The five major television networks are rolling out their much-anticipated fall schedules — and a slew of new shows are on the way.
Hollywood continues to recover after the Writer’s Guild and Screen Actors Guild strikes threw production schedules into chaos.
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Many popular TV shows have aired abbreviated seasons with fewer episodes.
Traditionally, May marks the end of the current television season, as most networks air reruns or special summer programming during a time when fewer people are indoors watching the subway.
This week, broadcast networks gathered advertisers in New York for the annual Upfronts – an opportunity to showcase everything new that’s coming.
But getting in with the new means getting rid of the old, and many beloved shows have been unceremoniously canceled, much to the chagrin of fans.
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NICS: HAWAII
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NCIS: Hawai’i was canceled by CBS at the end of April, leaving fans and its cast heartbroken.
The news that Season 4 wouldn’t happen came just a month after the Season 3 finale was filmed.
Even worse, the show was left on a cliffhanger that will likely never be resolved.
No one thought the season finale would be the last episode, so fans were left with loose ends and the cast didn’t get to say goodbye.
Last week, several cast members gathered on a beach at sunset to be together one last time.
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The group photo included Vanessa Lachey (who starred as Jane Tennant), Tori Anderson (Kate), Jason Antoon (Ernie) and his wife Seana Kofoed (Dr. Chase).
Vanessa also took time to personally address her fans, writing: “I wish we had more time, I’m sorry we didn’t. I wish we had a proper farewell, I’m sorry we didn’t.”
There have been five versions of the CSI franchise on CBS
DOMESTICATED
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Fox’s animated comedy HouseBroken featured a variety of pets voiced by stars like Friends’ Lisa Kudrow, The Last Man on Earth’s Will Forte, and Veep actor Tony Hale.
But it wasn’t enough to earn a third season.
The series was about a group of neighborhood animals and strays who experience life inside and outside of their therapy group.
Housebroken premiered on Fox on May 31, 2021 and ran for 11 episodes. It returned in December 2022 for another 19 episodes.
“It’s a shame,” lamented one fan on X. “This show was smart and funny.”
QUANTUM LEAP
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NBC’s Quantum Leap reboot has been lost in the time stream.
The show’s second season ended with a two-hour finale on February 20.
The show was a reboot of the original Quantum Leap series, which ran from 1989 to 1993 on NBC.
Online, one die-hard fan mused: “This hurts. Quantum Leap absolutely deserved the world and definitely much better than it got.
“The heart and compassion in the writing and acting, the deep universe the series continued, and the incredible storyline were so rare.”
NOT DEAD YET
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Not Dead Yet was buried by ABC after just two seasons.
Despite quickly becoming ABC’s most-watched comedy in four years, the ratings did not last until the second season, leading the network to call for its cancellation.
The show, which premiered in 2023, followed Gina Rodriguez’s character Nell Stevens as she attempted to restart her career as a journalist.
The actress was accompanied by a cast consisting of Hannah Simone, Lauren Ash, Rick Glassman, Joshua Banday, Angela E. Gibbs, Jesse Garcia and Brad Garrett.
CSI:Vegas
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Late last month, CBS announced CSI: Vegas would not be renewed for a fourth season.
It appears the cancellation came as a shock to fans and cast members alike.
Shortly after the announcement, Lex Medlin, who played Thomas “Beau” Finado on the series, shared an emotional message to fans on Instagram.
In the photo he was dressed as his character, Lex, 55, sitting alongside his co-stars on a bench outside a building.
They were all in their full police vests.
“CSI Vegas has not been picked up for Season 4 by CBS,” he captioned it. publish. “I’m going to miss this cast and crew so much. Most of all, I’m going to miss Beau. He was so fun to play.”
“Thank you everyone for your support. Let’s move on to the next adventure,” concluded Lex.
BIG FAMILY
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The freshman show Extended Family boasted the teaming of two comedy legends – Jon Cryer, best known for Two and a Half Men, and Donald Faison, best known as Dr. Chris Turk on Scrubs.
However, filming was hampered by strikes, which made the pace and audience difficult.
Earlier this month, the Peacock network made it official – no extension was coming.
“How can NBC hope to rebuild its once impenetrable sitcom reign if it keeps canceling all the new ones after just one season?” one upset fan fired back, recalling the glory days of the ’90s NBC sitcom.
“What happened to actually investing in your shows?”
STATION 19
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The fire is out for ABC’s Station 19, which has wrapped up its seventh and final season.
The series was a spin-off of the long-running medical drama Grey’s Anatomy and followed the lives and careers of firefighters at Seattle Fire Department Station 19.
But the die-hards haven’t given up on fanning the flames of resurrection, nor have producers Zoanne Clack and Peter Paige.
Netflix has been considered a good place to take the show, as executive producer Shonda Rhimes has a development deal there, but TV line reports that there has been no news yet about Station 19 being purchased.
“They don’t tell us anything,” Zoanne told the outlet about the possibility of the firefighter drama finding a new home, but added that she and Peter “will happily go wherever it goes.”
LA FIRE AND RESCUE
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It wasn’t a good year to be a TV firefighter.
Dick Wolf’s LA Fire & Rescue joined Station 19 in the defunct pile.
The show was considered by fans to be a real-life version of producer Chicago Fire’s scripted series.
Instead of being set in Chicago, however, it followed first responders from the Los Angeles County Fire Department and was improvised.
The documentary series only lasted one season, from June 2023 to August 2023.
DOMESTIC ECONOMY
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The ABC comedy Home Economics has been sent packing after three seasons.
The series followed the relationships of three brothers in very different financial situations.
Upset fans took to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their disappointment.
“Nooooo,” one person wrote while another added, “Booooo this show is great.”
Home Economics already has a replacement planned.
High Potential, starring It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia’s Kaitlin Olson, is a detective show and will take the ABC slot in fall 2024.
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