2010 New Network Shows Megathread

[Lilaena De'Ville]

aka Stuff we might like and the ones we love will probably be canceled

CBS
SCHEDULE

Bold shows are new, shows in italics are shows that have been moved to a new time.

MONDAY
8:00-8:30 - How I Met Your Mother
8:30-9:00 - Rules of Engagement
9:00-9:30 - Two and a Half Men
9:30-10:00 - Mike & Molly
10:00-11:00 - Hawaii Five-O

TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 - NCIS
9:00-10:00 - NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00-11:00 - The Good Wife

WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:00 - Survivor
9:00-10:00 - Criminal Minds
10:00-11:00 - The Defenders

THURSDAY
8:00-8:30 - The Big Bang Theory
8:30-9:00 - $#*! My Dad Says
9:00-10:00 - CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:00-11:00 - The Mentalist

FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 - Medium
9:00-10:00 - CSI: NY
10:00-11:00 - Blue Bloods

SATURDAY
8:00-9:00 - Crimetime Saturday
9:00-10:00 - Crimetime Saturday
10:00-11:00 - 48 Hours Mystery

SUNDAY
7:00-8:00 - 60 Minutes
8:00-9:00 - The Amazing Race
9:00-10:00 - Undercover Boss
10:00-11:00 - CSI: Miami

NEW SHOW PREVIEWS
Hawaii Five-O
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJOhqxHnWa8
Remake of the original, starring Daniel Dae Kim (LOST) as Chin Ho, Chris McGarrett, son of the original Steve, is being played by Alex O'Loughlin (Three Rivers), Danno is Scott Caan. Also, Grace Park (BSG).

Blue Bloods
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGkoEM7dnUs
A multi-generational family of New York cops. Tom Selleck (Jesse Stone, Magnum, P.I.) plays a police chief and family patriarch, with Donnie Wahlberg (Boomtown, Band of Brothers) also being part of the family.

The Defenders
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFDznZZE8vA
This is about a pair of "fiery" defense lawyers who go to the bat for their clients, starring Jim Belushi (According to Jim).

$#*! My Dad Says
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YTsKXYGUwo
Based on the Twitter feed of the same name, William Shatner (Boston Legal, Star Trek) plays the father. Also includes Will Sasso (MadTV), Nicole Sullivan (MadTV) and Nicole Lemelin.

Mike & Molly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihWp2QaXnZI
I think this show is about fat (sorry, overweight) people finding love. I haven't watched the video yet though. :uhoh A half hour sitcom from the mind that brought you Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

NBC
SCHEDULE

Bold shows are new

MONDAY
8-9 p.m. - Chuck
9-10 p.m. - The Event
10-11 p.m. - Chase

TUESDAY
8-10 p.m. - The Biggest Loser
10-11 p.m. - Parenthood

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. - Undercovers
9-10 p.m. - Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
10-11 p.m. - Law & Order: Los Angeles

THURSDAY
8- 8:30 p.m. - Community
8:30-9 p.m. - 30 Rock
9-9:30 p.m. - The Office
9:30-10 p.m. - Outsourced
10-11 p.m. - Love Bites

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. - Who Do You Think You Are?/School Pride
9-10 p.m. - Dateline NBC
10-11 p.m. - Outlaw

SATURDAY
Encore programming

SUNDAY
7- 8:15 p.m. - Football Night in America
8:15-11:30 p.m. - NBC Sunday Night Football

SUNDAY (beginning March 2011)
7-8 p.m. - Dateline NBC
8-9 p.m. - Minute to Win It
9-11 p.m. - The Celebrity Apprentice

NEW SHOW PREVIEWS

Undercovers
http://www.nbc.com/undercovers/
Hour long drama from JJ Abrams about married spies who are reactivated by the CIA.

Chase
http://www.nbc.com/chase/Hour long drama from Jerry Bruckheimer about US Marshalls chasing fugitives.

The Event
http://www.nbc.com/the-event/
Hour long drama about a man investigating the disappearance of his fiance stumbling across a conspiracy to assassinate the President. Could this be the new LOST? Maybe!

Love Bites
http://www.nbc.com/love-bites/
Hour long romantic comedy anthology anchored by the stories of two single girls.

Outsourced
http://www.nbc.com/outsourced/
30 minute sitcom about a man who is sent to India to train the new outsourced employees doing his job. Apparently, Outsourced is a TV remake or spinoff of this 2006 film http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0425326/ by John Jeffcoat.

