well i guess im s.o.l.on friday night wwe smackdown,im on cable here and it dont have my network tv as a channel and your list said that cw is dropping smackdown .so i guess its bye bye to one of my favorite shows and im on mediacom cable
Robert Seidman
· 1 year ago
Mark, keep your eye on your local listings and your fingers crossed. I'll be very surprised if you don't wind up having access to Smackdown. If there's no MyNetworkTV affiliate in your local area, they'll still likely license the rights to someone in your local area.
carolyn
· 2 years ago
thanks for posting this information..
i couldn't find it anywhere else.
thanks again!
Joe Bua
· 2 years ago
Good for The Singing Bee, they use union writers.
Yet it's still a game show. In prime time. And that's just sad, imho.
Mei
· 2 years ago
This is fabulous! Thanks for putting this together, it's incredibly handy.
Tim
· 2 years ago
Thanks for the post.... However Big Brothers premier date is Feb. 12, 2008.
Bill Gorman
· 2 years ago
Tim, caught my typo, thanks! Has been corrected.
Suziq
· 2 years ago
Thank you for all your hard work, and keeping up updated. Moonlight, though, has 2 new episodes left not 1. They are airing new episodes on Jan 4 and Jan 11. Thanks again.
Bill Gorman
· 2 years ago
Suziq, thanks for your info. And I will add a general note above asking folks for better info if they have it.
Georgia
· 2 years ago
Thanks so much for keeping track of this. It takes alot of work to gather all this info.
Suzanne
· 1 year ago
Hi Bill. Thanks for keeping us up to date. CBS recently changed the airdates for the new Moonlight episodes to 1/11 and 1/18, one week later than orignally planned. The new Ghost Whisperer and Numb3rs episodes are scheduled for the same nights.
Robert Seidman
· 1 year ago
Thanks for the heads-up, Suzanne, changes to the table have been made.
Amanda
· 1 year ago
Thanks for all the info - I was hoping Pushing Daisies might come back but no such luck. Also, Prison Break is supposed to come back on 1/14, according to fox.com.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Amanda, thanks for the info.
Many networks, Fox and CW in particular, have been changing their previously announced scheduling plans recently.
NCIS-Fan
· 1 year ago
Thank you for the info. Last new NCIS episode will be aired 01/15.
Eric
· 1 year ago
Are you guys going to show the affects to shows now that the strike has ended?
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Eric, what leads you to believe the strike is over? The interim agreement with Letterman's production company? That ended the strike for two shows.
Clayton
· 1 year ago
Carpoolers is shown as returning on Tuesdays at 9:30, following Jim.
E
· 1 year ago
Anyone know when NBC will show the remaining 2 episodes of CHUCK?
Thanks. CHUCK is by far the best new show on TV. Also, one more question. Is there any news on the strike status? What are the chances of the strike ending in time to salvage the rest of the spring season?
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
In my opinion, there is no chance the strike will end soon enough to get new episodes written and produced for this season.
I think, at this point, the networks next fall back point is their ability to get pilots created for *next* season. I think that's not yet in serious danger, but no talks are going on, and the next event likely to trigger movement is the beginning of the Directors Guild negotiations with the studios/networks.
WHOLETRUTHY
· 1 year ago
holy crap we're out of tv
Angela Thorpe
· 1 year ago
The cbs.com website shows Jericho starting on February 12th.
Rena Moretti
· 1 year ago
I wouldn't hold my breath for Jericho to help CBS weather the strike.
It was low-rated and poorly received by the audience and CBS has given no indication the new short season will be any different.
Dee
· 1 year ago
I respect the writers strike,but PLEASE when you do come back, bring back MOONLIGHT.
Jason
· 1 year ago
About Jericho, I only watched a few episodes before life got in the way, but I seem to recall that it was getting pretty good ratings during its fall '06 run. I believe that things went downhill only after the long (3 month?) hiatus. Not all that dissimilar from what happened to Lost last season as well. And with few other new shows still on, Jericho will likely get the benefit of more prominent advertising and a good timeslot.
