ABC's (Rumored) New Fall Schedule
05-12-07 | 01:55 AM
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Lost on Tuesdays would be great - I have nothing else recording that night.
05-12-07 | 02:39 AM
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Does this mean the show that premiered along with Knights Of Prosperity (and kept airing once KOP was pulled) is done?
05-12-07 | 03:35 AM
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Lost is up against Idol, whether it's Tuesday or Wednesday. So I don't see why they shouldn't just keep it on Wednesdays, maybe even shift it back to 8/7c if they really want to avoid Idol. But given the deal they made, ratings aren't the show's biggest concern anymore so Wednesday 9/8c would be equally fine. Then again, it did well leading out from DWTS in the fall mini-season so i can see ABC's rationale there.
05-12-07 | 05:21 AM
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It has a similar ratings pull to "American Idol" except it skews a little older and isn't quite as powerful. But I don't see why any network wouldn't want a show like that. ABC are trying to milk all the commercial dollars it can out of it, and I can't really blame them for it.
05-12-07 | 07:13 AM
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ABC continues its streak of the channel with the least amount of shows I watch.
Thats all that is of intrest to me on ABC. at least NBC & CBS still have tons of good shows.
Well it seems that only a minority of people watch 'Smart TV' & the rest like watching reality/gameshow garbage because they can't understand the other shows like 'Scrubs' because the jokes fly right over there tiny brain's.
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Wife Swap
Men in Trees
Lost
Wife Swap
Men in Trees
Lost
Okay... I honestly don't get the obsession with "Dancing with the Stars"... does America really need 2 1/2 hours of it a week?
05-12-07 | 08:26 AM
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Originally Posted by critterdvd
Okay... I honestly don't get the obsession with "Dancing with the Stars"... does America really need 2 1/2 hours of it a week?
I watch it (mostly to see hot chicks dancing in revealing dresses) but I don't watch the results show, so I agree that 2.5 hours is overkill, but I can't blame them for doing that if the ratings justify it.
And just because you watch it doesn't mean that you don't also watch or understand so-called 'smart tv.'
05-14-07 | 08:09 PM
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George Lopez has been canceled and Knights has been renewed?
I won't even get into the race card he pulled either.
I won't even get into the race card he pulled either.
George Lopez, the first Latino to lead a television series successfully, isn't laughing. "TV just became really, really white again," he said.
Georgelopeztp ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant.
"The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again.
That explanation was painful to hear, Lopez said, considering the way the network has shuffled his show over the years -- four different time slots in five years -- and putting it up against "American Idol" time and time again.
It all contributed to the show's low ratings, a point not lost on Lopez who noted that this season his show out-performed two freshman comedies that were renewed: "Notes from the Underbelly" and "Knights of Prosperity."
"I’ll take the good and the bad," Lopez said. "I took the five years of good and I did a lot with the good. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. I shared all of that with America—every secret I had. Every personal feeling. Every emotion. Everything was open to the show. And what happens?"
Lopez said he attributed the cancellation in part to the fact that the show is produced by Warner Bros. Television, and not ABC Television Studios. Using some colorful language that cannot be printed in a family newspaper, Lopez scoffed in particular at another ABC pickup: "Caveman," about two brothers and one best friend, described as sophisticated cave dudes living in modern-day Atlanta, who will continually find themselves at odds with contemporary society.
"I get kicked out for a...caveman and shows that I out-performed because I’m not owned by [ABC Television Studios]...So a...Chicano can’t be on TV but a...caveman can?" Lopez said. "And a Chicano with an audience already? You know when you get in this that shows do not last forever, but this was an important show and to go unceremoniously like this hurts. One hundred seventy people lost their jobs."
For his part, Lopez will be fine. He has an HBO special and a movie coming in the summer, and a deal with Warner Bros. to produce television movies.
"They dealt with us from the bottom of the deck," Lopez said. "Which is hard to take after what was a good run."
