Here’s some good news for
people who read this blog of mine. From now until a good while into the future,
I will be posting updates every Sunday. Well, I can’t promise that I’ll be able
to do every Sunday. But most Sundays until I say otherwise, I’ll be updating my
TV blog. In fact, I may post here on more than just Sundays too. I’m not sure
how long these Sunday posts will last. It won’t last forever, I can promise you
that. But on to the actual point of this blog post which is hopefully the first
in an annual set of updates that I’ll do.
As one who likes visiting the
site www.tvbythenumbers.com, I
notice that sometimes people come up with fantasy schedules for what networks
might do with their shows the next season. I have decided to do that in my blog
instead of commenting on that site. Remember that nothing I post here in this
update will be an official schedule for next season. I’m just posting what I
think could be done by the various networks. I will mostly ignore any and all
summer shows, unless they are returning summer shows, and thus, easy to predict.
Also, I will be posting shows in Central Standard Time since it always annoys
me to see things posted an hour later than I would watch them. So if you are in
a different time zone, feel free to put it at the time you would know it at. I
will mention towards the end why I made the choices that I did. Also, don’t be
surprised if I make fun of different network’s demographics. The site I
mentioned in the first sentence is why I’ll probably end up choosing most of
what I have chosen. Anything written in all caps would be a new show. One last
reminder: this is just a prediction of mine as to how the TV season can go next
year on each network and not anything official about it.
ABC
Sundays: 6:00- America’s
Funniest Home Videos, 7:00- Once Upon a Time, 8:00- NEW SOAPY SHOW, 9:00-
Nashville
Mondays: 7:00- Dancing with
the Stars, 9:00- Castle
Tuesdays: 7:00- NEW SHOW,
7:30- Fresh Off the Boat, 8:00- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., 9:00- NEW SHOW
Wednesdays: 7:00- The Middle,
7:30- The Goldbergs, 8:00- Modern Family, 8:30- Black-ish, 9:00- NEW SHOW
Thursdays: 7:00- Grey’s
Anatomy, 8:00- Scandal, 9:00- How to Get Away with Murder
Fridays: 7:00- Last Man
Standing, 7:30- NEW SHOW, 8:00- Shark Tank, 9:00- 20/20
Midseason: NEW DRAMA, NEW
COMEDY, NEW DRAMA, The Great Christmas Light Fight, NEW COMEDY, NEW DRAMA, MORE
SHOWS THAN NECESSARY, more shows than necessary, The Bachelor
Summer: Primetime: What Would
You Do?, Motive, The Bachelorette, Rookie Blue, others
Cancelled: Selfie, Revenge, Manhattan
Love Story, Cristela, Resurrection, Galavant, Forever, American Crime, Secrets
and Lies, Marvel’s Agent Carter, The Quest
Explanations: A lot of these
shows are explained by if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Nashville could easily
be cancelled and another season only seems likely due to possible syndication.
It would be likely to get a new time slot and its genre would fix the Sunday
time slot. Secrets and Lies as well as Marvel’s Agent Carter could potentially
come back for next season, but I don’t see it as likely at the moment. Expect a
lot of crazy stuff planned for midseason and summer, more than you see here.
This network tends to make questionable choices a lot. But this should be
similar to what they might do.