Rob
· 1 year ago
It appears that ABC is holding the 2 remaining "Brothers & Sisters" episodes for February sweeps (perhaps Feb 10 and 17)because it has scheduled reruns for Jan 20 and 27, and the Super Bowl airs Feb 3.
Rena Moretti
· 1 year ago
Jason, I believe you recall wrongly the Jericho ratings.
While I'm sure the average audience was higher before the hiatus than after, it was mostly because that included the well-promoted premiere.
Jericho never had good ratings and I would be flabbergasted if it got traction even without competition because of the strike.
My prediction is that it will bleep slightly in its season 2 premiere because of renewed promotion, and lacking an all-out PR assault (the kind that keeps The Office and Family Guy afloat through weekly PR expenditures) will go back to norm and keep falling.
Jon V
· 1 year ago
I think 'Samantha Who' has a new episode Mon. Jan 28 and 'Big Bang Theory' has one in the can that has never aired (probably due to Chuck Lorre's stance on the strike).
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Jon, our best info has the 1/28 Samantha Who as a rerun, but if you can provide a link I will happily update.
Same with Big Bang Theory, our best info has that all 8 of the produced episodes were aired, but, again, we are open to correction if you can link the info.
E
· 1 year ago
Anyone know when the next installmant of AMAZING RACE will air?
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
E, no announcement as to timing of the next Amazing Race.
Michael
· 1 year ago
Does anyone know how long after the strike ends it will be before new episodes start airing again? I know it will probably be different for every show, but I'm just wondering about a general time frame for how long it will take to get new episodes ready to air.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Michael, I would be startled if there are more than a handful of shows, if that many, that manage to get new shows produced and on the air this season. Even if, as is widely rumored, the WGA may settle soon.
Glenda
· 1 year ago
Has anyone heard if Journeyman has been canceled for good? I really loved that show... that and Moonlight were my favorite of the 2007 season.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Glenda, Hard to pin down absolutes in this strike season because the networks aren't being definitive about much of their moves, either because they hate to admit defeat or because they don't know what they're going to do.
But we do know that all Journeymen episodes have aired, they are not in reruns, and NBC has not ordered any more, nor given any hint that they will.
Rena Moretti
· 1 year ago
NBC is especially hard to pin down as they seem to rather renew a non-performing show than try something else.
However, I wouldn't hold my breath for Journeyman to come back (or Bionic Woman for that matter).
Shows could get very quickly back into production. It'd take only a few days to polish one script that was left unfinished and start production again.
You could easily have new shows made within three weeks of the end of the strike.
I'm wondering what makes you think, Bill, that it'd take any longer than that (besides the fact that the networks are likely to want to kill bad shows by blaming the WGA and not themselves - although in the case of badly written shows, the writers have a hand too...)
Niina
· 1 year ago
Hi,
I have always felt rather annoyed living in Finland where we get the shows sometimes even a year or two after they have premiered in the States. But now that the strike is on, I am glad since we still have new episodes of e.g. Grey's Anatomy, House and others to see.
Thank you for this site, I found what I was looking for!
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Rena,I think, and without any objective fact to back it up, that the calendar would seem to allow the timeline of finishing a script, getting filming going, and completing post-production and getting an episode on the air before the end of May, it's not clear how many episodes could be completed. Is it worth spinning up the entire process just to get out 2 or 3 episodes?
If that's the case, I'd guess that the networks might try and get out a few episodes of some particularly high value shows for the 4/24-5/21 sweeps, but would likely skip spooling up the entire process for most shows.
Rena Moretti
· 1 year ago
Bill, I agree that the effort is only worth it for high rated shows like House and NCIS. There's also the possibility, depending how contracts are written to have the shows forgo the summer hiatus and keep working over the summer to fill the order.
Again, this only makes sense for high rated shows of which the networks will want more.
It may also come down to how much they want new episodes of hits versus how much they want to kill non-performing shows with the strike excuse.
