Temporada 2011-2012 - Cancelamentos e Renovações

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Tópico para falar desta temporada a nível de renovações e cancelamentos.

Ponto de ordem de todas as séries dos canais generalistas com as audiências actuais:

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Então mas esta não era a última temporada do How I met your mother?
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Não, vai ter pelo menos mais uma ou duas temporadas
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NBC's mid-season schedule benches 'Community,' kills 'Prime Suspect,' brings back '30 Rock'

NBC just put out its mid-season schedule press release, a flowery document that boasts of the return of "The Voice" and "30 Rock," the debut of the musical drama "Smash," a TV series version of "The Firm," the "Chuck" series finale on January 27th, and many, many, many timeslot changes.

Know what words the release doesn't contain? "Community" and "Prime Suspect."

"30 Rock" will be on Thursdays at 8 in place of our friends from Greendale Community College (while "Whitney" lives to laughtrack another day), and "The Firm" will take over the Thursday at 10 o'clock timeslot where "Prime Suspect" has been steadily getting better. NBC says "Community" will be back at some point, on a date and time TBD, while "Prime Suspect" will probably just finish out its initial 13-episode order and go back to the hat store in the sky.

On the one hand, neither move should be a surprise. NBC has many, many, many problems this season, with virtually everything being down from last year's already terrible ratings, even the returning hits like "The Office" and "Biggest Loser." "Community" and "Prime Suspect" were just among the lowest-rated of the bunch, with the former getting the once-mighty Thursday lineup off to a terrible start and "Prime Suspect" finishing the night in much the same way (lower than "Community" in the 18-49 demographic, slightly higher in overall viewership). NBC banked heavily on "Prime Suspect," and the show didn't open at all, and has gone down since, and this is what happens to new shows like that.

But "Community" has essentially been on a kamikaze mission for a long time now, going up against "The Big Bang Theory" and one of "American Idol" or "The X Factor" for a while now. It aired after "The Office" briefly at the start of its first season and has had to go it alone ever since. "Whitney," which gets to stay on the schedule - albeit swapping timeslots with "Up All Night" - has done better entirely because of that "Office" lead-in, and has been bleeding viewers almost as quickly as it's been arousing critical pans. "Community" is a mess ratings-wise, but it's one of NBC's few shows that still draws largely unabashed love from critics (and from its shrinking but passionate group of fans). Pulling it off the schedule temporarily given the ratings is understandable; pulling it off the schedule while leaving "Whitney" on is not. Either show is going to do the same pathetic numbers on Wednesdays at 8 - away from its "Office" cocoon, "Whitney" could easily do worse than "Community" would - and one move at least buys continued goodwill from the press and viewers, whereas there's no one outside the immediate families of Whitney Cummings and Chris D'Elia who will be happy that show continues to air, week after week.

"Community" isn't canceled. There will still be a bunch of episodes to air for the rest of this season, and while I try to look at the show as living on borrowed time - it's somewhat miraculous we'll be getting around 70 episodes, mimimum, of such an idiosyncratic, brilliant comedy - given the way NBC's fortunes have gone lately, I can easily see the new product failing so utterly that NBC pulls a "Chuck" and decides to stick with a known, albeit small, audience for a beloved show. (It also may help that "Community" is produced by Sony, which jumped through hoops to get FOX to keep making "Til Death" episodes for the syndication money a few years back.)

As for the rest of the schedule (I'll get to the breakdown in a minute), NBC is still putting virtually all of its eggs in the basket that is "The Voice." It premieres after the Super Bowl, leads into "Smash" (which may have picked the wrong season to debut, given how ratings for "Glee" and reality singing competition shows have fallen) and will be used to promote the rest of the lineup. If "The Voice" is stable - or, God help Bob Greenblatt, grows - from last season, NBC might be able to recover some dignity and start out on a path to recovery. But if it becomes victim to singing competition overkill, I don't know what the new Comcast bosses do with the network.

One of the nice things about the tail end of the Jeff Zucker regime was that things were such a mess that shows like "Community" and "Friday Night Lights" and "Chuck" got to stick around much longer than they would have on any other network. But the numbers may be so desperate now that the boys from Kabletown become less patient, rather than more.

Night-by-night, here's how NBC will look come 2012:

MONDAY: "The Voice" (which debuts after the Super Bowl on February 5) debuts February 6, leading into "Smash: The Brian Williams Story."

