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The 2017-18 season is very close but before doing a night-by-night preview this week, I will take a look at the sophomore shows coming back for a second season. As I have done every year, here are stats on the returning shows for the big four networks (I didn't include CW until last year so their stats are not included). 2010-11 40 new shows, 10 returned for Season 2 (25%) 4 still on the air entering Season 8: Blue Bloods, Hawaii Five-0, The Voice, Bob's Burgers 2011-12 47 new shows, 20 returned for Season 2 (43%) 3 still on the air entering Season 7: Once Upon a Time, Scandal, New Girl 2012-13 33 new shows, 9 returned for Season 2 (27%) 2 still on the air entering Season 6: Chicago Fire, Elementary ** also Nashville on CMT and The Mindy Project on Hulu 2013-14 43 new shows, 12 returned for Season 2 (28%) 7 still on the air entering Season 5: The Blacklist, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Chicago PD, Mom, The Goldbergs, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Masterchef Junio...

THE ORVILLE Starring: Seth MacFarlane, Adrianne Palicki, Penny Johnson Jerald, Scott Grimes, Peter Macon, Halston Sage, J. Lee, Mark Jackson Created by Seth MacFarlane Written by Seth MacFarlane, Directed by Jon Favreau One reason I seriously considered ending this blog this summer was how uninterested I was in the new fall shows after seeing the trailers during Upfronts. One trailer that looked particularly bad was The Orville on FOX and I'm sorry to say after seeing the show, the full version of Seth MacFarlane's vanity project is not much better. Set 400 years into the future, The Orville is clearly a send-up of sci-fi shows, most obviously Star Trek . But it weirdly straddles between being a spoof of one of those shows and actually being a legitimate sci-fi show. This weird hybrid gives the show a very odd tone. The show would bounce between a silly argument between two characters that used to be married and then the characters would find themselves i...

Hi Everyone, I wanted to update you on my Fall plans. The blog will be returning but in a more limited fashion. I will still do the full Fall Preview next week and also do full weeks at Upfronts. I will continue to do the Weekly Recap and special columns like the end of the year countdown. What I won't be doing is the daily rundowns and ratings recaps. Instead, I'll do one weekly column, probably on Sunday or Monday morning that looks back and ahead at the week. Thanks for reading & looking forward to the 2017-18 season! Check back for a review of The Orville tomorrow and the Fall Preview starting Sunday, September 17!

Hi Everyone, I have decided to take a break from the blog for the summer. I am going to decide when the fall season rolls around if I want to pick it back up or not. But for now, I'm going to step away and see how it feels. Thanks for reading for the past nearly seven years!

ABC 8:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 8:30 NBA Countdown Viewers: 6.8 million, 18-49 demo: 2.2 9:00 NBA Finals Game 5 Viewers: 24.5 million, 18-49 demo: 9.0 CBS 8:00 Kevin Can Wait (Repeat) Viewers: 4.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 8:30 Man with a Plan (Repeat) Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 Mom (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 9:30 Life in Pieces (Repeat) Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 Scorpion (Repeat) Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 NBC 8:00 American Ninja Warrior Viewers: 5.4 million, 18-49 demo: 1.4 10:00 Spartan: Ultimate Team Challenge Viewers: 3.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX 8:00 So You Think You Can Dance Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 9:00 Superhuman Viewers: 2.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 CW 8:00 Supergirl (Repeat) Viewers: 1.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.2 9:00 Whose Line is it Anyway? Viewers: 1.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 9:30 Whose Line is it Anyway? (Repeat)...

ABC 7:00 America's Funniest Home Videos (Repeat) Viewers: 3.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 8:00 Celebrity Family Feud Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 1.5 9:00 Steve Harvey's Funderdome Viewers: 6.2 million, 18-49 demo: 1.3 10:00 The $100,000 Pyramid Viewers: 5.5 million, 18-49 demo: 1.2 CBS 7:00 60 Minutes Viewers: 7.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.8 8:00 71st Annual Tony Awards Viewers: 6.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 NBC 7:00 Sunday Night with Megyn Kelly Viewers: 3.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.6 8:00 NHL Stanley Cup Finals Game 6 Viewers: 7.0 million, 18-49 demo: 2.3 FOX 7:00 Bob's Burgers (Repeat) Viewers: 1.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 7:30 The Last Man on Earth (Repeat) Viewers: 0.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 8:00 The Simpsons (Repeat) Viewers: 1.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 8:30 Bob's Burgers (Repeat) Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.7 9:00 American Grit Viewers: 1.1 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4

ABC 8:00 Jimmy Kimmel Live Game Night Viewers: 3.8 million, 18-49 demo: 1.0 8:30 NBA Countdown Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 1.6 9:00 NBA Finals Game 5 Viewers: 19.0 million, 18-49 demo: 6.8 CBS 8:00 MacGyver (Repeat) Viewers: 4.2 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 9:00 Hawaii Five-0 (Repeat) Viewers: 5.0 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 10:00 Blue Bloods (Repeat) Viewers: 5.3 million, 18-49 demo: 0.5 NBC 8:00 America's Got Talent (Repeat) Viewers: 4.6 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 10:00 Dateline NBC Viewers: 4.8 million, 18-49 demo: 0.9 FOX 8:00 Masterchef (Repeat) Viewers: 1.5 million, 18-49 demo: 0.4 9:00 Lucifer (Repeat) Viewers: 0.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.2 CW 8:00 The Originals Viewers: 0.9 million, 18-49 demo: 0.3 9:00 Reign Viewers: 0.7 million, 18-49 demo: 0.2