It's also going to be interesting to see where some of these programmes (eh?) will air in 8 major markets where CBS-owned CW stations are dropping their affiliations (including Philadelphia - Philly57 to be a pseudo-indie).
On Thursday, May 18, 2023 at 1:56:41 PM UTC-4 Doug Eastick wrote: > 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. 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