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The New Fall Television Season  Last week, the U.S. networks revealed to the media and advertising community their fall program schedules. Like every year before, the networks promised to deliver their best schedules, ever. Recurring themes around time travel, the supernatural and procedural dramas continue to populate the U.S. schedules with some big name producers lending their talents to program development. Also returning are some familiar faces.

At the same time, Canadian broadcasters were in Los Angeles bidding against one another to secure programming that they believe will deliver Canadian audiences. These schedules will be revealed in the coming weeks in the Canadian version of the Upfronts.

We expect rampant programming changes, time-period shifts, new series cancellations and mid-season launches will continue to create a viewing environment that is as volatile as ever. With remotes in hand, viewers will be searching for a quick fix of entertainment.

Canadian networks will continue to manipulate their schedules as they respond to the changes made in the U.S. in an attempt to maintain as much simulcast programming as possible.

The following provides you with a first glimpse of the new programming U.S. networks will be offering viewers this season. Included are the fall lineups and program descriptions for ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox and the CW.

Full pilots were not available to view so we have not been able to develop a point of view on potential, hits, misses or survivors. Once the Canadian networks have released their schedules with an opportunity to view the pilots Canadian broadcasters have secured, we will provide an update on how CTV, Rogers, Shaw and the CBC have lined up their primetime schedules to optimize Canadian audiences.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ABC Fall 2011 

ABC launches their fall schedules with a diverse group of programs – a total of seven new shows this fall

New Shows Last Man Standing - Tim Allen is back on ABC in a new comedy about a man's man trying to get men back to their rightful place in a female-dominated world. . Man Up - Three modern guys try to get in touch with their inner tough personas to redefine what it means to be a "real man".

Suburgatory - Teenager Tessa is horrified when her single father George moves her from exciting New York City to the suburbs filled with overly-manicured lawns and plastic Franken-moms. Jeremy Sisto and Jane Levy star.

Revenge - Emily Thorne (Emily Van Camp) moved to the Hamptons on her own and seemingly blends in with her wealthy neighbors though she has returned to right wrongs done to her family.

Charlie's Angels - Revamped series based on the 1970s ABC hit; new version set in Miami where three attractive detectives solve cases for their mysterious boss, Charlie. Series stars Annie Ilonzeh, Minka Kelly and Rachael Taylor and the "angels" with Ramon Rodriguez as Bosley.

Once Upon a Time - From Lost executive producers Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis, comes this drama where fairy tales collide with the modern world. The plot centers on Emma Swan (Jennifer Morrison) who is found by her son she gave up ten years prior. The son thinks Emma comes from an alternative world and is Snow White and Prince Charming's missing daughter. Ginnifer Goodwin stars as Snow White/Sister Mary Margaret; Robert Carlyle as Rumplestiltskin/Mr. Gold; Lana Parrilla as Evil Queen/Regina among other cast members.

Pan Am - Period drama set in the 1960s about the stewardesses and pilots working for the legendary airline Pan Am. The drama is focused on the romantic and glamorous entanglements of the crew. Christina Ricci stars

Mid Season Shows The River - After the famed explorer/TV personality Dr. Emmet Cole (Bruce Greenwood) goes missing in the depths of the Amazon, a search party consisting of his friends, family and crew set out on a mysterious and deadly journey to find him.

Scandal - A Shonda Rhimes drama about the life and work of a professional crisis manager and her eccentric staff. Kerry Washington leads the cast as PR guru Olivia Pope.

Apartment 23 - A naive Midwestern girl comes to the Big Apple and finds herself living with a vivacious roommate who has the morals of a pirate. Dreama Walker, Krysten Ritter and James Van Der Beek star.

Work It - Two unpleasant and unemployed guys dress up as women to land jobs as pharmaceutical reps. Ben Koldyke and Amaury Nolasco star in the comedy.

 

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Good Christian Belles - Soap set in Dallas about Amanda Vaughn (Leslie Bibb), the former "mean girl" in high school who is forced to return home in disgrace after her marriage ends in scandal. Also stars Kristen Chenoweth, Annie Potts, Jennifer Aspen, Miriam Shor, Marisol Nichols, Brad Beyer, Mark Deklin and David James Elliott. Missing - Ashley Judd stars as Becca Winstone who learns her son disappeared while studying abroad and she races against time when she travels to Europe to find him. Becca has a secret of her own - she's a former CIA Agent and must now rely on old friends to help her discover what's happened to her son.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Returning Shows • Body of Proof • Castle • Desperate Housewives • Grey's Anatomy • Private Practice • Cougar Town • Happy Endings • The Middle • Modern Family • America's Funniest Home Videos • The Bachelor • Dancing with the Stars • Extreme Makeover: Home

Edition • Secret Millionaire • Shark Tank • 20/20

Cancelled Six current series were cancelled:

• Brothers & Sisters • V • Detroit 1-8-7 • No Ordinary Family • Mr. Sunshine • Off the Map

 

 

 

 

 

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CBS Fall 2011 

 

CBS is adding three new dramas and two new comedies to their fall primetime lineup.

