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 September 26 on ABC.
The Cast: Taran Killam, Leighton Meester, Brad Garrett, Kimrie Lewis, Jake Choi
The Premise: A man trying to raise his seven-year-old daughter by himself seeks help managing his life by joining a support group for single parents.
The Outlook: Hailing from from New Girl creator Liz Meriwether and writer J.J. Philbin (another New Girl alumnus and former SNL writer), Single Parents probably has the best early buzz of any new comedy, with at least one critic calling it fall's funniest new series. Parents will also air following Modern Family, which—though not as strong as it was once—could still provide the new show with a boost, especially if their comedic styles match.
It seems like a perfect fit with ABC's family comedy-heavy lineup, and it also helps that it's the only comedy in its time slot (which mostly features procedurals). If any new fall sitcom is going to be a hit, it's likely this one.
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