I am beginning to think that ABC wants to fail because their Fall lineup sucks.
They are holding Will Trent, The Rookie, and The Conners’ final season for midseason so that they can air the aging Dancing with the Stars and The Golden Bachelorette, which might take a hit due to what happened to The Golden Bachelor’s marriage. You know, it ended in divorce.
ABC FALL PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
MONDAY
8:00 p.m. “Monday Night Football” on select Mondays this fall / TBA programming
TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. “Dancing with the Stars”
10:00 p.m. “High Potential”
WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. “The Golden Bachelorette”
9:30 p.m. “Abbott Elementary”
10:00 p.m. “Scamanda”
Are you like what am I going to watch this Summer? Well, ABC announced today what we can watch on their network.
The Bachelorette with Jenn Tran starts things off on July 8th. The dating show will be followed by Celebrity Family Feud, which includes the families of Donny Osmond and Flavor Flav this season. Who Wants to be a Millionaire with Jimmy Kimmel and Claim to Fame with Kevin and Frankie “Bonus” Jonas are next up. Steve Harvey’s second show on ABC as a Judge is back. Finally, Press Your Luck with host Elizabeth Banks and the only new show, Lucky 13, with Shaquille O’Neal and Gina Rodriguez.
SCHEDULE:
MONDAY, JULY 8
8:00-10:01 p.m. “The Bachelorette” (season premiere)
TUESDAY, JULY 9
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Family Feud: Decades of Laughs” (special)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Celebrity Family Feud” (season premiere)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” (season premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Claim to Fame” (season premiere)
TUESDAY, JULY 16
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Celebrity Family Feud”
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Judge Steve Harvey” (season two returns)
THURSDAY, JULY 18
8:00-9:00 p.m. “Press Your Luck” (season premiere)
9:00-10:00 p.m. “Lucky 13” (series premiere)
Will Trent is the rare series that is doing better its second season than its first. So it should be no surprise that ABC renewed it for a third season early. And the police procedural deserves it.
The show’s star, Ramón Rodríguez, said this about the renewal. “Thank you to all the fans for their support and to our incredible cast, crew, writers and producers who work so hard to make this show possible!! Appreciate the incredible support from @abcnetwork and @20thcenturystudios and to all the folks behind the scenes that champion this creation. We are so lucky to do what we love and blessed that it’s being received,” the actor wrote, “Thrilled to be able to continue to bring this character to life and to collaborate with such wonderful artists!”
There are only two things I wish for next season. They are more Betty the Dog, and that they break away from the book and give us a Cocaine Bear episode.
ABC saved 9-1-1 from Fox’s cancellation at the end of last season.
The show debuted to huge numbers on March 14th. So, ABC is not going to wait to renew the first responders procedural for a 2nd/8th season. Therefore, Variety is reporting the network picked it up today for the 2024-2025 season.
Granted, the decision is such a no-brainer that anyone could see it coming.