Having thought some more about it, getting going on an existing show is really not that hard. You have a team that's been unemployed and eager to work. The only delay is in getting the first episode completely written. After that, it's really business as usual. One episode every week and a half to two weeks, roughly speaking.
And that's if you don't try stunts like shooting two episodes at once.
Michael
· 1 year ago
Does anyone know what the future status of average performing shows like The Unit will be? It's my favorite show and I know they don't have any more episodes made, but I was curious if you know whether they will attempt to put out more episodes before the summer, run new episodes during the summer or just pick up where they left off next fall?
Peter
· 1 year ago
Is it possible that the strike could cause poorly performing shows to be renewed, simply because there "may" (I actually have no idea, I'm just guessing) be less written pilots for next fall? Couldn't some shows possibly get a few scripts for the fall, just to see if they can get some steam back and if not, then new shows can premiere in their slots in winter/spring?
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Peter, Absolutely. Networks have already announced the paring of their pilot efforts for next season, and I expect them to engage in plenty of "the devil I know" vs. "the devil I don't" and keep some relatively underperforming shows from this season around.
Bill
· 1 year ago
"Big Bang Theory" doesn't have "one in the can." They were in the middle of shooting an episode when the strike hit.
Peter
· 1 year ago
So has Moonlight been officially renewed since you have it for Fall 2008?
William
· 1 year ago
I worked on Singing Bee - we were 100% WGA and had wrapped the season by the beginning of the strike. The ratings were "bubble" but we were told to not expect a pick-up.
Jon V
· 1 year ago
How about a big hand for Bill Gorman, who has to have been working 25/8 to get out all of this info and reply to all of our well-meaning (if mis-informed) questions and comments...
Jon V
· 1 year ago
Re: Big Ban Theory 'one in the can' interrupted filming:
Here is the 'TV.com' link for 'The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization' episode that was supposedly done/aired but I never saw. Can anyone tell me if it was aired? An insider named 'Bill' (not Gorman, presumably) suggested that an episode did not finish filming because of the strike:
TY on both counts, Robert. My guess is the un-aired episode gives Lorre/CBS a one-week head start on other shows/networks that have exhausted their backlog of new episodes.
Jon V
· 1 year ago
Re: Rena and Bill discussing network strategies for this April/May season.
If I were a Network Honcho (and I guess I am at least a fantasy newtwork owner - click
I would not waste first-run, top-rated shows like House, NCIS, etc against a lot of the drivel out there when my reruns are besting other new programming. I can sell advertising at better than average rates and hold back my 'heavy artillery' for sweeps and other big head-to-head ratings battles.
This is not necessarily good for the viewers, but I haven't seen many networks consider that in their decisions since the advent of reality shows.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Jon V, I agree, whatever the networks have in reserve they will use from April 24 - May 21, which are the last sweep dates for this season.
Bill
· 1 year ago
Here's the deal on the episode of "Big Bang Theory." The episode, titled "The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization" was in the middle of its production when the strike hit. "Big Bang Theory" films on Tuesday nights. The table read for the episode was the Wednesday before the strike. There was a run-through on Thursday and a network/studio run-through on Friday. A revised script was prepared on Friday night incorporating the studio and network notes. The strike began during the subsequent week-end and the episode was never filmed.
It will be the first episode to be filmed when production resumes in a couple of weeks. The episode is being directed by Joel Murray (younger brother of Bill).
Jon V
· 1 year ago
TY, Bill. Had to figure it would be the next new episode shown. Do I owe you the usual $200 a day plus expenses or can I just run a tab?
Lizabeth S. Tucker
· 1 year ago
In regards to NCIS, that information is not from the people at NCIS, that is supposition from a TV Guide hack. It naturally COULD occur, but is not definite. At best, the earliest that the crew could get back to work with filming (after the script is written, submitted, accepted, pre-filming work is completed, etc.) would be late March. Of course, if the networks do away with seasons as they have been threatening to do forever, who knows what could happen. And let's not forget the possible SAG strike which would begin sometime in June.
