NBC Fall Annotated

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Mark Jeffries

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May 13, 2019, 4:35:28 PM5/13/19
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The traditional first out of the box schedule from the leader in the money demo with only three new series, with a lot being held for mid-season.   Here it is as listed by the Wrap, with new shows in all caps, all times ET:

MONDAY
8-10 p.m. — “The Voice”

10-11 p.m. — “BLUFF CITY LAW”--Jimmy Smits is back as a legal eagle in Memphis guiding his tempestuous daughter (Caitlin McGee) through their high-profile, ripped-from-the-headlines civil rights cases.  In-house, with former NBC chief Bob Greenblatt's ex-partner David Janollari.

TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. — “The Voice”--or maybe not, considering that on most of the weeks of the prelims for the current spring cycle, "Ellen's Game of Games" was airing in the time slot.

9-10 p.m. — “This Is Us”--Three-year renewal, don't frack it up, Fogelson.

10-11 p.m. — “New Amsterdam”

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. — “Chicago Med”

9-10 p.m. — “Chicago Fire”

10-11 p.m. — “Chicago P.D.”
Dick Wolf Wednesday continues.

THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. — “Superstore”

8:30-9 p.m. — “PERFECT HARMONY”--Bradley Whitford is a music professor at Princeton whose latest challenge is trying to make a small town church choir sound, well there's the title.  A one-camera sitcom from 20th-Century Fox.

9-9:30 p.m. — “The Good Place”

9:30-10 p.m. — “SUNNYSIDE”--Kal Penn is a former NYC political powerhouse down on his luck who finds possible redemption in teaching a group of immigrants about American citizenship (Trump's gonna love this one).  A little reminiscent of the Britcom "Mind Your Language" (Americanized as "What a Country!," starring, yes, Yakov Smirnoff), except that it probably won't be as blatant on the stereotypes as those series were.  Penn co-created the one-camera in-house production, with Michael Schur involved.

10-11 p.m. — “Law & Order: SVU”

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. — “The Blacklist”

9-11 p.m. — “Dateline NBC”

SATURDAY
8-10 p.m. — “Dateline Saturday Night Mystery”

10-11 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live” (encores)
With first-run "SNL" live in all time zones.

SUNDAY
7-8:20 p.m. — “Football Night in America”

8:20-11 p.m. — “NBC Sunday Night Football”

And a lot in the hamper for mid-season:

DRAMAS:

"COUNCIL OF DADS"--When a man discovers that he has a debilitating illness, he calls upon a group of male friends, including his AA sponsor and his doctor, to help him shoulder the burden of leading the family in the hopes that death won't be debilitating.  Based on a 2010 non-fiction book by Bruce Feiler, Tom Everett Scott and Sarah Wayne Caillies are in the cast, in-house with Jerry Bruckheimer (!).

'LINCOLN"--Based on the "Bone Collector" novels and films, Russell Hornsby (who just lost a gig as "Proven Innocent" was cancelled) plays the title disabled detective solving cases with hot NYPD officer Arielle Kebbel.  In-house with Sony and Israel's Keshet.

"ZOEY'S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST"--San Francisco computer coder Zoey ("Suburgatory"'s Jane Levy) can hear everyone's innermost thoughts and desires through music, hence the title.  Peter Gallagher, Mary Steenburgen and Tony winner Carmen Cusack are also in the cast, from Lionsgate and Universal Music Group (not affiliated with NBCU for years now), which means only certain artists will be on Zoey's extraordinary playlist.

COMEDIES:

'INDEBTED"--The kids are grown up and Adam Pally and Abby Elliott are ready to begin a new life.  But oh oh, here comes Pally's parents as embodied by Steven Weber and Fran Drescher to make sure wackiness is always ensuing.  Of course it's a multi-cam.  From Sony.

"THE KENAN SHOW"--"SNL"'s MVP (and I think even Sikula will grudgingly agree) Kenan Thompson stars in a one-camera family comedy that has Chris Rock's involvement (and Lorne Michaels, although that is to be expected).  Its mid-season placement allows Thompson to continue on "SNL" (and he's hosting the summer reality comp "Bring the Funny").  Of course it's in-house.

