even I as someone obsessed with
Survivor tend not to like most reality shows besides it.
The Passage- I think this is
on here for being a science fiction type show and those tend not to last on
network TV or anywhere else for that matter. Even if it isn’t science fiction,
I have some reason for it being on here and that’s why I think it won’t last.
Proven Innocent- As much as I
might like this courtroom drama, a lot of them don’t last. Where will it
succeed where Conviction failed? The plot might not be as original as they
wanted it to be and I just do not see it lasting long, although I hope that I’m
wrong if it is good.
Spin the Wheel- What can
people get out of this show that they can’t just get out of The Price is Right
or The Wall? Most game shows don’t last and even if they do, it will likely
just disappear at some point in the future anyways as most of them do.
What I think is safe: The
Gifted (with it being such a huge hit last season and getting early renewal,
you wouldn’t think that it would disappear again the second time around),
Family Guy (I’m not sure if it will keep lasting, but it seems likely even if
the plots are often terrible), The Simpsons (despite the fact that it is never
as good as it used to be, I just don’t see it ending anytime for any reason)
Continued: Bob’s Burgers (this
time, a timeslot change might be good for it as now it won’t be subject to
random whims of when it will air), Empire (this has never been in any danger of
ending that I know of and I don’t see why that would change any time soon)
Continued: The Orville (I
might be going out on a limb saying that this is safe, but I don’t see why it
would fail even if Seth McFarland has had a lot of shows that haven’t lasted a
while), Hell’s Kitchen (I don’t see this ever ending as long as Gordon Ramsey
still hosts it)
NBC predictions
America’s Got Talent: The
Champions- Except for MasterChef Junior, not one reality show spin-off that I
am aware of has ever lasted. Do you know of any that I might be forgetting
somehow? Plus, if this is just a best of the best as it seems like it is, will
people even care about it?
A.P. Bio- This probably
shouldn’t have gotten renewed and it seems like it’s such a horrible show that
I do not know why people would like it or watch it. The show Breaking Bad would
not work as a comedy, especially one that’s as awful looking as this.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine- Sadly,
when most shows are cancelled and get brought back, it is often that they do
not last long when they are revived. Look at Timeless. Look at Medium. Look at
Taxi. Those are just three examples and this could become another one.
Ellen’s Game of Games- I don’t
think this is the type of show that should last as it is far too strange. As
much as I like it, it doesn’t seem to be formatted well and a lot of it seems
unfair. Maybe Ellen’s talents would work better on a more traditional game show
instead of one as crazy as what she does on her talk show. Plus, if you are a
show aired during the hiatus of other shows, then you normally don’t have that
much of a long term chance anyways.
Good Girls- Why would people
want to watch a show about people doing bad things? And why are they doing bad
things? Do I care? It is a limited run series and those have far less leeway
that shows that are not on for less episodes at a time. I see this as like
Shades of Blue and it will probably end like it did in the future because it
just wouldn’t last.
Law and Order: Special Victims
Unit- The only thing I’m worried about here in the timeslot change. I do know
that a show as gruesome as this would probably be better suited at a later
timeslot anyways. As to why it is changing after all this time? I have no idea.
Midnight, Texas- It should be
a good sign that this went from airing in the summer to in the fall. But the
issue is that it is been on a break that’s lasted far too long. What shows go
on a hiatus of over a year and wind up lasting? Look at Person of Interest,
Secrets and Lies, or Shades of Blue.
The Blacklist- This is not
only moving to Fridays for no good reason, but it also moving to midseason for
no good reason. Why would they need two hours of Dateline when they can just air
this or something else sooner? Is Dateline so good that you have to give us
such horribly huge servings of it?
Manifest- With this being
science fiction, I’d be worried enough. But its timeslot is terrible and often
results in more failures than it should have. I mean, you’d think that with The
Voice being such a huge hit, the shows after it would last, but they often
fail.
I Feel Bad- Who names a show
this? This will fall under the bad title rule. Of course, I don’t think that
the plot of it looks very good either. You really shouldn’t put the word bad in
the title of a show. I wish that there was more I could say about this.
Abby’s- This is a comedy set
in a bar and I don’t know if any show besides Cheers ever lasted while having
that as a plot. Plus, the outdoor filming aspect to the show could make things
harder than they were wanting it to be. The last thing you want is production problems in a show.
The Enemy Within- Most spy
shows do not last on network television. This could be a good show or it just
won’t last. I might have to put it here as the bad title rule as well. I’m less
interested in NBC as I am in the other networks so maybe that’s why a lot of
their shows seem less impressive.
The Gilded Age- This is here
due to the bad title rule and there’s not much else to say, yet I’m still going
to write a lot more of this sentence where I talk about all the weird things in
life because, why not? I do not know what to write, and yet, I’m still writing
things.
The InBetween- Here’s a
supernatural type show and while they are often good in some way, they also do
not last that long. Sure, you may point out that Grimm lasted a while. But what
else has ever lasted on this network? Some shows last on some networks, some
don’t.
The Titan Games- Here’s
another reality type game show that I just don’t think will last. Most of them
do not and even if they do, they can mysteriously disappear for a while or
forever. I don’t know what it is with that trend of TV shows anyways.
What I think is safe: Will and
Grace (this is a freebie, meaning it is already renewed going into next season,
thus, not putting it here would be dumb), Superstore (NBC needs a sitcom that
will stick around for most of the season so they will need to keep this), This
is us (would a critical success that is so close to syndication really go
anywhere? I don’t think so), The Wall (I don’t know why people like this
variant of Pinko, but it is likely to stay around for now)
Continued: The Voice (this
isn’t likely to go anywhere, ever), The Good Place (the people who stuck with
this should be glad that they did as it should stay as a result), Blindspot (this
should be safe going forward even if there is a bit of a risky that they won’t
need more episodes of it anymore), Chicago Fire (why would this end? I can’t
think of a reason), Chicago Med (I know that this timeslot has been bad for
some shows in the past, but I still think that this is largely safe going
forward), Chicago PD (this franchise should be safe, although it is odd that
they will now be airing all on one night)
Continued: New Amsterdam (here’s
a risky prediction of a new show as safe, but I think that it could easily last
another season), The Village (when I predict a new show as likely to last, I’m
taking a risk, but I might as well do it as I cannot think of what could be
wrong with it in the end)
Well, I can’t think of much
else to say except closing out the post in general. Sorry that this took as
long to write as it did. What will be coming even later than usual are the
reviews of cancelled shows from the previous season. I still am waiting to be caught
up on two series finales before I post that and I have a lot of it to write
still. Wish me luck with all the writing I have to do.