The Cape
http://www.nbc.com/the-cape/
Cop is framed for a crime he didn't commit, decides to fight crime and try to reunite with his son. I think it looks good!

Outlaw
http://www.nbc.com/outlaw/
A horrible name for a show about a Supreme Court Justice resigns from the bench and starts a law practice, starring Jimmy Smits.

There are more upcoming shows here, at the bottom of the page. http://www.nbc.com/upcoming-shows/

[Lilaena De'Ville]

ABC
SCHEDULE

New shows in bold

MONDAY
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Dancing with the Stars
10:00 p.m. Castle

TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. No Ordinary Family
9:00 p.m. Dancing with the Stars the Results Show
10:00 p.m. Detroit 1-8-7

WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. The Middle
8:30 p.m. Better Together
9:00 p.m. Modern Family
9:30 p.m. Cougar Town
10:00 p.m. The Whole Truth

THURSDAY
8:00 p.m. My Generation
9:00 p.m. Grey’s Anatomy
10:00 p.m. Private Practice


FRIDAY
8:00 p.m. Secret Millionaire
9:00 p.m. Body of Proof
10:00 p.m. 20/20

SATURDAY
8:00 p.m. Saturday Night College Football

SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. America’s Funniest Home Videos
8:00 p.m. Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
9:00 p.m. Desperate Housewives
10:00 p.m. Brothers & Sisters

MIDSEASON: Off The Map, Mr. Sunshine, Happy Endings, V.

NEW SHOW PREVIEWS

No Ordinary Family
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mDukZLfuz0
New drama about an ordinary family gaining special abilities; basically The Incredibles meets Heroes. Stars Michael Chiklis (The Shield), Julie Benz (Dexter), and Tate Donovan (Damages). I have high hopes for this one!!!!

Off The Map
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNJ-LUtj0Gw
Yet another medical drama from Grey's/Private Practice creator Shonda Rhimes about... do we really care?

Body Of Proof
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RepY4Zd73_E
New procedural starring Dana Delany (Desperate Housewives). She's a neurosurgeon who solves crimes and has a haunted past.

The Whole Truth
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-WVMLr4FcQ
Jerry Bruckheimer produced legal drama that follows both the prosecution and the defense. Stars Rob Morrow (Numb3rs) and Joely Richardson (Nip/Tuck).

My Generation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioW-UmeYzbc
New dramedy about a group of former high school classmates who return home 10 years later and realize their goals of yesteryear didn't quite match up with what they've become.

Detroit 1-8-7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrS7ed5t5rU
Police procedural set in Detroit (but filmed in Atlanta) and stars Michael Imperioli (The Sopranos).

Mr. Sunshine
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ChslsXGqEUc
Single-camera comedy about life in a mid-level sports arena starring Matthew Perry (Friends) and Allison Janney (The West Wing).

Happy Endings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCVYNgq4cZw
New relationship comedy about breakups and hookups and friendships starring Elisha Cuthbert (24).

Better Together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrMt5wPL3P8
Multi-cam comedy that follows two couples from different generations starring Debra Jo Rupp (That 70's Show).

[Lilaena De'Ville]

The CW
SCHEDULE

looking for one...

NEW SHOW PREVIEWS
Not a lot going on here, the CW doesn't have a lot of house available for programming. Two shows I know about:

Hellcats
A coming-of-age drama about a young pre-law student (Aly Michalka, Bandslam) whose world is turned upside-down when she loses her scholarship and has to join the college’s competitive cheerleading squad. This fun, energetic series is a behind-the-scenes look at the drama, politics and pressure surrounding the high school football program at a Southern university. Described as "Election meets Bring It On". Stars: Allison Michalka (Phil of the Future, music group 78violet), Ashley Tisdale (High School Musical), Gail O'Grady, Robbie Jones, Matt Barr, Heather Hemmens, Elena Esovolova, Sharon Leal (Boston Public), Ben Browder (Farscape, Stargate SG-1)

Nikita
A remake based on La Femme Nikita. Focusing on an assassin for a top-secret government organization who goes rogue and the new assassin who is trained to replace her. Seems a bit more action focused than the usual CW fair. Stars: Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard) is Nikita, Lyndsey Fonseca (Kick-Ass) is the replacement assassin, Aaron Stanford (Traveler), Melinda Clark (The OC), Sebastien Roberts, Shane West (ER, A Walk to Remember), Tiffany Hines, Xander Berkeley (Kick-Ass)

