Wednesday, May 20, 2009

To Cancel or Not to Cancel Update 2

Here's NBC's 2009/2010 schedule and here's ABC's schedule. And Fox's schedule if you missed it.

Interesting notes:

  • Bible-inspired "Kings" is officially canceled. Nuts.
  • Thursday nights on NBC looks like this: "The Office," "30 Rock," "Jay Leno," "Parks and Recreation" (Amy Poehler), and "Community" (Joel McHale/Chevy Chase). Wow that sure sounds impressive.
  • Jay Leno. Every. Single. Night. At nine. Why does this feel more excessive than when he was on every single night at 10:35? It shouldn't be any different, right?
  • "Chuck" won't be back until after the Winter Olympics, which are in February. That's right, no Chuck for over nine months. That's so not cool.
  • Almost all one-hour dramas are being forced to cut costs. Fewer and less frequently appearing cast members, fewer special effects, fewer episodes. Almost all of the shows are being affected. 2009/2010 will be the year of the low-budget half-seasons.
  • "V" will be on ABC sometime this year but hasn't been scheduled yet. Two clips here.
  • "Scrubs" will return in the Spring. Since more than half the cast is doing other TV shows, movies, and projects (Christa Miller and Neil Flynn have sitcoms on this same schedule for the same network!), I wonder if that gives them time to finish/flop and then come back to "Scrubs"?
  • ABC managed to write four paragraphs in their news release about "Scrubs" without really telling us anything about whether the show will be the same or fundamentally different. How do you continue a show after you've wrapped it up? I guess we'll see…
  • NBC announced shows for the summer… wait for it… of 2010. Really?!

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