CW and Tribune renew affiliation agreement (with one exception)

TV NEWS 

  After much wondering and probably some wrangling  Tribune Media, one the larger owners of CW affiliates has renewed their deal with the network this means KTLA 5 Los Angeles,  KWGN 2 Denver,KDAF 33 Dallas, WPIX 11 New York, KIAH 39 Houston, WCCT 20 Hartford, WDCW 50 Washington DC , WSFL 39 South Florida, WNOL 38 New Orelans , WGNT 27 Hampton Roads, KPLR 11 Saint  Louis, KRCW 32 Portland,OR,  will remain with the CW.  Tribune's former deal was made at the launch of the CW in 2006.  The one change is WGN-TV in Chicago which will be leaving the network on September 1st.  It is moving to Fox  owned WPWR -50 , which is currently a My Network TV station (My Network TV is also owned by FOX).

     WGN-TV says they will focus on their sports commitments  which includes rights to games from Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox , Chicago Bulls, and Chicago Blackhawks.   Due to CW  agreements they couldn't air as much Cran's Chicago Business Reports.   This could also be a boost to the low rated Chicago Station, WPWR-TV, to air the CW programs as a way to gain viewers. The MyNetwork TV programming will most likely be moved to another time slot.

   This will be the first time since 1995, WGN-TV will not be affiliated with a network , WPWR was affiliated with  UPN from 1995 to 2006 , when CBS (owners of the UPN) and Time Warner (owners of The WB along with Tribune) decided to merge their operations and create the CW.

press releases after the Jump

Upfront 2016: The CW

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      The CW has announced their fall schedule.  New to their schedule is the addition of "Supergirl" as it makes it's move from half-sister network, CBS.  It will air Mondays at 8pmet, the same time it was on CBS.   The CW's other D.C Shows take the other 8pm slots, with the exception for Friday. "Supernatural" has moved to Thursdays .  "Crazy EX Girlfriend" has moved to Fridays  
"I Zombie" , "The Originals”, and “Reign” come in at midseason with "Riverdale" ,the archie comics based show also coming in at mid season.

Here's the schedule : new shows are in blue highlight and all times ET/PT


Monday
8 p.m. “Supergirl” (moved from CBS)
9 p.m. “Jane the Virgin”

Tuesday
8 p.m. “The Flash”
9 p.m. “No Tomorrow”

Wednesday
8 p.m. “Arrow”
9 p.m. “Frequency”

Thursday
8 p.m. “Legends of Tomorrow”
9 p.m. “Supernatural”

Friday

8 p.m. “The Vampire Diaries”
9 p.m. “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”

press release after the jump

Upfront 2016: CBS

CBS  Upfronts  TVLookfall2016 

 CBS has announced their fall schedule , which sees more comedies.    "The Amazing Race" is not on the schedule it is being held, possibly to fill in a gap if a show is canceled, Like the past couple years with CBS having right to half a season of  Thursday Night Football (this time NBC also has rights) "Big Bang Theory" will start the season on Mondays then make it's move back to Thursdays starting October 27th.  The Reboot "MacGyver" gets a Friday slot.
Midseason has the new seasons of "Criminal Minds: Beyond Borders" and "Undercover Boss", new dramas  "Doubt" and "Training Day" , and a reality show  "Hunted."  

Here's is the new schedule :
All times ET/PT
new shows in Blue highlight

Monday
8 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory” (September-October)/“Kevin Can Wait” (beginning late October)
8:30 p.m. “Kevin Can Wait” (September-October)/“Man with a Plan” (beginning late October)
9 p.m. “2 Broke Girls” (new timeslot)
9:30 p.m. “The Odd Couple” (new timeslot)
10 p.m. “Scorpion” (new timeslot)

Tuesday
8 p.m. “NCIS”
9 p.m. “Bull”
10 p.m. “NCIS: New Orleans”

Wednesday
8 p.m. “Survivor”
9 p.m. “Criminal Minds”
10 p.m. “Code Black”

Thursday

September-October
8 p.m./5 PT: “Thursday Night Football”

Starting Oct. 27
8 p.m. “The Big Bang Theory”
8:30 p.m. “The Great Indoors”
9 p.m. “Mom”
9:30 p.m. “Life in Pieces” (new timeslot)
10 p.m. “Pure Genius”

Friday
8 p.m. “MacGyver”
9 p.m. “Hawaii Five-0”
10 p.m. “Blue Bloods”

Saturday

8 p.m. “Crimetime Saturday”
9 p.m. “Crimetime Saturday”
10 p.m. “48 Hours”

