Which of These New Fall TV Shows Will Fail First?
It will happen. At some point this fall, one of the broadcast networks will be the first to pull the plug on one of its once-promising but now ratings-challenged new shows.
But predicting which show will be the first to go is tough. As we've seen in the past, the first-canceled program isn't necessarily the worst show of the fall—on occasion, it is even one of the best. But to help you get a feel for the prospects of this year's newcomers, we have identified some of the pros and cons of each of the 20 new broadcast series debuting this month and next.
Pros: With such a late starting date, some other show could easily be terminated before workplace comedy The Great Indoors airs its first episode. It's also the only new CBS series targeted at millennials, and the network may give it more rope given its previous problems reaching that younger demographic. It should also benefit from airing after The Big Bang Theory, its most compatible CBS show.
Cons: Star Joel McHale's previous sitcom, Community, barely survived on NBC with ratings that would have immediately doomed the show on CBS. And early whispers from the critic community suggest that The Great Indoors is no Community, at least in terms of quality. It will also air opposite The Good Place on NBC, another new comedy with a potentially similar audience that could steal viewers who would normally be attracted to Indoors (assuming that younger viewers even watch live TV anymore). And millennials may not actually gravitate to a show that appears to take them to task and instead sides with an older generation.
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