Georgelopeztp ABC, he said, has "unceremoniously" canceled his self-titled comedy, which over the years chronicled his personal life from his sad childhood growing up with an abusive grandmother, to his alcoholism and kidney transplant.
"The George Lopez Show" will live on in syndication, but that's not making Lopez feel better about not getting the chance to tell one final season of stories. Lopez said Steve McPherson, ABC president of prime-time entertainment, called him over the weekend to explain that "financially" it wasn't working out, that the network would lose money if it picked up the show again.
That explanation was painful to hear, Lopez said, considering the way the network has shuffled his show over the years -- four different time slots in five years -- and putting it up against "American Idol" time and time again.
It all contributed to the show's low ratings, a point not lost on Lopez who noted that this season his show out-performed two freshman comedies that were renewed: "Notes from the Underbelly" and "Knights of Prosperity."
"I’ll take the good and the bad," Lopez said. "I took the five years of good and I did a lot with the good. My popularity, I was involved in charities, I overcame my illness, all on TV. I shared all of that with America—every secret I had. Every personal feeling. Every emotion. Everything was open to the show. And what happens?"
Lopez said he attributed the cancellation in part to the fact that the show is produced by Warner Bros. Television, and not ABC Television Studios. Using some colorful language that cannot be printed in a family newspaper, Lopez scoffed in particular at another ABC pickup: "Caveman," about two brothers and one best friend, described as sophisticated cave dudes living in modern-day Atlanta, who will continually find themselves at odds with contemporary society.
"I get kicked out for a...caveman and shows that I out-performed because I’m not owned by [ABC Television Studios]...So a...Chicano can’t be on TV but a...caveman can?" Lopez said. "And a Chicano with an audience already? You know when you get in this that shows do not last forever, but this was an important show and to go unceremoniously like this hurts. One hundred seventy people lost their jobs."
For his part, Lopez will be fine. He has an HBO special and a movie coming in the summer, and a deal with Warner Bros. to produce television movies.
"They dealt with us from the bottom of the deck," Lopez said. "Which is hard to take after what was a good run."
05-14-07 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by GizmoDVD
George Lopez has been canceled and Knights has been renewed?
I won't even get into the race card he pulled either.
I won't even get into the race card he pulled either.
05-14-07 | 09:26 PM
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I can't freakin' believe that Knights got picked up! It was without a doubt my favorite show on TV.
As for Lopez, he needs to get over it. This didn't have anything to do with race, it has to do with network executives being dumbasses. That caveman series has "shit" written all over it.
As for Lopez, he needs to get over it. This didn't have anything to do with race, it has to do with network executives being dumbasses. That caveman series has "shit" written all over it.
05-14-07 | 09:30 PM
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Originally Posted by nateman241
ABC continues its streak of the channel with the least amount of shows I watch.
I got you beat. Yet another year where ABC gets the big goose egg from me. I don't think I've watched ABC since Monday Night Football.
05-15-07 | 05:27 AM
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Damn that sucks! I loved that show, but I saw it coming with the time slot switch they did with it towards the end.
Haven't been following George Lopez too closely the past year or yr and a half since ABC kept jumbling it around the schedule, and I think it went astray a bit with the introduction of the niece character (just couldn't stand her.) But I've caught almost all of the episodes that have aired in '07 and for the most part, the show was still hilarious. George Joins the Neighborhood Wha-tcha and Raises the Vigil-ante was probably the show's best eppy this season: "You just got shot down by a sex offender!!"
I will miss Belita Moreno as George's caustic mother Benny.
I've pretty much given up on the other show that airs Thursdays on ABC with a Latina as the main character.
Possibility of Knights of Prosperity coming back!
Grey's spin-off (that "trial-run" was a waste of some good talent)
05-15-07 | 06:44 AM
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I like Notes From The Underbelly, and my wife loves it. I am glad that it is coming back.
It's great the Knights might be coming back, but why? They couldn't do anything with it this year, so why bring it back next year? Are they contemplating having a worse schedule?
