time slot-related stories
Posted Nov 13th 2009 1:09PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Sports, Industry, Programming, OpEd, Survivor, Music and Variety, Celebrities, Ratings, NCIS, The Mentalist, The Big Bang Theory
"Did you hear who's going to play during the Super Bowl halftime show?"
"No, who?"
"That's what I just said. Who."
"No, seriously. Which is the band that's going to appear?"
"It's Who."
"I'm not talking proper English. Which band will be on CBS's halftime show on February 7 at Landshark Stadium in Miami?"
"The Who -- you know, Roger Daltrey, Pete Townshend. 'Tommy, can you hear me?'"
"Oh! Why didn't you just say that!"
Okay, I couldn't resist the nod to Abbott and Costello's
Who's On First. But the fact is that
Sports Illustrated has spread the word that
The Who will star in the Super Bowl big, overblown half-time pageant. This follows the safe pattern the NFL has been employing since the Janet Jackson-Justin Timberlake costume malfunction; that is, stick with classic rock stars who are guaranteed to do their hits and not disrobe. That's why we've had Prince, The Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney and now The Who. All superstar acts, no controversy.
Continue reading CBS plans Super Bowl halftime and... what comes on after the game
Posted Oct 24th 2008 10:01AM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Programming, Reality-Free
CBS has a killer Monday night lineup. The sitcom block from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m., followed by the very popular
CSI: Miami consistently delivers in the Nielsens. The only vulnerable, flexible and soft spot is 9:30, after
Two and a Half Men, before Horatio Cane and company.
The network apparently isn't sure that
Worst Week has earned that coveted spot -- even though it's doing well enough in the ratings -- or else they're wondering what they have in
Gary Unmarried.
Next Monday, Gary Unmarried will get a shot at 9:30. The pilot episode of
Gary Unmarried --
which was pretty good -- will be rerun in that cushy timeslot with the idea of getting more people to sample it.
Continue reading Gary Unmarried getting a Monday night tryout
Posted Feb 20th 2008 12:26PM by Allison Waldman
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, Programming, How I Met Your Mother, Pickups and Renewals, Ratings
Interesting news out of
CBS this morning. On the heels of
renewing The Big Bang Theory last week, the network has now announced that when
Bang returns with new episodes on March 17, it will be leading off the night.
How I Met Your Mother, in its third year, is also returning with new shows that night, but will be taking over
Bang's 8:30 slot. On a side note,
The New Adventures of Old Christine will be replaced by new episodes of
Rules of Engagement on Monday, April 14.
Continue reading How I Met Your Mother and Big Bang Theory are switching slots
Posted Feb 5th 2007 11:16AM by Julia Ward
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, NBC, Programming, Pickups and Renewals, 30 Rock
Conventional wisdom has become official word.
Andy Barker P.I., the half-hour comedy starring Andy Richter and produced by Conan O'Brien, will make its broadcast debut on Thursday, March 15th at 9:30 on NBC. That's
30 Rock's time slot, but they'll be back after a five week run of
Andy. In addition to Andy Richter, the show stars Tony Hale - Buster of
Arrested Development fame. Writer
Jane Espenson, who announced the show's premiere date on her website, also revealed that Amy Sedaris will be stopping by for a guest stint.
I had a chance to sit down and read the
Andy Barker pilot script last week, and I'm happy to report that this is charming, Richter-esque comedy. It's stylized, understated and a touch absurdist - the fancy word for goofy. It's firmly in the
Lookwell school, the failed P.I. pilot produced by Conan O'Brien and Robert Smigel in the early 90s. You can
check out Lookwell on YouTube while you wait for
Andy Barker's March 15th debut.
Posted Oct 30th 2006 11:30AM by Brett Love
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, NBC, Industry, Programming, Watercooler Talk, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, Friday Night Lights, Ratings
Tonight is an interesting night on NBC. With two of their most hyped shows struggling, they've decided to throw a little time slot voodoo at us and see what happens. Tonight's
Studio 60 was scheduled to be a repeat, but instead the kids from
Friday Night Lights are going to get a go in the post
Heroes spot. I think that's a good idea. A repeat would almost guarantee a drop in viewers, and the last thing
Studio 60 needs is another round of stories that say "ratings drop for the Xth week in a row."
The situation with
Friday Night Lights is a little different. Where
Studio 60 has lost viewers every week,
Friday Night Lights just never found them in the first place. The numbers have been fairly consistent, but when you premiere below expectations, consistent isn't exactly what you are looking for. And the fact that I use the word consistent is evidence that I really like the show. A more objective person might call the numbers stagnant.
Continue reading First guessing NBC's Monday experiment
Posted Oct 20th 2006 10:26AM by Anna Johns
Filed under: Other Drama Shows, Other Comedy Shows, Other Reality Shows, NBC, Programming, Game Show
There are more details about NBC Universal's extreme
cost-cutting measures, and this time they effect you, the viewer. Yesterday, Jeff Zucker announced that the network will no longer air comedies or dramas in the 8 o'clock hour because they're too expensive. Zucker says that advertisers just won't pay enough money during the 8 pm time slot to cover the costs of comedies and dramas. Instead, the network will air game shows and reality shows during that hour. What does that mean for
The Office and
My Name is Earl? Hopefully all it means is a later time slot. Or I will be forced to replace the first letter in Jeff Zucker's last name with an 'F' everytime I mention him in a story.
Posted Oct 6th 2006 3:31PM by Joel Keller
Filed under: Other Comedy Shows, ABC, Industry, Programming, OpEd
Remember
way back in August, when
Ugly Betty was moved from Fridays to Thursdays? Even though it was only two months ago, people have already forgotten the names of the two new shows
that were displaced by the move. Well, here's a refresher: one of the shows was called
Big Day, a serialized comedy that takes an entire season to explore the ins and outs of a young couple's wedding day. According to this
press release, the show will finally debut on Tuesday, November 28 at 9. That was the time slot that was reserved for
The Knights of Prosperity before ABC decided to
delay its premiere until midseason. Considering how little-regarded
Big Day show was when ABC sent the pilots out over the summer (Anna said in her
preview, "I don't think I laughed at all."), it seems like
Knights might end up back in that timeslot sometime around Christmas.
Oh, the other displaced show,
Notes from the Underbelly, has yet to be rescheduled. Don't rush with that one either, ABC.
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The Futon Critic]
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