WEDNESDAY
Shilo’s Picks: 8:00 The Middle, 8:30 The Goldbergs, 9:00 Modern Family, 9:30 Selfie, 10:00 Nashville
Craig’s Picks: 8:00 The Middle, 8:30 The Goldbergs, 9:00 Modern Family, 9:30 Selfie, 10:00 Nashville
Actual Schedule: 8:00 The Middle, 8:30 The Goldbergs, 9:00 Modern Family, 9:30 Black-ish, 10:00 Nashville
SHILO: Look at ABC, actually putting a family comedy behind Modern Family. For five seasons, the only family comedy that aired behind the Emmy favorite was How to Live With Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life), but after a promising debut, the Claudia Lonow-created series was undone by tepid reviews and airing behind a series of Modern Family repeats late in the season. Black-ish, though, could end up being the series that holds the last two hours of the night together, as it looks much less abrasive than Super Fun Night and Mixology, a quality which should either give Nashville a boost in the live ratings and dramatically slow down its inevitable decline. Plus, with The Goldbergs suring up the 8:00 hour, Modern Family should be helped, giving Black-ish a pretty good launching pad and keeping ABC Wednesdays as the longest-running broadcast comedy night for the foreseeable future.
CRAIG: As much as I think Selfie might not have fit on Wednesdays at 9:30, I still think it might’ve been a better choice than Black-ish in going in that “between Modern Family and Nashville” plan. On the bright side, though, ABC did the right thing and put The Goldbergs on Wednesdays. I love it.
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