The 2012-2013 television season has drawn to a close, and it’s time to sort out the numbers. Some will surprise you, because they certainly did me.
One key thing you need to remember, if you are not between the ages of 18 to 49, no one really cares if you’re watching TV. It may sting to know this, but it’s the truth. So this first table deals with how each show did in the demographic.
Due to the length of these lists, you’ll find them after the jump.
This year was one of the heaviest cancellation cycle viewers have ever seen, it definitely could be qualified as a blood bath at the networks.
With the cancellations over, and the upfronts completed showing off the new series, it’s time to look over what happened at the networks this season.
Networks
Considering that NBC came in behind Univision in the ratings, it desperately needed to swing the axe hard this year, and so it did. A total of 12 shows met their end, but ABC, which isn’t doing so hot in the ratings either, also went heavy with 10 cancellations. With that said, however, lets take a look at how these cancellations broke down.
First Season Shows
What can we learn from this? New shows really did not speak to viewers this year. Of course, NBC was canceling shows left and right, but even CBS, which is in first place, wasn’t that happy with the way some shows launched. But out of the 33 shows canceled this year, 23 of them were newly added shows. That does not speak well for the future and the shows replacing them this fall. The public is becoming more discerning about what it sets aside time for.
Comedies
For clarification, these are shows of all ages, and not just first seasons, This also goes for the dramas and reality shows. Lets face it, comedies were a mess this year. NBC canceled all but two of them – 30 Rock and The Office do not factor here as they came to agreeable ends – and the Peacock network is ready to try some new things. At this point things can’t get worse for them, so why not? ABC also killed off several, but yet some Last Man Standing lives on… not sure why. And over at CBS, Chuck Lorre – the man behind The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly and Two and a Half Men – is adding a fourth show to his roster. This is not a good idea on CBS’ part just from the perspective it is putting far too many eggs in one basket.
Drama
Drama is where ABC fell flat on its face. It had a lot of failures right out of the gate with shows such as 666 Park Avenue and Last Resort. CBS also learned that not everything it touches turns to gold, as evidenced by Vegas.
Reality
And this is the pay off: Reality shows are cheap to make. Don’t get fooled by million dollar prizes, they’re still insanely cheap to make when compared to a comedy, and even more so when compared to a drama. Despite declining ratings on series such as Dancing With the Stars, it is still makes more economic sense to cut it down to one night and keep it around as opposing to canceling it all together and then having to fill two time slots.
Things are not going to be any easier this season. The crops of shows that are upcoming is a whole new slew of shows that just left me cold. With the exception of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., nothing really excited me. And even that show I’m not 100 percent sold on it working on a network channel. There will be a lot more cancellations next year at this time, and some of them will not be first season series. Some shows held on by their fingernails this year, and it’s doubtful things will improve this year.
The networks have got to look a bit deeper at how things are going and begin to realize it’s time for things to change.
The dust has settled from all of the 2013 upfronts, so now it’s time to see how your week of television watching will shape up come this fall.
Be sure to check out all of the upfront breakdowns for descriptions of the new shows.
See all the grids after the jump
Fox has announced its 2013/2014 schedule, and it’s making a lot of scheduling changes. New shows are in all caps, and all times are Eastern.
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (fall) / ALMOST HUMAN (late fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW (fall) / The Following (midseason)
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM DADS
8:30-9:00 PM BROOKLYN NINE-NINE
9:00-9:30 PM New Girl
9:30-10:00 PM The Mindy Project
WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM The X Factor (fall) / American Idol (midseason)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The X Factor Results (fall) / American Idol Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM Glee (fall) / RAKE (midseason)
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM JUNIOR MASTERCHEF (wt) (fall)
9:00-10:00 PM SLEEPY HOLLOW encores (fall)
Late Fall:
8:00-9:00 PM Bones (late fall)
9:00-9:30 PM Raising Hope (late fall)
9:30-10:00 PM Enlisted (late fall)
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM Fox Sports Saturday
11:00 PM-12:30 AM Animation Domination High-Def
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall)
7:30-8:00 PM The OT (fall)
8:00-8:30 PM The Simpsons
8:30-9:00 PM Bob’s Burgers
9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy
9:30-10:00 PM American Dad
Scheduling to be announced for the following new series slated for midseason: GANG RELATED, SURVIVING JACK, US & THEM and MURDER POLICE.
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
24 is officially returning to Fox as a 12 episode limited series entitled 24: Live Another Day. Fox confirmed this morning that Keifer Sutherland will reprise his role as Jack Bauer, and Howard Gordon will return as the show runner.
When the series ended in 2010 after 192 episodes and one TV movie, Jack was again on the run from authorities and was going to be going off the grid into hiding. No word as of yet as to what he will be doing to get back in the action. The series will return in May 2014 as a summer event.
