CW Fall Not-So-Annotated

[Mark Jeffries]

And here's what the C-Dub has thrown together for the fall, according to thewrap.com--new to CW in caps:

MONDAY

8:00-8:30 p.m. Whose Line is It Anyway?

8:30-9:00 p.m. Whose Line is It Anyway?

9:00-10:00 p.m. Penn & Teller: Fool Us

If new episodes, either they've done a helluva lot of stockpiling or will shoot shows where the stay-at-home orders have been lifted (Penn & Teller shoot in Vegas at their theater at the Rio, so they could conceivably shoot more episodes in the fall for the winter).

TUESDAY

8:00-9:00 p.m. SWAMP THING--The second live-action series for the DC character from the primordial ooze was one-and-done last year on streamer DC Universe.

9:00-10:00 p.m. TELL ME A STORY--Kevin Williamson's anthology of contemporary retellings of fairy tales (based on a Spanish series) got through two seasons on CBS All Access before getting the axe last month.

WEDNESDAY

8:00-8:30 p.m. Two Sentence Horror Stories--A second season for the horror anthology that began life on the CW Seed web site as a series of shorts.

8:30-9:00 p.m. DEAD PIXELS--A Britcom about gamers from Channel 4's "yoof" channel E4 (syndicated by the BBC's for-profit BBC Studios).  I assume it's a one-camera show--correct, Adam?  Only six episodes, unless their second series will air soon in the UK.

9:00-10:00 p.m. CORONER--A CBC Original based on the M.R. Hall mystery novels about a lady medical examiner in Toronto.  Sixteen episodes.

THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 p.m. Supernatural--As mentioned in the other post, the last five episodes for the long-running series.

9:00-10:00 p.m. The Outpost--The fantasy series made for Syfy's overseas channels shut down third season production after seven episodes.

FRIDAY

8:00-8:30 p.m. WORLD'S FUNNIEST ANIMALS--It has to be funny animal videos.  No indication who's producing this (although I suspect it's Associated Television International, the people behind "Masters of Illusion") or who's hosting.

8:30-9:00 p.m. WORLD'S FUNNIEST ANIMALS

9:00-10:00 p.m. Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Encores)

SUNDAY

8:00-8:30 p.m. Masters of Illusion--They gotta be stockpiling episodes.  Every damn magician in the world will be on that show eventually.

8:30-9:00 p.m. Masters of Illusion

9:00-10:00 p.m. Pandora--Season 2 of the made-in-Bulgaria-by-Americans SF series.

[Adam Bowie]

On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 12:01 AM Mark Jeffries <spotl...@gmail.com> wrote:

And here's what the C-Dub has thrown together for the fall, according to thewrap.com--new to CW in caps:

WEDNESDAY

8:30-9:00 p.m. DEAD PIXELS--A Britcom about gamers from Channel 4's "yoof" channel E4 (syndicated by the BBC's for-profit BBC Studios).  I assume it's a one-camera show--correct, Adam?  Only six episodes, unless their second series will air soon in the UK.

This aired on E4 in the UK, which is also home of Batwoman here, but not the rest of the Arrow-verse. It's also home to Agents of SHIELD!

I watched this at the time and quite liked it. It's about a group of gamers who are massively immersed in a MMOPRG - World of Warcraft style thing. It's a single camera piece, and only six episodes have aired here yet. Usefully for the CW, there is an American character (!), although the target audience will recognise this type of world - which is quite nicely CGI'd incidentally. I think it'll need a bit of bleeping though!

The first season aired just over a year ago, and the second season was ordered last July, so it's pretty plausible that the studio stuff has been shot. The other reason it may not have aired yet is because Channel 4 (who owns E4) is worried about their supply line for drama/comedy drying up. They don't have as much as either the BBC or ITV and they might want to hold it back until the autumn. 

Adam