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 14 on The CW.
The Cast: Melonie Diaz, Sarah Jeffery, Madeleine Mantock, Ser'Darius Blain, Rupert Evans, Ellen Tamaki
The Premise: It's a "feminist" reboot of the fantasy series about three sisters (who are witches) that ran on the WB from 1998-2006, though the new series will have no story, setting, or character ties to the original.
The Outlook: The third attempt to reboot Charmed this decade (and obviously the only one to actually go to series), the new series comes from a trio of Jane the Virgin writers, and gets some points for diversity: In addition to the multi-ethnic casting, one of the sisters is a lesbian. Pairing the new series with the similarly female-focused Supergirl on Sunday nights also seems like a smart idea.
But will fans of the original series tune in? As you may have predicted if you have used the internet at least once in the past century, the fan response to details about the new show hasn't exactly been friendly and welcoming. (It probably doesn't help that cast members from the original series have been voicing their disapproval.) The show may have to start fairly strong out of the gate (which may be tough given that buzz for the pilot is mixed at best) to win an audience.
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