TUESDAY: A new round of "Biggest Loser" starts January 3. "Parenthood" will wrap up its season on February 28, and March 13 will see the debut of "Fashion Star," a reality competition series hosted by Elle Macpherson.

WEDNESDAY: "Whitney" moves here to 8 p.m. on January 11, followed by "Are You There, Chelsea?" (formerly "Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea"), a sitcom about the young life of talk show host Chelsea Handler, played here by Laura Prepon. (Handler has a supporting role as her own sister.) "Rock Center with Brian Williams," which has been dying on Mondays at 10, will likely do just as poorly here at 9, followed by "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit."

THURSDAY: "30 Rock" is back at 8 on January 12, followed by "Parks and Recreation" (unscathed in the madness, blessedly), "The Office," "Up All Night" (which NBC understandably believes in a lot more than "Whitney") and "The Firm," with Josh Lucas in the Tom Cruise role.

FRIDAY: "Chuck" will keep going until its two-hour series finale on January 27th. "Who Do You Think You Are?" returns at 8 on February 3. "Grimm," which seemed a candidate to move after its strong (by NBC standards; decent by anyone else's) premiere rating, stays where it is at 9, followed by "Dateline."

SATURDAY: Drama repeats.

SUNDAY: Two-hour "Dateline"s beginning January 8 at 7 p.m. They'll contract back to an hour starting March 4, when "Harry's Law" arrives at 8 p.m. Two-hour "Celebrity Apprentice"s debut at 9 starting February 12.

That's it. (UPDATE: Check that. I somehow failed to notice the complete lack of "Awake" - by far the best new network pilot I saw this season, albeit one that's temporarily shut down production as everyone tries to figure out how to make it work as a series - in any timeslot, or even mentioned to air later. The release also omitted the sitcoms "Best Friends Forever" and "Bent.") Begin venting in 3... 2... 1...
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Boa iniciativa JRibeiro. Assim dá para fazer uma limpeza a algumas séries que tinha em lista de espera. Detesto começar a ver algo que é cancelado pouco depois.
Pelo amor de Deus, que nunca façam um remake, prequel, sequel, reboot, whatever do Blade Runner, e nem sou católico...
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ABC midseason plans revealed: 'The River,' 'GCB,' 'Shark Tank' ... but some shows are missing

ABC just announced its midseason lineup, which includes the start of new thriller The River, the return of Shark Tank and … a few missing shows.
There’s no word yet on when Shonda Rhimes’ next drama Scandal starring Kerry Washington will debut, or for that matter, when Cougar Town will return (anybody who’s a fan of Cougar Town and Community is having a bad week). Another key omission: New comedy Don’t Trust the B— in Apartment 23 — which is most assuredly a priority for the network, so there’s likely another round of dates coming before too long.
An ABC rep assures all these will air eventually this season, but they’re obviously absent from the network’s first-blush midseason lineup.
Notice below that ABC’s new cross-dressing comedy (I know… it’s 2011, and yet…) Work It is taking over the Man Up slot right after the start of the year. ABC says no decision has been made on whether Man Up will end its run after 13 episodes, but this isn’t a positive sign for the freshman comedy. (Man Up then Work It … it’s like the beer cans and pizza boxes time slot).

Also it seems new soap GCB is taking over the Pan Am time period on Sundays in March … again, it doesn’t mean Pan Am is cancelled, but also isn’t a big neon sign of confidence either since the network still hasn’t decided if the show is getting a full season (last we heard the network was reading over the five new scripts it ordered and still bullish on the show).
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Jan. 3
8:30-9 p.m. Work It
9 -10 p.m. Celebrity Wife Swap

Jan. 5
8-9 p.m. Winter Wipeout

Feb. 3
8-9 p.m. Shark Tank

Feb. 7
9-10 p.m. The River

March 4
10-11 p.m. GCB

March 15
8-9 p.m. Missing

March 19
8-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars

March 27
9-10 p.m. Dancing with the Stars Results Show
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Fringe cancelado?
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Ainda não foi, mas é quase certo
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É pena.
Gostava da série.
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Whoops! Changing My Tune on Fall's 'Best' and 'Worst' New Shows
by Maureen Ryan

Reviewing television isn't like reviewing any other form of entertainment: Every show on the air is a work in progress and can go from good to bad (and vice versa) in a matter of weeks.