Open up those sockets, grab the Bag of Death… Jack’s back.
As we head into the time for the network upfront presentations, it’s time to start wondering what is going to be renewed and what’s canceled for the 2013/2014 television season. While not all decisions are final, we already know a good chunk of which ones have been renewed. It was a turbulent season to be sure, and more than likely a few more will be heading to the cancelation pile.
Just a brief description here:
I will be updating this list as changes are announced by the networks, so be sure to bookmark it if you don’t see a decision as of yet on a show you care about. The network upfronts where the final decisions are announced are scheduled for the week of May 14.
UPDATE: I have added a sortable table to the bottom so you can sort by show or network, and you can also search the table.
Table can be sorted by using the arrows at the top of each column.
Show | Network | Status | Last Updated |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Broke Girls | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| 48 Hours | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| 60 Minutes | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Amazing Race | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| American Dad | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| American Idol | Fox | Renewed | 5/9/13 |
| America's Next Top Model | The CW | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Arrow | The CW | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Bachelor | ABC | Renewed | 5/14/13 |
| The Bachelorette | ABC | Renewed | 5/14/13 |
| Beauty and the Beast | The CW | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| The Big Bang Theory | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Biggest Loser | NBC | Renewed | 5/15/13 |
| Blue Bloods | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Bob's Burgers | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Bones | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Carrie Diaries | The CW | Renewed | 5/9/13 |
| Castle | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Chicago Fire | CBS | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Community | NBC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Criminal Minds | CBS | Renewed | 5/9/13 |
| CSI | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Dancing With the Stars | ABC | Renewed | 5/14/13 |
| Elementary | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Family Guy | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Following | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Glee | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Good Wife | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Grey's Anatomy | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Grimm | NBC | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Hart of Dixie | The CW | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Hawaii Five-0 | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| How I Met Your Mother | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Last Man Standing | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Law & Order: SVU | NBC | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| The Mentalist | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Middle | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Mike & Molly | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Mindy Project | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Modern Family | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Nashville | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| NCIS | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| NCIS: Los Angeles | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Neighbors | ABC | Renewed | 5/11/13 |
| New Girl | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Nikita | The CW | Renewed | 5/9/13 |
| Once Upon a Time | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Parenthood | NBC | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Parks and Recreation | NBC | Renewed | 5/9/13 |
| Person of Interest | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Raising Hope | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Revenge | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Revolution | NBC | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Scandal | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Shark Tank | ABC | Renewed | 5/14/13 |
| The Simpsons | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Suburgatory | ABC | Renewed | 5/10/13 |
| Supernatural | The CW | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Survivor | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Two and a Half Men | CBS | Renewed | 4/26/13 |
| Undercover Boss | CBS | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Vampire Diaries | The CW | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The Voice | NBC | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| The X Factor | Fox | Renewed | 4/13/13 |
| Celebrity Apprentice | NBC | On the Bubble | 5/9/13 |
| The Cleveland Show | Fox | On the Bubble | 4/13/13 |
| Cult | The CW | On the Bubble | 5/13/13 |
| Hannibal | NBC | On the Bubble | 4/13/13 |
| Kitchen Nightmares | Fox | On the Bubble | 5/13/13 |
| 1600 Penn | NBC | Canceled | 5/9/13 |
| 666 Park Avenue | ABC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Animal Practice | NBC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Ben & Kate | Fox | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Body of Proof | ABC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| COPS | Fox | Moving to Spike | 5/6/13 |
| CSI: NY | CBS | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Deception | NBC | Canceled | 5/8/13 |
| Do No Harm | NBC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Don't Trust the B---- in Apartment 23 | ABC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Emily Owens, M.D. | The CW | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| The Family Tools | ABC | Canceled | 5/11/13 |
| Go On | NBC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Golden Boy | CBS | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Guys with Kids | NBC | Canceled | 5/9/13 |
| Happy Endings | ABC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) | ABC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| The Job | CBS | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Last Resort | ABC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Made in Jersey | CBS | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Malibu Country | ABC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| The Mob Doctor | Fox | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| The New Normal | NBC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Partners | CBS | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Ready for Love | NBC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| Red Widow | ABC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Rock Center with Brian Williams | NBC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Rules of Engagement | CBS | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Smash | NBC | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Touch | Fox | Canceled | 5/9/13 |
| Up All Night | NBC | Canceled | 5/9/13 |
| Vegas | CBS | Canceled | 5/10/13 |
| Whitney | NBC | Canceled | 5/9/13 |
| Zero Hour | ABC | Canceled | 4/13/13 |
| 30 Rock | NBC | Ending | 4/13/13 |
| 90210 | The CW | Ending | 4/13/13 |
| Fringe | Fox | Ending | 4/13/13 |
| Gossip Girl | The CW | Ending | 4/13/13 |
| The Office | NBC | Ending | 4/13/13 |
| Private Practice | ABC | Ending | 4/13/13 |
It’s hard to believe, but the 2012-2013 TV season is already winding down for the big five networks, and to that end, the finale dates are now being announced.
