NBC fall schedule for the 2012/2013 season

[Temis the Vorta]

The make or break for me is how dopey/sappy/family-friendly Revolution is. Broadcast has a hard time being as tough-minded as cable (which they could do, even without extreme violence or swearing, so it's not all the FCC's fault). They need to go for more of the sensibility of The Walking Dead and stay far away from Terra Nova's stultifying tone.

Revolution's timeslot will probably be taken over midseason by Smash. That will sure be a shock to the audience! The straight guys will bail in a hurry...

If NBC had another action/adventure series to slot in their instead, it would help hang onto the audience for that timeslot. Say, Crossbones or Hannibal. But the post-Voice slot makes more sense for Smash than anything else.

 

[Jax]

Revolution's timeslot will probably be taken over midseason by Smash. That will sure be a shock to the audience! The straight guys will bail in a hurry...

If Revolution does better than Smash was doing come the end of 2012 then I bet NBC will make Smash move elsewhere. They could always have The Voice results at 9pm tuesday instead of 8pm then Smash could follow at 10pm.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They won't have new episodes of Revolution ready for the back half of the season. It's a conflict between needing to hang onto the audience for a timeslot (which argues for a more male-oriented show) vs. hanging onto the lead-in (which argues for Smash on the basis of the shared music theme - if that basis is even valid - the ratings haven't proven it.)

The real story here is that Smash is Greenblatt's pet show, so it'll get another full season. If NBC manages to even modestly increase its ratings overall, by then it will not be desperate enough to renew it for a third season and it can be quietly cancelled. Another season of a musical about Marilyn Monroe is more than enough - the topic is pretty thoroughly tapped out now, and the interpersonal dramas are a drag.

 

[Enterprise is Great]

Monday's at ten is really crowded for me now...Castle, Hawaii 5-0 and Revolution. I'm glad I have 2 DVRs.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

So far, my schedule has no conflicts!

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Analysis of NBC's lineup: betting heavily on comedy is a huge risk (and they do have to take a risk, but I personally would have preferred more unusual dramas as the risk) and the lineup is so disjointed that poor pairings are inevitable.

So, sure, you could ask some interesting scheduling questions. Like, will the male-skewing J.J. Abrams series Revolution work on Mondays after The Voice?

And Fridays? Whitney into Community -- that’s audience Tasering right there -- into Grimm into Dateline. That’s so anti-flow that its downright cable.

 

[Jax]

I wonder if Revolution might be better off anchoring the start of a night? hmmm

 

[Squiggy]

I don't get why NBC doesn't just do two comedy nights instead of comedies randomly placed at stupid times.

Because no one watches their comedies. They'd rather have some left over drama viewers watching something than having two days of zero people tuning in.

 

[bigdaddy]

I don't get why NBC doesn't just do two comedy nights instead of comedies randomly placed at stupid times.

Because no one watches their comedies. They'd rather have some left over drama viewers watching something than having two days of zero people tuning in.

No one watches NBC's dramas.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

They might be watching Revolution. The YouTube trailer has 6 million viewers already!

For context, here are other fall premiere videos:

The Following - 69K
666 Park Ave - 28K
The Last Resort - 27K
Do No Harm - too embarrassing to discuss

What the heck is going on with Revolution? Is this a good sign, or just a sign that it's going to be very popular on the torrents? Judging from the comments, many people are watching it so they can rant about how stupid it is. But hey, an eyeball is an eyeball...

 

[bigdaddy]

People will watch it like they did The Event and Smash. Then realize it's Nothing But Crap and the numbers will drop.

 

[Squiggy]

I don't get why NBC doesn't just do two comedy nights instead of comedies randomly placed at stupid times.

Because no one watches their comedies. They'd rather have some left over drama viewers watching something than having two days of zero people tuning in.

No one watches NBC's dramas.

And even less watch their comedies.

Comcast needs to clean house. NBC is hoping for an instant hit with every show they get and if they don't get it within 2 weeks they cancel the show. How the hell are any of there shows ever going to perform if they're not given the chance.

In short: usual rant to Fox regarding Firefly, but with everything.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Revolution may tank on its own (de)merits after being given a fair shake by audiences but Last Resort is in bigger trouble. They're both chasing the young male audience, and their only hope is to get strong PR among those who have given up on TV altogether - one good way to assess word-of-mouth reach is YouTube video views. If you ain't getting squat, you're in trouble.

Also, Revolution isn't up against young-male-skewing competition in its timeslot, but Last Resort is.

My quatloos say Last Resort goes down early in the season, while Revolution hangs in there, and if it goes down later in the year, it has nobody but itself to blame for being yet another JJ Abrams all-surface/no-content disaster. (Eric Kripke being more directly involved, I'm still hopeful that it will turn out far better than Alcatraz and Terra Nova and all the other sci fi flops of recent years.)

I wonder if it's too late for ABC to try to pretend Last Resort is a soap?

NBC is hoping for an instant hit with every show they get and if they don't get it within 2 weeks they cancel the show. How the hell are any of there shows ever going to perform if they're not given the chance.

They're giving Smash more of a chance than it deserves! They can smear lipstick all over that pig, but it's not getting a third season. And they've been more than fair to Grimm, placing it on Friday where nobody expects much, so when it doesn't deliver much, they renew it.

If NBC is being foolish this year, it's in placing too much trust in comedies to win back the male demo. They can advertise to that audience via their sports shows - that's their saving grace.

Revolution is the right idea, something big and showy that can get attention. They should have greenlit something else like that - The Frontier, a supernatural Western, would have been perfect. They need more of a Plan B in case their comedies don't catch fire.

 

[Data Holmes]

I'm sad to see Awake go. I liked that show.

 

[Borgminister]

Me too. Better than Touch and Grimm IMO.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

Lots better than Touch. Grimm is fun to watch tho - glad it got renewed.

 

[startrekwatcher]

Awake was essentially just a cop show with a mystery lingering in the background--I can't stand cop shows and I can't stand these lame mystery shows that go on forever so for me it was doomed.

Grimm is too Buffy/Angel like with the creatures being corny and the show is too campy.

Touch is just too formulaic and syrupy.

 

[Temis the Vorta]

I don't think you've been watching Grimm or Awake recently.

 

[startrekwatcher]

I don't think you've been watching Grimm or Awake recently.

I stopped watching the former after three episodes never watched it again,..then I read a recap of what happened in the finale--nothing made me regret dumping it.

Awake I watched the first episode and dropped it. I saw the thread in SFF that the finale was tonite so out of curiosity I watched it and again I made the right decision dumping it and not investing any time in it given the lame payoff the series ended on.

 

[intrinsical]

I'm kinda sad that they've cancelled the Sing-Off. Last season was amazing. But I understand not many people were interested in the show.