No premiere date, and I don't see a good portion of this happening--only
three fall debuts. Here we go as listed by Deadline, new shows in all
caps:
MONDAY
8 PM — Dancing with the Stars--I believe host Tom Bergeron has already said
that even in September, the combination of 600 cheering audience members
and 25 sweaty bodies on live television (and no one wearing masks) is
asking for it. I would hope that the BBC has already decided that there
will be no "Strictly" this fall--please tell me that's true, Adam.
10 PM — The Good Doctor
TUESDAY
8 PM — The Bachelorette--the first fall appearance for the franchise and
the first African-American bachelorette (in a franchise not known for
treating BIPOCs well), but wait--twenty men and one woman, Chris Harrison
and a crew and production staffers in one house together in late summer in
the midst of a pandemic. Oh yeah, what a great idea.
10 PM — BIG SKY--David E. Kelley is back on OTA television with a thriller
in which two private dicks (Ryan Phillippe and Kylie Bunbury) with the help
of Phillippe's ex (Deedee Pfeiffer, Michelle's sis) search for kids
kidnapped somewhere in Montana. Based on a series of books and produced by
part-Disney owned A+E Studios (their first OTA network series) and
Disney-owned 20th, Kelley's longtime home base.
WEDNESDAY
8 PM — The Goldbergs
8:30 PM — American Housewife
9 PM — The Conners
9:30 PM — CALL YOUR MOTHER--Empty nester mom Kyra Sedgwick decides she
needs to be seen with her kids again and reinserts herself into their lives
without one thank yew, with much hilarity ensuing. A multi-cam sitcom
(since those shows only do well if Chuck Lorre is the creator--and oh yeah,
are they going to have 225 people watching the show or is all going to be
from John Bickelhaupt or Bob LaMasney's laff boxes?) created by Kari Lizer
("Old Christine") for Sony and ABC Studios.
10 PM — Stumptown
THURSDAY
8 PM — Station 19
9 PM — Grey’s Anatomy
10 PM — A Million Little Things
Can it still be TGIT with one show not produced by Shonda Rhimes?
FRIDAY
8 PM — Shark Tank
9 PM — 20/20 (Two Hours)
SATURDAY
8 PM — Saturday Night Football--If there is college football.
SUNDAY
7 PM — America’s Funniest Home Videos
8 PM — SUPERMARKET SWEEP--When you're in the market and you hear that beep,
think of the fun YOU could have on... The reboot of the game show that
started on ABC daytime in 1965 (and joined the long list of shows called by
critics the decline and fall of Western civilization) was scheduled for
this year's Summer Fun and Games block, but along with "Card Sharks" didn't
go into production before the stay-at-home orders. ABC and format owner
Fremantle are trying again, with Leslie Jones hosting as originally
announced. Now considering that the Lifetime and PAX TV revivals of the
90s and early oughts did at least half of each episode with no audience and
LaMasney's laff box, it's possible that they could pull it off. But do you
see people running through the aisles throwing Foster Farms turkeys and
giant economy size boxes of Tide detergent (emptied to make it easier to
pick up) into their shopping carts wearing masks? No.
9 PM — Who Wants To Be A Millionaire--Their just-completed celebrity season
was shot in the early stages of the pandemic before the stay-at-home orders
and they proved they didn't need a studio audience. The question for game
show fans is if civilians are going into the Hot Seat facing Jimmy Kimmel
or if it will be celebs again.
10 PM — The Rookie
Right now, nothing new for mid-season--"black-ish" and "mixed-ish" will
return, along with the spring drama "For Life."
And there you have it.
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