Assessing debut episodes is especially tricky, given that they have so much to accomplish and not a lot of time for all that set-up. Still, earlier this year, I felt confident enough about what I'd seen to make lists of the season's most promising and least promising new shows.

Did those judgments hold up? Did those shows fall on their faces after promising debuts, or get a lot better after wobbly pilots? Both things happened, as you might have guessed.

Below, I take a second look 'Grimm,' 'Ringer' and 'Once Upon a Time,' in addition to several other new shows, and I pay special attention to the ABC comedy 'Suburgatory,' the most improved program of fall's freshman class.

Before I get to my re-assessments of this fall's new shows, I should point out that before the season began, I expected a lot of my favorite newcomers to crash and burn. "Given that the networks are taking chances with some unusual concepts -- and thank goodness for that -- there are bound to be quite a few flameouts this season," I wrote in June in my Most Intriguing Pilots piece. "Looking at this list, I can point to at least half a dozen shows that may well be unable to sustain or develop their risky central concepts with grace, creativity and energy."

Yep, that sounds about right: Quite a few of fall's best pilots haven't fulfilled their potential, but one of the best parts of this job is watching shows take large (or moderate) leaps forward in quality and begin to capitalize on their key assets.

As I said, I want to especially direct your attention to my writeup of 'Suburgatory' below, which recently began to do just that. The show airs its best-ever episode tonight on ABC; please give the comedy a shot if you haven't seen it or if you've already given up on it. 'Suburgatory's' Thanksgiving outing is quite entertaining and is proof that even an iffy show can right itself within a few short weeks. Will the positive changes stick? I hope so, but we'll just have to see.

Without further ado, here are my revised takes on fall's new offerings.

Taking Another Look at My 10 Least Promising Pilots

'Charlie's Angels' (ABC)
Canceled. Not a minute too soon.

'Grimm' (NBC)
Has it gotten better? Somewhat. I still wonder what this supernatural detective drama would be like if the lead character, Nick Burkhardt, was played by an actor with presence, charisma and range; unfortunately, viewers are stuck with David Giuntoli's bland, wooden performance, which is almost comically superficial. Unfortunately Russell Hornsby, who plays Nick's partner, Hank, is not getting a lot to work with from his frequent scene partner, and thus the detectives don't demonstrate much rapport or chemistry, which is kind of key in a procedural like this. Still, the burgeoning mythology the show is laying out is mildly interesting, and though episodes could use a snappier pace and the plotting is sometimes contrived, the episodes themselves aren't a chore to watch.
Will I watch it regularly? Possibly, only because Silas Weir Mitchell and Sasha Roiz are quite entertaining as the only two interesting characters on the show. Mitchell plays a supernatural creature who masquerades as a regular guy and helps Burkhardt on cases, and the actor deploys the show's occasional flashes of sardonic humor perfectly. Roiz has an imposing and compelling presence as Burkhardt's boss, who just happens to be a big cheese in the world of otherworldly beings. Those two are a lot more interesting than the lead detective duo, and they (and good guest stars like Nana Visitor and Henri Lubatti) make 'Grimm' just about good enough for the occasional tune-in.

'Hart of Dixie' (CW)
Has it gotten better? Mildly, but the bar was not set high in the show's lackluster pilot.
Will I watch it regularly? Probably not, and I remain unconvinced that Rachel Bilson has the range to be the lead in an hourlong show. She does have her moments here and there, and her doctor character, Zoe Hart, is a little more likable, but the actress occasionally rushes through her lines as if she's late for an appointment, and she's not always good at nailing the interpersonal dynamics, which is crucial in a light but soapy show like this. The bigger problem here is that the rest of the townsfolk in this fish-out-of-water drama are pretty bland, and when Zoe and her hunky potential love interests are not on the screen, the show becomes a lot less watchable.

'How to Be a Gentleman' (CBS)
Canceled. America's males are thus deprived of their opportunity to become gentlemen.

'I Hate My Teenage Daughter' (Fox)
Has it gotten better? If I can bring myself to, I'll review this show next week (it premieres Nov. 30). But since I wrote my Least Promising Pilots piece, I've seen an additional episode of this "comedy" about two insecure, shrieky women and their spoiled offspring. Like the pilot for 'Daughter,' episode 2 also made my soul vomit.
Will I watch it regularly? I would rather be devoured by killer ants.

