fall 2006-related stories
Posted Jul 12th 2006 2:33PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, CBS, Industry, Programming, How I Met Your Mother
Of course, if you work on the new show The Class, the word "slightly" might not be appropriate here.
CBS was going to move How I Met Your Mother to Mondays at 8pm, and put the new show The Class (about a group of third grade kids who reunite when they're older) into the 8:30 slot, so it gets a good lead from HIMYM (I'm tired of typing that out all the time) and sandwiched between that show and Two and a Half Men. But now they've changed their minds. They're keeping HIMYM at 8:30, and putting The Class at 8, which means that a new show is going to have to lead off the night for CBS.
A risky move. They must really have confidence in The Class.
Posted May 18th 2006 1:53PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, FOX, Industry, Programming, OpEd
I was just reading
Anna's post on the FOX upfront, and she reports that
The Loop has been renewed for another season. Is this even remotely possible, or some joke? All of the shows - better shows - that FOX could have renewed or added to the schedule (they passed on Andy Richter's comedy, which was picked up by NBC, and that had to at least be as good at
The Loop) and they decide to renew
The Loop. Hell, where's
Stacked with Pam Anderson? They could put them back to back and have a night of so-so comedy!
I guess I'm just shocked. Even if
The Loop was better than it is (and it isn't), I would still be surprised it got renewed, because it had "short-lived midseason replacment that you will soon forget" written all over it.
Wow.
Posted May 16th 2006 6:19PM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, NBC, TV Royalty, Talent, Industry, Programming, Celebrities
Page Six
has a story today that says
Saturday Night Live head honcho Lorne Michaels was so ticked off that NBC was giving the green light to Aaron Sorkin's behind the scenes look at an
SNL-ish show (
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip) that he demanded that NBC also give the green light to Tina Fey's sitcom about the behind the scenes goings on at an
SNL-ish show,
30 Rock. Michaels thinks that
SNL pretty much "made" NBC, and he couldn't believe that the network would pick up a show that was a satire of it.
[via
TV Tattle]
Posted May 15th 2006 8:49AM by Bob Sassone
Filed under: Industry, Programming, Site Announcements
This is Upfronts week, when all the networks reveal their new fall schedules and tell us which new shows have made it and which old shows have been canceled. We'll have coverage every day this week (starting later today, with NBC's schedule.) Here's a handy guide to what's coming up:
- Today: NBC
- Tuesday: ABC
- Wednesday: CBS
- Thursday: FOX and The CW
TV Squad Ten: Top Ten ESPN shows from worst to first
Andy Richter: The TV Squad Interview
Have any questions for Vik Sahay of Chuck? Ask them here!
