Two pre-strike episodes remain. Expected to shoot up to 8 additional episodes

http://community.tvguide.com/blog-entry/TVGuide-Editors-Blog/Ausiello-Report/Wga-Strike-Favorite/800032698

That's great news! That would put the total number of episodes at 18, right?

That's great news! That would put the total number of episodes at 18, right?


I believe so, they won't make the 24 originally ordered, but it'll be close.

The "new" episodes will begin airing April 16th.

YIPPEE!!


:jig: party: :yippee: :triplets :jig:

The two unaired original episodes of "Back to You" produced before the strike were previously slated to air behind 90-minute Tuesday editions of "American Idol" Feb. 26 and March 25. They will now run Feb. 26 and Feb. 27 at 9:30 p.m., following the "Idol" result show.

The post-"Idol" slot March 25 will go to a newly produced episode of "'Til Death," which received a big ratings boost from a run behind "Idol" last year.

The two comedies will return to their fall Wednesday 8-9 p.m. time period Apr. 16, but will switch slots -- "'Til Death" at 8 p.m. and "Back to You" at 8:30 p.m.

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i8285dc17bf73338d951e6d2b55beeee8

I think it's a better to move to air them back to back like that. But, after these 2, we'll stay have to wait over a month for more new episodes.

Do you guys think Back to You will be back next season? I definitely think it will be. I don't think Fox would give up on it just yet.

Til Death, on the other I hand, I think will be cancelled by the end of the season. I just don't see it returning in the fall.

Departing from tradition, Fox won't announce a midseason schedule at its May upfront presentation.
The net still will disclose its fall plans, as usual. But rather than set in stone January and March lineups that likely will change anyway, the net instead will walk media buyers through potential scheduling scenarios -- and explain where new shows might fit into the winter/spring equation.

According to Fox Entertainment chairman Peter Liguori, that will allow the network time to continue developing some new shows into the summer, rather than making rash decisions in time for the May announcement.

"There's no reason why we should have everything shot or piloted before the May upfronts," said Liguori, who's in New York this week to brief advertisers on Fox's upfront plans. "We consistently premiere through the year, so there's no reason to rush things. When you do a quick bake and microwave shows it winds up hurting everybody. .... Our scheduling strategy and buying remains the same, but how we shoot and develop will be modified in accordance with our needs.

"That's a nuance, not a revolution."

Due to the writers strike, many projects might not be ready anyway by May. But Liguori said this is a change he wanted to institutionalize. Net also is helped by its solid perf last fall when it launched just two new scripted skeins.

As a result, Fox likely will repeat that strategy, airing just a handful of new shows in the fall, and saving the majority of frosh entries for later in the year (when the net is bolstered by the returns of "American Idol" and "24").

Meanwhile, Fox also took a jab at NBC's announcement Tuesday that it would unveil a 52-week sked to advertisers in April, then throw an upfront confab in May.

"I'm trying to understand what is revolutionary or unique about what they're doing," said Fox scheduling topper Preston Beckman, who called NBC's upfront switcheroo "cockamamie." "Everything he said either we're doing or some other network is doing. We've been developing year-round programming, and we have a great dialogue with advertisers."

NBC countered that Beckman -- who once headed up scheduling at the Peacock -- had "missed the point."

"Our announcement was a new three-prong strategy that hopefully changes the way we conduct business in this market," said NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios co-chair Marc Graboff.

I think it's a better to move to air them back to back like that. But, after these 2, we'll stay have to wait over a month for more new episodes.

Do you guys think Back to You will be back next season? I definitely think it will be. I don't think Fox would give up on it just yet.

Til Death, on the other I hand, I think will be cancelled by the end of the season. I just don't see it returning in the fall.
They also said that some of BTY and Til Death's extra episodes might air in early August. If that's the case then both will probably be back.