May 2, 2024:
May 2, 2024 "CBS 2024-2025 Schedule: ‘Young Sheldon’ Spinoff Opens Thursday Night Lineup, ‘Tracker’ Gets Earlier Timeslot on Sundays": Today I found this article by Selome Hailu on Variety:
CBS announced not only its fall schedule, but a full lineup for the 2024-2025 broadcast season at a Los Angeles press briefing on Thursday.
As “Young Sheldon” is currently wrapping up its final season on Thursdays at 8 p.m., a headline of the slate is spinoff series “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” taking over that spot, leading into “Ghosts” at 8:30 p.m. Additionally, “Tracker” — not only the No. 1 new series of the 2023-2024 season, but the most-watched series overall — is getting an earlier position, moving from Sundays at 9 p.m. to 8 p.m.
Several CBS traditions remain intact. Tuesdays remain “FBI” night with the flagship series airing at 8 p.m. followed by “FBI: International” at 9 p.m. and “FBI: Most Wanted” at 10 p.m. On Mondays, “NCIS” holds onto its 9 p.m. timeslot, and after the cancellation of “NCIS: Hawai’i,” it’s 9:30 p.m. position will be taken over by the franchise’s newest iteration, “NCIS: Origins.”
The Wednesday schedule continues to be dominated by unscripted programming but will vary throughout the season, with a separate January lineup to bridge the gap between fall and spring seasons. In both the fall and the spring, “Survivor” will continue airing 90-minute episodes beginning at 8 p.m. Though “The Amazing Race” typically runs directly afterward, it will skip the fall and return for a new season at 9:30 in the spring. In the fall, the new competition series “The Summit” will take its place.
In between those two segments of the schedule, Wednesdays in January will open with “The Price Is Right at Night” at 8 p.m. “Raid the Cage” will air at 9 p.m., with a newly ordered reboot of the game show “Hollywood Squares” hosted by Drew Barrymore at 10 p.m.
Other new shows on the CBS lineup include are the Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. comedy “Poppa’s House” on Mondays at 8 p.m., the “Matlock” reboot on Thursdays at 9 p.m. and Morris Chestnut medical drama “Watson” on Sundays at 10 p.m.
Like Wednesdays, Fridays differ between fall and spring, driven by the recently announced to decision to air the final season of “Blue Bloods” in two parts, wrapping up before the year’s end. In the fall, “S.W.A.T.” will return for its eighth season at 8 p.m. followed by “Fire Country” at 9 p.m. and “Blue Bloods” at 9 p.m. The spring will instead be opened by “NCIS: Sydney,” with “Fire Country” remaining at 9 p.m. and “S.W.A.T.” moving to 10 p.m.
See the full schedule below.
MONDAY (FALL AND SPRING)
8:00 p.m. “The Neighborhood”
8:30 p.m. “Poppa’s House” (NEW SERIES)
9:00 p.m. “NCIS”
10:00 p.m. “NCIS: Origins” (NEW SERIES)
TUESDAY (FALL AND SPRING)
8:00 p.m. “FBI”
9:00 p.m. “FBI: International”
10:00 p.m. “FBI: Most Wanted”
WEDNESDAY (FALL)
8:00 p.m. “Survivor”
9:30 p.m. “The Summit” (NEW SERIES)
WEDNESDAY (JANUARY)
8: “The Price Is Right at Night”
9: “Raid the Cage”
10: “Hollywood Squares” (NEW SERIES)
WEDNESDAY (SPRING)
8:00 p.m. “Survivor”
9:30 p.m. “The Amazing Race”
THURSDAY (FALL AND SPRING)
8:00 p.m. “Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage” (NEW SERIES)
8:30 p.m. “Ghosts”
9:00 p.m. “Matlock” (NEW SERIES)
10:00 p.m. “Elsbeth”
FRIDAY (FALL)
8:00 p.m. “S.W.A.T.”
9:00 p.m. “Fire Country”
10:00 p.m. Blue Bloods”
FRIDAY (SPRING)
8:00 p.m. “NCIS: Sydney”
9:00 p.m. “Fire Country”
10 p.m.: “S.W.A.T.”