Sunday
7 p.m. “60 Minutes”
8 p.m. “NCIS: Los Angeles” (new timeslot)
9 p.m. “Madam Secretary” (new timeslot)
10 p.m. “Elementary”

press release after the Jump

updated with trailers also after the jump

Upfront 2016: ABC

ABC Upfronts TVLookFall2016 

    ABC has announced their fall schedule .
   The Middle is making a move to Tuesdays  same time slot as it currently holds on Wednesdays this is the first move for the show.  They are launching 5 new shows in the fall  : a legal Drama  "Conviction" , "Notorious", Designated Survivor.   New Comedy  of  "American Housewife"  and Speechless.  "Speehchless" will be surrounded by ABC veteran shows on Wednesdays. Also Tuesday will be 2 hours of comedy, giving ABC 5 hours of comedy a week.  "Agents of  S.H.I.E.D " is moving to 10PMET on Tuesdays  , it has been a weak ABC performer,

New Shows in Blue highlight and all times ET/PT

Monday

8 p.m. “Dancing With the Stars”
10 p.m. “Conviction”

Tuesday

8 p.m. “The Middle” (new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. “American Housewife” 
9 p.m. “Fresh Off the Boat” (new timeslot)
9:30 p.m. “The Real O’Neals” (new timeslot)
10 p.m. “Agents of SHIELD” (new timeslot)

Wednesday

8 p.m. “The Goldbergs” (new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. “Speechless”
9 p.m. “Modern Family”
9:30 p.m. “Black-ish”
10 p.m. “Designated Survivor”

Thursday

8 p.m. “Grey’s Anatomy”
9 p.m. “Notorious”
10 p.m. “How to Get Away with Murder”

Friday

8 p.m. “Last Man Standing”
8:30 p.m. “Dr. Ken”
9 p.m. “Shark Tank”
10 p.m. “20/20”

Saturday

8 p.m./5 PT: “Saturday Night Football”

Sunday

7 p.m. “America’s Funniest Home Videos”
8 p.m. “Once Upon a Time”
9 p.m. “Secrets and Lies”
10 p.m. “Quantico”

Press release after the Jump 

Upfront 2016: FOX

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  FOX has announced their fall line up for the new TV season. Following in NBC's footsteps from their upfront  they are only premiering 3 new series  in the fall holding others to the mid season. This is also the first year since 2001 without American Idol in any midseason list.  The new series are : "Lethal Weapon" ,  "The Exorcist" , and "Son of Zorn".  There will be a special presentation of "Rocky Horror Picture Show" in October.   There will be 8 new series and a return of "Prison  Break" in the winter  Fox has the superbowl next year and after that they will be premiering  "24 Legacy"

Here is the new schedule
new series highlighted in Blue.

all times ET/PT

FALL

Monday
8 p.m. “Gotham”
9 p.m. “Lucifer”

Tuesday
8 p.m. “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. “New Girl” (new timeslot)
9 p.m. “Scream Queens”

Wednesday
8 p.m. “Lethal Weapon”
9 p.m. “Empire”

Thursday

8 p.m. “Rosewood” (new timeslot)
9 p.m. “Bones” (final season)

Friday

8 p.m. “Hell’s Kitchen”
9 p.m. “The Exorcist”

Saturday

7 p.m./4 PT: FOX College Football

Sunday

7 p.m. NFL on FOX
7:30 p.m. “The OT”/”Bob’s Burgers”
8 p.m. “The Simpsons”
8:30 p.m. “Son of Zorn”
9 p.m. “Family Guy”
9:30 p.m. “The Last Man on Earth”

WINTER/SPRING

Monday

8 p.m. “24: Legacy” (winter)/”Gotham” (spring)
9 p.m. “APB” (winter)/”Lucifer” (spring)

Tuesday

8 p.m. “New Girl” (winter)/”Brooklyn Nine-Nine” (spring)
8:30 p.m. “The Mick”
9 p.m. “Kicking & Screaming” (winter)/“Pitch” (spring)

Wednesday

8 p.m. “Lethal Weapon” (winter)/“Shots Fired” (spring)
9 p.m. “Star” (winter)/”Empire” (spring)

Thursday

8 p.m. “Rosewood”
9 p.m. “Prison Break”(revival)

Friday

8 p.m. “Masterchef Junior”
9 p.m. “Sleepy Hollow”

Saturday

8 p.m. FOX Sports Saturday

Sunday

7 p.m. Animation reruns
7:30 p.m. “Bob’s Burgers”
8 p.m. “The Simpsons”
8:30 p.m. “Making History”
9 p.m. “Family Guy”
9:30 p.m. “The Last Man on Earth”

press release after the Jump  (update: we have added the trailers too) 

Upfront 2016: NBC

NBC  Upfronts  TVlookfall2016 
     

     NBC has announced their fall line up for the 2016-17 season, Sunday.