"Blindspot" will also be mid-season in what has been already announced as its last season.

In unscripted, Melissa McCarthy's replacing yo man Steve Harvey as host of "Little Big Shots" (brought on undoubtedly by NBCU syndication dropping Harvey's talk show for Kelly Clarkson's talk show), Nick Offerman and Amy Poehler's artsy-craftsy reality comp "Making It" will have a condensed holiday run and "The Wall" and "Hollywood Game Night" will be back this summer along with the established "AGT" and "American Ninja Warrior" and the new "Bring the Funny" and songwriter comp "Songland."

Fox is coming.

Mark Jeffries

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May 13, 2019, 4:38:59 PM5/13/19
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Forgot to note that "Manifest" will be back mid-season.

Bob Jersey

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May 13, 2019, 5:12:11 PM5/13/19
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Mark Jeffries, today (5/13), in part:
SATURDAY
8-10 p.m. — “Dateline Saturday Night Mystery”

10-11 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live” (encores)
With first-run "SNL" live in all time zones.

The Notre Dame football schedule appears to have only one night home game: Oct 12th with Southern Cal.

There are no NASCAR conflicts after the Daytona night race in July.

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Dave Sikula

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May 14, 2019, 5:33:15 AM5/14/19
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As terrible as SNL invariably is, Kenan is the one reliable reason to keep tuning in. He’s genuinely funny (and even Aida Bryant is growing on me).

—Dave Sikula

PGage

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May 14, 2019, 8:39:18 AM5/14/19
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You hear this sentiment a lot, but it baffles me. Not the part about SNL being invariably terrible (though that overstates the case in my view. This has been a weak season, and even so there have been 4 or 5 good to very good episodes, and the previous seasons had more than that). But the part about Kenan being the one bright spot. I don’t despise him, and he is about half the time mildly amusing, but if I really thought he was the best thing about the show I would never watch it. Meanwhile I really do like Mckinnon and Bryant.

On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:33 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
As terrible as SNL invariably is, Kenan is the one reliable reason to keep tuning in. He’s genuinely funny (and even Aida Bryant is growing on me).

—Dave Sikula

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M-D November

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May 14, 2019, 1:24:18 PM5/14/19
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As a rule, SNL's writing doesn't generally allow the cast to demonstrate just how funny/talented they can be, and the writing this season seems to have overcorrected into safe/bland/unfunny territory, with a few notable exceptions.

Dave Sikula

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May 14, 2019, 2:12:46 PM5/14/19
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The difference for me is that, while Kenan (like everyone who has ever been on that show) occasionally overplays, he's always firmly committing to the bit and the premise. McKinnon (and the odious Wiig) never do anything but overplay and do variations on one character, just shifting the voice a little. I would be very hard-pressed to distinguish the former's Jeff Sessions from her Lindsay Graham or the woman who is abducted by aliens from the abused movie star or the barfly trying to pick up people in that seedy bar. Of course, it doesn't help that those sketches are always just extensions of previous iterations of those sketches. (And in the last, Kenan's bartender is always a standout for me.)

It's all a matter of taste, I suppose, but I don't understand Lorne's sense of humor, especially when it comes to the women he casts.

--Dave Sikula

On Tuesday, May 14, 2019 at 5:39:18 AM UTC-7, PGage wrote:
You hear this sentiment a lot, but it baffles me. Not the part about SNL being invariably terrible (though that overstates the case in my view. This has been a weak season, and even so there have been 4 or 5 good to very good episodes, and the previous seasons had more than that). But the part about Kenan being the one bright spot. I don’t despise him, and he is about half the time mildly amusing, but if I really thought he was the best thing about the show I would never watch it. Meanwhile I really do like Mckinnon and Bryant.
On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 2:33 AM 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
As terrible as SNL invariably is, Kenan is the one reliable reason to keep tuning in. He’s genuinely funny (and even Aida Bryant is growing on me).

—Dave Sikula

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Doug Eastick

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May 15, 2019, 12:02:06 PM5/15/19
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Where isWill and Grace ?

