Stay tuned all this week (May 6-10) at around 12 noon ET on the blog for our predictions of the fall schedules!

NBC: Mondays at noon

Fox: Tuesday at noon

ABC: Wednesday at noon

CBS: Thursday at noon

The CW: Friday at noon

Please let us know your thoughts on our prediction and feel free to post your schedules AFTER we release ours!

Actual upfront is next week (May 13-16), so please join us the next two weeks as this is the busiest time of the year for TV people!

I think Community will come back so it has more episodes for syndication. In the fall Go On would have been a lock to return but since it nosedived doesn't have much value. MJF would be better off airing Tuesdays at 9:00, if it's put on Thursday CBS will move The Big Bang Theory against it. Parenthood should air Thursdays at 9:00 with Grimm at 10:00.

The race between NBC's bubble comedies is one of the more interesting ones of Upfronts week this year...I think Community, Go On, and Whitney are the most likely to return, and I can see all of them returning, two of them returning or just one. I think at least one will, though. As a Community fan I'm obviously hoping Community gets renewed but I'm trying to prepare for the worst. I do think Community is legimiately a smarter renewal than Go On though but I doubt NBC will admit failure with that one.

Seems like we have had a lot of early renewals this year, more so than normal

Community is stronger than both Go On and Whitney (slightly better spring ratings in a far tougher timeslot), its ratings are more stable as a veteran, and it's almost certainly cheaper for NBC due to its proximity to syndication. It'll be a surprise if it's cancelled. If it is cancelled, it will be down to network executives deliberately going out of their way to cull a show they hate rather than down to its ratings.

NBC needs to find more broad appealing comedies
NBC needs to find more successful shows, but I remain unconvinced that this involves chasing such a nebulous and vague concept like "broad appeal".

I think the real problem is that NBC executives are cynically trying to dumb everything down to make their shows "broad" and have "heart". People tune in and soon start figuring out that the shows are generic, dumb and poorly-constructed and slowly-but-surely start tuning out. Even worse, their comedies aren't funny or fun.

Instead, NBC needs to stop playing it safe and start swinging for the fences.

I also think they have been way to keen to abandon their existing viewerbase. Yes, they need to get more viewers, but why not try creating a show that might actually appeal to people who already like and watch The Office, Parks and Recreation, Community and 30 Rock? Given that The Office and Parks are still NBC's top 2 comedies and the network is chasing the success of Modern Family, then why not order some mockumentary-style shows? There's no reason why NBC can't do it at the same time as their horrendous unappealing "broad" shlock that they insist on pumping out year-after-year.

Does anyone know of other sites where I can see network upfront predictions?

Does anyone know of other sites where I can see network upfront predictions?

I'm doing predictions this week on my blog: http://benjamonsterstv.blogspot.com/

Also these sites have some good commentary/predictions:

http://www.spottedratings.com/
http://bigtvfan.wordpress.com/

Stay tuned all this week (May 6-10) at around 12 noon ET on the blog for our predictions of the fall schedules!

NBC: Mondays at noon

Fox: Tuesday at noon

ABC: Wednesday at noon

CBS: Thursday at noon

The CW: Friday at noon

Please let us know your thoughts on our prediction and feel free to post your schedules AFTER we release ours!

Actual upfront is next week (May 13-16), so please join us the next two weeks as this is the busiest time of the year for TV people!

The end of May will mean the beginning of the Canadian TV upfronts. I'll keep you posted on those when they happen.

Community is stronger than both Go On and Whitney (slightly better spring ratings in a far tougher timeslot), its ratings are more stable as a veteran, and it's almost certainly cheaper for NBC due to its proximity to syndication. It'll be a surprise if it's cancelled. If it is cancelled, it will be down to network executives deliberately going out of their way to cull a show they hate rather than down to its ratings.


NBC needs to find more successful shows, but I remain unconvinced that this involves chasing such a nebulous and vague concept like "broad appeal".

I think the real problem is that NBC executives are cynically trying to dumb everything down to make their shows "broad" and have "heart". People tune in and soon start figuring out that the shows are generic, dumb and poorly-constructed and slowly-but-surely start tuning out. Even worse, their comedies aren't funny or fun.

Instead, NBC needs to stop playing it safe and start swinging for the fences.

I also think they have been way to keen to abandon their existing viewerbase. Yes, they need to get more viewers, but why not try creating a show that might actually appeal to people who already like and watch The Office, Parks and Recreation, Community and 30 Rock? Given that The Office and Parks are still NBC's top 2 comedies and the network is chasing the success of Modern Family, then why not order some mockumentary-style shows? There's no reason why NBC can't do it at the same time as their horrendous unappealing "broad" shlock that they insist on pumping out year-after-year.
Yeah, NBC shouted from the rooftops how broad and accessible their new shows were this year...and every single one of them failed.

