CBS has a reputation for being very selective with new shows. As opposed to, for example, ABC, which has a reputation for something more like a shotgun approach in contrast to CBS‘s sniper rifle. That makes Intelligence even more curious, because it has such an ABC feel to it, and kicks off so poorly.
Along with CBS‘s penchant toward less new shows in any given year, hopefully of the highest quality, they also have a history of choosing shows that know how to deliver a pilot. Establishment is the trickiest effort of any show, but even the worst CBS offerings of the last decade or so have managed good hooks. That’s almost true here, but only if you’re talking about the show’s first five minutes… which are pretty good.
The most basic description of the show’s plot provides an interesting theory. Josh Holloway, playing Gabriel Vaughn,...
Along with CBS‘s penchant toward less new shows in any given year, hopefully of the highest quality, they also have a history of choosing shows that know how to deliver a pilot. Establishment is the trickiest effort of any show, but even the worst CBS offerings of the last decade or so have managed good hooks. That’s almost true here, but only if you’re talking about the show’s first five minutes… which are pretty good.
The most basic description of the show’s plot provides an interesting theory. Josh Holloway, playing Gabriel Vaughn,...
- 1/8/2014
- by Marc Eastman
- AreYouScreening.com
The Fall TV Season presentations for all the new network shows take place this week with the fourth announced today. Here's a full breakdown of which concepts have made the final list over on CBS.
The king of the networks easily remains in charge despite "Elementary" being their only fresh hit of last season's new shows. The network's line-up remains fairly stable with only a few key moves such as Thursday being expanded to include two hours of comedy programming, and "Hawaii Five-0" moving to Fridays.
Several other pilots didn't make the cut this week including the series sequel to the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, a TV version of the comedy "Bad Teacher", the "NCIS" mobile spin-off "NCIS: Red," a procedural based on Leif G.W. Persson's literary homicide detective Everett Backstrom, the Frank Marshall-produced political thriller "The Ordained" about a priest turned lawyer trying to save his sister from assassination,...
The king of the networks easily remains in charge despite "Elementary" being their only fresh hit of last season's new shows. The network's line-up remains fairly stable with only a few key moves such as Thursday being expanded to include two hours of comedy programming, and "Hawaii Five-0" moving to Fridays.
Several other pilots didn't make the cut this week including the series sequel to the "Beverly Hills Cop" movies, a TV version of the comedy "Bad Teacher", the "NCIS" mobile spin-off "NCIS: Red," a procedural based on Leif G.W. Persson's literary homicide detective Everett Backstrom, the Frank Marshall-produced political thriller "The Ordained" about a priest turned lawyer trying to save his sister from assassination,...
- 5/15/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
CBS just announced its fall schedule, which includes two hours of Thursday comedies (which includes the new Robin Williams comedy The Crazy Ones), a new night for Hawaii 5-0, and back-to-back new dramas on Mondays at 10 to avoid airing repeats throughout the season.
Here is is:
Here are the descriptions of the new shows:
We Are Men is a single-camera comedy about four single guys living in a short-term apartment complex who unexpectedly find camaraderie over their many missteps in love. Carter (Chris Smith), the youngest and most recent addition to the group, moved in after being ditched at the altar mid-ceremony,...
Here is is:
Here are the descriptions of the new shows:
We Are Men is a single-camera comedy about four single guys living in a short-term apartment complex who unexpectedly find camaraderie over their many missteps in love. Carter (Chris Smith), the youngest and most recent addition to the group, moved in after being ditched at the altar mid-ceremony,...
- 5/15/2013
- by Lynette Rice
- EW - Inside TV
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