'Last Man Standing' (ABC)
Has it gotten better? A little, though the premise of the show is still the same: Tim Allen plays a cranky Everyman who just doesn't understand the womenfolk in his house, is frustrated by neighbors/work/life, etc.
Will I watch it regularly? No, but it's settled into the groove that I predicted it would find: It's basically a traditional sitcom that isn't very funny but plays to Allen's chief strength, which is his ability to play an irritated character who nevertheless seems unthreatening and even somewhat genial. The main crimes here, apart from the lack of funny, is that the supporting cast is given almost nothing of interest to do and you can see the punchlines coming from a mile away.

'Man Up!' (ABC)
Has it gotten better? No. This "comedy" about four male friends who are trying to figure out how to be real men in the modern age is still the same awkward, lumbering, embarrassingly unfunny creation it was when it debuted a couple months ago.
Will I watch it regularly? No. Much of a recent episode was set at a lesbian coffeehouse, where one of the guys was playing music gigs and hoping to pick up women -- because lesbians are just ladies who haven't found the perfect guy yet, right? Har har har. No part of that premise, or anything else, has induced even mild chuckling.

'The Playboy Club' (NBC)
Canceled. Not a minute too soon.

'Suburgatory' (ABC)
Has it gotten better? Yes. I was far from a fan of this show when it started, but I always liked Jane Levy as sullen teen Tessa, who was forced to move to the suburbs with her overprotective dad, George (Jeremy Sisto). I wasn't quite sure I could buy Sisto in a comedy, but generally speaking he, Levy and Alan Tudyk as George's best friend have been just fine (especially the delightful Tudyk, who's one of my favorite actors). The characters around them, however, were mostly unamusing cartoons and their stupidity was never really all that funny. That began to change around the time of Tessa's Sweet 16 birthday, which allowed us to get to know her friends better (Maestro Harrell and Allie Grant doing the Robot and Tessa's own spazzy birthday dance were the show's high points to date), and lately even snooty girl Dalia (Carly Chaiken) and her oblivious mother Dallas (the great Cheryl Hines) have gotten some enjoyable material. It's especially gratifying that the show has made better use of Hines, who has been able to give nuance and even sweetness to her goofy, clueless, overtanned character. 'Suburgatory's' burgeoning ability to knit together satire, deadpan humor and a little heart is much in evidence in Wednesday's very good episode, which also features guest stars Ana Gasteyer, Chris Parnell and Jay Mohr as frustrated suburbanites.
Will I watch it regularly? Definitely. It's too soon to say if 'Suburgatory' will become as consistently pleasing as ABC's new-ish comedy 'Happy Endings,' but the show appears to know that there's more comedy potential in George and Tessa establishing connections with the people around them and not simply mocking them.

'Unforgettable' (CBS)
Has it gotten better? It's hard to imagine that it would. It was so bad I refuse to return to the scene of the crime.
Will I watch it regularly? Never ever.

Taking Another Look at My 10 Most Promising Pilots

'A Gifted Man' (CBS)
Has it gotten worse? Yes, I'm sad to say. I'd hoped for the second coming of 'House,' but this show is trying to do so much and service so many characters that it has ended up being rather bland and predictable. A lot of critics (including me) weren't quite sure how the show would work past the pilot, and unfortunately, the answer is that it's settled for the least common denominator in too many arenas. It's not nearly as ambitious as 'The Good Wife' and much more like your average medical procedural.
Will I watch it regularly? No, I'm sad to say. I've given it a few tries and I still love the cast, but the evocative, bittersweet mood of the pilot is just not in evidence here, and the emotional lives of the characters are a lot less interesting (partly because there are too many of them). And the intrusive, super-obvious soundtrack's attempts to pull on my heartstrings just make me hate the soundtrack.

'Free Agents' (NBC)
Canceled. Oh well.