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Doug Fields

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May 15, 2019, 12:36:35 PM5/15/19
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Returning mid-season, along with Manifest.


https://deadline.com/2019/05/nbc-fall-2019-20-schedule-upfronts-new-shows-this-is-us-nfl-little-big-shots-mike-schur-will-and-grace-manifest-1202612948/


Doug Fields

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The Comcast-owned net has unveiled its fall and midseason schedule & it is a lot like the season that's just about to end.




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Dave Sikula

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May 15, 2019, 4:54:22 PM5/15/19
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I'm always kind of surprised to think that people actually watch "Will and Grace." It's like I'm always shocked to realize that "Grey's Anatomy" is still stinking up the airwaves.

--Dave Sikula

Chris Neuman

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May 15, 2019, 7:46:33 PM5/15/19
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Dave, I’m genuinely curious: are there any shows you actually like?

Chris

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Dave Sikula

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May 15, 2019, 10:46:50 PM5/15/19
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Good question, and a fair one. I could probably name a couple of dozen. Other than my love/hatewatch relationship with SNL and The Big Bang Theory, I'm a big fan of Veep, Barry, John Oliver, Supergirl, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, The Good Place, Modern Family, The Amazing Race, Colbert, Seth Myers, and The Daily Show (though it's definitely dropped in recent months), Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Flash, Black Lightning, Chernobyl, Fosse/Verdon, Top Chef, Gotham, Victoria, True Detective, Billions, Penn and Teller, Wyatt Cenac and Jordan Klepper's shows, The Crown, Goliath (which had a marked bad season), Ozark, Sneaky Pete, a lot of stuff on PBS and the Travel Channel. and occasional stuff on Smithsonian and The History Channel. Not to mention such departed shows as Twin Peaks, Deadwood, and Justified. Frankly, though, most of my TV time is taken up by TCM and the Dodgers.

I just tend not to talk about them, preferring to disparage things I find lacking.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 4:46:33 PM UTC-7, Chris Neuman wrote:
Dave, I’m genuinely curious: are there any shows you actually like?

Chris
On Wed, May 15, 2019 at 14:54 'Dave Sikula' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:
I'm always kind of surprised to think that people actually watch "Will and Grace." It's like I'm always shocked to realize that "Grey's Anatomy" is still stinking up the airwaves.

--Dave Sikula

On Wednesday, May 15, 2019 at 9:36:35 AM UTC-7, Doug Fields wrote:

Returning mid-season, along with Manifest.


https://deadline.com/2019/05/nbc-fall-2019-20-schedule-upfronts-new-shows-this-is-us-nfl-little-big-shots-mike-schur-will-and-grace-manifest-1202612948/


Doug Fields

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The Comcast-owned net has unveiled its fall and midseason schedule & it is a lot like the season that's just about to end.




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Where isWill and Grace ?

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PGage

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Jun 1, 2019, 8:45:16 PM6/1/19
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This is as good a place as any to chime in about how much I also enjoy Pete, and am hoping for a Season 4. Graham Yost has established himself as *The* premier runner of dramatic shows, but even without him S3 was good. Actually, amazing when you factor in the list of top tier character actors on the show in S3 - hard to imagine any other episodic drama matching it in this regard.

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Bob Jersey

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Jun 5, 2019, 10:21:31 AM6/5/19
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PGage, to Dave Sikula, Sat. (6/01): 
This is as good a place as any to chime in about how much I also enjoy Pete, and am hoping for a Season 4. Graham Yost has established himself as *The* premier runner of dramatic shows, but even without him S3 was good. Actually, amazing when you factor in the list of top tier character actors on the show in S3 - hard to imagine any other episodic drama matching it in this regard.


 Hmmmmm, sorry...


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hearing a young Reg Dwight (before changing his name) sing the early-70s hit "My Baby Loves Lovin'"

Adam Bowie

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Jun 5, 2019, 3:44:36 PM6/5/19
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Amazon really hasn't supported any of their drama originals to a significant extent. Only Bosch - which I personally love - has had any longevity on the service. There have been five seasons of it so far, with a sixth commissioned. The Man in the High Castle is getting a fourth and final season, but that's about it.

They're not much better with comedy - only Transparent and Mozart in the Jungle have had any kind of longevity.

I wonder if in the longer term, they'll run into problems with creators worried about lack of support? 



Adam

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