Upfronts Day Four: Some Cable Stuff
On the heels of the broadcast network’s fall announcements
comes the never-ending trickle of cable commitments. As is their wont, many of
these shows will debut in the summer months (like, June) when broadcast network
series are on hiatus.
TNT will be showing us a hospital series starring Jada
Pinkett Smith called Hawthorne, Jerry
Bruckheimer’s got a cop show called Dark
Blue that stars Dylan McDermott, Mark Burnett’s got a new reality series
called Wedding Day, and this December
a series with an impressive pedigree called Men
of a Certain Age starring Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula.
truTV has a bunch of “reality” shows that fit square into
their format: a behind the scenes show called NFL Full Contact– the sort we used to call a “documentary,” Conspiracy Theory with Governor Jesse
Ventura, U.S. Special Ops: Declassified
– a program that outs our nation’s terrorist hunters, and Full Throttle, another behind the scenes look at Ballard’s Full
Throttle Saloon biker bar in Sturgis, South Dakota.
TBS has some inexpensive stuff lined up: a talk show
starring George Lopez, an animated
sitcom about suburbanites who used to live “down below” called Neighbors from Hell, and, of course, they’ve
picked up Tyler Perry’s Meet the Browns
and The Bill Engvall Show.
MTV has a new series ripped from today’s political
headlines called 16 & Pregnant.
There hasn’t been a teevee series with a more self-descriptive title since The Jack Paar Program.
"Conspiracy Theory with Governor Jesse Ventura"I'm assuming that's the show he's been talking to Opie & Anthony about, saying "they'll never let it get on the air". It's a shame a guy who was a pretty good public face for the "fiscal conservative and social Liberal" has become synonymous with the tinfoil hat crowd."There hasn't been a teevee series with a more self-descriptive title since The Jack Paar Program."What about the Dinah Shore Show?
I think Jack Paar Show was after that.
That's right it was. There were a lot of self titled shows in the 50's-Loretta Young Show, Donna Reed Show, Gale Storm just off the top of my head.