TUESDAY
CRAIG: Although the ratings this Spring have been a little softer than before, I’d keep The Originals on Tuesdays at 8 for now. Eventually, it’d be nice if ratings were good enough that it could replace The Vampire Diaries on Thursday, but that time is not there yet. (Though believe me, the thought of moving the Thursday lineup to Tuesday was kind of interesting to me). Ultimately, though, The Originals did very well against S.H.I.E.L.D. and ABC Family’s offerings… so, yes, it’s worth keeping there.
At 9PM, I’d kick off the slot with the first half of a season of The 100. The 100 did very well when repeated on a Tuesday night, and I think there could be some untapped audience crossover with The Originals. To keep people from getting annoyed by repeats, I’d run all new episodes of The 100 and then I’d replace it with the CBS-produced offering The Messengers, before reverting back to The 100 by season’s end. That way two hopefully great shows get a chance to shine.
SHILO: The Originals might have weakened some this spring, but it’s still strong enough to anchor the night and it likely did as well considering the circumstances as one could reasonably expect. The Tuesdays at 9:00 slot was a bit troublesome for The CW before this past season, when the addition of Supernatural made the night the strongest on the schedule, and the decision of what to use there this coming season is especially important. With the reaction to Supernatural: Bloodlines being, shall we say, less than ideal, I would go with iZombie, Veronica Mars creator Rob Thomas’s return to series television. It’s the most procedural-y of the network’s pilots this season, meaning that it could also be the most casual viewer friendly CW pilot of the season, and it could conceivably benefit from the zombie craze The Walking Dead kicked off several years ago.
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Don’t they usually use The Vampire Diaries to launch a new series? I can’t see them keeping Reign at the Thursday 9pm slot. I would expect either iZombie or Bloodlines to be there. I would also think The Messengers would fit better with Supernatural. Otherwise the rest sounds good!
Sleepy Hollow will probably stay in the same slot, so making people choose between it and Supernatural is just wrong.
I wish CW would confine Top Model to summers only. It ceased being a must-watch relevant show years ago and shouldn’t get in the way of the regular season of dramas at all.
I haven’t watched The Tomorrow People, but I keep seeing articles and comments that the stories have improved over the season. EW writes about it a lot. So it’s still “buzzy”. They might get a 13-ep season.
For some shows, I think 13 eps is a benefit. Forces the writers to stick to what’s important, like an author writing a novella. You don’t have room for tons of fluff and filler.
Really hoping BATB gets some kind of renewal as I love the cast, and I’m not one of the super-harsh critics of this season. Sophomore slumps are “normal” in TV and are not reason alone to cancel a series. And part of audiences being down over past years is that too many people are afraid to love a show because we don’t trust the networks anymore!
I’m surprised that Bloodlines didn’t make either Craig or Shiloh’s schedule. It’s reviews were mixed, but the episode did well ratings wise.
I have not seen the “Bloodlines” episode myself, so I could be totally wrong here, but I think what I would have preferred was something more in the Supernatural universe, even if it meant bringing someone back from the dead or out of Oz to make it happen. Heck, do a series about Young John Winchester for all I care. What this concept seemed to be seemed too much like the Originals to stand out… maybe I’m wrong. Like I said, I haven’t seen it so what do I know?
The nature of the TV business often puts two strong shows up against each other. The benefits of putting Supernatural on Mondays might far outweigh the disadvantages.
I totally agree Top Model should be a summer-early show, or it should just take a break. But it seems like it’s sticking around for a while.
I really want BATB to be renewed because I love the cast and the premise of the show but for me this season has been horrendous. The last 6 epsides will no doubt be a bit more satisfying but I am worried what next season will bring. I think that for a lot of fans, there is a fair amount of negativity attached to some of the characters and to some of the crew. There are some good writers but there are too many of them and to build the viewership back up, IMO, and for fans to have faith in the show again, there needs to be some better PR and some changes. I want to believe in the other plusses this show has other than ratings but I just cannot see going into another season with ratings as low as they have been this season, unless there is a huge move to put some money into trying to get the ratings back up. I can’t see CW doing that. They tried the re-vamp this season, which for whatever reason people want to believe, failed miserably losing over half the viewership. If we do get another season and it is BATB 3.0, I will bail!
I totally agree with you on the 13 episode thing. Either that or if they do have 22 episodes, they should air them all back to back instead of with breaks/reruns between them.
There have been times when the longer seasons do seem to have “filler” episodes. I’d rather avoid that with shorter seasons.
I know it is SUCH a long shot, but I am still holding out for season 3 of The Carrie Diaries.
It sort of crazy that the networks are still fighting fo Prime time slots I guess they don’t know we (TV Fans) have DVR’s? I don’t care what night or time the shows I like on. I record them & watch them when I want. With my two DVR’s I can record 10 shows at the same time.