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quote:Upfront Threads (with trailers and show info): ABC - NBC - CBS & The CW - Fox - Cable      
Aatrek fucked around with this message at May 19, 2012 around 01:14 |
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| # ? May 24, 2013 09:03 |
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Thanks for making this graphic again. Time to decide if I wanna catch up on anything before the fall season starts!
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| # ? May 18, 2012 21:13 |
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Eh. Parenthood is still on the air? That show must get stealth good ratings(For NBC anyway).
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| # ? May 18, 2012 22:27 |
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Wow, looking at it like this is really mindblowing. Sunday Night looks great for ABC, but there's only one show I'm even remotely interested in on Mon-Wed (Revolution, Apt 23, and Modern Family), Thursday looks pretty good, and I'm uninterested in Friday. I think the only night I might possibly need a DVR is the Thursday 8-830 timeframe, ignoring cable shows of course. Also, what's with all the comedies? 4 in a row Mon-thurs, but each channel does it on a different night.
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| # ? May 18, 2012 23:50 |
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Pillowpants posted:Also, what's with all the comedies? 4 in a row Mon-thurs, but each channel does it on a different night. We're in the middle of a sitcom renaissance of sorts, so everybody's trying to get in on it.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 00:49 |
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Mmmm, gonna be watching a LOT of TV this fall. Sunday's free (I might give 666 a shot, dunno), Monday's Revolution, so that's nice and neat. Tuesday...Tuesday's gonna be a bit of a difficult time, because I gotta choose between HE and Go On, but luckily Apt 23 is free and clear in its timeslot. Man, ABC has a STRONG Tuesday Night Comedy Mini-Block. Wednesday's maybe Chicago Fire, still split on it. But that's it, and I'm not even sure on that show, so...yeah. Thursday will probably be me watching Last Resort then PoI live, while recording P and R and watching it later. I wish PoI was an ABC show or Last Resort were a CBS show, since they seem to be two shows that will pair naturally. Friday's Community, because I'm a diehard fan. That always comes first. Maybe Grimm, I heard that show was good (is it good?). Maybe Fringe, if I ever loving get around to catching up on the show. So yeah, I'll be a busy little bee fall 2012.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 01:54 |
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I'm very curious what the new Beauty and the Beast will be like. For all the romance plots aside, the old series was pretty interesting.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 02:02 |
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Dexo posted:Eh. Parenthood is still on the air?
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| # ? May 19, 2012 07:51 |
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I suspect Elementary is going to be a hit: it's basically the Mentalist all over again isn't it? And you can add a will-they/won't-they dynamic with Lucy Liu a la Dr Who and his assistants. Revolution obviously wants to be "this year's Lost" but may well be this year's Flashforward/The Event instead, especially up vs. two established dramas. 666 Park Avenue could be off the air in six episodes. I suspect ABC have little faith in it otherwise they would have placed it after Once Upon a Time instead of Revenge. The Mob Doctor looks quite good with a strong female lead but I can't see it doing more than a 1.8 in that slot. Beauty and the Beast sounds like the dynamics of Twilight and Buffy and Angel combined, which sounds slightly more suited to come out of Vampire Diaries than Secret Circle was.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 09:25 |
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As much as I love Bob's Burgers, I kinda wish it would have gotten Fox's 7:30 bitch slot, if only because its a better compliment to football. King of the Hill lasted forever because it appealed to football fans despite having the worst timeslot in history and I definitely think Bob's could do the same. DougieFFC posted:Revolution obviously wants to be "this year's Lost" but may well be this year's Flashforward/The Event instead, especially up vs. two established dramas. Why do networks keep picking up Abrams pilots when he hasn't had a hit show since Lost? It seems like every season there's a new Abrams show or two that goes belly-up.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 10:10 |
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Interesting that the CW has put Supernatural on Wednesday, after the hot new show Arrow, when it wasn't doing too bad on Fridays, and it's heading into its 8th season already. I would've though Nikita which is far younger and needs a lot more help ratings wise would be a good fit for the Weds at 9 slot, especially as it would make a great pairing with Arrow, both action shows about rogues fighting the bad guys.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 11:25 |
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Irish Joe posted:Why do networks keep picking up Abrams pilots when he hasn't had a hit show since Lost? It seems like every season there's a new Abrams show or two that goes belly-up. Person of Interest is a hit, albeit a modest one.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 13:28 |
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The DVR is going to get a hell of a workout this season. Sunday was already bad enough thanks to cable shows, and now ABC has to go and throw Revenge into the mix. Luckily Monday is looking like a dead zone apart from Revolution. I'm interested to see how the 9:00 slot on Tuesday plays out. Those sitcoms are going to cannibalize one another's audience. Go On might be able to differentiate itself, but New Girl and Happy Endings are appealing to the same crowd.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 13:35 |
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It doesn't look like I'll have to do much juggling. I'm probably going to be dropping three shows next year: Once Upon a Time, Blue Bloods, and NCIS, all for pretty much the same reason: I realized that my main thought when watching a show is "Hurry up and end so I can do/watch something else". I might give 666 Park Avenue and The Arrow a shot, but I'm not optimistic. I still enjoy CSI: Las Vegas and The Mentalist, despite the mostly-unfamiliar cast on the first and the terribly-handled "Red John" arc on the second. Thursday looks like my busiest day, with 3 and a half hours of stuff to watch.
