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NBC 2013 Upfronts


NBC Upfronts are going on in NYC as we speak and they have released the new 2013 – 2014 schedule. There was a huge overhaul in the entire schedule. With so many cancellations making big holes in their schedule, NBC picked up the most shows among all the broadcast networks with 12 new series coming your way.

New series include the television remake of About a Boy with Jon Favreau and Minnie Driver, The Family Guide, The Michael J. Fox Show (I saw the unfinished pilot of this and it was pretty good. Good cast), Believe, The Blacklist, Gillian Anderson’s (The X-Files) return to television in Crisis, Crossbones, Sean Hayes (Will & Grace, Smash) in Sean Saves The World, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers (The Tutors) in another Dracula remake.

Here is the full schedule.

Full schedule below.

NBC’s 2013-14 Primetime Schedule (Fall)
(all new programs in bold) Eastern Standard Time

MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “The Blacklist”

TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “The Biggest Loser”
9-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire”

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Revolution”
9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU”
10-11 p.m. – “Ironside”

THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Welcome To The Family”
9-9:30 p.m. – “Sean Saves The World”
9:30-10 p.m. – “The Michael J. Fox Show”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “Dracula”

SATURDAY
Encore programming

SUNDAY
7:00-8:15 p.m. – “Football Night in America”
8:15-11:30 p.m. – “NBC Sunday Night Football”


NBC’s 2013-14 Primetime Schedule
 (Midseason)
(all new programs in bold)

MONDAY
8-10 p.m. – “The Voice”
10-11 p.m. – “The Blacklist”

TUESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “The Voice”
9-9:30 p.m. – “About a Boy”
9:30-10 p.m. – “The Family Guide”
10-11 p.m. – “Chicago Fire”

WEDNESDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Revolution”
9-10 p.m. – ”Law & Order: SVU”
10-11 p.m. – “Ironside”

THURSDAY
8-8:30 p.m. – “Parks and Recreation”
8:30-9 p.m. – “Welcome To The Family”
9-9:30 p.m. – “Sean Saves The World”
9:30-10 p.m. – “The Michael J. Fox Show”
10-11 p.m. – “Parenthood”

FRIDAY
8-9 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
9-10 p.m. – “Grimm”
10-11 p.m. – “Crossbones”

SATURDAY
8-10 p.m. – Encore and specials programming
10-11 p.m. – “Saturday Night Live” (Encore)

SUNDAY
7-8 p.m. – “Dateline NBC”
8-9 p.m. – “American Dream Builders” 
9-10 p.m. – “Believe”
10-11 p.m. – “Crisis”

I’ll have clips of some of the new shows later today.

 

Cancellations


Cancellations

There were some major pink slips handed out this past weekend, with most of them coming from NBC. The pic has all the shows that were cancelled for the 2012 – 2013 fall season (Minus reality shows). Hannibal which is still airing until June on NBC still does not have a decision made on it but it is more than likely done. Below is a breakdown of each cancellation by network.

ABC

666 Park Avenue, Body of Proof, Don’t Trust The B—- in Apartment 23, Family Tools, Happy Endings, How To Live With Your Parents, Last Resort, Malibu Country, Private Practice, Red Widow, Zero Hour.

CBS

CSI:NY, Golden Boy, Made In Jersey, Partners, Rules of Engagement, Vegas.

CW

90210, Cult, Emily Owens, M.D., Gossip Girl.

FOX

Ben And Kate, The Cleveland Show, Fringe, The Mob Doctor, Touch.

NBC

1600 Penn, 30 Rock, Animal Practice, Deception, Do No Harm, Go On, Guys With Kids, Whitney, The Office, Smash, Up All Night, The New Normal, Hannibal (more than likely but not cancelled as of now).

Upfronts 2013


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It’s that time of the year again. The upfronts here. It’s the time when all the broadcast networks are going to unveil their fall schedules. We usually have to wait until the day of each network’s upfront to find out for sure what has been cancelled or renewed but this year that news has been coming all week.
I always get really excited about upfronts but I’m especially excited for this year’s because one of my projects for grad school was to play ABC exec and put together an upfront for class (shoutout to my group members Emma, Debbie and Yijing). It was soo fun so I’m looking forward to seeing how accurate we were with what got cancelled and what was picked up. Here is the schedule for the broadcast networks to unveil their schedule.

NBC – Monday 5/13

Fox – Monday Afternoon 5/13

ABC – Tuesday 5/14

CBS – Wed 5/15

CW – Thursday 5/16

A lot of cancellations and pickups have already been announced. For those check out TVLine, The Wrap, Deadline, or Hollywood Reporter. I will post as each schedule becomes available. Stay tuned for updates.

Network Upfronts


The upfronts are this week and this when networks bust out their fall schedules to advertisers as a way for them to buy commercial space “upfront” before the season actually begins.  As they release their schedules, I will post on each network and what stayed and what was cancelled as well as have a schedule for when everything is going to air so you can start preparing for Fall 2012 tv.