CBS revealed its plans for Fall at the upfronts this morning, including more comedy and a few high-profile drama series. Now that I've had the chance to mull the schedule over, here are some of my thoughts:
- CBS' decision to expand into a second night of comedy has to be good news for fans of traditional sitcoms, which CBS already did more of — and arguably does better — than any other network at this point. While the descriptions for Project Gary (pictured above) and Worst Week didn't wow me on paper, I'm curious to check out the full shows for myself.
- I wouldn't have pegged CBS as a network for remakes of shows from other countries (that tends to be more NBC's bag), but that's what three of their new series are: The Ex List is imported from Israel, Worst Week is based on a BBC comedy, and Eleventh Hour was originally a BBC miniseries starring Patrick Stewart.
- Hooray for How I Met Your Mother! Looking back at my coverage of last year's upfronts, I realized the show followed exactly the same pattern then: Things looked bleak for a while, but then the show went on a big upswing and made the schedule without trouble.
- Which of the canceled series will you miss most? Cane never got a lot of buzz, Moonlight had a big fan following but not big ratings, and Shark . . . well, I'm not really sure what the issues were with Shark, to be honest.
- Speaking of which, I assume the failure of Jericho to gain an audience after the peanut campaign pretty much puts the kibbosh on any chance of Moonlight returning no matter what fans use to bombard the network, right?
I've got some clips and photos from all the new CBS shows, and you can check them out if you read more.
Eleventh Hour
The Ex List
Worst Week
Project Gary
The Mentalist
Harper's Island
Emanuela Passeri
DC
Faith
well, i'm bummed to hear Moonlight won't be back. it was my guilty pleasure.
1i'm intrigued by 11th hour. project gary could be okay. i don't know how harper's island is going to be a show since that clip makes it look like a movie - 2 hours stretched on for seasons?
Thanks for the clips and updates, Buzz. Best news of all is the return of HIMYM. Great show!
2so is Jay Mohr still going to on Ghost Whisperer? I love his character! I am sooo sad no more Moonlight!
3I had no interest in the Eleventh Hour from what I'd read, but the clip looks intriging. Rufus is rocking that American accent, and ohmigod Marc Blucas is on the show! Weeee!
4I'm going to miss "Moonlight" and Mick St. John
5What about The big Bang Theory? Will this be coming back?
6I believe Big Bang Theory got renewed
7Yup, The Big Bang Theory is indeed coming back, airing Mondays at 8:00 p.m.
8MMM in what other channel is big bang theory? so I can turn on there
I don't see why I would keep watching cbs... they just keep cancelling good shows for new ones... and then they cancel this "new" for other "new" ones... and they believe the winner of people choice award has no ratings so... I don't understand ratings...
my friend believe that I should stop watching new shows... and wait.. if the show get a 3rd season, that show I must watch...
9I still can't believe that CBS cancelled moonlight. I agree with what nadiaP says, this station can never stick to anything for too long. It shows a lot of crap shows but wont give a good show a chance. there is preety much nothing interesting enough left for me to watch on Cbs, why waste the time when it will probaly be cancelled anyway.
10Sucks that Shark is gone. Never watched Moonlight though
11I loved Cane. CBS is stupid. It got little buzz because CBS did little to promote it. They had a huge winner and potential moneymaker for syndication and thew it away. I miss Cane already.
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