It’s a time of promise for TV
It’s May, and for TV lovers it’s the most wonderful time of the year.
New shows are bubbling with possibility, like babies who get by on their cuteness before the reality of how much money and effort it’ll take to raise them sinks in.
But, for now, any new project could be the Next Big Thing.
Networks will announce their official pickups for the 2017-18 television season in a month, and there are a few clear front-runners.
What does the Fox say? The network is particularly proud of its paranormal comedy starring Craig Robinson from and Adam Scott from
It also has a Marvel-based series directed by Bryan Singer and a medical drama dubbed getting buzz.
On the delightfully alphabetical network ABC, Carol Burnett stars inmulti-cameracomedyHousehold
— Amy Poehler is the producer on that one. There’s also an untitled drama from
creator Marc Cherry that stars Reba McEntire, the first lady of spunkiness.
Sauntering over to NBC, memories of are in the air with
a high-school musical from Jason Katims. Josh Radnor and
breakout Auli’i Cravalho headline.
The network also has family comedy starring Casey Wilson, Busy Philipps and Bradley Whitford. You might as well start clinking champagne glasses now — producing team of Tina Fey, Robert Carlock and Luke Del Tredici are all on board.
Kicking around on The CW, a reboot of shoulder pad-tastic ’80s drama is in the works with
dream team of Josh Schwartz and Stephanie Savage behind the scenes.
And finally, at CBS, alphanumeric titles reign. What else can you expect from a network known for its and
The broadcaster has already locked in many of its ratingsstompers for another season, but a remake of starring Shemar Moore and hailing from
Shawn Ryan could shake things up. Also fluttering its eyelashes is The semiautobiographical family comedy from Mark Feuerstein stars David Walton and Elliot Gould.