The Up Fronts begin on Monday; it’s where broadcast networks
offers its fall slate, revealing the new shows to the viewers who care about
this, as well as the advertisers who’ll paying for them. NBC will reveal much
on Monday, but their new primetime schedule was revealed on Sunday night.
Blacklist will
bump Revolution (which will move to
Wednesday for season two) from its cushy post The Voice timeslot on Mondays. The new serialized thriller is about
one the most wanted men, played by the always watchable James Spader, who
offers to give up to the FBI –and new minted agent Elizabeth Sheen (Megan
Boone) only- all the bad guys the good guys know nothing about.
Meanwhile, on Tuesday, the Peacock offers The Biggest Loser, the second edition
of The Voice and moves returning Chicago Fire at 10pm. Wednesday starts
with the relocated Revolution,
followed by the long-running Law &
Order: SVU and then a reboot of the classic Raymond Burr series, Ironside, with Blair Underwood now playing
the paralyzed cop. NBC’s long-time Thursday comedy block remains, but only Parks and Recreation remains (Community did get picked-up for a 13
episode fifth season, but will be held for midseason) and will launch the
night. Welcome to the Family,
starring Glee’s Mike O’Malley
follows, with Will & Graces Sean
Hayes taking over the ending The Office
timeslot with his new show, Sean Saves
the World. Michael J. Fox returns to TV with his own self named series, The Michael J. Fox Show. Underappreciated
Parenthood returns for another
season, and will take over the plum 10pm timeslot where no show since the end
of ER has survived (and NBC has said
nothing about the fate of Hannibal, which has scored well, but
still not huge numbers for its production budget). Dateline NBC remains on Friday, followed by the returning Grimm and then another genre show, the limited-run series Dracula starring Jonathan Rhys Meyers
as the titular vampire. Waiting for midseason is a new Tuesday night comedy
block that will take over for The Voice.
About a Boy is a series based on the
movie, and stars David Walton and Minnie Driver. The Family Guide is from comedian DJ Nash. Also for 2014 is Crossbones, a historical pirate series
from writer Neil Cross (BBC’s Luthor)
which stars John Malkovich. Believe
is a series from JJ Abrams, and not much is known about the premise beyond it
featuring some elements of the supernatural. And Crisis is a conspiracy series that stars former The X Files actress Gillian Anderson
and Dermot Mulroney.
As mentioned, Community
was given a 13 episode fifth season, yet remains unscheduled at this time. But
it’s a good bet the show will be used to fill in when one of NBC’s other
comedies fails. Also not scheduled is the Chicago
Fire spin-off Chicago PD as well as The Night Shift and the comedy Undateable.
Gone are: Deception, Animal
Practice, Do No Harm, 30 Rock, Guys with Kids, The Office, Smash, Up All Night,
Whitney, Go On, The New Normal and 1600 Penn.
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