ABC and NBC announce their 2009-2010 schedules

[Out Of My Vulcan Mind]

Deadline Hollywood is reporting that CBS has picked Medium up and that Eleventh Hour has been cancelled.

 

[Angel4576]

The Unit, Without A Trace, Eleventh Hour, times must be hard if CBS are killing non-genre shows!

 

[Aragorn]

They'd still be on the air if their names were CSI: Military, CSI: Missing Persons, and CSI: Weird Stuff.

 

[Angel4576]

^^ CSI: Military? Isn't that just NCIS? Or was it JAG?!

 

[Winged Victory]

Well, Law & Order goes back to the Friday death slot that nearly killed it a few years ago. I guess that cements next season being its last.

Stupid NBC...Law & Order has been having a great season of quality episodes and this is how they treat it? Who's going to watch it Fridays? I'd almost rather have NBC drop it and TNT pick it up and air it at a decent hour. I hope Leno's show tanks.

 

[Starbreaker]

They don't want Law & Order to last. They're basically doing this as a courtesy to Dick Wolf.

 

[Daneel]

^^ Yeah, it does seem like NBC is letting Law & Order reach the big 2-0 just as a way of saying thanks to Dick Wolf. Moving it to Fridays isn't exactly a sign that they want to keep it going after next season.

I'm a little surprised to see CBS picking up Medium. I mean, CBS picking up a show that even NBC didn't want? How odd. And pairing it with Ghost Whisperer could either be really smart or really misguided -- I'm thinking it'll more likely be the latter, but we'll see. I just think the two shows are too similar for their own good, but I could be wrong (I'll admit, I've never watched either intently).

Definitely some surprises in the Fall schedules this year...

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Day One, which I think is an American version of a remake of a British miniseries (correct me if I'm wrong) looks like a good concept. The tenants of an apartment complex band together to survive a Mad Max/Jericho/The Road-like catastrophe.

I haven't seen anyone describe it as such. And given this description, the premise is very generic so any similarities to another show might just be coincidence. Is this sort of thing really that difficult to dream up? It's a standard sci-fi scenario that dates back at least to 1949 when Earth Abides was published.

"Day One" tells the story of life on earth following a global catastrophe that has devastated the world's infrastructures. Beginning with the immediate aftermath of the cataclysmic event, an eclectic band of survivors -- played by Adam Campbell ("Date Movie"), Catherine Dent ("The Shield"), Julie Gonzalo ("Eli Stone"), David Lyons ("ER"), Derek Mio ("Greek"), Carly Pope ("24"), Thekla Reuten ("Sleeper Cell") and Addison Timlin ("Cashmere Mafia") -- strives to rebuild society as they unravel the mysteries of what happened and face their uncertain future. The group, all residents of one apartment building in suburban Van Nuys, Calif., embarks on a quest for survival and discovers that hope is found in small victories -- and heroes are born every day.

I'd rather have Jericho back. There was something intriguing about seeing farmers - used to a certain level of self-sufficiency - in this scenario. A bunch of city slickers from Van Nuys, ugh.

But I'll check it out - I'll check all the sf/f stuff out, plus Happy Town.

 

[nx1701g]

I'm a little surprised to see CBS picking up Medium. I mean, CBS picking up a show that even NBC didn't want? How odd. And pairing it with Ghost Whisperer could either be really smart or really misguided -- I'm thinking it'll more likely be the latter, but we'll see. I just think the two shows are too similar for their own good, but I could be wrong (I'll admit, I've never watched either intently).

CBS already produced it, Medium has a pretty loyal fanbase, and it and Ghost Whisperer are pretty much made to be together.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

ABC preview clips!

V - Looks like it could be good hokey fun.

Flash Forward - I think I'm gonna be bored after the first 20 minutes...

Eastwick - Hmm, I'll give it at least an episode...the ladies seem well-cast...

Happy Town - Hard to tell much from that clip, but I'll give it an episode or two.

 

[FreezeC77]

If it wasn't for football I doubt I'd watch more then 1 hour in one sitting of any of NBC's shows until the mid-season. Chuck/Day One.

 

[Keith1701]

I'm glad to see that NBC has picked up THE BIGGEST LOSER for another season.

 

[Angel4576]

^^ I believe that NBC picked up THE BIGGEST LOSER on grounds of apt and appropriateness.....

 

[bigdaddy]

^ I always thought the same.

 

[Dream]

Once LOST is over next year I'm done with ABC.