SATURDAY
8:00 p.m. CBS encores
10 p.m. “48 Hours”
SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. “60 Minutes”
8:00 p.m. “Tracker”
9:00 p.m. “The Equalizer”
10:00 p.m. “Watson” (NEW SERIES)
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/cbs-2024-2025-schedule-young-sheldon-spinoff-thursdays-1235989995/
The new shows:
Poppa's House:
"Follow happily divorced and talk radio host Poppa as he is challenged at work by a new female co-host and at home, still parenting his adult son, who tries to pursue his passion, while being a good father and husband."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26678932/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
NCIS: Origins:
"Follows a young Leroy Jethro Gibbs as he starts his career as part of the Naval Investigative Service operating out of the Camp Pendleton."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt30796986/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
The Summit: A reality show:
https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/cbs-the-summit-series-1235875482/
Hollywood Squares: A game show.
https://deadline.com/2024/05/hollywood-squares-reboot-drew-barrymore-cbs-1235902756/
Georgie and Mandie's First Marriage: The Young Sheldon spin-off.
https://tvline.com/news/young-sheldon-spinoff-georgie-and-mandy-first-marriage-cbs-1235227844/
Matlock:
"Follows Madeline Matlock as she rejoins the work force at a prestigious law firm, where she uses her wily tactics to win cases and expose wrong doing."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt26591147/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_3_tt_3_nm_5_q_matlo
Watson:
"A year after the death of his friend and partner Sherlock Holmes, Dr. John Watson resumes his medical career at a clinic dedicated to the treatment of rare diseases. However, he soon finds that his old life is not done with him yet."
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt22475008/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Here are 2 articles from 2023 which were the Upfronts 2023. They mention TV shows that were to air in the fall 2023, but was postponed and/ or not picked to series.
Feb. 17, 2023 "Pilot Season 2023: Volume Takes Another Dive Amid Solid Broadcast Debuts & Looming Writers Strike": Today I found this article by Peter White, Nellie Andreeva on Deadline:
Continuing a trend of the last couple of years, both of the CBS’ dramas pilots are based on IP and come from established auspices
— Robert and Michelle King’s Elsbeth, a police procedural offshoot of the Kings’ The Good Wife/Good Fight universe,
and Matlock, a gender-swap reboot of the classic legal drama, from Jennie Snyder Urman and Eric Christian Olsen.
Also based on existing IP is one of CBS’ two comedy pilots, JumpStart, an adaptation of the comic strip.
With casting being one of the most challenging tasks to complete within the tight time frame and pressure cooker of pilot season, CBS opted to go for projects with big-names already attached, Kathy Bates (Matlock), Carrie Preston (Elsbeth)
and Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr. in CBS’ second comedy pilot, an untitled father-son sitcom.
CBS is making up the reduction in drama pilots orders this year with writers rooms for two medical projects — The Pact
and Watson, which also is based on a popular IP, Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous Sherlock Holmes sidekick character.
They have been put on a different track for potential straight-to-series orders targeting the following 2024-2025 season as CBS continues to employ the model, adopted largely by necessity during the pandemic, alongside standard pilots.
https://deadline.com/2023/02/pilots-2023-number-drop-broadcast-ratings-writers-strike-1235260091/
May 4, 2023 "Upfronts 2023: Pilot Buzz Muted By Writers Strike": Today I found this article by Nellie Andreeva on Deadline:
By all accounts CBS has a strong drama pilot contingent as it went with two IP-based projects from proven creators who delivered.
There had been a very strong buzz surrounding Matlock, a reboot of the classic series from Jane the Virgin‘s Jennie Snyder Urman, since the script stage. The pilot, starring Kathy Bates, has kept the momentum, heading into upfronts at full steam as those who have seen it all seem to love it.
Meanwhile, Michelle and Robert King have delivered another strong contender with The Good Wife universe offshoot Elsbeth starring Carrie Preston. It also has been very well received, creating one of those embarrassment-of-riches situations for CBS.
There is some wiggle room as CBS has three bubble series to make a decision on, S.W.A.T., East New York and True Lies, so it could conceivably pick up both drama pilots to series at the expense of renewals. The network already has one new drama series for next season, Tracker, starring Justin Hartley (fka The Never Game).
It’s a tougher situation on the comedy side, where CBS already has renewed its current comedy series so it will likely have to choose between its two pilots, JumpStart, starring Terry Crews, and Untitled Wayans Father/Son project, starring Damon Wayans and Damon Wayans Jr., for one slot.
https://deadline.com/2023/05/pilot-buzz-2023-abc-cbs-nbc-writers-strike-1235355789/
May 13, 2024 "Fox Fall 2024 Schedule: ‘Lone Star’ Succeeds ‘9-1-1’, ‘The Floor’ Moves, ‘Family Guy’ Among 8 Scripted Series Held For Midseason": Today I found this article by Nellie Andreeva on Deadline:
For the first time in three years, Fox is unveiling a fall schedule at its upfront, reverting to the decades-old tradition of presenting a fall lineup to advertisers in May.
And for the first time since Family Guy was brought back from cancellation by Fox 19 years ago, Seth MacFarlane’s animated hit, which just celebrated its 25th anniversary, won’t be on the network’s fall schedule.