[Lilaena De'Ville]

FOX
SCHEDULE

New shows in bold

MONDAY
8:00 PM - House
9:00 PM - Lonestar

TUESDAY
8:00 PM - Glee
9:00 PM - Raising Hope
9:30 PM - Running Wilde

WEDNESDAY
8:00 PM - Lie to Me
9:00 PM - Hells Kitchen

THURSDAY
8:00 PM - Bones
9:00 PM - Fringe

FRIDAY
8:00 PM - Human Target
9:00 PM - The Good Guys*

SATURDAY
8:00 PM - Cops
9:00 PM - Cops
10:00 PM - America's Most Wanted

SUNDAY
7:00 PM - The OT (NFL post-game)
8:00 PM - The Simpsons
8:30 PM - The Cleveland Show
9:00 PM - Family Guy
9:30 PM - American Dad

Mid-Season Shows
Ride-Along (Mondays), Bobs Burgers (Sundays), Mixed Signals (Tuesdays), American Idol (yawn)

I have no idea where Terra Nova is on their schedule, because it isn't on there. But supposedly they picked it up!

*not new for fall, new right now

NEW SHOW PREVIEWS

Raising Hope
1, 2, 3 , 4
A 25-year-old raises an infant with the help of his quirky family.

Starring: Lucas Neff, Cloris Leachman, Garrett Dillahunt (character actor, has been in literally everything, notably TSCC), Martha Plimpton (Goonies)
Creator/Showrunner: Greg Garcia (My Name is Earl)

Terra Nova
We follow an ordinary family embarking on an incredible journey back in time to prehistoric Earth as a small part of a massive experiment to save the human race.

In the year 2149 the world is dying. The planet is overdeveloped, overcrowded and over polluted. With the majority of plant and animal life extinct, devotion to science has brought mankind to the brink of destruction, but has also provided its only hope for salvation. Knowing there is no way to reverse the damage to the planet, a coalition of scientists has managed to open up a fracture in the space-time continuum, creating a portal to prehistoric Earth. This doorway leads to an amazing world, one that allows for a last-ditch effort to save the human race…possibly changing the future by correcting the mistakes of the past. The series centers on the Shannon family as they join the tenth pilgrimage of settlers to TERRA NOVA, the first colony of humans in this second chance for civilization.

Starring: Kyle Chandler (Friday Night Lights)
Showrunner: Brannon Braga (Star Trek: Enterprise, Threshold, 24)

Ride-Along
1, 2, 3, 4
A cop drama set and filmed entirely in Chicago; a rogue cowboy cop teams up with the city's first female police chief in order to clean up the streets. The city of Chicago is a paradox that serves as the setting for RIDE-ALONG, a new drama from Shawn Ryan (“The Shield,” “The Unit”). During a ride-along, a civilian spends a shift in the passenger seat of a squad car, observing the work day of a police officer. But in this series, the audience is the passenger, taking an unpredictable ride through the streets of Chicago and navigating crime and corruption with the most respected – and notorious – cops in the city.

Starring: Jason Clarke (Brotherhood), Jennifer Beals (Lie to Me, The Book of Eli, The L Word), Delroy Lindo (Kidnapped, Gone in 60 Seconds, Mercy)
Creator/Showrunner: Shawn Ryan (The Shield)

Running Wilde
1, 2, 3
A rich Beverly Hills jackass falls for a tree-hugging hippie. OR:

Steve Wilde has never performed a selfless act. But why should he – he’s rich! The son of an oil tycoon, Steve hasn’t had to work a day in his life and has always gotten everything he’s wanted – with one exception: the love of Emmy. The daughter of a former Wilde housekeeper, Emmy is an earnest do-gooder who has spent her adult life trying to save the world. And though Emmy is content living with an indigenous tribe in the Amazon rainforest, her 12-year-old daughter, PUDDLE (Stefania Owen, “The Lovely Bones”), just wants to be a normal kid experiencing her adolescence in a normal place. And she would speak up except for the fact that she hasn’t spoken in years. When Wilde Oil’s expansion in the rainforest threatens her adopted tribe, Emmy decides to attend Steve’s self-thrown “Humanitarian of the Year” award ceremony in hopes of convincing him to help her cause…and also maybe because she still has a thing for Steve. But same-old Steve is unwilling to help because fighting Wilde Oil (a/k/a Dad) means putting his meal ticket in jeopardy. Rather than run the risk of letting Emmy slip away again, Steve pulls out all the stops to win her heart.

