Scripted Network Shows Back in Nov.?

[Mark Jeffries]

The four major terrestrial nets have been making schedule changes as production on scripted series has yet to start--we've already covered here CBS' plans to move shows over from CBS All Access and Pop (and air the long-in-the-can new seasons of "TAR" and "Undercover Boss" and continue the not-intended-to-be-a-series "The Greatest #AtHome Videos"), here's the other nets:

NBC:  The Peacock has given premiere dates for their scripted shows, mostly in November, with the Canadian import "Transplant" starting this Tuesday, the all-Zoom sitcom "Connected" premiering Oct. 1 and "Superstore" coming back Oct. 22.  As for unscripted, the shot-in-a-bubble-in-Oklahoma new season of "American Ninja Warrior" starts Sept. 7, SNF is scheduled to be back Sept. 13 (with the Kickoff game on Thurs. Sept. 10), the reboot of "The Weakest Link" with Jane Lynch as your ill-tempered quizmaster on Sept. 28, a new season of "Ellen's Game of Games" despite everything on Oct. 6 and "The Voice" on Oct. 19 (and they''ve already stated they're not doing a Zoom--excuse me,  MIcrosoft Teams--version this time):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/nbc-sets-fall-schedule-with-scripted-return-in-october-and-november

ABC:  It's the Whammy instead of McDreamy as all scripted programming seems to be postponed until 2021.  The Sunday night "Summer Fun and Games" block of "Celebrity Family Feud," "Press Your Luck" and "Match Game" (which has been in reruns for several weeks now as an obvious stockpiling attempt) moves to Thursdays as of Sept. 24, with a different block of game shows on Sunday night coming in Oct. 18 with a new season of "AFV" (no indication if studio or Zoomed from Carlton's home)--the delayed-from-summer reboot of "Supermarket Sweep," a "Millionaire" season with first responder contestants and a delayed-from-summer new season of "Card Sharks."  Meanwhile, "Dancing" is first out of the gate with new host Tyra Banks on Sept. 14, the in-the-bubble season of "The Bachelorette" on Oct. 13 and a new season of "Shark Tank" on Oct. 16 (no indication if the Sharks are in the studio or Zoomed):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/abc-pushes-scripted-originals-from-fall-schedule

FOX:  The "pandemic-proof" schedule has already seen changes--"I Can See Your Voice," an Americanization of another Korean format (from Fox's in-house and Craig Plestis' Smart Dog Media, co-producer of "The Masked Singer" and TBS' version of the Korean ""My Little Television" "Celebrity Show-Off") where a panel of judges makes decisions on the singing quality of contestants based solely on their looks, is being paired with "The Masked Singer" on Wednesdays.  Ken Jeong hosts (and will continue to panel on "Singer") and will also panel with Larry David's TV-ex Cheryl Hines and former Cheetah Girl and panelist on "The View" manque "The Real" Adrienne Bailon-Houghton, along with various guests.  The show is in the can, having been shot in an LA bubble and no studio audience (but Christian Shrader's tracks accompanying canned insert shots), while "The Masked Singer" was paying people $600 to do phony audience reaction shots (after they presumably got their COVID tests).  The long-in-the-can new season of "MasterChef Junior" will be delayed again.  Their season starts Sept. 34 (with "Masked" "previewing" Sept. 13):

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/fox-moves-i-can-see-your-voice-to-fall-paired-with-masked-singer