NBC's 2013-14 lineup Revealed

[TroyG]

I think KSL-TV really do have a say on what show that are deemed inappropriate to watch-Like "The New Normal" from this past season, and "The Playboy Club" from The 2011-12 season. They have also passed on "SNL".

And I believe NBC should be throwing in the towel when it come to shows being on at 10/9 central, and give that slot over to its local affiliates for their prime time newscasts. I think most of shows out on television at 10/9 Central have all gone over to cable. And they're pretty much very popular than broadcast TV network shows that are on at that said hour.

 

[michael hagerty]

You know when a network has run out of original idea is when they bring back old series. In this case Ironside.

Can't wait for NBC to revive Maverick, Wanted Dead or Alive, Have Gun Will Travel, The Time Tunnel and vast number of programs that aired back in the 1950s or 60s.

They've already done Maverick, 22 years ago, with Garner: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081837/.

Have Gun and Time Tunnel weren't NBC shows. That'll be up to CBS and ABC.

 

[mr.ric]

It sucks they canceled "Guys with Kids". I thought that was a good show.

 

[michael hagerty]

I'm a little concerned about the concept for the Michael J. Fox show. I like him and I hope he does well...but an anchorman with Parkinson's who just happens to be on WNBC, Channel 4 in New York with cameos from the network guys..........

Handled deftly, it could work. But the opportunities are there for it to be a program-length promo for everything else on the network.

 

[vchimpanzee]

8, Revolution (New Night)

10, Ironside (reboot of the 1967-75 series with Blair Underwood as the wheelchair-bound detective)

Good news! And while I didn't spend a lot of time watching the Perry Mason series, I think I'll give this one a try.

9:30, The Michael J. Fox Show (Fox returns as a TV newsman with Parkinson's)
10, Parenthood (New Night)

I'm definitely watching Michael J. Fox. And I'm pleasantly surprised about "Parenthood", which I have thought would be gone twice.

10, Crisis (A national crisis erupts when a school bus is taken hostage and the people involved are thrust into the conspiracy involving it)

This year's "Event" or "Flash Forward".

 

[SixtiesGuy]

10, Ironside (reboot of the 1967-75 series with Blair Underwood as the wheelchair-bound detective)

Wow. If this is a success watch for a reboot of Mr. Ed with a camel that talks only to his hapless Saudi owner.

 

[michael hagerty]

I don't know...the more I think about it, the more Ironside has going for it...NBC got 8 seasons out of the original (had to look that up, I would have guessed three or four), Burr got six Emmy nominations from the role. It's probably the closest thing to Hawaii Five-O NBC's got in the vault. And now that Universal owns NBC, the synergy makes sense.

 

[landtuna]

The only way for Maverick to work now is bring back James Garner.

The last time I saw Garner was on "8 Rules" where he came to live with the family after Ritter died (2003) and he really looked frail. That was 10 years ago and he'd be 85 today.

Which reminds me.....just saw an ad for a Blu-ray edition of "The Great Escape".

 

[sfradio]

I don't know...the more I think about it, the more Ironside has going for it...NBC got 8 seasons out of the original (had to look that up, I would have guessed three or four), Burr got six Emmy nominations from the role. It's probably the closest thing to Hawaii Five-O NBC's got in the vault. And now that Universal owns NBC, the synergy makes sense.

I think they should of rebooted the Rockford Files instead, when was the last time a private eye show was on TV?

 

[michael hagerty]

I don't know...the more I think about it, the more Ironside has going for it...NBC got 8 seasons out of the original (had to look that up, I would have guessed three or four), Burr got six Emmy nominations from the role. It's probably the closest thing to Hawaii Five-O NBC's got in the vault. And now that Universal owns NBC, the synergy makes sense.

I think they should of rebooted the Rockford Files instead, when was the last time a private eye show was on TV?

NBC got very close to a Rockford reboot three or four years ago...shot one pilot, the network hated it, shot a second pilot, the network liked it until focus groups hated it.

Here's the problem, as I outlined in another thread yesterday:

What is the 2013 equivalent of a 45-year old guy who lives in a rusting single-wide in a parking lot at the beach, wears bad sport coats, drinks beer from a can, eats Oreos from the inside out, drives a new Firebird, has a con man and an unconventionally attractive defense attorney for his closest friends, and an LAPD sergeant willing to risk his life and career to get him out of the messes he gets himself into while working as a private eye who always seems to get stiffed on his fee but never comes off as pathetic?