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| # ? May 19, 2012 22:36 |
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Tuesday: Happy Endings , New Girl , Go On... at the same time! 
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| # ? May 20, 2012 02:00 |
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Sober posted:It's a pretty good drama(-edy lite), nothing worth going on about though. It has my attention when I'm watching but not much worth discussing about it, almost anywhere in fact. It's a very well made show about family dynamics. It's certainly nothing groundbreaking, but it's competently made, regularly tackles interesting subjects with good writers and good acting. The order was dropped from 18 to 15, so this season may be its last.
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| # ? May 20, 2012 20:55 |
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Tuesdays is already sold by me with Happy Endings, and to a lesser extent, New Girl. I don't really enjoy the two of them being on at the same time, HE could use all the ratings help it can get.
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| # ? May 21, 2012 09:51 |
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DougieFFC posted:I suspect Elementary is going to be a hit: it's basically the Mentalist all over again isn't it? And you can add a will-they/won't-they dynamic with Lucy Liu a la Dr Who and his assistants. If there is anything I want less than the will/won't they dynamic in yet another TV show, it's that dynamic in one based off of Sherlock Holmes. Seriously, make Joan Watson a lesbian or just completely uninterested in Holmes sexually and move on. Their friendship is one for the god drat ages, why the hell would they muck it up with Moonlighting B.S. is way beyond me. Edit: I actually really, really want this adaptation to be good. JLH is a great actor, I can tolerate Lucy Liu (and she's fun in the right roles)and I'm a god drat sucker for anything Sherlock Holmes. There are no robots in this adaptation, so I feel like it's lost out to that cartoon. quote:Revolution obviously wants to be "this year's Lost" but may well be this year's Flashforward/The Event instead, especially up vs. two established dramas. This is true. However, it has the added bonus of not being just an Abrams joint though, and even though the other name attached is much smaller, and hasn't had any success on TV outside of 8 seasons on Supernatural, it'll be really interesting to see how the qualities of Abrams and Kripke come together. I seem to remember reading a list in TV Guide ages ago talking about shows that would benefit from other shows' writers, and in fact LOST was mentioned needing Supernatural's mythos writers (this was back in s4 or s5 of Supernatural when the main arc hadn't finished yet). Plus, John Favreau directing the pilot basically means I'm in on this no matter what. cool kids inc. fucked around with this message at May 21, 2012 around 19:09 |
| # ? May 21, 2012 16:37 |
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Good call on moving ANTM to Friday. Since the "cast" has completely changed (sans Tyra), I think a lot fewer people will be tuning-in, overall.
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| # ? May 21, 2012 19:47 |
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cool kids inc. posted:If there is anything I want less than the will/won't they dynamic in yet another TV show, it's that dynamic in one based off of Sherlock Holmes. Seriously, make Joan Watson a lesbian or just completely uninterested in Holmes sexually and move on. Why not make Holmes a gay then?
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| # ? May 22, 2012 11:00 |
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Having Holmes and Watson be both men didn't stop Sherlock from dropping gay jokes/maybehintsmaybenot in each of the three episodes of this past season.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 11:37 |
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Mo0 posted:Having Holmes and Watson be both men didn't stop Sherlock from dropping gay jokes/maybehintsmaybenot in each of the three episodes of this past season. Having Holmes and Watson both be men certainly never stopped anyone from speculating about the original stories, either.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 14:37 |
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less laughter posted:Why not make Holmes a gay then? Hell I'm down for gay Holmes too, but I'm not sure America is ready for a badass gay lead in a prime time procedural. I think it'd be cool as hell if they did that though. However they want to do it, I'm flexible. I don't mind speculation and playing with the notion of will they/won't they, I DO mind if they're serious about it. I think the current adaptation on the BBC has it about perfect. There for the fan girls in huge winking swaths, but not direct or over the top.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 14:53 |
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cool kids inc. posted:
Yeah, for all that Abrams can make invent a great setting, Kripke is just as good at making a setting come alive, and pacing stories out over multiple seasons. For all the poo poo Supernatural gets for having two eyecandy leads (and insane fangirls), it's genuinely one of the best genre shows ever made, and a huge amount of that is down to Kripke.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 15:26 |
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cool kids inc. posted:Hell I'm down for gay Holmes too, but I'm not sure America is ready for a badass gay lead in a prime time procedural. I think it'd be cool as hell if they did that though. However they want to do it, I'm flexible. Someone's not watching Southland.
