Last year at this time, ABC was putting everything on its revival of "American Idol.: Well, a reboot did boost them, but not the one that they thought would do it--of course, I refer to "Roseanne." So who knows what's going to happen this season. The upfront will be this afternoon, with Kimmel doing his annual roast of the TV industry. The list is from the Wrap and the new shows are in CAPS.
MONDAY 8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars” 10:00 p.m. “The Good Doctor” Since the four-week all-jock version of "Dancing" is not doing well at all right now, one wonders if the show will just do a fall series from here on out, like the parent "Strictly" in the UK. TUESDAY 8:00 p.m. “Roseanne” 8:30 p.m. “THE KIDS ARE ALRIGHT”--Getting that sweet "Roseanne" lead-in is yet another ABC single-camera family sitcom, this one set in the 70s and following a big, boisterous working-class Irish family in suburban LA as they face changing times. The always-welcome Mary McCormack's in the ensemble cast. In-Mouse House. 9:00 p.m. “black-ish” 9:30 p.m. “Splitting Up Together” This is the ABC single-cam family sitcom about the family headed by Oliver Hudson and Jenna Fischer that are breaking up that's been for the last several weeks (its season finale is tonight). 10:00 p.m. “THE ROOKIE”--No, not a reboot of the Aaron Spelling show of the 70s (and besides, CBS owns that one), but a new vehicle for Nathan Fillion as the LAPD's oldest rookie cop, with several women in the cast for him to trade witty remarks like he did on "Castle." Mouse House co-produces with Canada's eOne, eh? (Thanks to producer Mark Gordon now being affiliated with eOne.) WEDNESDAY 8:00 p.m. “The Goldbergs” 8:30 p.m. “American Housewife” (new time) 9:00 p.m. “Modern Family” 9:30 p.m. “SINGLE PARENTS”--Getting what is still a sweet "Modern Family" lead-in is another ABC single-cam family comedy, this one from "New Girl" creator Liz Meriwether is what it says on the tin, all with seven-year-old kids and trying to get some personal time away from them. Taran Killam of "SNL," Leighton Meester of "Gossip Girl" and Brad Garrett of "Everybody Loves Raymond" are the familiar names in the ensemble cast. Mouse House with 20th Century Fox, who, good Lord willing and Kabletown doesn't buy Sky's controlling interest, will be part of the Mouse House soon enough. 10:00 p.m. “A MILLION LITTLE THINGS”--"This is Us" with a bunch of wickahd pissahs from Bahstahn. Basically an unknown ensemble cast. In-Mouse House. THURSDAY 8:00 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy” 9:00 p.m. “Station 19” 10:00 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder” TGIT remains more-or-less intact as Shonda runs off to Netflix. FRIDAY 8:00 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” (new day and time) 8:30 p.m. “Speechless” (new day and time) 9:00 p.m. “Child Support” (new time) 10:00 p.m. “20/20” Two established ABC one-camera family sitcoms go up against Fox's new hour of multi-cams headed by that Tim Allen show that used to be on ABC Friday nights. Wonder if Allen's character will be doing slurs against Asians, disabled persons and Minnie Driver. "Child Support" is the quizzer that briefly ran this past winter that rips off "3rd Grader" (and "Millionaire," but that's become standard issue for game shows that aren't revivals of old ones) by having kids save idiot contestants from themselves and Ricky Gervais continuing his slow descent into irrelevance by being the moderator of the panel of kids (Fred Savage is the actual host--can't Winnie be his sidekick?). SATURDAY 8:00 p.m. “Saturday Night Football” SUNDAY It's all-unscripted, all the time on TV's most competitive night, to the delight of HBO, Showtime and Starz. 7:00 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos” 8:00 p.m. “DANCING WITH THE STARS: JUNIORS”--Or, how many Disney Channel stars can we put on the same show? I will call upon Adam to say whether "Strictly" has done this kind of series in the UK. We can assume that it will be LIIIIIIVVVEEEE!, that T-Berg and Erin will be hosting and Carrie Ann will be on the panel, but can Len and Bruno shake off the jet lag from coming from "Strictly" in London on Saturday night in time? 9:00 p.m. “Shark Tank” 10:00 p.m. “THE ALEC BALDWIN SHOW” (new title)--The pilot was called "Sundays with Alec Baldwin" and aired post-Oscars this year. The critics were that not impressed with Baldwin's interviewing style, but the network gave him a prime time slot (and "Match Game" starts its fourth series in its current incarnation, not third as ABC claims, on Thurs. June 21). MID-SEASON AND BEYOND--DRAMA: THE FIX--Marcia Clark co-created this series about a woman DA who suffers a career loss when she can't convict a celebrity accused of murder. Where have we heard that before? Robin Tunney is more-or-less playing Clark. In-Mouse House. GRAND HOTEL--Eva Longoria is the trophy producer behind this soapy drama based on a telenovela espectacular con Espana and more-or-less "Arthur Hailey's Hotel" in Miami with a Latino/a cast (I refuse to write "Latinx" because I'm not that woke). Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez might be recognizable names. In-Mouse House. WHISKEY CAVALIER--"Tough but tender" FBI agent Scott Foley teams up with "badass" CIA op Lauren Cohan from "The Walking Dead" in this action dramedy from Bill Lawrence, who's been doing mostly hour shows lately. It's from Warner Bros. SCHOOLED--The spinoff from "The Goldbergs" is one-camera, but not really a family sitcom, as it deals with the teachers at a private academy in the 90s who are loved by their students. "SNL"'s Tim Meadows and former Disney Channel kid AJ MIchalka lead the cast (yes, she's playing a teacher). Mouse House with Sony and Adam Sandler's Happy Madison. CBS is tomorrow and what will nasty things will Les Moonves say about the Redstones? -- 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.
