Which of These New Fall TV Shows Will Fail First?
We're going to go out on a limb and predict that not every new television series this season will be a success. While recent years have brought new ratings hits in the form of This Is Us, The Good Doctor, and Young Sheldon, there have also been plenty of failures. At some point in the coming months, one show will be the first to go.
Which newcomer will be the first cancellation victim of the 2018-19 season? In the gallery above, we discuss the outlook for each of the 18 first-year shows headed to the five broadcast networks this fall. Note that this year (unlike in past years) we don't have quotes from critics' first impressions of the new fall pilots, since several networks have issued new guidelines to reviewers prohibiting such early reviews over the summer. (But over the past week several reviewers have started posting their evaluations of all the new fall shows, so we have summarized those where applicable.)
Debuts October 1 on CBS.
The Cast: Max Greenfield, Cedric the Entertainer, Beth Behrs, Sheaun McKinney, Marcel Spears, Hank Greenspan
The Premise: A fish-out-of-water comedy that finds an extremely friendly Midwestern man relocating his family to a Los Angeles neighborhood that is both more diverse and less polite than he is accustomed to.
The Outlook: CBS had a hell of a time settling on a title and a cast for this comedy, and both underwent multiple changes. (After the pilot was filmed, Greenfield replaced Josh Lawson, while Behrs was added several months later in place of Dreama Walker.) All of the changes appeared to be a step in the right direction, especially with the addition of Behrs, who is already familiar to CBS viewers as the star of 2 Broke Girls. But while it's nice that the network is finally making some attempts at diversifying its primetime lineup, CBS has had a difficult time introducing new sitcoms in recent years—especially family sitcoms that don't feature a Sheldon. And a few early reports from critics suggest that the series doesn't get off to a great start.
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