Well I guess one way to deal with the WGA strike, it to buy scripted and shot content from other English countries.
/Doug [email protected] On Thu, May 18, 2023, 1:17 p.m. Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > The CW, brought to you by Tim Hortons (OK, enough of the Canadian jokes). > Of course, the truth is that the model the network originally ran on of > lose money now, make it up for CBS and Warners on the backend overseas > sales and Netflix licensing doesn't work anymore and Nexstar wants to see > black ink by 2025. To that end, the CDub is now in summer mode all year > long with a lineup dominated by overseas pickups and unscripted. Here it > is: > > MONDAY > 8:00-9:00PM All American (the only--ONLY--U.S. scripted series with new > episodes) > 9:00-10:00PM 61st STREET--Dumped by the ailing AMC while the second season > was being shot, it's a cop drama set in Chicago that doesn't look much like > Dick Wolf's Wednesday night shows on NBC, with Courtney B. Vance and > Aunjanaue Ellis. Both completed seasons will air back-to-back. > > TUESDAY > 8:00-8:30PM SON OF A CRITCH--Mark Critch of the long-running CBC sketchcom > "This Hour Has 22 Minutes" (which Americans have never seen unless they > live on the border) tells stories off-camera of him growing up in the > Canadian province Newfoundland (CBC promos: "Tonight at 8, 8:30 in > Newfoundland") in the 80s. Malcolm McDowell plays his grandfather. Two > 13-ep seasons on the CBC from last year, will air those seasons > back-to-back. > 8:30-9:00PM RUN THE BURBS--A Vietnamese family moves to the Great White > North to start a new life. A cast member of "KIm's Convenience" (in case > you watched it on Netflix) created and stars in the show. On the CBC since > last year, 25 episodes over two seasons, will air the seasons back-to-back. > 9:00-9:30PM CHILDREN RUIN EVERYTHING--From a producer of 'Schitt's Creek" > whose last name is not Levy, a standard issue family sitcom (I guess it's a > single-cam). Two seasons and 24 episodes for CTV and Roku Channel in the > U.S., a third season has been ordered, Roku will continue to stream the > show. > 9:30-10:00PM EVERYONE ELSE BURNS--A British family holds some, uh, extreme > religious views about their fellow man and the world. Started on Channel 4 > in the UK earlier this year for a typically-British six episodes (although > produced by Universal and JAX Media). > > WEDNESDAY > 8:00-9:00PM SULLIVAN’S CROSSING--A neurosurgeon fleeing from the law moves > back to her old home, from a series of novels by Robyn Carr and starring > three veterans of old school CW shows, including Chad Michael Murray ("One > Tree Hill") and lead Morgan Kohan ("Batwoman"). From the producers of the > similar Netflix show "Virgin River" and Fremantle, was on CTV earlier this > year, ten episodes. > 9:00-10:00PM THE SPENCER SISTERS--Lea Thompson plays a mystery novelist > who solves crimes with her daughter, who people mistake for her sister, in > a return to the good old days of the blue-sky procedural that kept USA and > TNT in business. Started on CTV earlier this year, 10 episodes. > > THURSDAY > 8:00-9:00PM FBOY ISLAND (repeat of previous week) > 9:00-10:00PM FBOY ISLAND--The you-gotta-be-kidding HBO Max dating show > that got cut by Daddy Zaslav as part of the great cost cut at WBD moves to > OTA TV and starts with the first season (a second season is in the can) so > you know there's lots of bleeps. Ilana Glazer continues as host, an "FGIRL > Island" spinoff will air mid-season. > > FRIDAY > 8:00-9:00PM Penn & Teller: Fool Us (Brooke Burke replaces Alyson Hannigan > as the show's fifth wheel) > 9:00-9:30PM Whose Line Is It Anyway? (the last season of the long-runner, > they'll probably make so many episodes that new shows will air years from > now) > 9:30-10:00PM Whose Line reruns > > SATURDAY > 8:00-8:30PM Masters of Illusion > 8:30-9:00PM Masters of Illusion (previous season repeat) > 9:00-9:30PM World's Funniest Animals > 9:30-10:00PM World's Funniest Animals (previous season repeat) > > SUNDAY > 8:00-10:00PM I AM FILMS--A series of feature documentary bios I have never > heard of before, although I sort of remember the first one, 2012's "I Am > Bruce Lee." Three new episodes will be made. > > And the reboot of "Walker," which I suspect was never a favorite of the > CDub hardcore, will return for a 13-episode final season after the first of > the year. > > The wailing and moaning of the faithful can now begin (oh hell, it's > already started). > > -- > 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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/52c1e084-24ca-465a-8e67-0fec99a9f122n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/52c1e084-24ca-465a-8e67-0fec99a9f122n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. 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