Upfronts Week ends today with The CW. Be sure to check out my thoughts on Fox, NBC, ABC, and CBS. Okay, here’s what’s next for The CW!
Thoughts On Cancelled Series:
I was fully prepared for the cancellation of Hart of Dixie, as were the cast and crew who gave us a series finale way before The CW officially cancelled the show, so I’m good when it comes to closure. Of course I would have loved to have seen more but I’m so grateful with what we did get! As for The Messengers, it was a solid premiere but it could have been a lot better and even though the show progressively got better (as most CW shows do), it was too little too late. Also, if I may say so myself, I loved the subject matter and how they made it their own (because they were respectful and thoughtful about it) but I don’t think there were enough viewers ready for a show like this. That’s just my personal view though. Anyway, I’m glad at least the rest of the season is airing and it’s not being immediately yanked from the schedule.
Thoughts On New Series:
The concept for CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND is a definite pass for me but it’s a musical? So. I have to tune in. At this point, I don’t see myself being a permanent viewer but you never know, it could turn into a pleasant surprise in a show that I come to watch every single week. I do love dramedies. And like I said. Musical. So. Only time will tell. CONTAINMENT looks good and I will definitely watch. I just hope there are some good twists and revelations because, you know, seen it all before…so…. as for DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW looks alright. I’m not as excited as I was before I saw the first look. I hope it doesn’t rely too much on special effects and if it does, it gets a bigger budget because some of the things I saw in the first look I wasn’t impressed by. What do you think?
Now for the Fall 2015 Schedule…
New series are in CAPS.
Monday
8-9pm CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
9-10pm Jane the Virgin
Tuesday
8-9pm The Flash
9-10pm iZombie
Wednesday
8-9pm Arrow
9-10pm Supernatural
Thursday
8-9pm The Vampire Diaries
9-10pm The Originals
Friday
8-9pm Reign
9-10pm America’s Next Top Model
Returning: The 100 (Midseason), Arrow, The Flash, iZombie, Jane the Virgin, The Originals, Reign, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, America’s Next Top Model, Whose Line Is It Anyway?
New Dramas: CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND
Midseason: DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW, CONTAINMENT
NEW DRAMAS
CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND: Rebecca Bunch (Rachel Bloom) is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: suburban West Covina, Calif. (it’s only two hours from the beach! Four in traffic). From CBS Television Studios, CRAZY EX-GIRLFRIEND stars Rachel Bloom (“Robot Chicken”), who also serves as executive producer along with Aline Brosh McKenna (“The Devil Wears Prada”); and Marc Webb (“500 Days of Summer,” “The Amazing Spider-Man” films).
DC’s LEGENDS OF TOMORROW: When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat – one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known? DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW stars Victor Garber (“The Flash,” “Alias”); Brandon Routh (“Arrow,” “Superman Returns”); Arthur Darvill (“Doctor Who”); Caity Lotz (“Arrow”); Ciarra Renee (“Pippin”); Franz Drameh (“Edge of Tomorrow”); with Dominic Purcell (“The Flash,” “Prison Break”); and Wentworth Miller (“The Flash,” “Prison Break”). Based on the characters from DC Comics, DC’S LEGENDS OF TOMORROW is from Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Berlanti Productions and Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Greg Berlanti (“Arrow,” “The Flash,” upcoming “Pan”), Marc Guggenheim (“Arrow,” “Eli Stone,” “Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters”), Andrew Kreisberg (“Arrow,” “The Flash,” “Eli Stone,” “Warehouse 13″) and Sarah Schechter (“Arrow,” “The Flash,” upcoming “Pan”).
CONTAINMENT: When a mysterious and deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta, a vast urban quarantine is quickly enforced, forcing those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives while local and federal officials desperately search for a cure. Trying to keep the peace on the streets is police officer Lex Carnahan, who has quickly risen through the ranks of the Atlanta PD. But Lex’s job becomes even harder when he learns that his longtime girlfriend, Jana, and his best friend and fellow officer Jake, are trapped within the cordoned area. Also quarantined in viral ground zero is 17 year-old Teresa, who is eight months pregnant and now separated from her boyfriend on the other side; Katie Frank, an elementary school teacher now placed on lockdown with her entire class, including her young son; and CDC researcher Dr. Victor Cannerts, the doctor who initially made the controversial call to quarantine the area and is now racing to find a cure for the virus. On the outside, Dr. Sabine Lommers is leading the government efforts to contain the outbreak, and has asked for Lex’s help in enforcing the cordon – which grows increasingly difficult as the public trust deteriorates. And the public has reason to be wary, as journalist Leo begins unraveling a conspiracy, finding that something doesn’t add up in the official story being told. Torn apart from their loved ones, the survivors trapped within the cordon are fighting against not only fatal infection, but also isolation, fear, and the disintegration of society around them. But as they begin to gain each other’s trust, hope remains, and on either side of the cordon unlikely heroes will rise. CONTAINMENT stars David Gyasi (“Interstellar”); Christina Moses (“Starship: Apocalypse,” “Starship: Rising”); Chris Wood (“The Vampire Diaries”); Kristen Gutoskie (“Beaver Falls”); Claudia Black (“The Originals,” “Farscape”); George Young (“Casualty”); Hanna Mangan Lawrence (“Spartacus: War of the Damned”); and Trevor St. John (“One Life to Live”). Based on the original Belgian series created by Carl Joos for Eyeworks, CONTAINMENT is produced by My So-Called Company in association with Warner Bros. Television, with executive producers Julie Plec (“The Vampire Diaries,” “The Originals”) and David Nutter (“The Flash,” “Arrow”).