Last May as the 2013-2014 schedules came out, KSiteTV’s Craig Byrne and Shilo Adams took the year’s schedules and made some predictions for how the 2013-2014 season would go. We also asked several questions about each respective network’s plans. You can find those articles under the Opinions tab here at the site.
But for now, before we get to our annual “schedule prediction” articles, why don’t we look back at how right or wrong we happened to be this time last year? In some areas, we called it; but in others, we were very, very wrong.
CRAIG: Earlier in the season we wondered if this was the final year for Animation Domination on FOX. It turns out, it wasn’t for the whole year, as FOX premiered Seth MacFarlane’s Cosmos on Sunday nights starting at midseason.
We predicted trouble for Betrayal, and we were right. I also brought up skepticism that Believe would perform on Sunday at 9 with all of the competition, and that was also a problem – though we may not have expected that one of the show’s biggest challenges would be ABC’s Resurrection. Speaking of Resurrection, I think we learned that there was a show that could successfully go between an 8PM Once Upon A Time and a 10PM Revenge. I thought this was a good move for an otherwise challenged ABC this year.
You said you’d be curious about what would happen if The Good Wife or The Mentalist were to end this season, and I think we will get that answer soon.
I was perhaps a bit too rough on The Good Wife, as CBS has gave the acclaimed legal drama an early renewal and seemingly has no issues with the show’s not great live ratings. I think the show has a lot of support from CBS due to its critical reception and awards presence, to the point where I think it’ll end when creators Robert and Michelle King say it’ll end. However, I was correct in FOX moving TBS-bound American Dad to Sundays at 7:30 to make way for new programming; what I didn’t anticipate, though, was said new programming to be Neil deGrasse Tyson-hosted Cosmos and Bob’s Burgers, already renewed for another season, to get the lesser pre-primetime slot.
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One thing about BATB – ratings were lower than Season 1 on Season 2: Ep 1, before fans new any of the new story lines, so that’s not what hurt it out of the gate. Sleepy Hollow premiered September 16th. BATB came back on October 7th. I know several female friends that fell for SH and then had to decide what to DVR once BATB came back like I did. (My DVR often screws up CW recordings, so I taped SH.) In addition to all the other competition on Monday night, I don’t think the late start helped AT ALL.
One thing that sucks is that the large international audience for BATB doesn’t really factor into renewal decisions. Now, I didn’t keep track of DVR and streaming numbers, so maybe there’s a slim chance if Beasties get loud in June. BATB did win the Save One Show poll at E!Online this season (Jay and Kristin thanked us on video).
Anyway, Monday was a really bad choice for those shows from day 1 and that should be factored. CW screwed up from the start. And I still don’t know why show-runners changed on BATB. After the good response to season 1, why?