'Once Upon a Time' (ABC)
Has it gotten worse? Not really, but this fairy tale story still figuring out what it does well, and its characters and dual worlds are not fully realized yet. 'Once' portrays events in both a magical kingdom and a regular town in the real world, and it has so many plot points and characters to service that the stories sometimes end up being superficial and a little predictable.
Will I watch it regularly? Yes, for two big reasons: Jennifer Morrison is compelling as Emma, a woman who has come to live in the town of Storybrooke in order to free its inhabitants of a curse, and Robert Carlyle is having a high old time in both worlds as Rumplestiltskin and Mr. Gold. Problems remain, however: As I said, there's a certain blandness to both realms (especially the fairy-tale stories), and most of the characters, aside from Emma, lack specificity and heft (the evil witch who cursed the town is particularly narrow and one-note in both timelines). The stakes would be higher if the people on display had more layers and at least a little more ambiguity. Still, there's a lot of potential here, and if 'Once' can figure out how to add more suspense and complexity to its earnest narrative, it could be a keeper. I'm not quite as keen as critic Ian Grey, who wrote praised 'Once' here, but I'm a fan of the show's core sincerity and I'll certainly keep watching. (For an interview with the show's creators, look here.)

'Prime Suspect' (NBC)
Canceled. Well, NBC won't say it's been canceled, but it's not on the network's mid-season schedule and production has been shut down. It's a shame, because the show developed into a fine ensemble drama with a great lead performance at its center.

'Ringer' (CW)
Has it gotten worse? Definitely. I had hoped that this drama, which stars Sarah Michelle Gellar as twin sisters in a world of trouble, would evolve into a soapy slice of escapism, but it has stubbornly refused to do so.
Will I watch it regularly? No, but I really tried with this one. I watched at least six episodes before giving up and realizing that the plot, such as it was, would continue to move at a glacial pace and that everyone on the screen would remain a one-dimensional type. Sorry, but my loyalty to 'Buffy' could only keep me tuning in so long. It's very clear by now that ABC's superior 'Revenge' is the juicy escapist trifle that everyone should be watching, not this tedious "thriller."

'2 Broke Girls' (CBS)
Has it gotten worse? Somewhat. The show hasn't recaptured the magic of its pilot and it has some ongoing problems, all of which I wrote about in depth here.
Will I watch it regularly? Yes, because I'm still hoping '2 Broke Girls' will fulfill its promise. There are some winning aspects to this show, if only it would stop sabotaging itself with crude stereotypes and clunky jokes.

I'll throw it to you now: What new show been your biggest disappointment? What new program has grown on you? Do tell in comments -- but remember, we're only talking about new fall shows.

Bonus apology: 'Homeland' should have been on my Most Promising Pilot list, it's clearly the best new show of the year. But in June, when I put that original "good pilots" roster together, I hadn't yet seen the first episode of the Showtime program.

Note: The mid-season shows 'Alcatraz,' 'Don't Trust he B**** in Apt. 23,' 'Awake' and 'Smash,' all of which were on my Most Intriguing Pilots list, haven't premiered yet and thus I haven't reassessed them. 'Smash' arrives Feb. 6 on NBC, and Fox's 'Alcatraz,' ABC's 'Apt. 23' and NBC's 'Awake' do not yet have premiere dates.
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New Life, Surprisingly, for ABC Prime Time

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The audience for “Happy Endings," a holdover from last season, has improved 55 percent.

The prospects for ABC and its new chief programmer, Paul Lee, hardly looked rosy at the start of the fall television season.

After the first two weeks, when the ratings for “Dancing With the Stars” were down about 20 percent and one new entry, “Charlie’s Angels,” had quickly fizzled, a senior executive at a competing network said in an e-mail message, “The Paul Lee death watch has started.”

Not quite. As the season heads for its midpoint, ABC and Mr. Lee have managed to defy early expectations by devising an emerging success story in prime time with a handful of new shows demonstrating the kind of steady appeal that usually guarantees extended runs.

One show, the fairy-tale drama “Once Upon a Time,” probably could be considered the strongest new entry of the season because it has attracted hit ratings without the benefit of a strong lead-in show. Another drama, “Revenge,” is performing consistently and generating passionate talk online.

Two comedies, “Suburgatory” and “Last Man Standing,” have settled in with solid ratings. And one holdover comedy, “Happy Endings,” has rewarded Mr. Lee’s faith in it by improving 55 percent this season.

Over all, ABC has managed to stay just about even with its ratings for last season, which comes as a surprise to some, given the continued decline for several of the network’s longtime hits. Many of the pillars of ABC’s prime-time success were facing either retirement (“Desperate Housewives”) or a steady decline in ratings (“Grey’s Anatomy” and “Dancing With the Stars.”)

