Wednesday May 15, 2013
CBS was the final major network to announce its fall schedule today, touting five new comedies (as opposed to only one that debuted last year). We Are Men (about four guys living together in an apartment complex) and Mom (starring Anna Faris as a single mother) will join How I Met Your Mother (in its ninth and final season) and 2 Broke Girls on Mondays.
The Millers (starring Will Arnett, Margo Martindale and Beau Bridges as members of a dysfunctional family) and The Crazy Ones (starring Robin Williams as an egotistical ad executive and Sarah Michelle Gellar as his daughter) will be added to The Big Bang Theory and Two and a Half Men to create an expanded comedy block on Thursdays (which should put the final nail in the coffin of NBC's former Thursday-night comedy dominance). Friends With Better Lives (about six friends in various relationship stages) will debut along with returning show Mike & Molly at midseason.
The Crazy Ones photo courtesy of CBS
Wednesday May 15, 2013
The network upfronts continued with yesterday's announcement of the ABC fall schedule, including four new comedies to premiere in the fall and one for midseason. The Goldbergs (a Wonder Years-esque coming-of-age story set in the '80s) and Trophy Wife (starring Malin Akerman as the title character and Bradley Whitford as her husband) will make up a new Tuesday comedy block, while Back in the Game (about a former softball all-star coaching her son's Little League team) and Super Fun Night (about three friends with a weekly girls' night out) will join The Middle and Modern Family on Wednesdays.
The Neighbors is moving to Fridays to join Last Man Standing. Mixology (which somehow takes place entirely over the course of a single night in a bar) will premiere at midseason, along with the third season of Suburgatory.
The Goldbergs photo courtesy of ABC
Monday May 13, 2013
Fox announced its fall schedule today, with five new comedies set to join returning sitcoms New Girl, The Mindy Project and Raising Hope. Dads (executive produced by Seth MacFarlane and starring Seth Green and Giovanni Ribisi as two friends whose fathers unexpectedly move in with them) and Brooklyn Nine-Nine (a cop comedy from the creators of Parks and Recreation, starring Andy Samberg) will air on Tuesdays following New Girl and The Mindy Project, while Enlisted (about three brothers working on an Army base, from Cougar Town co-creator Kevin Biegel) will join Raising Hope on Fridays in "late fall" (probably November).
Surviving Jack (based on a book by Justin Halpern of $#*! My Dad Says fame, about a father raising two teenagers) and Us & Them (a remake of the British series Gavin and Stacey, starring Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel) are slated to premiere at midseason.
Dads photo courtesy of Fox
Monday May 13, 2013
NBC finalized the overhaul of its comedy programming with yesterday's announcement of its 2013-2014 fall schedule, with just two comedies returning and six new sitcoms set to premiere. Three of those will bow in the fall on Thursday nights following the returning Parks and Recreation: Welcome to the Family (pictured), about a white family and a Hispanic family trying to blend when their children get married; Sean Saves the World, starring Sean Hayes as a divorced gay dad; and The Michael J. Fox Show, with Fox as a Parkinson's-afflicted news anchor juggling work and family.
Three more will be held for midseason, along with the miraculous fifth season of Community: The Family Guide, about a family brought closer by divorce; About a Boy, based on the 2002 movie (which itself was based on the Nick Hornby novel) about an immature slacker who befriends his neighbor's son (both scheduled for Tuesdays); and Undateable, from Scrubs and Cougar Town producer Bill Lawrence, featuring a confident guy who decides to help his roommate and his roommate's awkward friends learn how to get women. The premise and the fact that it's currently unscheduled makes me think Undateable will probably end up as this year's show the network holds onto for months and then burns off over the summer.
Photo courtesy of NBC
