I'd be interested to know how close "Undatable" came to cancellation. The fact that the season finale was a live show, and that the renewal was for 13 episodes, all of them live, doesn't feel like a coincidence.
On Monday, May 11, 2015 at 6:49:37 AM UTC-4, Mark Jeffries wrote: > > Schedule from the Wrap: > > MONDAY > 8-10 P.M. — “The Voice” > 10-11 P.M. — “BLINDSPOT”--Greg Berlanti wins the post-"Voice" time slot > lottery with a serialized number about a tattooed woman only known as "Jane > Doe" with a lot of clues to an international plot on her body. > > TUESDAY > 8-9 P.M. — “The Voice” > 9-10. PM. — “HEARTBREAKER”--Melissa George plays a world-renowned heart > transplant surgeon with a colorful private life. D.L. Hughley and Jamie > Kennedy (!) are also in the cast. > 10-11 P.M. — “BEST TIME EVER WITH NEIL PATRICK HARRIS” (through > November)--NPH fronts a live variety show that's an Americanization of the > UK's "Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway" (more a "Sabado Gigante" > variety show than a Carol Burnett)--since this kind of format has not > worked in English in the past in this country, Harris is going to have to > be key man in pulling this off and I'm wondering if his much-panned > performance as Oscar host means that he's lost some of his popularity. > Also, does an audience now used to heavy drama at 10 p.m. going to want a > flashy game show at that time? > 10-11 P.M. — “Chicago Fire” (premieres in November) > > WEDNESDAY > 8-9 P.M. — “The Mysteries of Laura” > 9-10 P.M. — “Law & Order: SVU” > 10-11 P.M. — “Chicago P.D.” > Women Crush Wednesday intact. > > THURSDAY > 8-9 P.M. — “HEROES REBORN”--Or, Tim Kring better not screw it up this > time. Jack Coleman and Maki Oka return from the original series with a > whole new group of unlikely superheroes. > 9-10 P.M. — “The Blacklist” > 10-11 P.M. — “THE PLAYER”--Wesley Snipes as a Vegas casino security > expert. Something tells me he won't be keeping track on card counters at > the blackjack tables. > > FRIDAY > 8-8:30 P.M. — “Undateable” > 8:30-9 P.M. — “PEOPLE ARE TALKING”--No, not a new version of the > Westinghouse stations' morning talk show that boasts among its alums Oprah > Winfrey and Tom Bergeron. It's a multi-cam sitcom (although with "How I > Met Your Mother"' Pamela Fryman directing, more likely a so-called > "hybrid") about two wildly outspoken, politically incorrect couples, Mark > Paul "Zack" Gosselar is part of one of the couples. > 9-10 P.M. — “Grimm” > 10-11 P.M. — “Dateline” > The only night with comedy for the fall--and the fact that they picked two > multi-cams is saying that NBC's definitely not going to be doing sitcoms > with awkward pauses and jiggly-cams any time soon. > > SATURDAY > 8-10 P.M. — “Dateline Saturday Night Mystery” > 10-11 P.M. — “Saturday Night Live” (Classic encores) > > SUNDAY > 7-8:20 P.M. — “Football Night in America” > 8:20-11 P.M. — “Sunday Night Football” > > The mid-season backups are: > COMEDY: Empty-nester multi-cam "Crowded," from Suzanne Martin of "Hot in > Cleveland" (which, need I point out, is bombing in syndicated reruns right > now) and with Patrick "Puddy" Warburton, Carrie Preston, Stacy Keach and > Miranda "iCarly" Cosgrove (a Nick star trying to cross over while former > Disney Channel star Brigit Medler's on "Undateable"); Eva Longoria's > already-hyped single-cam behind-the-scenes on a telenovela "Hot & > Bothered;" the presumably single-cam (if it's from people who worked on > "The Office") "Superstore," about the employees of a big box store, with > America Ferrera, Ben Feldman and Mark McKinney; and the one-hour doomsday > dramedy produced in the UK "You, Me and the End of the World," with Rob > Lowe, Jenna Fischer and Megan Mullally. > > DRAMA: Dick Wolf's third Chicago procedural "Chicago Med," with S. Epatha > Merkerson back working for him (and I assume Oliver Platt did at least one > "L&O")--get ready for the quadruple crossover with "Fire," "PD" and "SVU;" > former "CSI" showrunner Carol Mendelsohn's legal series about an attorney > whose long-lost friends show up after 25 years; and JLo's cop show "Shades > of Blue" (if "Idol" comes back and she returns, would NBC put it on against > her other show?), in which she plays a sexy detective (what else?), with > Barry Levinson (!) involved in the series. > > "EVENTS": Dolly Parton tells the story of her life in the made-for "Coat > of Many Colors," Nicholas Irving's true-life military saga "The Reaper" > made a mini-series by Harvey Weinstein, and the annual live musical is the > NBCU-owned "The Wiz," with Cirque du Soleil and Harvey Firestein (!) > involved. Don't bring me no bad news, NBC. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! 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