On Sun, May 13, 2018 at 10:32 AM Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote:
> It's that time again and even though the actual presentation won't be > until tomorrow morning at Radio City, here's the NBC fall schedule, which > for the first time in years has the traditional first fall season > announcement being as the top-rated network in the demo. The Wrap provides > the schedule and the net's descriptions, which I will use only as a > guide--Here we go (new series titles all-caps): > > MONDAY > 8-10 P.M. — The Voice > > 10-11 P.M. — MANIFEST--When an airliner lands after a turbulent flight, it > seems like it's only a few hours, but in reality it's--five years > (ooh-WEE--ooh-ooh).. "But as their new realities become clear, a deeper > mystery unfolds and some of the returned passengers soon realize they may > be meant for something greater than they ever thought possible." OK. The > name here is Bob Zemeckis, making what I believe is his TV series debut > with this show, produced by Warner Bros. and not owned by NBCU (not > surprising, coming out of WB-co-owned "The Voice," with MGM and ITV's Talpa > division). > This only works if Leslie Nielsen keeps popping into the cockpit to wish the pilots good luck and tel tell them we are all counting on them. > TUESDAY > 8-9 P.M. — The Voice > > 9-10 P.M. — This Is Us > > 10-11 P.M. — NEW AMSTERDAM--Standard issue medical drama inspired by New > York's Bellevue, which I think most people still think is an insane asylum > from memories of Alice Kramden telling Ralph that he should be going > there. A real doctor is one of the showrunners, if it makes a difference. > In-house. > Not to be confused with the short lived yet very good series New Amsterdam about an immortal guy living in New York. Also not to be confused with Morey Amsterdam, the third banana in the writers room on the Dick Van Dyke Show. > WEDNESDAY > 8-9 P.M. — Chicago Med > > 9-10 P.M. — Chicago Fire > > 10-11 P.M. — Chicago P.D. > > It's Dick Wolf Wednesday, with more crossovers than you can ever imagine. > > THURSDAY > 8-8:30 P.M. — Superstore > > 8:30-9 P.M. — The Good Place > > 9-9:30 P.M. — Will & Grace > > 9:30-10 P.M. — I FEEL BAD--Although this week will probably manifest > itself as the Return of Multi-Cam Sitcoms, NBC's only new show on Must-See > Thursday is a one-camera show from Amy Poehler about a perfectly imperfect > wife/mother/boss. In-house. > I was secretly hoping we were kind of done with Amy Poehler > > For those who are wondering, "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" will make the official > move to NBC mid-season. > > 10-11 P.M. — Law & Order: SVU > > FRIDAY > 8-9 P.M. – Blindspot > > 9-10 P.M. — Midnight, Texas > It's that show that ran last summer based on the novel from the woman who > created Sookie Stackhouse of "True Blood." Remember it? Thought you > wouldn't. > > 10-11 P.M — Dateline NBC > > SATURDAY > 8-10 P.M. — Dateline Saturday Night Mystery > > 10-11 P.M. – Saturday Night Live (encores) > > We will assume that NBC will continue to air 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 > > MID-SEASON AND BEYOND--DRAMA: > > THE ENEMY WITHIN--Former CIA op-turned-traitor-serving-time-in-a-Supermax > Jennifer Carpenter is called upon by Morris Chestnut to catch a spy "she > knows all too well." In-house. > And this premise differs from The Blacklist how? > THE INBETWEEN--Not the Britcom (that's "The Inbetweeners"), although Harry > Potter franchise producer David Heyman is involved, this is a procedural > with the gimmick that a woman who can talk to the dead is called upon by > the cops to help them solve crimes. In-house (Heymann has a TV deal with > NBCU's international division). > If the premise was Jerry Garcia solving crimes, I would so be there. > THE VILLAGE--Or "This Is Us" in a Brooklyn apartment building, with > Dominic "Uncle Junior" Chianese, Lorraine Toussaint and Frankie Faison as > the names who stick out. In-house. > It would take a village to make me watch > COMEDY: > > ABBY'S--"Parks and Rec" and "Nine-Nine" co-creator Michael Shur dips his > foot in multi-cam sitcoms (with the assistance of director Pamela > Fryman--for the pilot) with a show about an unlicensed backyard bar in San > Diego where everyone knows your name, like on an NBC show of 30 years ago. > Natalie Morales is Abby and Neil Flynn's one of the barflies. In-house. > Whatever Natalie Morales is selling, I’m buying, but having lived in San Diego, there are so many bars that there is no need for a backyard bar. > ALTERNATIVE: > > THE TITAN GAMES--Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson presides over what sounds like > a rewrite of "American Gladiators," but with the contestants competing to > become one of the Titans and stay there until the end of the season. > In-house, with A. Smith & Co., the people behind "Hell's Kitchen" and (more > appropriately for this show) "American Ninja Warrior." > > And in what will either be genius or overkill, "America's Got Talent" will > have a winter series subtitled "The Champions," with "AGT" winners facing > off against winners from the other "Got Talent" franchises worldwide and > presumably with Simon Cowell in the anchor seat on the panel. No > indication if Ty-Ty or the rest of the panel will do this series. > > Fox is officially tomorrow afternoon, along with the f--ked up Univision > (if you believe Gizmodo), but if the schedule comes in before... Take it, > Brad. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Kevin M. 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