Fox and The CW both announced their season finale dates on Thursday, and we learned of at least one cancellation as it appears 90210 will sail off into the sunset after five seasons. (Cue people going, “90210 was still on?”)
The networks on a rampage, and Ben and Kate is the latest show to be pulled from the schedule with completed, unaired episodes.
ABC pulled Don’t Trust the B in Apt 23 this week, and now Fox has pulled Ben and Kate effective immediately. While the former has eight episodes in the can, the latter has four more to film and will apparently do so even though they will more than likely never see the light of day.
The oddity here is the pulling of the series is not considered an actual cancellation, but FOX has done the same with The Mob Doctor and there is still no indication of that show returning either.
It’s beginning to sound like this season isn’t producing any real breakout hits, and instead a lot of shows are quickly dying off. I predicted that Ben and Kate probably wouldn’t have much of a life, and honestly I’m surprised it made it this far. For the time being Raising Hope will be firing off double episodes until Hell’s Kitchen debuts in early March.
Looks like there will be a lot pilots going to series for next season at this rate.
[ Source Deadline ]
It seems fairy tales are all the rage on television these days, and more are on the way in the near future … possibly even two versions of the same one.
It seems with the success of shows like Once Upon a Time and Grimm, Hollywood is looking for more shows in the same vein. Along those lines, two scripts are floating around the studios right now that are both based on the tale of Sleepy Hollow.
The first one is apparently at development over at The CW with Grant Scharbo and Patrick Macmanus from Missing. This version would see Ichabod Crane as an FBI agent that goes to Sleepy Hollow to investigate a beheading.
Number two is from Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci (Fringe, Hawaii Five-0 and the Transformers films) and will be another retelling, but no further details are known as of yet. Apparently this one has landed at FOX and has a pilot commitment already.
Last season saw competing Beauty and the Beast shows and only one ended up at The CW that will launch this fall. There is no way both of these will get on the air, but it looks like the odds are in favor of the world ending up with one of them.
[via TV Line]
The final ratings tallies are in for the 2011-12 television season are in, and things are not looking good for the broadcast networks … again.
Once again the number of people watching network television is on the decline, and it’s especially bad news amongst the 18 – 49 demographic. The median age of TV viewers climbed again this except for NBC and FOX, and those were modest declines at best. It would seem that young folks are fleeing the television networks in bigger numbers each year, and things are getting a bit worrisome for good old commercial television.
NBC did actually show some growth this year for the first time in ages, but it was built almost entirely on football.
The mystery of how The CW keeps its doors opens continues to deepen as well. The fifth place network lost a whopping 15 percent of its audience, and it didn’t have much to start with.
Here are the numbers, and if you wonder why things worse on network television than ever, it won’t take you much to figure out the reason.
Here are the numbers.
Adults 18-49 (Rating, % change from 2010-11)
Total Viewers (In millions, % change from 2010-11)
Adults 18-34 (Rating, % change from 2010-11)
Median Age
[via Deadline]
The dust has settled from all of the 2012 upfronts, so now it’s time to see how your week of television watching will shape up come this fall.
Be sure to check out all of the upfront breakdowns for descriptions of the new shows.
See all the grids after the jump
The Fox schedule for the 2011/2012 season is out, and not a whole lot is changing from this year.
New shows are in bold.
MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM BONES
9:00-10:00 PM THE MOB DOCTOR - THE FOLLOWING joins in midseason.
TUESDAY
8:00-8:30 PM RAISING HOPE
8:30-9:00 PM BEN AND KATE
9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL
9:30-10:00 PM THE MINDY PROJECT
THE GOODWIN GAMES joins in midseason.
WEDNESDAY
8:00-10:00 PM THE X FACTOR (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL (midseason)
THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM THE X FACTOR Results (fall) / AMERICAN IDOL Results (midseason)
9:00-10:00 PM GLEE
FRIDAY
8:00-9:00 PM TOUCH
9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE (fall)
HELL’S KITCHEN returns in midseason.
SATURDAY
7:00-10:30 PM FOX SPORTS SATURDAY (fall)
COPS returns in midseason.
ANIMATION DOMINATION HIGH-DEF will join late-prime in 2013.
SUNDAY
7:00-7:30 PM NFL Game (fall) / ANIMATION DOMINATION (encores)
7:30-8:00 PM THE OT (fall) / THE CLEVELAND SHOW
8:00-8:30 PM THE SIMPSONS
8:30-9:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS
9:00-9:30 PM FAMILY GUY
9:30-10:00 PM AMERICAN DAD
Show descriptions at the “Continue Reading” link