It is one of 8 new and returning scripted series held for midseason — including Animal Control, The Cleaning Lady and Alert — which is as many as there are on Fox’s fall schedule. The network likely is plotting a major midseason rollout using its Super Bowl broadcast as a promotional platform.
Also, for the first time in five years, there is no WWE SmackDown on Fridays as the network is replacing the departing wrestling franchise with sports coverage of college football and basketball as well as UFL.
Here is Fox’s fall 2024 schedule, followed by a brief analysis and descriptions of the new series.
(All Times ET/PT)
MONDAY
8-9 PM — 9-1-1: Lone Star
9-10 PM — Rescue: HI-Surf (new series)
TUESDAY
8-9 PM — Accused
9-10 PM — Murder in a Small Town (new series)
WEDNESDAY
8-9 PM — The Masked Singer
9-10 PM — The Floor
THURSDAY
8-9 PM — Hell’s Kitchen
9-10 PM — Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test
FRIDAY
8- PM-CC ET/ — Fox College Football Friday/Fox College Hoops/Fox UFL
5:00 PM-CC PT
SATURDAY
7-10:30 PM — Fox Sports Saturday
SUNDAY
7-7:30 PM — NFL On Fox
7:30-8 PM — The OT / FOX Animation Encores
8-8:30 PM — The Simpsons
8:30-9 PM — Universal Basic Guys
9-9:30 PM — Bob’s Burgers
9:30-10 PM — Krapopolis
When it became clear last November that 9-1-1: Lone Star‘s fifth season will be delayed until fall 2024, Fox was expected to use it to launch one of its new drama series. Indeed, the network has moved its new flagship first responders drama to Monday 8 PM where the mothership 9-1-1 series aired for four seasons before moving to ABC last year. Lone Star, which most recently aired Tuesdays, had been used as a bridge between 9-1-1‘s fall and spring runs on Mondays.
It will be followed by Rescue: Hi-Surf, the new lifeguard drama from John Wells Productions, which Fox brass have such highs hopes for that they have given it seven additional episodes, a high-profile slot behind Lone Star and a post-Super Bowl airing in February.
“Monday is the night of rescues,” Fox’s EVP of Program Planning Dan Harrison said of the lineup on the network’s pre-upfront call.
Fox’s second drama night in the fall, Tuesdays, will feature the return of another series which didn’t air new episodes during the strike-impacted 2023-24 season, anthology Accused, followed by new Canadian procedural Murder In a Small Town, produced through Fox’s international content strategy. “With standalone episodes and a legal premise, we think these dramas will work well together,” Harrison said.
After a strong start, new game show The Floor, hosted by Lone Star’s Rob Lowe, yesterday was renewed for two seasons. It also is getting a scheduling boost, moving from Tuesday to Wednesday to follow Fox’s top unscripted series, The Masked Singer for a “family friendly game night,” Harrison said.
Also on the move is Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, relocating from Monday to Thursday behind stalwart Hell’s Kitchen. “We will take viewers to hell and back,” Harrison said.
To make room for new animated series Universal Basic Guys, which was just renewed for a second season ahead of its debut, Fox is pulling Family Guy out of the Sunday lineup, leaving sophomore Krapopolis as well as veterans The Simpsons and Bob’s Burgers, which will flank the newcomer.
Fox this midseason experimented with relocating Family Guy from its longtime Sunday home to Wednesdays, paired with Animal Control, the network’s only current live-action comedy. The test was deemed successful, so Fox executives feel confident Family Guy fans will find the show again after a longer break.
“Our goal is to keep the strength of our long-time running legacy series while launching our new Fox-owned animated series like we did with Krapapolis this season. We are going to be launching Universal Basic Guys this year, we want to give a very specific impactful launch for that series,” Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn said.
“But at the same time, our long-running series like Family Guy are still of crucial importance to us and our audience. So bringing the show back midseason with a full order is absolutely our plan. We will give it a great relaunch. The show is beloved, and we know when it comes back on Sunday in midseason, it will resonate with the audience when it comes back just like it always has.”
Harrison noted that a full-season order “gives an opportunity to give Family Guy a long run with very few repeats starting in midseason.”
When it returns in 2025, Joel McHale starrer Animal Control will be paired with newly picked up live-action comedy series Going Dutch starring Denis Leary.
“Our initial priority for upfronts was to find our Animal Control companion, which we found in Going Dutch with Denis Leary, which we have so much hope for,” Thorn said. “We just wanted to build what we hope to be an undeniable hour of live-action comedy.”