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| # ? May 22, 2012 22:30 |
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I just hope they don't take the easy way out and start the tension almost from the beginning but I'm not going to kid myself into thinking that it won't eventually happen if it turns out popular.
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| # ? May 23, 2012 01:24 |
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so many.....to record...no room
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| # ? May 25, 2012 06:53 |
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You need one of those new quad-tuner TiVo units.
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| # ? May 25, 2012 10:27 |
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gently caress. I'm going to be living without a DVR next year, and I'll have enough trouble watching Community. But Happy Endings and Go On? That's going to be near-impossible to work out.
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| # ? May 25, 2012 14:58 |
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MrAristocrates posted:gently caress. I'm going to be living without a DVR next year, and I'll have enough trouble watching Community. But Happy Endings and Go On? That's going to be near-impossible to work out.  ...with no DVR, I am the sole purchaser of VHS tapes from my local walmart. Get a good one and you can actually record a sepearte channel.
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| # ? May 25, 2012 20:17 |
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Aatrek posted:You need one of those new quad-tuner TiVo units. Don't we all?
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| # ? May 25, 2012 23:58 |
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff-XiZzJLxw Elementary is looking less awful as it goes along. They've already turned the will they won't they thing on the head with the introductory bit. Also a fan of the bit at the opera and the Google reveal
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| # ? May 26, 2012 21:23 |
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Wandle Cax posted:Interesting that the CW has put Supernatural on Wednesday, after the hot new show Arrow, when it wasn't doing too bad on Fridays, and it's heading into its 8th season already. I would've though Nikita which is far younger and needs a lot more help ratings wise would be a good fit for the Weds at 9 slot, especially as it would make a great pairing with Arrow, both action shows about rogues fighting the bad guys. I am happy about that move for Supernatural, although having Arrow go against Survivor is an interesting choice. For the past couple (maybe more) seasons Survivor has been disappointing, mainly due to budget cuts and horrible editing, so I can certainly see that the CW smells blood in the water and wants viewers some good alternatives to that aging show.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 03:12 |
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Saveron_01 posted:I am happy about that move for Supernatural, (...) good alternatives to that aging show.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 08:38 |
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Have 3 of these: 12 tuners. Bring it on.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 09:42 |
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Wouldn't you need 3 extra cable cards too?Saveron_01 posted:I am happy about that move for Supernatural, although having Arrow go against Survivor is an interesting choice. For the past couple (maybe more) seasons Survivor has been disappointing, mainly due to budget cuts and horrible editing, so I can certainly see that the CW smells blood in the water and wants viewers some good alternatives to that aging show. How do budget cuts work on Survivor? Less elaborate games, fewer cameramen...?
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| # ? May 28, 2012 12:43 |
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Aphrodite posted:How do budget cuts work on Survivor? Less elaborate games, fewer cameramen...? They have been using the same location for the past few seasons (Samoa), they film two seasons back to back to save money, but if say something is terrible in the first season, they have no real feedback on whether it works or not, so they use it in the second season. Also less elaborate challenges and recycled challenges from season to season.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 13:03 |
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Aphrodite posted:Wouldn't you need 3 extra cable cards too? The biggest one, as Saveron mentioned, is that they're filming two seasons back to back in the same location instead of what they used to do, where they filmed one season in the summer then went somewhere else in the fall to film the other one. It means to differentiate the two seasons they have to resort to some gimmick or another, and lately that's involved returning players in at least one of each pair of seasons. Also the challenges have gotten less elaborate, including ones where Jeff doesn't even show up and they do the whole thing themselves at camp, which while a neat idea has mostly stunk of "this way it's cheaper!" than an actual creative different thing for challenges. The recycled challenges aren't entirely budget related, I'd say... after so many seasons they're bound to start hitting their head against a wall trying to think of new challenges, and by reusing a challenge they know going in whether or not it makes for good TV or a good challenge.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 14:42 |
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less laughter posted:Pot, meet kettle. Seeing as he's talking about Arrow there and not Supernatural, I'd say reading...meet comprehension.
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| # ? May 28, 2012 18:10 |
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| # ? May 24, 2013 09:03 |
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Aphrodite posted:Wouldn't you need 3 extra cable cards too? 3 CableCARD rentals is still cheaper than renting a single DVR, or even a basic receiver, from the cable company. I pay $2 a month per CableCARD so $6 a month for 12 tuners beats the hell out of $18 a month for a crappy 2-tuner cable company DVR.
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| # ? May 29, 2012 03:00 |
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