CBS
Sundays: 6:00- 60 Minutes,
7:00- Madam Secretary, 8:00- The Good Wife, 9:00- Elementary
Mondays: 7:00- The Big Bang
Theory (before football ends)/2 Broke Girls (after football ends), 7:30- NEW
COMEDY, 8:00- Scorpion, 9:00- NCIS: Los Angeles
Tuesdays: 7:00- NCIS, 8:00-
NCIS: New Orleans, 9:00- Person of Interest
Wednesdays: 7:00- Survivor,
8:00- Criminal Minds, 9:00- NEW DRAMA
Thursdays (after Thursday
Night Football Ends): 7:00- The Big Bang Theory, 7:30- NEW CRAPPY COMEDY, 8:00-
The Odd Couple, 8:30- NEW COMEDY, 9:00- NEW DRAMA
Fridays: 7:00- The Amazing
Race, 8:00- NEW SHORT-LIVED SHOW, 9:00- Blue Bloods
Midseason: Undercover Boss,
Mike and Molly, Mom, NEW DRAMA, NEW COMEDY, NEW DRAMA, CSI: Cyber
Summer: Big Brother, Extant,
Under the Dome
Cancelled: The Millers, Two
and a Half Men, The McCarthys, Unforgettable, Reckless, The Mentalist, Battle
Creek, CSI, Stalker, Hawaii Five-0
Explanations: With The Good
Wife, CSI: Cyber, Blue Bloods, and Hawaii Five-0 all on the bubble, it is hard
to tell if just one of them will be cancelled like I’m predicting. Elementary
may not survive into the next season, but I think that it will, only to be
moved to CBS’s worst time slot. The thing that I’m probably getting wrong is a
lack of moving shows around which seems to happen a lot lately in CBS shows.
There will be more moving around then when I’m on the schedule. Thursday night
football would probably complicate the schedule on CBS so I’m taking it to mean
that a lot of their new shows will be on Thursdays that season. I have Mom at
midseason so that CBS will have more wiggle room with comedies and they don’t
seem to be treating it as nicely as they should. CSI: Cyber is also at midseason
because it will only survive cancellation due to CSI’s likely cancellation and
it seems that midseason may be a safer place to put it at the moment.
Meanwhile, except for the new stuff, the only other things mentioned with the
midseason shows are always midseason shows, although Mike and Molly tends to
quickly reappear on the schedule after a show gets cancelled.
CW
Sundays: No new primetime
programming
Mondays: 7:00- The Originals,
8:00- NEW SHOW BASED ON COMIC BOOK
Tuesdays: 7:00- The Flash, 8:00-
Supernatural
Wednesdays: 7:00- Arrow, 8:00-
SOAPY TEEN ANGST DRAMA
Thursdays: 7:00- The Vampire
Diaries, 8:00- Reign
Fridays: 7:00- Whose Line is
it Anyways?, 8:00- SUPERHERO SHOW
Midseason: The 100, iZombie,
CRAPPY ONE SEASON REALITY SHOW, America’s Next Top Model, WITCHCRAFT OR
SIMILIARLY THEMED SHOW, Jane the Virgin, NEW SHOW
Summer: Beauty and the Beast,
APPROXIMATELY THREE SHORT LIVED SHOWS, NEW HALF HOUR SHOW, APPROXIMATELY TWO
NEW REALITY SHOWS, NEW DRAMA, Masters of Illusion, Penn and Teller: Fool Us, Whose
Line is it Anyways?
Cancelled: Hart of Dixie, Backpackers,
Seed, Famous in 12
Explanations: With a lot of
their shows renewed for the upcoming season, unless they suddenly reverse their
decisions about some of them, then I think that a lot will be moved to
midseason. Some they can’t afford to wait that long to air them, so they have
less to lose with the ones that I chose. Reign could easily move to midseason.
Despite its great ratings at the start, iZombie may not be renewed simply because
there’s no room for them to air other shows. One has to wonder if the CW would
reinstate their primetime on Sundays, taking it back from whatever different
affiliates want to air. I don’t think that it will, but it could. Anything
mentioned on the schedule will probably stay renewed as they already renewed
almost everything.