Also held for midseason are animated comedies The Great North and Grimsburg, returning dramas The Cleaning Lady and Alert: Missing Persons Unit and new medical drama Doc.
NEW DRAMA SERIES
RESCUE: HI-SURF
MURDER IN A SMALL TOWN
Based on the Edgar Award-winning, nine-book “Karl Alberg” series by acclaimed novelist L.R. Wright, and starring Rossif Sutherland (Reign, The Handmaid’s Tale) and Kristin Kreuk (Smallville, Beauty and the Beast), Murder in a Small Town follows Karl Alberg (Sutherland), who moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work. But this gentle paradise has more than its share of secrets, and Karl will need to call upon all the skills that made him a world-class detective in solving the murders that, even in this seemingly idyllic setting, continue to wash up on his shore. Kreuk stars as Cassandra, a local librarian who becomes Alberg’s muse, foil and romantic interest. Mya Lowe (My Life with the Walter Boys, Yellowjackets), Savonna Spracklin (Two-Spirit Odyssey, Wildhood), Aaron Douglas (Battlestar Galactica, The Watchful Eye) and Fritzy-Klevans Destine (The Boys, Superman & Lois) recur in the series, which also features special guest stars James Cromwell (Babe, Succession), Stana Katic (Castle, Absentia) and Paula Patton (The Perfect Match, Precious), Murder in a Small Town is produced by Sepia Films in association with FOX Entertainment and Jeff Wachtel’s Future Shack Entertainment. Murder in a Small Town will be produced in British Columbia, with Ian Weir (Arctic Air, Edgemont) serving as head writer/executive producer, Milan Cheylov (24, The Cleaning Lady) executive-producing and directing multiple episodes of the program, and Nick Orchard (Soapbox Productions), Morris Ruskin and Sharon Wisnia (Mojo Global Arts) and Jon Cotton also serving as executive producers. FOX has acquired all U.S. rights of Murder in a Small Town.
Sun. Aug. 9, 2026 Leo polls:
Wyatt C, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, would like to know:
Do you make an effort to have at least one vegetarian meal per week?
No
63.01% (2058)
Yes
36.99% (1208)
My opinion: No, I don't make an effort. Now I realize I do have vegetarian meals like for breakfast I eat cereal. I eat crackers for snacks.
Mon. Aug. 10, 2026:
Léna L, Ascot Corner, Quebec, would like to know:
Do you use Uber services?
No
73.68% (3021)
Yes
26.32% (1079)
Tues. Aug. 11, 2026:
Madonna B, St. John's, Newfoundland, would like to know:
Do you always look at product labels to see if they are made in Canada?
Sometimes
41.45% (1631)
No
30.24% (1190)
Yes
28.31% (1114)
My opinion: Sometimes. I usually go to Shoppers Drug Mart to buy snacks, and there are labels on the shelf that say "Made in Canada."
Wed. Aug. 12, 2026:
Sandra S, La Baie, Quebec, would like to know:
Have you ever traveled by plane?
Yes
91.06% (4685)
No
8.94% (460)
My opinion: Yes.
Sat. Aug. 8, 2026 Birthday: My birthday is Aug. 11, so we went to dinner here.
Jumbo Dim Sum:
Crab Meat and Fish Maw Soup -I like to put red vinegar in this.
Jumbo Crystal Shrimp with Peaches and Mango Sauce
Shrimp Fried Rice
Squid and Veggies
Deep Fried Tofu with Spices
Tues. Aug. 11, 2026 This is a weekday so I did the usual tasks:
1. I looked and applied for jobs on the internet.
2. I read the business news on CBC and BNN Bloomberg.
The other tasks:
3. I attended a job presentation that was like 15 minutes long with 13 other people on Zoom.
I attended the interview after that.
4. I did my laundry.
The fun things I did:
1. It was cold and raining and I didn't really want to go out. I did sit outside in my lawn chair for 30 min.
2. I watched an ep of CIA. This show is average.
3. I had a black forest cake as my birthday cake.
Here are all the people who wished me a happy birthday on Facebook:
1. Sam -from the Edmonton Screenwriters and Filmmakers Group
2. Cham -from high school
3. Tina -from NAIT
4. Adrian -from the hotel restaurant job
5. Leah -from Professional Communication at MacEwan
6. Anastasia -from the Edmonton Screenwriters and Filmmakers Group
7. Neil -from NAIT
8. Michael -from the Edmonton Screenwriters and Filmmakers Group
9. Nileish -I had contact with him in 2019 when I was still trying to get my TV script produced
On LinkedIn:
10. Michel -I had contact with him in 2011 -2012 when I was still trying to get my TV script produced
I "liked" the posts.
I always wish people a happy birthday on Facebook.