They need good comedies, period. The Office was a big hit for them and it wasn't broad and pandering. 30 Rock and Parks & Rec were never big hits but they sure as hell did a lot better than any of NBC's recent sitcoms. Just make good shows again, because now they're alienating whatever audience they have left while failing to gain a new one.

I hope MJF's new show is good. I wish he would have picked another network to go to.

Can't wait. Most of CBS shows will be renewed.

I didn't realize Alexis Bledel was in a FOX pilot. I definitely wouldn't mind that being paired with Raising Hope.

Really, really hoping that The Neighbors gets renewed!

I decided to give making fall schedule predictions a shot. Here's what I want to happen with ABC. I can't wait to see how wrong I am next week.

ABC Fall 2013

Mondays
8pm DWTS
10pm Castle

Tuesdays
8pm Agents of SHIELD
9pm DWTS Results
10pm Body of Proof

Wednesdays
8pm The Middle
8:30pm Middle Age Rage
9pm Modern Family
9:30pm Super Fun Night
10pm Nashville

Thursdays
8pm Shark Tank
9pm Grey's Anatomy
10pm Scandal

Fridays
8pm Last Man Standing
8:30pm Back in the Game
9pm The Goldbergs
9:30pm King John
10pm 20/20

Saturdays
8pm Saturday Night Football

Sundays
7pm AFV
8pm Big Thunder
9pm Once Upon a Time
10pm Revenge

Here is what I want to happen with CBS this fall:

CBS Fall 2013

Mondays
8pm HIMYM
8:30pm Friends with Better Lives
9pm The Crazy Ones
9:30pm Mike and Molly
10pm NCIS: LA

Tuesdays
8pm NCIS
9pm Hawaii Five-O
10pm NCIS: LA Spinoff

Wednesdays
8pm Survivor
9pm Criminal Minds
10pm CSI

Thursdays
8pm Two and Half Men
8:30pm 2 Broke Girls
9pm The Big Bang Theory
9:30pm MOM
10pm Person of Interest

Fridays
8pm Undercover Boss
9pm The Mentalist
10pm Beverly Hills Cops

Saturdays
8pm Crime Shows

Sundays
7pm 60 Minutes
8pm The Amazing Race
9pm Reckless
10pm The Goodwife

FOX Fall 2013

Mondays
8pm Bones
9pm Rake

Tuesdays
8pm Glee
9pm New Girl
9:30pm Friends and Family

Wednesdays
8pm The X Factor

Thursdays
8pm The X Factor
9pm Human

Fridays
8pm Raising Hope
8:30pm American Dad
9pm Bob's Burgers
9:30pm The Mindy Project

Saturdays
8pm Encores

Sundays
8pm The Simpsons
8:30pm I Suck at Girls
9pm Family Guy
9:30pm Dads

CW Fall 2013

Mondays
8pm Hart of Dixie
9pm Nikita

Tuesdays
8pm America's Next Top Model
9pm The Tomorrow People

Wednesdays
8pm The Hundred
9pm Supernatural

Thursdays
8pm The Vampire Diaries
9pm The Originals

Fridays
8pm Arrow
9pm Beauty and the Beast

NBC Fall 2013

Mondays
8pm The Voice
10pm Revolution

Tuesdays
8pm The Voice
9pm The Hatfields and the McCoys
10pm Parenthood

Wednesdays
8pm Go On
8:30pm Parks and Rec
9pm Ironside
10pm Chicago Fire

Thursdays
8pm MJF
8:30pm Happiness
9:00pm Assitance
9:30pm About a Boy
10pm Law and Order: SVU

Fridays
8pm Grimm
9pm Dracula
10pm Rock Center

Saturdays
8pm Encores

Sundays
8pm Sunday Night Football

Malibu Country is pretty well done, I'll take it any day over the overhyped Nashville... And it's better than the comedies that have aired after The Middle the last few years.

Really, really hoping that The Neighbors gets renewed!
You and me both! I love the dry humor. Jami Gertz is a genius at delivering her lines and the rest of the cast really work well together. I'm still hoping for "Still Standing" season sets but I doubt they'll ever be released.

I'm also hoping for a third season of "Whitney". I would LOVE for "Don't Trust the B----" to come back but it's highly unlikely. "Red Widow", "Malibu County", and "Body of Proof" are favorites of mine and I'm hoping they return.

