ABC Upfront/General News and Discussion: 2024-25

[icecream]

Jeopardy Masters is expanding to 9 contestants this year from 6 contestants the previous two seasons. Yet the nights it will air on seems to be only Wednesdays. Either it will go deep into summer or just have four weeks total eliminating the semifinal round.

[James28]

Originally Posted by icecream

Jeopardy Masters is expanding to 9 contestants this year from 6 contestants the previous two seasons.

^^I guess this could be the result of a decision to have all of the finalists for this year's Tournament of Champions rather than just the winner of this year's Tournament of Champions be part of this year's Jeopardy! Masters, and such a decision could be because the regular-play cash winnings of the actual winner of this year's ToC (Neilesh Vinjamuri) are so tiny (only $58,000; in fact, Mr. Vinjamuri has the tiniest regular-play winnings of any ToC winner ever) while the regular play winnings for both of the losing finalists of this year's ToC (Adriana Harmeyer and Isaac Hirsch) did cross the $100,000 mark.

[icecream]

Today ABC renewed 9-1-1, Grey's Anatomy, Shifting Gears, Will Trent, and The Rookie. Noticeably absent from the list is Doctor Odyssey. It is almost surely a goner with 9-1-1: Nashville coming. I only watched Doctor Odyssey because of Athena's crossover from 9-1-1, what a stupid show.

[Marcus2026]

ABC has made a bunch of renewals of their unscripted series for the next TV season, including AFV for its 36th season, American Idol for its 24th season (8th on ABC), Celebrity Jeopardy! for Season 4, Celebrity Wheel of Fortune for Season 6 and Shark Tank for Season 17, alongside Season 10 of Bachelor in Paradise set to debut on July 7th, Season 11 (10th on ABC) of Celebrity Family Feud set to debut on July 10th, Season 34 of Dancing with the Stars debuting this fall, Season 2 of The Golden Bachelor debuting this fall, Match Game with Martin Short debuting on July 23rd, alongside the 4th season of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire with Jimmy Kimmel.
They'll be joined alongside the previously renewed scripted series 9-1-1 for S9, the new spinoff 9-1-1: Nashville, Abbott Elementary for S5, High Potential for S2, Grey's Anatomy for S22, The Rookie for S8, Shifting Gears for S2 and Will Trent for S4.
https://tvline.com/lists/doctor-odys...-abc-renewals/

[icecream]

ABC has changed their original schedule for Jeopardy Masters and Celebrity Wheel of Fortune. Jeopardy Masters will now have its final two episodes air new back-to-back from 8-10 on Wednesday, June 4. What would have been a new episode on Tuesday June 3 at 9:00 is now a repeat. Celebrity Wheel will still be new that night. It would have been new on the 4th where the Masters doubleheader is now. So the Celebrity Wheel of Fortune season finale will now air a week later on Tuesday, June 10 at 8:00.

[James28]

Originally Posted by James28

^^I guess this could be the result of a decision to have all of the finalists for this year's Tournament of Champions rather than just the winner of this year's Tournament of Champions be part of this year's Jeopardy! Masters, and such a decision could be because the regular-play cash winnings of the actual winner of this year's ToC (Neilesh Vinjamuri) are so tiny (only $58,000; in fact, Mr. Vinjamuri has the tiniest regular-play winnings of any ToC winner ever) while the regular play winnings for both of the losing finalists of this year's ToC (Adriana Harmeyer and Isaac Hirsch) did cross the $100,000 mark.

UPDATE: Well, guess what? Neilesh Vinjamuri got eliminated after the first round of Jeopardy! Masters (in fact, getting no match points at all and not getting past the knockout round as a result, thereby failing to reach the quarterfinals). That's what he gets for not getting remotely close to $80,000 in regular play.

Adriana Harmeyer was also eliminated after the knockout round. The only difference is, she got two match points total (one in each game she was in).

[icecream]

Showing what a joke the pathetic Bachelor franchise is, the latest bachelor just split up with his top pick after just three months.

[icecream]

My ABC affiliate is airing baseball Tuesday night. The same game is airing on a sports station which gives it a 7-10PM run time. My affiliate thinks it will be 2 hours, listed 7-9 there.

[icecream]

The America's Funniest People spin-off was cancelled 31 years ago with its last episode airing in 1994. Surely ABC isn't thinking of reviving it, but sadly wouldn't surprise me with a heap more reality shows today. The episode title of tonight's new America's Funniest Home Videos special is America's Funniest People.

[Marcus2026]

Originally Posted by icecream

I do not see Doctor Odyssey being renewed. Does ABC regret moving Grey's Anatomy to 10:00?

Well, it is official.
ABC has officially canceled Doctor Odyssey by default, all because the cast's contracts has expired: https://tvline.com/news/doctor-odyss...abc-1235421056

[icecream]

Originally Posted by Marcus2026

Well, it is official.
ABC has officially canceled Doctor Odyssey by default, all because the cast's contracts has expired: https://tvline.com/news/doctor-odyss...abc-1235421056

There was also a sexual harassment lawsuit filed against Disney and 20th Television because of the assistant prop master. If they wanted to continue could have easily fired him, but the suit also says the studio allowed this atmosphere to continue unchecked for several months.

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/doc...bc-1236443173/

[Marcus2026]

ABC has renewed their longest-running reality show The Bachelor for a unprecedented 30th season: https://deadline.com/2025/06/the-bac...er-1236445991/