Too Much TV: Your TV Talking Points For Tuesday, July 9th, 2024
Greetings from Pasadena
Here's everything you need to know about the world of television for Tuesday, July 9th, 2024:
GREETINGS FROM PASADENA
I am writing this from the Langham Hotel in Pasadena, California, where the Television Critics Association is kicking off its Summer 2024 tour tomorrow. As you may or may not know, the TCA typically does two tours a year and it's a time when the various networks, studios and streamers bring in their talent and executives in speak with critics.
I'll be writing a great deal over the week about what is happening here and I'll try and remain cognizant of the fact that the subscribers to this newsletter fall into several different groups: people working in the industry, people who just enjoy television and about 25 percent of the subscribers who live outside the United States. So I will hopefully balance all of that in a way that remains interesting to everyone.
The last TCAs were in February and it was nice to meet people in person who read the newsletter. The most memorable feedback came from a network publicist, who spotted my nametag as she walked past me at an event. She circled back around, and told me "I read your newsletter every day. You're........not what I expected." And she walked away. I prefer to think it was a compliment although I am reasonably sure that it wasn't.
One side effect of the TCA schedule is that the newsletter will likely be late some days. So I apologize in advance.
SPEAKING OF REASONS TO BE PUBLISHING LATE IN THE DAY
While the TCAs don't kick off until tomorrow, I spent some of this afternoon at a big streamer, doing some off-the-record one-on-one talks with five different executives - two of them in video conference calls from overseas. Obviously I can't say anything about the discussions, but I will say that I really appreciated the invitation and the conversations were extremely enlightening. I can't say that my mind changed fundamentally on the big issues of the industry. But hearing first-hand about corporate strategy, marketing initiatives, content valuation and global production is really helpful to me and it will help to make me a more informed reporter.
TOMORROW AT THE TCAS
It's the Disney Entertainment Television Day, which includes panels on season two of FX's The Old Man, season two of Hulu's Reasonable Doubt, the new FX series English Teacher (which will be premiering internationally on Disney+), the new FX documentary series Social Studies, the Freeform reality series Wayne Brady: The Family Remix, the new ABC series High Potential and the Hulu series Interior Chinatown.
I'll be interviewing people throughout the day and while a lot of stuff is still embargoed, I can tell you I am really interested in seeing the public's reaction to Interior Chinatown. I wasn't able to arrange any one-on-one interviews, but it's one of those shows that is almost impossible to describe. You really have to to see it to get it.
NBC ANNOUNCES ITS FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
NBC announced it new fall schedule and here is a quick rundown, including official loglines for the new shows:
(All Times Eastern)
Monday, Sept. 23rd
8-10 p.m. – The Voice (Season premiere)
10-11 p.m. – Brilliant Minds (Series premiere)
Inspired by the extraordinary life and work of world-famous author and physician Oliver Sacks, Brilliant Minds follows a revolutionary, larger-than-life neurologist and his team of interns as they explore the last great frontier – the human mind – while grappling with their own relationships and mental health. The cast includes Zachary Quinto, Tamberla Perry, Ashleigh LaThrop, Alex MacNicoll, Aury Krebs, Spence Moore II, Teddy Sears, and Donna Murphy.
Tuesday, Sept. 24th
9-11 p.m. – America’s Got Talent (Season finale)
Wednesday, Sept. 25th
8-9 p.m. – Chicago Med (Season premiere)
9-10 p.m. – Chicago Fire (Season premiere)
10-11 p.m. – Chicago P.D. (Season premiere)
Thursday, Sept. 26th
8-10 p.m. – People’s Choice Country Awards
Friday, Sept 27th
9-11 p.m. – Dateline NBC (Season premiere)
Tuesday, Oct. 1st
8-10 p.m. – The Voice (Tuesday premiere)
10-11 p.m. – The Irrational (Season premiere)
Thursday, Oct. 3rd
8-9 p.m. – Law & Order (Season premiere)
9-10 p.m. – Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (Season premiere)
10-11 p.m. – Found (Season premiere)
Friday, Oct. 18th
8-8:30 p.m. – Happy’s Place (Series premiere)
Bobbie inherits her father’s restaurant and is less than thrilled to discover that she has a new business partner in the half-sister she never knew she had. The series stars Reba McEntire, Belissa Escobedo, Melissa Peterman, Pablo Castelblanco, Tokala Black Elk and Rex Linn.
8:30-9 p.m. – Lopez vs. Lopez (Season premiere)
Tuesday, Nov. 12th
8-9 p.m. – St. Denis Medical (Series premiere, back-to-back episodes)
A mockumentary about an underfunded, understaffed Oregon hospital where the dedicated doctors and nurses try their best to treat patients while maintaining their own sanity. Wendi McLendon-Covey, David Alan Grier, Allison Tolman, Josh Lawson, Kahyun Kim, Mekki Leeper and Kaliko Kauahi star.
Tuesday, Nov. 19th
8:30-9 p.m. – Night Court (Season premiere)
WHAT'S NEW TONIGHT AND TOMORROW
TUESDAY, JULY 9TH:
* Bobby's Triple Threat Season Premiere (Food)
* Celebrity Family Feud Season Premiere (ABC)
* Deadliest Bite (Discovery)
* Family Feud: Decade Of Laughs (ABC)
* Hannah Berner: We Ride At Dawn (Netflix)
* Last Call: When A Serial Killer Stalked Queer New York (HBO)
* Melissa Etheridge: I'm Not Broken (Paramount+)
* Monster Hammerheads: Species X (Discovery)
* My Big Fat Fabulous Life Season Premiere (TLC)
* Sam Morril: You've Changed (Prime Video)
* Sasha Reid & The Midnight Order Series Premiere (Freeform)
* 6000lb Shark (Discovery)
* The Boyfriend Series Premiere (Netflix)
* The Magical Girl And The Evil Lieutenant Used To Be Archenemies Series Premiere (Crunchyroll)
* The Top Ten Revealed: 200 Of The Greatest Songs Of The 70s (AXS tv)
* Voces: From Here/From There (De Aquí/De Allá) (PBS)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10TH:
* Alien Sharks: Ghosts Of Japan (Discovery)
* Claim To Fame Season Premiere (ABC)
* Dynamic Planet Finale (PBS)
* Eva Lasting (Netflix)
* Expedition Unknown: Shark Wrecks Of WWII (Discovery)
* Great White North (Discovery)
* Guy's Grocery Games Season Premiere (Food)
* Icons Unearthed: Spider-Man (Vice)
* In the Arena: Serena Williams (ESPN+)
* Kamp Koral: Spongebob's Under Years (Paramount+)
* Love Is Indivisible by Twins Series Premiere (Crunchyroll)
* Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles Season Fifteen Premiere (Bravo)
* My Strange Arrest Season Premiere (A&E)
* Our Last Crusade Or The Rise Of A New World (Crunchyroll)
* Pawn Stars Season Premiere (History)
* Quad Gods (HBO)
* Receiver (Netflix)
* Sugar Rush: The Baking Point (Netflix)
* Sunny Series Premiere (Apple TV+)
* Who Wants To Be A Millionaire Season Premiere (ABC)
* Wild Wild Punjab (Netflix)
SEE YOU ON WEDNESDAY!