 This is the SF Productions podcast network Guess I better clear off the DVR from the pop culture bunker I'm indeed I'm mark you can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife to read comics on itunes or on our website SF podcast network dot com So we've made it to January of a new year, which traditionally means the second season of new TV Now with so many channels It would really be easy for the industry to go to a full 365 day a year schedule with no hard and fast delineation between seasons But networks are nothing if not traditional, right? So let's go over the new shows that are premiering over the next three months Okay, now as we record this several shows have already begun And there seems to be a trend to introduce introduce new shows very early in January some even on New Year's Day And I guess they just wanted to get in front of the herd I think it used to be that that January was a pretty slow time for new TV. Yeah, really wouldn't get anything until February sweeps But we begin with the Mick on Fox Caitlin Olson from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia a foul-mouth woman forced to raise spoiled rich nieces and nephews I was not impressed by the promos and probably won't watch it Ransom CBS yet another procedural Yikes, it'll probably do really well because procedures do well at CBS. Yes Beyond on freeform aka ABC family aka Fox family aka family channel pick a name Tim Crang the producer of heroes produced this supernatural drama All ten episodes went live online at the same time as the premiere. Is that a strategy or is that a burn-off? I think it's probably the latter. Yeah The wall on NBC This is a game show and basically it's an hour-long version of Plinko. Yeah It was better than I thought it would be but but still not enough for me to watch a second episode, right? We have a star on Fox kind of Empire 2.0 Because that was huge success. So they're just gonna crank out another version of it Mm-hmm One day at a time on Netflix. So this is a remake of the 70s Bonnie Franklin vehicle Now there are rumors that Norman Lear is gonna take old scripts from some of the other shows like all in the family and good times And just reshoot them which I don't quite understand the concept of unless you're setting them in the 70s Otherwise, it's like the the it doesn't mesh. No, it doesn't you know if you're I've actually reading fairly good reviews of one day at a time. So So it's like okay, so do a do a remake, you know of the same concept with new scripts and But I don't know. Yeah Emerald City on NBC this Oz remake has been pushed back at least three times going back two years I'm sure it's really great Well, I might try watching it if enough episodes actually air to make it worthwhile, right? So that gets us through what's already started But for the rest of January on the 12th my kitchen rules on Fox a competitive cooking show with celebrities And I think there's like three or four channels that showed that kind of show 24 hours a day Yeah, you know, this is for those people who don't have cable January 13th Lemony Snicket's a series of unfortunate events on Netflix with Neil Patrick Harris starring as the bad guy And I've heard very good things about this. Okay much better. They said than the Jim Carrey vehicle They came out a few years January 15th the young Pope on HBO about the first American Pope Yeah, Jude Law and Diane Keaton are in the cast so they're actually putting out some money for this course HBO They got yeah, they got plenty of money to try it. Of course the one I'm looking forward to Yeah, Riverdale. Yeah, January 26th on the CW It's an angsty take on the Archie gang. It does really seem like a good fit for the CW They said that it's gonna be like Archie with sex. No, so And you can also check out the comic book afterlife with Archie, which is in a way Kind of like it in that it's more gothic horror Yeah, but this is more Twin Peaks meets Riverdale, I think yeah Moving on to February and February 2nd powerless NBC Basically DC Comics meets the office The premise has already shifted from an insurance company to a security arm of Wayne Enterprises That worries me that they're changing the concept. Yeah, that means they did some early, you know Focus groups doing It needs to be more rooted in DC Comics, so they kind of pushed it that way still looking forward to it February 2nd also Superior donuts on CBS. Can a cranky old guy Judd Hirsch and a young entrepreneur get along? Another show that's barely pushed back a few times, which is never a good sign I think Judd Hirsch has done this show two or three different times. He's the cranky old guy February 3rd Santa Clarita diet on Netflix Drew Barrymore and Timothy Oliphant star in this comedy about real estate, okay? I'm not really hearing too much about this. I'm guessing as we get closer. We'll get some actual promotion for it February 5th 24 legacy on Fox More on-screen clocks anyone. Yes, but there's no key for nope He's too busy being the designated survivor right now I wonder if they'll have a Jack Bauer character or somebody else I think as I understand it. It's different characters. Okay February 8th Legion on FX. It's a superhero show based on an X-Men character. Okay, not legion the DC He's the schizophrenic mutant son of professor Xavier Aubrey Plaza also stars on this so that could be interesting with Aubrey Plaza, but it the Information I see and the promos that are out there kind of indicate not much actual superhero action more Drama, you know character drama, and that's fine. Oh, yeah February 19th the good fight CBS all access so this is a sequel to the good wife. Yes, but it's gonna be on their nascent digital platform Yes, and it doesn't have Margolies on it. Yeah, Juliana Margolies won't be there, right? So, you know in the fact that it's on CBS all access is this gonna make people pay five bucks a month to go see it Well, again, I think it's gonna be just like we discussed with the Star Trek one You know, you wait till all the episodes are out there. You pay your 599 you watch it and then cancel it, right? You know, so I think CBS has to get a big enough on enough shows To avoid that so the point you'll be willing to continue watching stuff because if they just throw things on one at a time It's not gonna work Also on February 19th big little lies on HBO a David E. Kelly drama moving to pay cable About three young mothers. Okay Again, it's a little farther out. Haven't heard much about it And then going to March on March 5th Chicago Justice NBC I have not watched any of the Chicago shows the Dick Wolf Chicago Empire expands. I miss law and order Coming soon Chicago president. Yeah March 7th trial and error NBC It's a making a murder parody with John Lithgow. So it's like a sit commies comedy drama kind of Following this murderer and there's a documentary mockumentary type thing going on And then March 17th iron fist on Netflix This is the last of the four Marvel gritty superhero series before we get the defenders series Well, the last introduction, right? Because there'll be other there's another series of Jessica Jones Yeah, yeah, and also they're throwing out a Punisher series, which I think is gonna come on before that happens So so I guess we have about two months to get through Luke Cage, which you're about halfway through halfway through And We're gonna continue to watch Luke Cage and a lot of other stuff on Netflix, right? Not so much on networks, unfortunately But you can check out our radio podcast how I got my way street comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network comm From the pop culture bunker. I'm Indy and I'm Mark. Thanks for watching