It's great the Knights might be coming back, but why? They couldn't do anything with it this year, so why bring it back next year? Are they contemplating having a worse schedule?
05-15-07 | 06:45 AM
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What happened to the David E. Kelley Lost on Mars remake?
05-15-07 | 06:48 AM
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Got this from eonline. Doesn't look like Knights is coming back:
As for returning series, October Road and Notes from the Underbelly have been renewed. Sadly, What About Brian has gone to the great cancellation pile in the sky (a fact I knew for sure yesterday when I saw Sarah Lancaster promoting her NBC new series, Chuck, and she told me "It was time to move on"), along with George Lopez, Knights of Prosperity, In Case of Emergency, Six Degrees and What About Jim.
As for returning series, October Road and Notes from the Underbelly have been renewed. Sadly, What About Brian has gone to the great cancellation pile in the sky (a fact I knew for sure yesterday when I saw Sarah Lancaster promoting her NBC new series, Chuck, and she told me "It was time to move on"), along with George Lopez, Knights of Prosperity, In Case of Emergency, Six Degrees and What About Jim.
05-15-07 | 08:54 AM
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Here's the official schedule announced this morning:
MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
9:30 p.m. "Sam I Am" (new comedy series)
10:00 p.m. "The Bachelor"
TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Cavemen" (new comedy series)
8:30 p.m. "Carpoolers" (new comedy series)
9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show"
10:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"
WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies" (new drama series)
9:00 p.m. "Private Practice" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money" (new drama series)
THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"
9:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00 p.m. "Big Shots" (new drama series)
FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. "MEN IN TREES"
9:00 p.m. "Women's Murder Club" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "20/20"
SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night College Football"
SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"
10:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"
MONDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars"
9:30 p.m. "Sam I Am" (new comedy series)
10:00 p.m. "The Bachelor"
TUESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Cavemen" (new comedy series)
8:30 p.m. "Carpoolers" (new comedy series)
9:00 p.m. "Dancing with the Stars the Results Show"
10:00 p.m. "Boston Legal"
WEDNESDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Pushing Daisies" (new drama series)
9:00 p.m. "Private Practice" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "Dirty Sexy Money" (new drama series)
THURSDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Ugly Betty"
9:00 p.m. "Grey's Anatomy"
10:00 p.m. "Big Shots" (new drama series)
FRIDAY:
8:00 p.m. "MEN IN TREES"
9:00 p.m. "Women's Murder Club" (new drama series)
10:00 p.m. "20/20"
SATURDAY:
8:00 p.m. "Saturday Night College Football"
SUNDAY:
7:00 p.m. "America's Funniest Home Videos"
8:00 p.m. "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
9:00 p.m. "Desperate Housewives"
10:00 p.m. "Brothers & Sisters"
05-15-07 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by hardercore
Lost is up against Idol, whether it's Tuesday or Wednesday. So I don't see why they shouldn't just keep it on Wednesdays, maybe even shift it back to 8/7c if they really want to avoid Idol. But given the deal they made, ratings aren't the show's biggest concern anymore so Wednesday 9/8c would be equally fine. Then again, it did well leading out from DWTS in the fall mini-season so i can see ABC's rationale there.
Glad to see Brothers & Sisters returning. Best new show this season IMHO.
Last edited by rfduncan; 05-15-07 at 09:13 AM.
05-15-07 | 09:24 AM
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Doesn't Sam I Am have the same basic premise as 13 Going On 30? I am interested in the Women's Murder Club since it is based on the James Patterson books, but I found this series to be lacking compared to the Alex Cross stuff. Don't get me going on the horridness of the When The Wind Blows garbage from him...
05-15-07 | 09:41 AM
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I actually started watching What about Brian near the end this year. I was flipping by and saw Stacy Keibler is some revealing outfit. Then I noticed how much eye candy was on the show; funny how chick shows tend to have more hot chicks on them than other shows.