Wednesday, April 25, 2007
Broadcast May Upfront Highlights; Black Family Channel Ceases
ABC will have high-power episodes of its signature series Grey's Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Lost, Ugly Betty, Brothers & Sisters, Dancing with the Stars and more! There are no stunt programming except a special sneak peek on the summer series Traveler on May 10 at 10pm. National Bingo Night, another summer series, will get a preview during the last Friday of sweeps (May 18 at 9). Its all about its series on ABC, so viewers will be glued all month long. To view the May sweep ABC highlights, click HERE.
For fourth place NBC, it is all about stunt programming. NBC will launch a special blockbuster movie night on Sundays for sweeps, such as Along Came Polly. They will also have two SNL specials in primetime, along with two super-sized Thursdays. The NBC signature series will finish with a bang such as Heroes, Deal or No Deal, The Office, My Name is Earl, ER, and Law & Order: SVU. Click HERE for NBC's highlights.
For Fox it will be a mix of series and stunts this May. Fox has announced it has canceled new drama Drive and have replaced it with more House encores (Mondays at 8). The Fridays at 8 House encores will cease on May 4 with encores of Nanny 911 airing instead. Fox has two NASCAR races on two Saturdays, the world broadcast premiere of the movie The Day After Tomorrow, The Simpsons' landmark 400th episode, and of course the finale of American Idol. Fox will also preview summer reality series On the Lot after the first part finale of American Idol. It looks to be a good May for Fox, click HERE for highlights.
May sweeps starts tomorrow! Watch all you can because your favorite series will go on a summer break after the sweeps ends on May 23.
The low-rated cable channel Black Family Channel will go off-air on April 30. The network never really took off after eight years on air. Black networks such as TV One and BET do much better in the ratings. It used to air reruns of the sitcom Roc and the animated Dennis the Menace. Currently it was airing reruns of the animated The Bullwinkle Show and King Leonardo on Saturday mornings.
The network was in 16 million homes, which is not that much really compared to other cable networks.
Sitcoms Airing Tonight / Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows
Sunday, October 4
Animal Control - "Seahawks and Piglets" (Fox, 7:00PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Frank leads the team in a work stoppage, but abandons his cause for the ultimate call — recovering the Seahawks' missing mascot.
Universal Basic Guys - "Two Marks" (Fox, 7:30PM ET/PT) (Repeat)
Mark enrolls in a dangerous science experiment to win a Super Bowl ticket.
The Simpsons - "Diary of a Chimpy Kid" (Fox, 8:00PM ET/PT)
Bart and Lisa adopt an abandoned baby chimp and clash over their surprisingly different parenting styles; when the chimp is abducted by a private wild animal zoo, the family goes on a mission to rescue him.
Animal Control - "Crows and Lizard Legs" (Fox, 8:30PM ET/PT)
Shred spirals when he discovers a negative online review about him that could reflect poorly on the precinct; Patel, Victoria and Emily try to break up Addy's new relationship.
Universal Basic Guys - "La Gloire Du Bouffon" (Fox, 9:00PM ET/PT)
Mark learns to play a new instrument; Tammy confronts her fear of clowns.
Grimsburg - "Stanbiscuit" (Fox, 9:30PM ET/PT)
Flute intervenes when Stan receives an alarming superlative; Wynona undergoes a brain procedure to improve her dating life outside of work.
Sitcom Stars on Talk Shows (Week of September 28)
Friday, October 2
- Lauren Lapkus (Stuart Fails to Save the Universe/Crashing/Clipped/Are You There, Chelsea?) - Watch Lauren on a repeat of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon at 11:35pm on NBC.
- Jon Hamm (Grimsburg/Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt) - Jon appears on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Sabrina Impacciatore (The Paper) - Sabrina is a guest on a repeat of Late Night with Seth Meyers at 12:36am on NBC.
- Caroline Rhea (Sydney to the Max/Sabrina, the Teenage Witch/Pride & Joy) and Tommy Davidson (The Varnell Hill Show/The Proud Family/Malcolm & Eddie/Between Brothers) - Caroline and Tommy will be on a repeat of Funny You Should Ask at 12:37am on CBS.
- Danielle Brooks (Close Enough) - NBC's Today catches up with Danielle in the 10am hour.
- Zach Braff (Scrubs/Alex, Inc.) and Donald Faison (Scrubs/Extended Family/The Exes/Clueless) - Zach and Donald talk about Scrubs with the ladies of The View on ABC at 11am ET/10am CT-PT. Donald chats about Scrubs on Live with Kelly and Mark, so check your local listings.
New on DVD and Blu-ray
01/20/26 - The Woody Woodpecker and Friends Golden Age Collection (Blu-ray)
01/27/26 - The New Fred and Barney Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
02/11/26 - Tom and Jerry - The Complete CinemaScope Collection (Blu-ray)
03/24/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 2 (Blu-ray)
04/11/26 - Abbott Elementary - The Complete Fourth Season (DVD)
04/21/26 - Famous Studios Champion Collection (Blu-ray) (DVD)
05/19/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (DVD)
05/19/26 - Looney Tunes Cartoons - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
06/16/26 - Difficult People - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
06/30/26 - Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
07/14/26 - The Office - The Complete Series - Superfan Extended Episodes (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Bill Dana Show - The Complete Series (DVD)
07/28/26 - I Love Lucy - The Complete Series - 75th Anniversary Edition (Blu-ray)
07/28/26 - The Paper - Season One (Blu-ray) (DVD)
08/25/26 - Perfect Strangers - The Complete Series (Blu-ray) (DVD)
09/08/26 - Looney Tunes Collector's Vault - Volume 3 (Blu-ray)
09/22/26 - Bridget Loves Bernie - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
10/20/26 - The Quick Draw McGraw Show - The Complete Series (Blu-ray)
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