Hideeho, TV Tourists! Apologies for not posting for a while, but I'm back with a plethora of information regarding results from network TV's annual shopping spree - the Upfronts, from which each decides/announces what new shows they'll be premiering, which have been renewed and which are going bye-bye. So, here's what we know:
ABC went on quite a binge, picking up many new series that will be premiering both in the fall and mid-season. ABC is continuing their love affair with
Shonda Rhimes, renewing her smash hit
Scandal and long-running
Grey's Anatomy and picking up her new drama
How to Get Away With Murder. To go along with their action-packed series
MARVEL's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., they have committed to
Agent Carter (based on the lead female character from
Captain America).
Other new series:
The Whispers, Galavant, Forever, Selfie, Astronaut Wives Club, Manhattan Love Story, American Crime, Black-ish, and
The Club.
Recent renewals:
Once Upon a Time, Resurrection, Revenge, The Goildbergs, Castle, and
Modern Family.
Personally, I'm hoping the net decides to stick with
Nashville and
Trophy Wife.
CBS has pretty much stuck with their current roster of shows across the board, renewing virtually everything. One new addition will be
How I Met Your Dad, with
Meg Ryan as the voice of the Mom. Early word is that it will be far different from its predecessor
How I Met Your Mother, which took its final bow recently after an amazing 9-season run - which could be either a good thing or a bad.
Other new series:
Battle Creek and
Extant (a summer series starring
Halle Berry).
I watch quite a bit of CBS programming, so I'm thrilled to not have too many changes next season.
The CW is having a bit of the changing of the guard, dropping
The Carrie Diaries, The Tomorrow People and
Star-Crossed and picking up
The Flash (which got a great intro in an episode of
Arrow), the new
RobThomas (the man behind
Veronica Mars) drama
iZombie, Jane the Virgin, and
The Messengers. They passed on the
Supernatural spin-off
Bloodlines (which, frankly, I'm glad. It was not worthy of its predecessor's name).
Recent renewals:
Heart of Dixie, Beauty and the Beast, and
The 100.
FOX is one of the networks I watch the least ... I think
Sleepy Hollow (renewed, yay!) is the only show I watch. Maybe that will change considering the deluge of new series coming to the net in the coming months. The only one I know anything about this early on is
Gotham, which will get FOX into the superhero game along with the CW (
Arrow, Flash), ABC (
S.H.I.E.L.D.) and NBC (see below).
Other new shows:
Backstrom, Bordertown, Hieroglyph, Last Man on Earth, Melaney, Weird Loners, Empire, and
Red Band Society.
The net has cancelled Dads, Enlisted, Rake and Surviving Jack, and American Dad is moving to TBS.
Along with FOX, I don't watch much of the Peacock net (
Parenthood, which has been renewed, is exceptional). They, as I mentioned above, are going to premiere their superhero series
Constantine, based on the DC Comics character.
Debra Messing is sticking with the net (I admittedly miss
Smash) with the new dramedy
The Mysteries of Laura.
Other new series:
A to Z,
State of Affairs,
Allegiance, Odyssey, Marry Me, Working the Engels, Aquarius,
Emerald City, and
Tooken.
Now granted, I know very little about most of these new shows, but will learn more in the coming months and will share accordingly. One thing that is a very hot trend continuing to grow is the short-order series (average 13 episodes). The days of the 22-episode run seems to be going be the wayside more and more. Guess they see how successful the formula works on cable. On the upside, they tend to let the entire series run consecutively without breaks (hiatus is SO annoying). On the downside, if a series is awesome, you get so much less of it and have to wait so long for its return.
Feel free to share in the comments which you prefer. And come back for further info on all things new TV!