Ridiculous. Who names a kid Puddle? Apparently the show is told all from her perspective, as well.

Starring: Will Arnett, Keri Russell
Creators: Mitchell Hurwitz & Will Arnett (Arrested Development)

Lonestar
1, 2, 3, 4, 5
A Texas con artist in the oil industry juggles two different lives in two different cities, married to two different women.

Starring: Jimmy Wolk, Adrienne Palicki (Friday Night Lights), Eloise Mumford (Crash), Jon Voight

Bob's Burgers
1, 2, 3
A new animated series about a man, his family and a burger joint. A third-generation restaurateur, BOB BELCHER (H. Jon Benjamin, FAMILY GUY, “Archer”) runs Bob’s Burgers with the help of his wife and their three kids.

Mixed Signals
1, 2, 3
A comedy series about three longtime friends and their attempts to reconcile the irreconcilable: to balance their relationships with their need for freedom. The series reveals how friendships and romances enhance – and further complicate – the lives of men and the women who love them.

Starring: Nelson Franklin, David Denman, Kris Marshall
Showrunners: Bob Fisher (Wedding Crashers) & David Hemingson (Kitchen Confidential, The Deep End)


RENEWED SHOWS YOU MIGHT CARE ABOUT
Fringe (this show is awesome)
Lie to Me
Human Target (this show is also awesome)

[Rutabaga]

Shit My Dad Says is one of the funniest things to follow on Twitter. I think it's a really dumb idea for a TV show, though. Even with the Shat.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

I'm all kinds of excited about No Ordinary Family, The Event, and The Cape.

[Yog]

Nikita
A remake based on La Femme Nikita. Focusing on an assassin for a top-secret government organization who goes rogue and the new assassin who is trained to replace her. Seems a bit more action focused than the usual CW fair. Stars: Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard) is Nikita, Lyndsey Fonseca (Kick-Ass) is the replacement assassin, Aaron Stanford (Traveler), Melinda Clark (The OC), Sebastien Roberts, Shane West (ER, A Walk to Remember), Tiffany Hines, Xander Berkeley (Kick-Ass)

I don't understand why they are making a remake out of this, when the original show was such a classic.

[Captain Untouchable]

Shit My Dad Says is one of the funniest things to follow on Twitter. I think it's a really dumb idea for a TV show, though. Even with the Shat.

I'm not so sure, actually. If it winds up as just a generic sitcom that happens to have that kind of character in (that's likely), then I don't think it'll be any less successful or more dumb than any other sitcom that has ever been made.

The inclusion of other characters implies it'll be more like that; in the Tweets, it's mostly just the son and the dad.

[Lilaena De'Ville]

Nikita
A remake based on La Femme Nikita. Focusing on an assassin for a top-secret government organization who goes rogue and the new assassin who is trained to replace her. Seems a bit more action focused than the usual CW fair. Stars: Maggie Q (Mission Impossible III, Live Free or Die Hard) is Nikita, Lyndsey Fonseca (Kick-Ass) is the replacement assassin, Aaron Stanford (Traveler), Melinda Clark (The OC), Sebastien Roberts, Shane West (ER, A Walk to Remember), Tiffany Hines, Xander Berkeley (Kick-Ass)

I don't understand why they are making a remake out of this, when the original show was such a classic.

But why do they make remakes of anything? Anyway, its The CW, I don't expect much from that network. I know some people can't get enough Smallville or Supernatural but I've never really watched them.

[Rutabaga]

I watched Supernatural for the first couple of seasons and found it to be entertaining, but I got bored with it after a while. Haven't watched it since.

[CMJ]

I saw several of these pilots. Lonestar was the best new drama I got to watch and Raising Hope was probably the best comedy.

Some shows I enjoyed didn't get picked up....or maybe they'll land on cable somewhere (or as a mid season replacement).

[Lilaena De'Ville]

What shows were those? That you liked but didn't get picked up?

[Dasquian Belargic]

No Ordinary Family and Undercovers sound kind of cool. Nothing else jumped out at me. Then again, most of these shows probably have a year or so before they air in the UK so I'll have plenty of time to find out which ones are crap

[CMJ]

What shows were those? That you liked but didn't get picked up?

I probably shouldn't say. I saw these thru work afterall - and we aren't really supposed to discuss stuff outside of it.