Welcome to the so-called Hell Week.
May 16-19, with official shows from ABC, CBS, CW, Fox and NBC for promotional buyers on Madison Avenue. This is the week the five networks plan to assess what they’ve seen from the few pilots that have completed production, weigh footage, and balance the rings (and series bibles) as they plan their schedule for the 2022 broadcast season. – 2. 3.
With the pandemic steadily turning the annual pilot season into a year-round process, and the sport in ever-increasing demand as viewers continue to shift to streaming, many big questions are raised in upcoming airings.
Here are some key questions each network faces, the answers to which will likely be the focus of the coming weeks.
ABC Is it still safe to describe ABC as a female bent? The network will be led by Craig Erwich Monday night football On its schedule this fall, four NFL games will replace the women. dancing with the stars (Goes to Disney+) after 16 years of mileage. How will the network fill the remaining Monday night block without a reality house? Gray’s anatomy Continue ABC Jewels of the Crown and Beginner Ready to get the franchise treatment after its strong reviews not yet named as a Niecy Nash spin-off. Meanwhile Abbott Elementary s wonderland years There has been obvious progress, the rest of ABC’s first course is in the bubble with half an hour of second course. Domestic economy. ABC will reduce scripts or complete Dance s black in color empty with cheap trips without a script?
CBS As TV broadcasts take place in 2022, CBS has its formula outlined: good-guy-dominated episodic dramas and sweeping comedies infused with long-running unwritten franchises, news, and sports. It also provides programming services for its sister service Paramount+, in whose development it has invested heavily at its parent company Paramount Global. Former CBS series seal team The Paramount+ is now the original, and while it was still called CBS All Access, the Streamer has become the mainstay Კ A good wife slit Good fight. It’s unlikely that Paramount has blocked CBS for content – the “don’t fix what’s not broken” category – but more franchise extensions and spin-offs ending up at Paramount+ will make some sense.
CW The years of network stability are over. Starting with the cancellation of DC dramas in late April legends of tomorrow (After seven seasons) and In between (Three Later), studios based on a young broadcast network, Warner Bros. Behind TV and CBS Studios, the bait has begun to wane amid conversations with Nexstar stations. With Netflix’s $1 billion deal and no revenue from international sales, the two studios are expected to continue cutting the CW’s scripted tour list until the Nexstar sale. Once considered a continuation of the slam dunk, Fascinated, dynasty s Heritage – The latter is the last remnant of the main part of the former network Vampire Diaries – They’re all firmly stuck in the bubble, as the CW’s biggest question will be how many axes it will get from the disc written in its script and exactly when that sale will close.
Fox How to fill the void created by Fox Thursday night football Will you broadcast? The network will see its prime-time ratings drop in the fall, which is guaranteed as it replaces the NFL Weekly Show, which averaged nearly 15 million viewers this season. While that exempts Fox from a substantial royalty tax, the NFL’s loss on Thursday creates a programming gap that only a portion of the audience football brings will have to fill. With a relatively small development roster, it appears the network is more likely to engage in unscripted shows on Thursdays in the fall, preferring to attract audiences at a lower cost than scripted shows.
NBC What will NBC publish?It’s us? The network will have to provide marketers with a safe place to land the hit drama, which will end this year after six seasons. By itself Chicago s ონიAnon and order For franchises that effectively run two nights a week, the network needs a new drama or two to fill the void. Can a vantage jump Reset is what you lack? As for comedy, night test Has the composition of a light comedy shaken the renaissance? And then there’s the peacock of it all. Will it switch to NBCUniversal broadcast when it airs?
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A version of this story first appeared in the May 10 issue of The Hollywood Reporter. Click here to subscribe.
Source: Hollywood Reporter
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