Jon V
· 1 year ago
The NCIS situation brings up several interesting points, such as:
Getting as many episodes of a viable show in the can prior to the SAG vote. Rank and file WGA and SAG members may want to get in some work prior to the vote, especially in this economy where they've seen their stock portfolios and home equity drop.
Producers will want to have as many of their top shows ready for future airings so as to have some kind of leverage/revenue streams with networks and sponsors.
Does the WGA settlement proposal create a template for SAG negotiations?
Does anybody (other than reality show producers and possibly networks) profit from another strike?
Hmmmmm....
C.
· 1 year ago
Ms. Moretti, you are wrong on the ratings for Jericho. The show drew 11.6 million viewers in its first week and maintained a consistent 10-11 million viewers throughout its fall run, even winning the time slot once "Dancing with the Stars" ended. In the spring, after the long hiatus, pitted against American Idol, it fell to 8 million viewers, but consistently ranked number two in its time slot (and who beats Idol?). To say that "Jericho never had good ratings" is, at the very least, ignoring its good performance in the first half of the season.
E
· 1 year ago
Anyone know when Amazing Race will come back?
Any chance this will be back in the spring? Or, is the next one going to be fall?
Marc Meisels
· 1 year ago
People! We have had enough REALITY - It's time to support and watch as much scripted shows as possible. REAL people working on (or related to) these shows have been significantly devastated. I just found out my show may have been cancelled. There are many great Scripted shows to tune in to. Support the working class! - not these senseless / effortless reality shows
THANK YOU
Jon V
· 1 year ago
AAAAA-MEN
Suziq
· 1 year ago
CBS just released their spring returns. Moonlight is back!!! 4 episodes starting Apr 11.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Thanks Suziq, all CBS information has now been updated.
Diana
· 1 year ago
Would love to see a more detailed grid on show status -- what about the cable shows? What about Battlestar? Eureka? The Closer? Saving Grace? Damages? There's a significant amount of scripted drama that doesn't appear on the networks you listed.
Don't get me wrong -- I always appreciate your info -- it'd just be nice to see a more complete picture.
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Diana, I'm considering increasing the table data, but there are many factors involved. Information on most cable shows is *really* scarce. And while I can maintain the table with pretty much every english broadcast primetime show, there's no way I could include every cable show, so there'd always be shows left out.
Frankie
· 1 year ago
According to Tuesday's USA Today, ABC's "Big Shots" has been canceled and has completed airing its first run episodes.
Jennifer
· 1 year ago
According to Entertainment Weekly Samantha Who is set to return in late March with 6+ episodes.
Peter
· 1 year ago
I think Las Vegas has been canceled (according to TV Guide and TV.com)
Teresa
· 1 year ago
According to TV Guide (posted 2/24), 6 new scripts were ordered for Lipstick Jungle.
jay turney
· 1 year ago
Very informative. Hard to get these facts anywhere else, if at all.
jacks07
· 1 year ago
We want Journeyman back!!!! If you love Journeyman as much as the rest of us and havent done so already please join the fight to save this amazing show! It hasnt officially been canceled yet so there is still a chance!! Please lets bring this show back! the more people the better!!!
Leave the light on for Journeyman!
Mike G
· 1 year ago
What annoys me is that a show like "Journeyman" was canceled, but a show like "Lipstick Jungle" gets a call back. I like some of the offerings that NBC has lined up for the fall, but I really am not sure that I want to get invested in them. Every time I get into a show, it gets cut. And, what is the fascination with "Friday Night Lights"? The ratings have been dismal for a while. I haven't heard of any big campaigns to save the show ala "Jericho" and "JM".
ziasca
· 1 year ago
come on! Lipstick jungle gets renewal and big shots gets cancellation? Is there anything wrong...
ann koeffler
· 1 year ago
Could someone tell me if the Vampire show Moonlight will return?
What about Damages and Madmen?
All are fabuous!
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Ann, still no news on next year for Moonlight, but all the fans that visit here are hopeful. I'd give it better than a 50% chance of coming back.
