By fred | December 7, 2007
After CBS a few days ago, it’s time for NBC now to announce its special winter schedule, and because they don’t want to let the strike affect things, they try to pretend it’s all good, even stating that “NBC’s first-quarter primetime schedule is slated to deliver significantly more hours of original programming than was ever the case in the first quarter of 2007“.
Right, yeah, sure. Just don’t expect “original programming” to be anything close to “good programming”, or else you’re in for some disappointment.
Main things to know are :
- Medium will have its season premiere Monday, January 7 at 10.00
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent, the show that was once not good enough for NBC and “downgraded” to USA will finally make it back to NBC, starting Wednesday, January 9 at 9.00
- Law & Order, the original one, will have its two-hour season premiere on January 2nd before heading to its regular timeslot on Wednesdays at 10.00
- New episodes of series like ER, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Friday Night Lights, Las Vegas, or Scrubs are announced, but there might not actually be many episodes left to air.
- You better like Deal Or No Deal if you intend to watch NBC. My advice : don’t.
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Shows: Friday Night Lights, Scrubs
By fred | December 4, 2007
With a strike going on, many adjustments have to be made. CBS made them and announced what their schedule will be next year, with a strike going on (or, hopefully, only side-effects of a by then resolved strike. One can dream…)
The most important things to know are :
- On January 28 at 8.30 will premiere new sitcom The Captain, about a group of people sharing a Hollywood apartment building, El Capitan, which they’ve dubbed “The Captain”, starring Chris Klein, Jeffrey Tambor and Raquel Welch. Sounds very new, right? Lead-in will be reruns of How I Met Your Mother.
- Same day at 9.30 will premiere the new season of Julia Louis-Dreyfus’ sitcom The New Adventures of Old Christine in place of Rules Of Engagement; again lead-in will be reruns of Two And A Half Men
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Shows: Jericho
By fred | October 20, 2007
As you probably heard for a while now, there is a major risk that writers will go on strike starting as soon a November first if writers and producers do not come to an agreement on a new contract by the end of the month. As the risk grows every day, what could it mean for us viewers ?
Well, expect a lot more of reruns and reality shows.
But really, how about how favorite TV series ? Well… if depends. For example, while Family Guy fans are fine, because animated series such as this one or The Simpsons are completed up to a year in advance, and therefore are unaffected by any strike regardless of its length (well, for this season at least), fans of shows like 24 or Lost might very well be screwed!
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