New Shows 2 Broke Girls - Two young women are waitresses at a greasy spoon diner, become friends and work to launch their own business. Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs headline this comedy.

Unforgettable - Poppy Montgomery stars as Carrie Wells, a former police detective who possesses a rare talent of remembering everything - every conversation, every moment of joy and heartache forever embedded in her mind.

How To Be a Gentleman - Inspired by the book of the same name, this

"odd couple" comedy centers on the unlikely friendship between a refined writer and an unrefined personal trainer. David Hornsby and Kevin Dillon

Person of Interest - Jim Caviezel stars in this crime thriller from J.J. Abrams about a presumed dead former CIA agent who partners with a mysterious billionaire to fight crime with their own brand of vigilante justice.

A Gifted Man - Drama centered on a brilliant surgeon whose life is changed forever when his dead ex-wife teaches him the meaning of life from the "hereafter." Series stars Patrick Wilson, Jennifer Ehle and Julie Benz among others.

Mid Season Show  The 2-2 from Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, this series follows six NYPD rookies, with diverse backgrounds and unique personalities, as they patrol the streets of upper Manhattan.

Returning Shows CBS is returning numerous series to its fall schedule including these dramas: NCIS, Hawaii Five-0, NCIS: Los Angeles, Criminal Minds, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, The Mentalist, CSI: NY, Blue Bloods, The Good Wife and CSI: Miami.

Returning comedies: The Big Bang Theory, Mike & Molly, How I Met Your Mother, Rules of Engagement and Two and a Half Men; franchise reality series: Survivor and The Amazing Race; as well as 60 Minutes and 48 Hours Mystery.

Cancelled • Criminal Minds: Suspect

Behaviour • $#*! My Days Says • The Defenders • Mad Love

 

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NBC Fall 2011

NBC is adding six new dramas and six new comedies. Chairman NBC Entertainment, Bob Greenblatt refers to next season's new lineup as, "the rebuilding of the NBC primetime schedule."

New Shows The Playboy Club - From Brian Grazer, the drama is a period piece set in the early 1960s Chicago when the first Playboy Club opens. Eddie Cibrian, Amber Heard and Lauran Benanti lead the ensemble cast.

Up All Night - From Emily Spivey and Lorne Michaels, this comedy offers a contemporary take on parenthood about successful PR executive, Reagan (Christina Applegate) and her stay-at-home husband, Chris (Will Arnett) as they juggle a career, marriage and a new baby. Maya Rudolph also stars as Ava, Reagan's outrageous boss and best friend.

Free Agents – A comedy based on a UK format, about two eccentric co-

workers who fall in love. Hank Azaria and Kathryn Hahn star in the lead roles.

Whitney - A comedy about modern love, highlighting the relationship of Whitney (Whitney Cummings) and Alex (Chris D'Elia), a happily unmarried couple.

Prime Suspect - American version of hit British series. This new version stars Maria Bello as Detective Jane Timoney who finds working as a homicide detective in New York City tough; especially working in a male-dominated police department. Aidan Quinn, Brian O'Byrne also star.

Grimm - Series inspired by the classic Grimm's Fairy Tales. Homicide detective Nick Burkhardt (David Guintoli) begins seeing things he can't explain. When his Aunt Marie (guest star Kate Burton) visits, she tells him they are descendants of an elite group of hunters known as "Grimms" who fight to keep humans safe from the supernatural creatures loose in the world.

Returning Shows

• Chuck • Parenthood • Law & Order: Special Victims

Unit • Harry's Law • Community • Parks and Recreation • The Office • 30 Rock • Dateline NBC • The Voice • The Sing-Off • The Celebrity Apprentice • The Biggest Loser • Outsourced • The Event • Law & Order: Los Angles 

Cancelled Outsourced, The Event and Law & Order: Los Angles.  

 

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NBC Fall 2011 Mid Season Shows Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea – Based on Chelsea Handler’s life and her book, this comedy follows a group of 20-something women living and working together led by one out-spoken young woman played by Laura Prepon (That 70’s Show).

Best Friends Forever - A comedy about a woman and her live-in

boyfriend who take in her upset and pushy best girlfriend after a divorce. Jessica St. Clair stars along with Lennon Parham and Adam Pally.

Bent - Amanda Peet stars in this romantic comedy as a recently divorced type-A mom who is attracted to the surfer-dude contractor, Pete (David Walton) she hires to re-do her kitchen. Jeffrey Tambor co-stars.

The Firm – Filmed in Toronto, this joint Global/NBC project is based on the hit feature film and novel by John Grisham, this drama continues the

story of lawyer Mitchell McDeere and his family ten years following the events depicted in the film and novel.

Smash - Musical drama based on an idea from Steven Spielberg. It centers on a group who are creating a Broadway musical about the life of Marilyn Monroe. Christian Borle and Debra Messing headline the cast that also includes veteran actress Anjelica Huston.