FOX
Sundays: 6:00- Football until
midseason, 6:30- The Mindy Project (unless football preempts it), 7:00- The
Simpsons, 7:30- Bob’s Burgers, 8:00- Family Guy, 8:30- NEW ANIMATED COMEDY
Mondays: 7:00- Gotham, 8:00-
Sleepy Hollow
Tuesdays: 7:00- New Girl,
7:30- The Last Man on Earth, 8:00- Brooklyn Nine-Nine, 8:30- CRAPPY COMEDY
Wednesdays: 7:00- DRAMA
FAILURE ENTITLED SCREAM QUEENS, 8:00- Empire
Thursdays: 7:00- Bones, 8:00-
NEW SHOW
Fridays: 7:00- SHORT-LIVED
REALITY SHOW, 8:00- MasterChef Jr.
Midseason: Hell’s Kitchen,
American Idol, NEW GORDON RAMSEY REALITY SERIES, CRAPPY REALITY SHOW, NEW
DRAMA, NEW COMEDY, ANOTHER NEW DRAMA, NEW ANIMATED COMEDY
Summer: MasterChef, So You
Think You Can Dance, Hotel Hell, AROUND FOUR STUPID SHOWS
Cancelled: Mulaney, Utopia,
Red Band Society, Gracepoint, Glee, Riot, Hieroglyph, I Wanna Mary Harry, The
Following, Backstrom, Weird Loners
Explanations: Fox is very
confusing with their schedules due largely to their tendency to use limited run
series instead of the conventional full season orders. A lot of what I
mentioned being in the fall could easily wind up in midseason. The Mindy
Project could easily get cancelled, but I think that I’ll give it the 6:30 time
slot on Sundays. That time is known for football game airing instead of shows
sometimes. They have never cared much for their Friday night schedule, except
for certain times, but not that often. I predict a return to animation
domination on Sundays (expect for shows before 7 Central). Because of this, I’d
have to say that live action sitcoms would be all night on Tuesdays. Most of
the shows would stay the same, although one can never tell when they will air
Bones. It moves around a lot. What isn’t already renewed probably will be
renewed so I probably might only have the time slots wrong.
NBC
Sundays: ignored until
midseason due to football
Mondays: 7:00- The Voice,
9:00- NEW DRAMA
Tuesdays: 7:00- The Voice
results show, 8:00- Undateable, 8:30- One Big Happy, 9:00- Chicago Fire
Wednesdays: 7:00- NEW COMEDY,
7:30- NEW COMEDY, 8:00- Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, 9:00- Chicago PD
Thursdays: 7:00- The Biggest
Loser, 8:00- The Mysteries of Laura, 9:00- NEW SHOW
Fridays: 7:00- Dateline, 8:00-
Grimm, 9:00- NEW SUPERNATURAL THEMED SHOW
Midseason: AROUND TWO-FOUR NEW
COMEDIES, The Night Shift, AROUND THREE NEW DRAMAS, NEW REALITY SHOW, even more
Dateline, AT LEAST ONE MINISERIES, the Celebrity Apprentice
Summer: The Last Comic
Standing, others, NEW REALITY SHOWS, Dateline, Welcome to Sweden
Cancelled: Bad Judge, A to Z,
Emerald City, Parenthood, Allegiance, Parks and Recreation, Constantine,
Crossbones, Marry Me, About a Boy, State of Affairs, Hannibal
Explanations: With many shows
either renewed or cancelled, it is hard to tell what schedule changes the next
season could bring. There seems to be not enough shows on its schedule so I’m
renewing the two bubble shows, Mysteries of Laura and the Night Shift. It’s
hard to know what NBC will do with comedies since they don’t have many good
options left with them. Don’t be surprised if Undateable becomes their longest
running sitcom. Meanwhile, I’m sure that they are done for the moment with
their Thursday comedy line-up. I’m probably making a lot of risky guesses, but
these are just guesses.
Those are my thoughts
regarding this potential next season. I’ll be back later to see what I got
right. In case you are wondering, I’m ignoring a lot of the shows that aren’t on
the schedule yet as I don’t know what could potentially happen with them. These
are just predictions, I remind you. Things could easily be different than what
they are. Like I said before, I’ll do a look back at these predictions later
on, but I’m not sure when yet. I hope that I did well.
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