We get so little cable show data, that we haven't been able to form any opinion on the future of Damages and Madmen, sorry.
kayarn
· 1 year ago
mad men already got a second season and it will air in the summer.
damages got a second AND third season, 2 is set to air in january (writers strike delayed it).
Robert Seidman
· 1 year ago
Thanks Kayarn. Bill, we don't receive much info on cable, true, but almost anything in the world can be Googled except apparently how to make $37 million a year and be just like Les Moonves as your company slumps...
Andrea
· 1 year ago
I was quite glad to see that Scrubs was moving to ABC for season 8! I've been looking everywhere for news on it and wondering what was going to happen. I'd heard that it was canceled after this season, heard only rumors that ABC had picked it up, and saw that next Thursday's finale was only a season finale, not a series finale, so I was confused. Thanks for the information on that! Is this move only going to be for one season to finish up the show cause it didn't get a long season this year due to the strike, or is this a more permanent change? Also, any news on what time it's going to air on ABC yet? Thanks!
Bill Gorman
· 1 year ago
Andrea, ABC should be announcing its Fall 2008 schedule within the next few weeks.
Catbean
· 1 year ago
According to Kristen @ E!Online Women's Murder Club is cancelled and Eli Stone is renewed.
Robert Seidman
· 1 year ago
Thanks, I checked it out, good heads-up for something for me to keep up with. The piece disclaims with: "Like I said, not official, but that's where these two shows currently stand, according to my sources.
It makes perfect sense to me, and think it's a likely outcome but we'll wait until it's official (or at least more than once source) before changing the status. Here's a link to the story from Kristen for those interested:
Can you please give us concrete proof, and let us know where you got the information that 'Big Shots' has been cancelled? NO one has been able to offer one shred of 'evidence' yet, and ABC is not saying a word, so where did you come up with your 'proof'? Thanks.
TV by the Numbers
· 1 year ago
jeanie3, Sadly, one of the mistakes I made putting this list together was not having a way to track all my sources for each change.
That being the case, Big Shots falls into the category of a show that has been generally agreed to have been cancelled even though ABC never explicitly announced it. In fact networks often, and Fox is probably the worst offender, pull shows from their schedules and make no announcement at all, ever.
Regardless, all doubts will soon be dispelled, ABC, Fox, CBS, and the CW will announce their 2008 schedules next week.
VDOVault
· 1 year ago
Law & Order Criminal Intent has 11 more episodes to film for Season 7 (there is actually a 12th episode called 'Please Note' that was completed but not has not yet aired on USA) ...the first of the 12 unseen CI episodes debuts on USA Network on June 8, 2008. Production on the 11 unfinished CI episodes started in late March of 2008 and is scheduled to take most of the summer of 2008 to finish.
This of course assumes that there will not be an actor's strike...if there is a strike, the production of the rest of Season 7 which is scheduled to take most of the summer of 2008 to complete all 11 episodes ordered would once again be interrupted...so stay tuned to the news on the actors unions negotiations.
There is no official word as to whether CI will be renewed for an eighth season (i.e. the 2008-2009 TV season)...that announcement should be made in the next few days.
As far as NBC airing CI episodes is concerned, NBC only airs them after USA Network airs them. With the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing expected to air on NBC for a lot of the summer, CI fans who watch their episodes on NBC might have to wait to see CI remaining seventh season episodes until the fall of 2008 (and even then NBC's committment to putting CI's episodes into a fixed predictable time slot on NBC's schedule has been lacking)
So if you don't get USA Network but want to watch CI, you're just going to have to be patient...sorry!
Catbean
· 1 year ago
TVGuide.com just announced Back to You cancelled, 'Til Death renewed.
K
· 1 year ago
knight rider?
TV by the Numbers
· 1 year ago
K, Knight Rider will come to NBC next fall, this chart was just for shows that aired during the 2007-8 season and their futures.