From its development slate, NBC did not pick up the comedy, Family Practice from Universal Media Studios that starred Andrew West, Jean Smart and Audrey Esparza; the revamped Wonder Woman from David E. Kelley starring Adrianne Palicki in the title role; the ensemble drama A Mann's World starring Don Johnson as a celebrity hairstylist and co-starring Ellen Barkin; 17TH Precinct, the ensemble police drama starring Jamie Bamber, Tricia Helfer and James Callis; Reconstruction, the Civil War-era drama starring Martin Henderson; Metro (formerly S.I.L.A.), the drama combining crime, law enforcement and politics helmed by Jimmy Smits; Brave New World, a workplace comedy produced by Sony Pictures Television; Lovelines, a comedy from 20TH Television; Help Wanted, another workplace comedy from Warner Bros. TV; I Hate That I Love You, a comedy produced by 20TH Television; and the comedy, My Life as an Experiment from Sony Pictures Television, with Jack Black as one of the executive producers and starring Donald Sutherland

 

 

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Fox Fall 2011 

FOX is adding three new dramas, four new comedies and one new unscripted series to its lineup.

New Shows The X Factor - The new unscripted competition series reunites Simon Cowell with the network, along with the other judges Antonio "L.A." Reid, Cheryl Cole and Paula Abdul. The series, with hosts Nicole Scherzinger and Steve Jones, gives viewers the chance to help find the next global superstar or hit music group.

Terra Nova - From executive producers Steven Spielberg, Peter Chernin, Rene Echevarria and Brannon Braga, this is an epic adventure series about an ordinary family living in the year 2149 that travels back in time to prehistoric Earth to try to establish a colony as a second chance to rebuild civilization.

I Hate My Teenage Daughter (working title) - A comedy about two best friends who are single moms of teenage daughters, Annie (Jaime Pressly) and Nikki (Katie Finneran).

The moms discover their daughters are turning out to be just like the mean girls who tormented them years ago.

New Girl (working title) – A comedy featuring a young ensemble cast staring Zooey Deschanel as a girl in her late 20s moves in with three single guy roommates.

Allen Gregory - Animated comedy about a pretentious 7-year old that sees himself as an intelligent and sophisticated young man who is worldly, artistic and romantic, not a kid in elementary school. Jonah Hill offers his voice talent as Allen Gregory

Mid Season Shows 

The Finder - Spinoff of Bones, Geoff Stults stars as Iraq war veteran Walter Sherman who after sustaining a war injury that results in brain damage becomes a Finder. The one-hour procedural drama centers on Walter's extraordinary ability to help others recover what they have lost.

Alcatraz - From executive producer J.J. Abrams, this thriller focuses on America's most notorious prison and the former home to the country's high-profile criminals. The plot centers on San Francisco Police Dept. Det. Rebecca Madsen (Sarah Jones) who is assigned to a homicide case and uncovers a fingerprint of a suspect who is a former Alcatraz inmate now long dead. Sam Neill also stars in this drama from Bad Robot Productions, (House).

Napoleon Dynamite - Animated comedy based on the hit film. The adventures continue about awkward teen, Napoleon Dynamite, his eccentric family and friends as they live in a small town in Idaho. Jon Heder, Aaron Ruell, Efren Ramirez among others lend their voice talents to the series.

 

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CW Fall 2011 

The CW is bringing back network fan faves to their fall lineup including four new shows.

New Shows Hart of Dixie - The CW's new dramedy starring Rachel Bilson as a New York doctor who inherits a practice in a small Alabama town full of quirky characters. Zoe is out of her element and ready to pack her bags, but a surprise visit by her snobby New York mother leads to Zoe's decision to stay in Bluebell for a while, discovering small-town life and a side of herself she hadn't known was there.

The Ringer – Sarah Michelle Gellar plays Bridget, a recovering addict who goes on the run after witnessing a murder. Bridget later assumes the identity of Siobhan, her wealthy but estranged twin sister, after Siobhan mysteriously disappears. Bridget quickly learns that her sister had her own shocking secrets.

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H8R – A reality series hosted by Mario Lopex where celebrities go head-to-head with civilians who hate them to win their "haters" over.

The Secret Circle – A supernatural drama about a young woman who moves to a new town and discovers that not only is she a witch, but that she's also the key to unlocking a centuries-old battle of good vs. evil.

Mid Season Shows 

ReModeled - Modeling industry veteran Paul Fisher has two missions: to make sure agents in small towns no

longer get screwed, and to empower models to take control of their careers and lead healthier lives.

The Frame - Ten teams of two, chosen for their dynamic personalities and their existing deep-rooted relationships, are selected to compete in this wild social experiment. These teams will each live in one Frame - a stripped down version of their home living space for up to 8 weeks, with the entire world watching their inter-personal soap operas play out atop a highly formatted g

Returning Shows

• Gossip Girl • 90210 • America’s Next Top Model • Vampire Diaries • Nikita • Supenatural 

Cancelled • 18 to Life • Hellcats • Life Unexpected • Smallville

 

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U.S. Networks ‐ Fall 2011 Primetime Schedule