Here’s yet another strange
thing I’m doing that may be a new, annual tradition of mine. Geez, I have far
too many of those, don’t I? But, before I do my fantasy schedule for next year,
I might as well try my best to tackle just one timeslot on one network for the
next season. I might be obsessed with the often delayed and sometimes preempted
shows that wind up here. If they weren’t a ratings failure before, which they
typically weren’t, they become ratings failure when they wind up there. Like a
flame that slowly flickers and then dies, are shows at this timeslot. What
would CBS put here in the next season? I’m going to guess what happens in this
post. I’ll start with what I feel is the most likely and then slowly work my way
down to what I feel is the least likely. If I don’t even mention it as a
possibility, then I’m not thinking that it will happen at all. I guess we'll see later if any of these are right. Let’s get
started.
Criminal Minds: Beyond
Borders- This show only suddenly appeared on the schedule this year after the
cancellation of another show. It had no return date before then. For a similar
show, see Beyond the Tank, a show that filled the crack of the cancellation of
the show Of Kings and Prophets, and doesn’t seem to be returning at any point
in time (although it might). Now I won’t know if it has good ratings yet for
its second season when I’m planning on posting this. But a fill the gap show
never seems to be a good thing. Only Undercover Boss regularly survives each
season being one of them. I feel that this is the most likely show to fill the gap
next season.
Scorpion- Only a surefire shot
at syndication seems to be what will even get it into next season. Typically,
once those shows are at this point, they would need a serious ratings boost in
order to continue onto future seasons. Elementary itself was like that and is
now in this worst slot with almost no chance at surviving into next season
(unless a cable network picks it up). This show seems like it could wind up
filling the gap since shows with waning ratings are likely to be put there.
Hawaii Five-0- Honestly, this
show isn’t doing that bad in the ratings and it wasn’t originally on Fridays so
it being on Friday now might not be any real problem. But, it being an aging
hit might be reason enough to move it to its final resting place of Sunday
instead of it being on Friday until its ultimate end.
NCIS: New Orleans- This show
will need a boost of some sort going into next season. Hopefully the new
showrunner it has can be a good thing for the future of the show. Of course, if
it really winds up in this timeslot, it won’t be that much of a future. But
this show, like Scorpion, seems to only be likely to survive into next season due
to syndication rules so without better ratings next season, I don’t see it
doing that well. A lot of things could happen.
Code Black- Here’s a show that
has yet to have a truly full season of episodes. The show is doing decent in
the ratings so it may survive without ever having a full season. But it is
unlikely that a medical drama lasts long on CBS. (Can you think of any long
running ones? I’m not saying that’s never happened, but it certainly hasn’t
been recently.) CBS tends to split the timeslot with multiple shows in a season
whenever it can. If this continues current threads, it will be moved to the ultimate
failure slot.
Criminal Minds- Sometimes long
running dramas get into this bad timeslot and wind up cancelled. Look at CSI:
Miami. Look at The Mentalist. Look at CSI. This show might end up going to this
timeslot, get a serious ratings drop as a result, and wind up cancelled like
those other three I mentioned. This is the only other show that I think could
wind up there at the moment.
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