     One thing you will notice is  they are only adding 3 new series this season  : “Timeless,” “This Is Us” and “The Good Place".  The rest are coming at midseason: Chicago Justice,” “The Blacklist: Redemption,” “Midnight, Texas,” “Emerald City” and “Taken”  “Great News,” “Powerless” and “Trial & Error.”
 NBC has moved "Blindspot" to  Wednesdays taking the old "Mysteries of Laura Slot"  Comedies are back on Thursdays. "Chicago Med" and "Blindspot" round out the rest of Thursdays.

Here is a look at their line up :
all times are ET/PT

all new shows in blue


Monday
8 p.m. “The Voice”
10 p.m. “Timeless”

Tuesday

8 p.m. “The Voice”
9 p.m. “This Is Us”
10 p.m. “Chicago Fire”

Wednesday

8 p.m. “Blindspot” (new timeslot)
9 p.m. “Law & Order: SVU”
10 p.m. “Chicago PD”

Thursday

8 p.m. “Superstore” (new timeslot)
8:30 p.m. “The Good Place”
9 p.m. “Chicago Med” (new timeslot)
10 p.m. “The Blacklist” (new timeslot)

Friday

8 p.m. “Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon”
9 p.m. “Grimm”
10 p.m. “Dateline”

Saturday

8 p.m. “Dateline Saturday Mystery”
10 p.m. “SNL Vintage”

Sunday

7 p.m./4 PT: “Football Night in America”
8:20 p.m./5:20 PT: “Sunday Night Football”

 After the Jump: the Press release and trailers for the new shows

Antenna TV Announces Summer Saturday Marathons

Classics   NEWS 

                           antenna tv 

   Classic TV network, Antenna TV will be airing marathons of series on their channel , all summer  long.   The marathons will air Saturdays  1PMET to 10PMET.

 June 4th  : Webster
June 11th  : Sabrina the Teenage Witch
June 18th : Mr.Belvedere
June 25th :    Mork& Mindy
July 2nd:    Barney Miller
July 9th : The Partridge Family
July 16th : Bewitched
July 23rd:  I Dream of Jeannie
July 30th:  Green Acres
August 6th : Good Times
August 13th : The Jeffersons
August 20th : Newhart
August 27th:  Small Wonder
September 3rd: Doogie  Howser.



source : http://antennatv.tv/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Saturday-Summer-thons-2016-Lineup.pdf

The Lookback : He's Not Inspector Gadget Anymore

The Flashback 

   We've written about the now former TV company ,  DIC, and one their famous series , Inspector Gadget. Well, we have done some more digging and found more Inspector Gadget related stuff, and that is what we are going to review today.

Ha ha Ha Ha, No. Really No. 

        What we are reviewing is a technical, sequel to the original 80's series (with noticeable lack of not being that 1999 film) called Gadget  and  the Gadgetinis.  (With a noticeable lack of the word , inspector)  Developed by  DIC, Fox Kids Europe and slew of others, there was even the original creator of the Inspector Gadget involved in this series , Jean Chalopin, (The Creator of DIC) This was a 2001 series that ran a couple seasons.   Things  have changed for ole Gadget ,  first he is no longer an inspector. (well finally they ...)  He is now a  Lieutenant (what?!)  the dog Brain has left the because apparently working for Gadget was too much work for him.  The Show takes place about 2 years after the original ,so Penny , his niece, is still  there she's 12 now. She also built the replacements for Brain. We found out later in the series that Brain jumps at  the mention of the word gadget (Brain Jumps) oh he can talk.   Now this will explain what we mean by Gagetinis, (which is not a martini for Gaget) they are two robots named  Fidget and Digit. In the main series , you recall that Penny was the instrument in Gadget's able to stop whatever crimes are going on. Though she doesn't follow him around as much , as she stays at home able to use the robots instead. 

Robots...taking the jobs of dogs now.../copyright DHX 

       Gadget now works for an organization called World Organization of Mega Powers or WOMP if you like. There is a new superior named  Colonel Nozzaire , who doesn't seem to like Gadget much because well he's Gadget.  The leader of WOMP is called General Sir (because names are hard)  and he is oblivious to any of Gadget's lack of awareness.  The rest of the series follows the formula of Gadget going to stop M.A.D agents of Doctor Claw, though  unlike the first series not every episodes has to do with claw.  

           

 Gadget had some work done../copyright DHX 

                 

Apparently  so did Penny /copyright DHX

    The show was pretty much goofy and had the element of the original series ,where Penny was going all the under work , unknown to anybody else, including her uncle.  Gadget was still bumbling but not well (see 1999 movie for any words , wait don't see that movie). Probably due to having the creator involved or something  it had some of the spirit of the original series ,so it's enjoyable. 

          

That's our lookback ... (yes it's short)  Tune in next time.... there's a little fun after the Jump