There is no contemporary equivalent of Jim Rockford.

Even in 1974, that was a tall order, and only one guy could pull it off: Jim Garner. Because he was spoofing PI shows like Mannix, in the same way Maverick spoofed straight Westerns. In fact, Garner admitted recently that Rockford was a way to go back to doing Maverick, with most of the same crew, without Warner Bros. suing.

Oh, and the reason you don't see any PI shows? The business has changed. 95% of investigation work is online now. The gun-carrying, car chasing guy who gets beat up by a different set of bad guys every week just won't fly. "Psych" on USA is probably the closest to an old-school detective show on TV now, and it's not that close.

Actually, the genre died out in the early 60s. "Mannix" brought it back, and Mike Connors admitted at the time that his character was really a 40s era private eye in a 60s world.

 

[BD Sullivan]

I don't know...the more I think about it, the more Ironside has going for it...NBC got 8 seasons out of the original (had to look that up, I would have guessed three or four), Burr got six Emmy nominations from the role. It's probably the closest thing to Hawaii Five-O NBC's got in the vault. And now that Universal owns NBC, the synergy makes sense.

Burr presumably got at least some of the nominations on his rep. It's not like he could really emote while sitting in a wheelchair.

 

[michael hagerty]

I don't know...the more I think about it, the more Ironside has going for it...NBC got 8 seasons out of the original (had to look that up, I would have guessed three or four), Burr got six Emmy nominations from the role. It's probably the closest thing to Hawaii Five-O NBC's got in the vault. And now that Universal owns NBC, the synergy makes sense.

Burr presumably got at least some of the nominations on his rep. It's not like he could really emote while sitting in a wheelchair.

It's not like emoting was ever part of his act, so what was his rep based on?

 

[KERCAlum]

Is NBC still a network?

Seriously, the MJF show (if it is indeed set at WNBC) is nothing more than self-promotion for the network. Expect lots of guest stars from other NBC shows to show up.

Ironside could be halfway watchable, especially with Blair Underwood, but the original premise was always a little far-fetched (sniper tries to assassinate LA's police chief?). Might work if Ironside was portrayed as cop who was paralyzed during a bust gone bad, stayed on the force and rose through the ranks. (And my guess is that's the way they'll play it.)

The other stuff - meh.

Most of my TV watching is local news, sports (NASCAR, MX, NFL, MLB) and "Blue Bloods" on CBS. That show has kind of grown on me.

 

[michael hagerty]

Is NBC still a network?

Seriously, the MJF show (if it is indeed set at WNBC) is nothing more than self-promotion for the network. Expect lots of guest stars from other NBC shows to show up.

Ironside could be halfway watchable, especially with Blair Underwood, but the original premise was always a little far-fetched (sniper tries to assassinate LA's police chief?). Might work if Ironside was portrayed as cop who was paralyzed during a bust gone bad, stayed on the force and rose through the ranks. (And my guess is that's the way they'll play it.)

The other stuff - meh.

Most of my TV watching is local news, sports (NASCAR, MX, NFL, MLB) and "Blue Bloods" on CBS. That show has kind of grown on me.

Michael's show is set at WNBC. The promo clip is online. He's on their set, in front of one of their live trucks, the call letters are mentioned frequently and his character makes an appearance on TODAY with Matt and Savannah.

Ironside was the San Francisco police chief.

 

[LKellerIII]

I don't think Ironside was ever the police chief - he was "Chief of Detectives," which is different. And it was one of those San Francisco based shows entiely filmed in Los Angeles - with the occasional continuity shot of a cable car, bridge, etc.

Actually, my favorite fake San Francisco scene was an episode of The X Files with a scene shot in the boat harbor at "Fisherman's Wharf." I was totally buying it until the camera panned away from the "bay" and showed the background, which should be Telegraph Hill...you know, Nob Hill, Pacific Heights...all that. It was definitely a hill, but all the thousands of houses had disappeared and had been replaced by thousands of pine trees. I assume Vancouver was the stand-in city.

 

[michael hagerty]

You're right, Llew...Ironside was Chief of Detectives for the SFPD. He then became a "special consultant". So "Monk" owes Ironside.

 

[vchimpanzee]

Ironside was the San Francisco police chief.

In charge of Mike Stone and Steve Keller?

 

[vchimpanzee]

You're right, Llew...Ironside was Chief of Detectives for the SFPD. He then became a "special consultant". So "Monk" owes Ironside.

Of course! Stottlemeyer, too!