Which of These New Fall TV Shows Will Fail First?
If there is anything we can guarantee about the fall TV season, it's that at least one of the highly promoted network newcomers will fail to catch on with audiences and meet a premature end. Heck, it happens every year.
But which freshman series will be this year's This Is Us, and which will be its Conviction? Below, we have picked out some of the pros and cons facing each of the new broadcast series debuting between September and November
Pros: It's hard to fail first when you don't premiere until November. It is also hard to fail when you are a CBS police procedural, especially one airing during the network's proven Thursday night lineup. Fast and Furious veteran Justin Lin directs the pilot, and The Shield's Shawn Ryan is among the producers. Despite noting a lack of originality, critics found the pilot to be very well executed, and they liked the ensemble cast, which includes Shemar Moore, Jay Harrington, Kenny Johnson, and Stephanie Sigman.
Cons: It's a remake of both a TV series that fared poorly when it first aired in the 1970s (despite a nifty theme song) and a 2003 feature film adaptation that wasn't all that good (though it did make some money).
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