K
· 1 year ago
Knight rider did air one episode during the 07-08 season
Robert Seidman
· 1 year ago
It was a made for TV movie, not a "series" at the time. Good results though!
shellestrada
· 1 year ago
According to TV.com, the 2 hour season finale for NCIS is slated for 5/20/08 not 5/16 which makes sense since its a Tuesday night show. Please let me know if that is incorrect via another source.
shellestrada, you are indeed correct, I must have made an error while updating the CBS shows.
tinytnt
· 1 year ago
Let's see NBC is in the crapper so to speak, but I guess cancelling Crossing Jordan was a GOOD IDEA? Oh yes, the Bionic Woman shot your ratings through the roof!
shellden
· 1 year ago
I am extremely disappointed to see that ABC has cancelled October Road as well as Notes from the Underbelly.
October Road was the reason my son and I stayed home and ate a late dinner together in front of the TV. It appealled to more than just one generation and, in fact, sought to close the gap between generations.
Leave it to ABC to get you hooked, string you along for a few seasons, and then drop you like an old habit. The real reason that this show did not ever earn its true due was that ABC never gave it a solid slot. They plugged it in at different times of the year around whatever else took precedence. They advertised it a couple of times before the season and then would not let you know when it would return. With only about 4 episodes last season spread 2-4 weeks apart, it must have been hard to find viewers. It also did not help that the episodes were preempted sooooo many times by sporting events. You would search for the day and time, sit down with a piping hot pizza and realize that you couldn't watch it anyway. Hopefully, another network will pick up this gem.
As far as Notes from the Underbelly, this comedy packed with well-timed punchlines and ridiculous scenarios (a la Seinfeld.) The cast was ideal. What else can you say? It is a shame that the people don't get a vote!!!
cedgil2006
· 1 year ago
I can not believe they cancelled Moonlight. That was the best show ever!!!!!!!!!! Can anything be done to try to get it back on?
Black Guy
· 1 year ago
phenomenon was a good fucking show ;_;
carrie
· 1 year ago
I am sooooooo mad about october road being canceled. i was such a good show
Romeo
· 1 year ago
I totally agree about October Road. Excellent show.
Romeo
· 1 year ago
It doesn't pay to start watching a new series because 9 out of 10 times its cancelled. Who makes the decision to cancel a series? Is it because of a lack of viewers. I can't believe some of the pathetic shows that are returning (Pushing Daisies, Earl, Samantha Who) and some of the good ones that are not, i.e. New Amsterdam, Womens Murder Club, Men in Trees. I guess its off to the video store for me.
disappointeincbs
· 1 year ago
Why was Cane cancelled?! We finally had another adult drama to watch (Dallas, Knots Landing, etc.) and it's been cancelled!!!!!!!!?????????????
Steven McMillian
· 1 year ago
Knots Landing was not as successful as Dallas until the last seasons. However, they both had problems in the final years because they could not compete with ABC,CBS,and Must See TV comedies.
trehs
· 1 year ago
I am so disappointed. Moonlight was my favorite Friday Night show. How can they cancel something so great????????
trehs
· 1 year ago
October Road, Women's Murder Club, Las Vegas, New Amsterdam, K-Ville, Cashmere Mafia you are killing me. You keep these crazy shows and get rid of the really good ones. Get rid of Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad these are just cartoons for big(MEN) kids.
jimmo
· 1 year ago
I was very disappointed to see "Back To You" canceled. This past TV season, what with the writer's strike, it was very difficult to know when that program was airing. FOX had only aired a few episodes of the program anyway, before the strike commenced.
From what I saw of it, the show was funny, with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton turning in their usual, first-rate jobs, and the bonus of Fred Willard as a sports anchor.
I think if FOX had scheduled "Back To You" on a regular night earlier in the week--Sunday to Tuesday, the show would have fared better. A Tuesday block of 'Til Death" and "Back To You" from 9 to 10p EST would have been good. A Sunday block of the same two shows, after "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" from 8 to 9p EST Sundays, would have been even better!
kville fan
· 1 year ago
really K ville that sucks
Sharon
· 1 year ago
I hate it that Shark and Women Murder Club was cancelled I really like both of them. I wish they would cancel some of reality show and leave the show that it seems that everyone liked .
gary
· 1 year ago
dude...c'mon now...k ville and journeyman and canterburys law are gonna end? but bringing back the baby borrowers? GAG ME!!!!!!!! UGHHHHHH 3 shows i got into...glad though LIFE is coming back...that was good..and they leave me hanging in Canterburys Law....with her kid still missing
Macala
· 1 year ago
Moonlight NEEDS to come back, no matter on what channel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I love Alex O'Loughlin, he is delicious>>>>>>>>>
All Comments
i couldn't find it anywhere else.
thanks again!