Saturday's
NBC
8 to 9 Smash
9 to 10 New Show
10 to 11 New Show
CBS
8 to 9 Elementary
9 to 10 Mentalist
10 to 11 Criminal Minds
ABC
8 to 9 Body of Proof
9 to 10 New Show
10 to 11 Celebrity E. Makeover Home Edition
Fox another Cartoons night
Sunday's
CBS and ABC New shows at 10 to 11 and NBC/CW new Shows from 6 to 11
Monday's no changes
Tuesday's
ABC Shark Tank 8 to 9 CBS NCIS Red 10 to 11
Wednesday's CBS Good Boys 9 to 10
Thursday's NBC a new Doctor show 10 to 11 maybe remake of ER CBS 9 to 10 Comedies
Friday's ABC Comedies 9 to 11 with 20/20 going to ABC new News Channel

I would love to see Tony Shalhoub in another comedy. I just hope CBS doesn't make it crude like the rest of their sitcoms...

Have the upfronts started yet? I say that, because I saw some of NBC shows that have been cancelled. They were announced already.

Have the upfronts started yet? I say that, because I saw some of NBC shows that have been cancelled. They were announced already.No, upfronts don't start til Monday. But in the days before networks make a lot of renewal or cancellation decisions.

Because the FOX Network has picked up nine live-action shows to series, are they gonna drop the X-Factor/American Idol Results Shows? And the results shows of ABC's Dancing With the Stars as well? Results shows are a waste of airtime.

No, upfronts don't start til Monday. But in the days before networks make a lot of renewal or cancellation decisions.
I remember in the old days. I would wait to get the morning USA TODAY to read the new schedules and see what shows were picked up. It sure is different today. You pretty much know what is going to happen before the announcements are even made. Maybe one or two things are different but it's quite a difference from the 80's when I used to do that. lol

Because the FOX Network has picked up nine live-action shows to series, are they gonna drop the X-Factor/American Idol Results Shows? And the results shows of ABC's Dancing With the Stars as well? Results shows are a waste of airtime.
In the early days of Idol, FOX only aired it for an hour and a half a week - an hour for the performance shows and a half-hour for the results. So they could always go back to that. There's no way they're going to keep it at 2 hour performance shows/1 hour result shows, that's for sure.

Really, really hoping that The Neighbors gets renewed!
Me too.

Mark Pedowitz said the CW will have sitcoms again starting in the 2014-2015 season.

CBS picks up 6 shows.

http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2013/05/10/cbs-picks-up-four-comedies-mom-the-millers-crazy-ones-we-are-men-drama-intelligence/182022/

what I would do

Sunday
7:00 60 Minutes
8:00 The Amazing Race
9:00 Hawaii Five-O
10:00 The Good Wife

Monday
8:00 How I Met Your Mother
8:30 2 Broke Girls
9:00 The Crazy Ones
9:30 We Are Men
10:00 Beverly Hills Cop

Tuesday
8:00 NCIS
9:00 NCIS: Los Angeles
10:00 Intelligence

Wednesday
8:00 Survivor
9:00 Criminal Minds
10:00 Hostages

Thursday
8:00 The Big Bang Theory
8:30 Mom
9:00 Two and a Half Men
9:30 Mike & Molly
10:00 Person of Interest

Friday
8:00 The Mentalist
9:00 CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
10:00 Blue Bloods

Saturday
8:00 Undercover Boss
9:00 Repeats
10:00 48 Hours

Midseason
NCIS Red, Elementary, The Millers

My NBC Predictions

Sundays
7pm Football Night in America
8pm Sunday Night Football

Mondays
8pm The Voice
10pm The Blacklist

Wait a minute, they are putting Glee back on Tuesday nights and moving The Mindy Project to Friday Nights? Glee is better off on Thursday Nights and The Mindy Project stays puts on Tuesday Nights!

Both ABC and NBC cancelled to many shows and NBC cancelled all the comedies so far!

You get to the point where you get tired of watching tv. You try to get emotionally invested in a show and a)they cancel it. b)they put it on hiatus c)they move the show around.


It gets frustrating after a while.

As usual, Pavan and I are almost entirely opposites in terms of the shows we like. And, I am probably at odds with most of the viewers as well, I guess. The shows he thinks are weak (Hart of Dixie) or thinks it's good they've been canceled (90210) or are going to be canceled (Emily Owens, M.D.) are the very ones I like. The only shows I agree it was time to cancel were One Tree Hill and Gossip Girl, both of which had gotten very old.

And the show he (and presumably, many viewers) think is so great (Arrow) I don't care for--it is too dark in tone. I didn't like Smallville either--Tom Welling had no acting talent, IMO; he seemed like a block of wood--but I've noticed many (not all, but many) fans of this genre don't care if the actors are any good as long as there's lots of action. At least they moved Supernatural to air after Arrow so I can skip that night on the CW altogether. Supernatural and Nikita are also too dark and too formulaic for my taste. I've seen all that done before, and in better series.

I guess the only series I agree with Pavan on being good is The Carrie Diaries. It's a shame most of the shows I like are not liked by anyone else.

I liked the fact that CW had lots of dramas. I hate to think it's moving to so much dark action.

Robbie

Robbie, I don't watch anything on The CW. I was commenting on the performance of all their shows, not quality.