But now, Mr. Lee and other ABC executives are promoting several of their coming midseason entries as perhaps stronger than those introduced in the fall.

All of this comes from Mr. Lee, a programmer who stands out not only for his British accent, but also for his background in cable television — and his demeanor. Robert A. Iger, the chief executive of ABC’s parent company, Walt Disney, said, “The best thing about Paul is that he’s a grown-up.”

At 51, Mr. Lee indeed is grown up. And he may be the only top network programmer ever to graduate from Oxford with fluency in both Portuguese and Russian. That doesn’t precisely translate to being able to recognize which sitcom or reality show might find an audience of 18- to 49-year-old women, but Mr. Lee said it doesn’t hurt either.

“You have to bring some humility to it if you’re an outsider,” he said in a telephone interview. “If you’re lucky, you can use an incredibly talented team around you and your own approach and really make something different.”

Given the situation ABC faced at the end of last season, with “Desperate Housewives” ready to end after an eighth and final season, and the “Dancing” franchise starting to leak younger viewers (it remains hugely popular among older women), Mr. Lee faced considerable pressure as he introduced the first slate of shows he had personally developed and selected.

“But to some degree, pressure is liberating,” Mr. Lee said. “I came in thinking we absolutely had to take some big swings.”

He also thought “about what’s going to work well in tough times.” That led to comparisons “to the 1930s and the 1970s,” Mr. Lee said. “Comedy was so big then. Fairy tales were big then. Horror was big; the underdog was big.” He added, “And were we ambitious? Superambitious.”

He also conceded that luck played a significant role. While some of the bedrock hits of ABC were unquestionably in decline, Mr. Lee retained an ace no other network could match: the comedy “Modern Family,” already a hit, exploded this fall after a deluge of Emmy Awards.

“Some of this is definitely luck,” he said. “You can have the best ideas but they don’t always click.”

Mr. Lee pushed his luck with “Happy Endings,” a comedy that had become a personal favorite and one that attracted much online chatter. His decision to bring it back for a second season shocked much of the television business because the show was dispersing the big lead-in audience from “Modern Family.”

But as that comedy soared this year, “Happy Endings” found a much larger audience (though it still loses a large percentage of the “Modern Family” audience.)

Perhaps the most underrated strength Mr. Lee has brought to ABC is his background in cable. One senior executive from a competing media company said, “Everyone wanted to dis Paul Lee because he was an outsider from cable. But that was just what ABC needed.”

Mr. Lee came to ABC after a six-year stint leading Disney’s ABC Family Channel, where he expanded ratings every year by introducing shows like “Pretty Little Liars,” “Greek” and “The Secret Life of the American Teenager.”

Mr. Lee came to the United States in 1998 to start another cable channel, BBC America. He began his career in Britain as a journalist, covering the sectarian violence in Northern Ireland, but moved into directing for television, first documentaries and then scripted programs. He became what is known in television as a showrunner, one in charge of all aspects of running a series.

He said, “That’s why I am so passionate about the network picking great showrunners and giving them room.”

As for the experience in cable, Mr. Lee said that was vital. “That’s why we staggered the launch of shows this fall, because what happens in cable is you have to throw your whole network at a show you believe in.”

ABC held back “Suburgatory” one week after the start of the season. It held back “Last Man Standing” three weeks and “Once Upon a Time” for a month.

“To not have to launch three shows in three days, that’s a little bit of cable marketing up against a whole lot of broadcast programming,” Mr. Lee said.

The coming shows he is talking most about include a serial drama called GCB (now standing for “Good Christian Belles”) and the latest addition to the female-based comedy “Apt. 23,” which also has been known as “Don’t Trust the B---- in Apt. 23.”

“One of my friends said to me, ‘Make haste slowly. We’ve got a lot of work to do.’ At the same time,” Mr. Lee said, “our job is to make sure we bring great new franchises to the network and sustain them well.”

Longer term, he said, “We will absolutely be taking more big swings. That’s the fun of it.”
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O Chuck acaba nesta 5ª temporada certo?
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ruben wrote:O Chuck acaba nesta 5ª temporada certo?
supostamente sim, a 5ª temporada vai ser a última com 13 eps
tenho 1318 dvds na minha colecção, sempre a crescer :P

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Era só para confirmar, obrigado yes-)
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Ponto de situação desta Temporada:

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