For TV fans the best time of year is almost here, the Broadcast Network Upfront. The week of May 16th; ABC, CBS, CW, FOX and NBC will present their schedules for Fall 2016 and we find out what new pilots were picked up.
Now as of late I’ve tried not to get into too many shows but a lot of the ones I currently watch probably have 1 or 2 seasons left at most. So I’m preparing to find replacements when the day comes that those shows end.
ABC
Currently ABC is the network I watch the most shows on; Fresh Off the Boat, The Goldbergs, Last Man Standing, The Middle, Modern Family, Once Upon a Time and Shark Tank. While Fresh Off the Boat and The Goldbergs are on Seasons 2 and 3 respectively the other shows are aging and won’t be around too much longer in my opinion anyways.
So the new Pilots from ABC that I like are two dramas; Designated Survivor and Time After Time. I have enough ABC sitcoms to watch already and won’t be bothering with those.
Designated Survivor has already been picked up so now I just have to wait and see when it will be scheduled. As for Time After Time I’m not sure if we’ll see it at all but it is from Kevin Williamson (Scream, Dawson’s Creek, The Vampire Diaries) so it might get picked up. We’ll find out for sure May 17th.
CBS
As for CBS I watch; The Amazing Race, The Big Bang Theory, Supergirl and Survivor. Currently Season 1 of Supergirl ended and I’m waiting to see if it gets renewed on May 18th. The other 3 shows I have no idea how long they’ll go on for but I’ll continue to watch until they do end. I’m not fond of the crime dramas that CBS over-saturates their network with but I do like the idea of some of their sitcom pilots.
The sitcom Pilots from CBS that I like are; The Great Indoors, I’m Not Your Friend and The Kicker. All 3 shows star actors I know from other shows I used to watch. The Great Indoors has Joel McHale (Community, The Soup), I’m Not Your Friend has Matt LeBlanc (Friends) and The Kicker has Joanna Garcia-Swisher (Reba), David Spade (8 Simple Rules, Rules of Engagement) and Geoff Stults (7th Heaven). I just hope CBS picks up at least 1 but I’m not going to get my hopes up.
The CW
As for The CW I watch; The Flash, The 100, The Originals and The Vampire Diaries. All my shows have been renewed but The 100 and TVD most likely only have 1 season left each. The Originals probably has maybe 2 left in it. That leaves only The Flash in a few years. I will definitely be looking for more CW shows this year.
The drama Pilots from CW that I like are; Untitled Kevin Williamson Project, Untitled Mars Project, Riverdale and Translyvania. I honestly have no idea which one will get picked up but hopefully Riverdale is one. May 19th we’ll know for sure though.
The biggest reason I want to see Riverdale is that it could give us a spinoff about witches since Sabrina was a character in Archie Comics originally. Eventually TVD and The Originals will be gone and what would make a great dark supernatural drama; Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. I know it was a sitcom on ABC 20 years ago but I think Greg Berlanti could do something awesome with it. Of course I could just be a fan of The Secret Circle who still hasn’t forgotten an amazing witch drama and doesn’t understand why The CW didn’t give it a chance. Even if no Sabrina spin-off is created put the character on Riverdale and I’ll be happy.
FOX
As for FOX I watch; Family Guy and The Simpsons. I’m not always the biggest fan of FOX shows but I found a sitcom and drama Pilot I like.
The drama pilot from FOX I like is Pitch and the sitcom pilot I like is Making History. They are both about two interesting ideas. Pitch is about the first female pitcher in the MLB and Making History is about time travel. On May 16th we’ll find out their fates.
NBC
On NBC all I watch is SuperStore. The two drama Pilots I hope to see are Midnight, Texas and Time.
Midnight, Texas is a supernatural drama and Time is about people fighting criminals across time. Please NBC pickup Time. I want to see that so bad. We’ll find out on May 16th.
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