Spritenaut 32 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 ABC released their fall schedule: http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/12/abc-fall-schedule Not too much new. ABC didn't cancel many shows so most nights stay mostly the same. Somewhat interested in Quantico. Agent Carter will return at midseason and be set in LA. The Muppets are back, which is the good news. The hook of the show is that it's a "docu-soap" style show which goes behind the scenes into the characters private lives. Uh, huh. That sounds absurd. Maybe it's a plot by Fox to distract us from how badly they rape the Lucifer concept. Also, Stana Katic signed a new contract so she'll return to Castle next year. And the president of ABC said the SHIELD spinoff died in part because the felt adding new characters helped the show reach its creative stride and they didn't want to remove those characters for the spinoff. (translation: we still haven't figured out how to make Coulson and his scoobies interesting). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Kalinda the investigator is the most bizarre CSI Miami thing to shoehorn into that show. I hate every scene she's in. At one point, on SUITS, I think in the pilot they basically laid out the formula for courtroom shows as a job pitch: "It's easy. You make a move. They make a move. You go back and forth until it's time for someone to win." It's basically the same formula as HOUSE. Only it's plaintiff vs. defendant instead of needy family vs. death. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Oh, American Crime, how I love you and how you destroy my faith in humanity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 The police procedural thing is kind of old anyway. In the current climate, it seems even less wise. Not a lot of people are crazy about the police right now, let's be honest. Making Supergirl a policewoman seems kind of silly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLl-DMzxrk This looks rather good. It will likely get cancelled though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Technico Support Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Kalinda the investigator is the most bizarre CSI Miami thing to shoehorn into that show. I hate every scene she's in. Her character is so horribly written. "Oh, she's a tough, strong, no-nonsense woman? Let's make her a lesbian or at least bi." Oh big 4 network TV written for lowest common denominator middle America, don't ever change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.T. Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_fLl-DMzxrk This looks rather good. It will likely get cancelled though. Meagan Good is in this. I love her something awesome but she has the acting range similar in scope to the lifespan of a mayfly. I am not confident that this will be a good show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted May 12, 2015 Author Share Posted May 12, 2015 Speaking of CSIs Have we mentioned that the original CSI is ending? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 TV writers confuse "tough and no-nonsense" with "well-written." Carmella Soprano was one of the best written, most morally ambigious female characters ever. And she was actually a weird, compelling mix of strong and weak. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Speaking of CSIs Have we mentioned that the original CSI is ending? I didn't even remember it was still on til this post, to be honest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Don't worry. They'll be back for CSI/LAW & ORDER: ROAD RULES CHALLENGE. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Would watch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Meloni would just dominate. But it would be worth it jut to see D'Onofrio try to make it across a rope bridge. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomAct Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 D'Onofrio Makes it Across a Rope Bridge sounds like the worst indy band ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dewar Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Don Johnson as a ruthless oil tycoon in North Dakota? SOLD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Can we get Jerry Orbach's estate to license his voice for the RV's GPS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raziel Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 http://youtu.be/pfJkusicBa4 Its either gonna be REALLY good, or REALLY bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spritenaut 32 Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I'm guessing bad. Hope I'm wrong, though. Re: CSI, last batch of articles I saw indicated it probably wouldn't get canceled outright. The other options being thrown around were tv movie, 13 episode short season, or 4 episode season + a tv movie. CBS supposedly wants to lure William Petersen back for the finale episodes. Personally, I'd prefer they just cancel it. The Gig Harbor Killler stuff was atrocious and the show has been fairly bad in general since Petersen left. Also, George Eads left the show, Ted Danson joined Fargo, and Elisabeth Shue apparently isn't under contract for next year, so..... Other thing that came out of ABC's presentation is that American Crime will return for season 2, but they will do a complete reboot. New murder, new characters. Some of the actors will return, but in different roles. I'm ok with that so long as Felicity Huffman and Timothy Hutton stay on my tv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Why couldn't they just give us a Muppet Show? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It can't be any worse than Muppets Tonight. I'm in. I can't wait for my kid to be old enough to ask me what a Muppet is. "It's not a mop, and it's not a puppet, but man! ..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bustronaut Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 How was Muppets Tonight bad? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
(BP) Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 I remember it being very reactionary to pop culture instead of being weird and in front of stuff like the Muppet Show, and there were too many Poochie-esque new characters. Also, not enough Kermit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reed Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 Don Johnson as a ruthless oil tycoon in North Dakota? SOLD. I hope he occasionally beats up folks too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt D Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 It can't be any worse than Muppets Tonight. I'm in. I can't wait for my kid to be old enough to ask me what a Muppet is. "It's not a mop, and it's not a puppet, but man! ..." We've got the first three seasons of the muppet show and my almost-3 year old can do a whole mahna mahna routine with me. They say this thing is going to be all ages but it doesn't feel that way to me. It feels a bit more "low hanging fruit." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADCAP Posted May 12, 2015 Share Posted May 12, 2015 As long was we get one "but that's none of my business" from Kermit in the first episode, I'm in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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