Yet it's still a game show. In prime time. And that's just sad, imho.
Many networks, Fox and CW in particular, have been changing their previously announced scheduling plans recently.
Also, one more question. Is there any news on the strike status?
What are the chances of the strike ending in time to salvage the rest of the spring season?
I think, at this point, the networks next fall back point is their ability to get pilots created for *next* season. I think that's not yet in serious danger, but no talks are going on, and the next event likely to trigger movement is the beginning of the Directors Guild negotiations with the studios/networks.
It was low-rated and poorly received by the audience and CBS has given no indication the new short season will be any different.
While I'm sure the average audience was higher before the hiatus than after, it was mostly because that included the well-promoted premiere.
Jericho never had good ratings and I would be flabbergasted if it got traction even without competition because of the strike.
My prediction is that it will bleep slightly in its season 2 premiere because of renewed promotion, and lacking an all-out PR assault (the kind that keeps The Office and Family Guy afloat through weekly PR expenditures) will go back to norm and keep falling.
Same with Big Bang Theory, our best info has that all 8 of the produced episodes were aired, but, again, we are open to correction if you can link the info.
But we do know that all Journeymen episodes have aired, they are not in reruns, and NBC has not ordered any more, nor given any hint that they will.
However, I wouldn't hold my breath for Journeyman to come back (or Bionic Woman for that matter).
Shows could get very quickly back into production. It'd take only a few days to polish one script that was left unfinished and start production again.
You could easily have new shows made within three weeks of the end of the strike.
I'm wondering what makes you think, Bill, that it'd take any longer than that (besides the fact that the networks are likely to want to kill bad shows by blaming the WGA and not themselves - although in the case of badly written shows, the writers have a hand too...)
I have always felt rather annoyed living in Finland where we get the shows sometimes even a year or two after they have premiered in the States. But now that the strike is on, I am glad since we still have new episodes of e.g. Grey's Anatomy, House and others to see.
Thank you for this site, I found what I was looking for!
If that's the case, I'd guess that the networks might try and get out a few episodes of some particularly high value shows for the 4/24-5/21 sweeps, but would likely skip spooling up the entire process for most shows.
Again, this only makes sense for high rated shows of which the networks will want more.
It may also come down to how much they want new episodes of hits versus how much they want to kill non-performing shows with the strike excuse.
Having thought some more about it, getting going on an existing show is really not that hard. You have a team that's been unemployed and eager to work. The only delay is in getting the first episode completely written. After that, it's really business as usual. One episode every week and a half to two weeks, roughly speaking.
And that's if you don't try stunts like shooting two episodes at once.
Here is the 'TV.com' link for 'The Cooper-Hofstadter Polarization' episode that was supposedly done/aired but I never saw. Can anyone tell me if it was aired? An insider named 'Bill' (not Gorman, presumably) suggested that an episode did not finish filming because of the strike:
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http://www.tv.com//the-cooper-hofstadter-polari...
If I were a Network Honcho (and I guess I am at least a fantasy newtwork owner - click
http://www.tvbigshot.com/network/8623/
I would not waste first-run, top-rated shows like House, NCIS, etc against a lot of the drivel out there when my reruns are besting other new programming. I can sell advertising at better than average rates and hold back my 'heavy artillery' for sweeps and other big head-to-head ratings battles.
This is not necessarily good for the viewers, but I haven't seen many networks consider that in their decisions since the advent of reality shows.
It will be the first episode to be filmed when production resumes in a couple of weeks. The episode is being directed by Joel Murray (younger brother of Bill).
