 This is the SF Productions podcast network We're still being up front about the upfronts from the pop culture bunker. I'm Mindy and I'm Mark You can check out our audio podcast how I got my wife three comics on itunes or on our website SF podcast network comm So our last episode right we talked about the shows that were canceled and the shows that we're staying Yes, so this time we're gonna talk about new shows the new shows the new shows have been approved Moving on to series Starting on ABC with the Muppets. Yes now This is a very interesting concept because it's it's gonna be more of an office like vibe It's single-camera mockumentary style like modern family to some extent And the idea is it's backstage of them creating a new Muppet show, but the Muppets are still people Right, I mean, it's not like you're gonna see the puppeteers, right and yeah, and they interact directly with people And nobody thinks anything weird about it We just kind of the whole conceit of the Muppets apparently Fawzi has a relationship with a human woman and the parents are not Okay Miss Piggy comes back and she's gonna star in this new show and she like refuses to come back and for some mysterious reason she does so and the Bill Prady who is the executive producer of Big Bang Theory was worked for Henson in way back in the 80s for Jim Henson died and So he's the person bringing this together. So He's had a really good track record. It's over at CBS So, you know between that and the Muppets and the synergy was with Disney I think they're gonna give this every benefit of the doubt. Yeah, so hopefully it will be good. Yeah, okay Not so much for the next one. Dr. Ken Ken Jeong from community now It was really interesting because I heard a bit on NPR about this Yes, and you know, they didn't mention community at all in association with them. They just referred to the The hangover the hangover movies. Yeah, and apparently he was a doctor before he was a comedian Yeah, he's actually he's a real doctor. Yeah, it's a multi-camera show About a physician with no bedside manner. Yeah, I'm not sure about this And it's in his multi-camera, which right now is hard to get going unless you're on CBS. Yes, we have oil Which is essentially Dallas except in North Dakota in North Dakota fracking country. Yes. Yes It's that except it's soapy opera type thing of kings and prophets. It's a biblical series Dealing with the Old Testament the inter interesting testament More blood and sex in the Old Testament They've tried this several times, but it's this be interesting to see if it actually makes the air This kind of shows been announced like four or five. Well, you know, it's almost more like a CW show in that It's like in that kind of period rain. Yeah kind of thing, but Meanwhile over on CBS life in pieces Which is like we looked at modern family and said we could put other actors in those roles and have these Different parts of the same family having these wacky adventures The thing that it seemed to me when I read about that was it was more like gonna be little like three little mini episodes rather than Interest yeah, so I don't know it. I mean, I still think it's like a modern family. Yeah, but maybe a little different, right? Then we have Supergirl CBS wants to get into that lucrative superhero game that the CW is playing so well The teaser looks very impressive. It does again, we'll see how It how interested the CBS is into doing this because CBS really doesn't have a lot to pair with it in terms of other shows Yes, I mean, you don't want to have you know CSI Dubuque right after this or before it You know we have speaking of procedurals code black a Grey's Anatomy ER clone Which you know, I'll probably watch because that's what I watch. Yeah, we'll see Angel from hell Jane Lynch as a guardian angel or maybe she's just a psycho Basically shows up in this other woman's life. No, it's not a half hour sick at half hour sitcom. It's single camera I think that's a bad fit for for CBS Because that really doesn't I mean it sounds like it would work really well in Fox work really really well on ABC Not so much on CBS CW they only have a single pilot They did so well this last season They only have a single pilot and it's called crazy ex-girlfriend, which was apparently a pilot made for showtime It was very racy and it's a musical comedy okay, so How they're gonna re-edit that down to make it palatable for for broadcast television It's unclear and that's again. That's it for the CW. They had such a huge season That they didn't have any slots for new shows. So where is that new? Legends of that's 2016. Oh, okay, so that's still a year out. Yeah, we're still a year out from that Maybe I'm guessing it'll be in the spring of 2016. Okay, we'll see over on Fox Minority report based on the Tom Cruise movie because TV shows based on movies always work. Yes, they do Grandfathered John Stamos as a new dad and a granddad boy The grinder Rob Lowe is a TV star. Yes Who decides to move back home and run a law firm as a comedy yeah Okay, scream Queens murder mystery at a college campus with Jamie Lee Curtis and Leah Michelle Just got in getting off of glee. Yes. Well, I'm glad to see Jamie Lee Curtis doing something, but I probably won't watch it Yeah, I don't know and then Rosewood, which is this Miami procedural a bad fit at Fox I don't expect it to last more than two episodes. What's that Rosewood the name of John Stewart's movie? Yes, and I think I think there was another TV show called Rosewood a few years ago It's such a generic name that you don't know what it means. Yeah It'll get lost in the shuffle NBC blind spot It's a New York murder mystery It starts with a woman with no memory who basically was found in the middle of like Times Square In a body bag except she's alive and she's covered in tattoos. Okay Jamie Alexander who was sif on agents of shield stars So I don't know if this is Growthy dragon tattoo, baby type thing. I don't know. Yeah We have heartbreaker a female heart surgeon facing demands of a woman Best time ever with Neil Patrick Harris the variety show returns to American television And I am thrilled about this if anybody can it's him. It's him. Yeah, we will see My guess is this will move to Saturdays at some point NBC will be like no no no no keep in mind Saturdays were used to be where all the great shows were yes Before the network said nobody watches TV on Saturdays heroes reborn The sequel to the initially great then went worse over time superhero series I always think of the line from the Big Bang Theory where Sheldon is talking about TV series and you know They had canceled alphas or something and he talks about other series that you know ended and and it was you know They need to do it like heroes did and just you know start out good and get bad over time So you don't miss it when I Don't this is something I've been talking about for years to reboot this show. I don't know We have the player Wesley Snipes get it gets a crime drama and emmer and NBC amortizes sets from the Las Vegas series Otherwise, I don't know why some Las Vegas People are talking another generic NBC sitcom at least they're doing one It's about obsessive neighbors Don't blink or you'll miss it. It'll be gone. Yeah What do you think that they'll be able to handle so many superhero series? I mean we've got the the heroes and the Supergirl coming in right right and the ones that are still on yes Half of CW schedule That's what I'm really looking forward to is just being able to sit and watch 14 hours of Superhero television straight off the DVR Yeah, because yet some point people are gonna. Okay, that's it and that's clearly why our heroes reborn It's fine. Yeah, cuz it's like, okay people want the superhero stuff. Let's do it. Let's do it Let's do it. So if you're not watching superhero television, you can check out our audio podcast Oh, I got my wife to read comics on iTunes or on our website SF podcast network.com from the pop culture bunker And I'm Mark. Thanks for watching