ABC is a story of consistency. “This is the most stable lineup in more than a decade,” said the newest ABC Entertainment President, Karey Burke, at the network’s upfront presentation in May. Truthfully, this network has been very stable for several years. In 2014, I wrote that ABC introduced a very large number of new […]
23rd Annual TV Preview – ABC Edition
At the 2018 upfront, ABC’s focus was on Freeform, ABC News and ABC prime programming. They want to reach “everyone from teenagers to baby boomers and everybody in between.” As in the past several years, ABC appears to be keeping changes to a minimum, trying to find what’s working and building on that. To that […]
ABC Fall Preview
Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment Group president, described ABC shows not as money makers or ratings giants but as “our brand of storytelling” and said that ABC has spent years building a promise of relevant, compelling stories from bold, passionate storytellers. I agree that ABC has a style different from the other networks and I think that most of what they have coming up will build on that style.
Fall TV Preview: ABC
ABC has chosen stability for the second year running. There are five new shows premiering in the fall — fewer than in past seasons. Monday starts with the twenty-third season of Dancing with the Stars leading into the new drama Conviction. The Middle moves to Tuesday to anchor the night, leading into the new comedy American Housewife.
Fall 2015 TV Preview: ABC
ABC has only four fall series premieres this year and the cast of characters is very interesting! We have a former Miss India and Bollywood star, an actual doctor, medical license and all, my teen crush Sonny Crockett and my childhood favorite, Miss Piggy. (And the rest of the Muppets too.)
Fall 2014 TV Preview: ABC
Paul Lee, President of ABC’s Entertainment Group, is extremely optimistic, like ‘drank the Kool-Aid’ optimistic. Some of his positive comments about the new season have merit. He says they’re looking for more diverse voices, not just actors but writers and producers, and that’s true. ABC has three new comedies, Cristela, Black-ish and Fresh Off The Boat that feature Hispanic, African-American and Asian families […]