Getting as many episodes of a viable show in the can prior to the SAG vote. Rank and file WGA and SAG members may want to get in some work prior to the vote, especially in this economy where they've seen their stock portfolios and home equity drop.
Producers will want to have as many of their top shows ready for future airings so as to have some kind of leverage/revenue streams with networks and sponsors.
Does the WGA settlement proposal create a template for SAG negotiations?
Does anybody (other than reality show producers and possibly networks) profit from another strike?
Hmmmmm....
Any chance this will be back in the spring? Or, is the next one going to be fall?
There are many great Scripted shows to tune in to.
Support the working class! - not these senseless / effortless reality shows
THANK YOU
Don't get me wrong -- I always appreciate your info -- it'd just be nice to see a more complete picture.
Leave the light on for Journeyman!
Lipstick jungle gets renewal and big shots gets cancellation? Is there anything wrong...
Moonlight will return?
What about Damages and Madmen?
All are fabuous!
We get so little cable show data, that we haven't been able to form any opinion on the future of Damages and Madmen, sorry.
damages got a second AND third season, 2 is set to air in january (writers strike delayed it).
It makes perfect sense to me, and think it's a likely outcome but we'll wait until it's official (or at least more than once source) before changing the status. Here's a link to the story from Kristen for those interested:
http://www.eonline.com/gossip/kristin/detail/in...
That being the case, Big Shots falls into the category of a show that has been generally agreed to have been cancelled even though ABC never explicitly announced it. In fact networks often, and Fox is probably the worst offender, pull shows from their schedules and make no announcement at all, ever.
Regardless, all doubts will soon be dispelled, ABC, Fox, CBS, and the CW will announce their 2008 schedules next week.
This of course assumes that there will not be an actor's strike...if there is a strike, the production of the rest of Season 7 which is scheduled to take most of the summer of 2008 to complete all 11 episodes ordered would once again be interrupted...so stay tuned to the news on the actors unions negotiations.
There is no official word as to whether CI will be renewed for an eighth season (i.e. the 2008-2009 TV season)...that announcement should be made in the next few days.
As far as NBC airing CI episodes is concerned, NBC only airs them after USA Network airs them. With the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing expected to air on NBC for a lot of the summer, CI fans who watch their episodes on NBC might have to wait to see CI remaining seventh season episodes until the fall of 2008 (and even then NBC's committment to putting CI's episodes into a fixed predictable time slot on NBC's schedule has been lacking)
So if you don't get USA Network but want to watch CI, you're just going to have to be patient...sorry!
http://www.tv.com/ncis/show/16772/episode_listi...
October Road was the reason my son and I stayed home and ate a late dinner together in front of the TV. It appealled to more than just one generation and, in fact, sought to close the gap between generations.
Leave it to ABC to get you hooked, string you along for a few seasons, and then drop you like an old habit. The real reason that this show did not ever earn its true due was that ABC never gave it a solid slot. They plugged it in at different times of the year around whatever else took precedence. They advertised it a couple of times before the season and then would not let you know when it would return. With only about 4 episodes last season spread 2-4 weeks apart, it must have been hard to find viewers. It also did not help that the episodes were preempted sooooo many times by sporting events. You would search for the day and time, sit down with a piping hot pizza and realize that you couldn't watch it anyway. Hopefully, another network will pick up this gem.
As far as Notes from the Underbelly, this comedy packed with well-timed punchlines and ridiculous scenarios (a la Seinfeld.) The cast was ideal. What else can you say? It is a shame that the people don't get a vote!!!
From what I saw of it, the show was funny, with Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton turning in their usual, first-rate jobs, and the bonus of Fred Willard as a sports anchor.
I think if FOX had scheduled "Back To You" on a regular night earlier in the week--Sunday to Tuesday, the show would have fared better. A Tuesday block of 'Til Death" and "Back To You" from 9 to 10p EST would have been good. A Sunday block of the same two shows, after "The Simpsons" and "Family Guy" from 8 to 9p EST Sundays, would have been even better!