Day: May 13, 2023

Daily Best Bets

Best-bets for May 15: “9-1-1” season ends, “Voice” lingers

1) “9-1-1” season-finale, Fox. This is Fox’s most-watched show … but the network won’t be bringing it back next season. Instead, it will jump to ABC. That’s partly because Fox doesn’t own a piece of the show; it does own part of “9-1-1: Lone Star,” which it will keep next season. And it’s partly because this is an expensive show – as we’ll see tonight (shown here). Car crashes leads to the collapse of an overpass, endangering civilians and rescuers. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / May 13, 2023
Stories

NBC turns cautious: three new shows, lots of back-ups

In the not-so-distant past, every autumn brought a deluge of new network TV shows, each heralded as bigger and better.
Don’t expect that now: NBC has announced a line-up with only three new shows (including “Found,” shown here); that comes after CBS set one with only two.
That means NBC viewers won’t face much separation pain. Three comedies – “American Auto,” “Young Rock” and “Grand Crew” – have indefinite futures. Two dramas (“New Amsterdam” and “This Is Us”) have ended runs of five and six years; another (“The Blacklist”) has a 10th and final season ending this summer. Other shows– even “Lopez vs. Lopez,” blasted by critics – will be back sometime. Read more…

By Mike Hughes / May 13, 2023