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May 11, 2013 09:41AM
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The 100WHO | Eliza Taylor (Neighbours), Bob Morley (Home and Away), Eli Goree (Emily Owens, M.D.), Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Marie Avgeropoulos (Cult), Paige Turco (Person of Interest), Isaiah Washington (Grey's Anatomy), Kelly Hu (Arrow), Thomas McDonell (Suburgatory), Christopher Larkin
WHAT | Based on upcoming Alloy books written by Kass Morgan, the project is set 97 years after a nuclear war has destroyed civilization. A spaceship housing the lone human survivors sends 100 juvenile delinquents back to Earth to investigate the possibility of re-colonizing the planet.
That sounds like trouble waiting to happen, lol
The OriginalsWHO | The Vampire Diaries' Joseph Morgan, Daniel Gillies, Claire Holt and Phoebe Tonkin; Charles Michael Davis (The Game), Daniella Pineda (Homeland), Danielle Campbell (Prison Break), Leah Pipes (Sorority Row)
WHAT | The Vampire Diaries spin-off finds Klaus (played by Morgan) back in the French Quarter of New Orleans, where Hayley (Tonkin) is unexpectedly pregnant with his child and his diabolical former protégé Marcel (Davis) is now King.
ReignWHO | Adelaide Kane (Neighbours), Toby Regbo, Celina Sinden, Jenessa Grant, Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables), Anna Popplewell (The Chronicles of Narnia), Rossif Sutherland
WHAT | The previously unknown and untold story of Mary Queen of Scots rise to power when she arrives in France as a 15-year-old, betrothed to Prince Francis, and with her three best friends as ladies-in-waiting. The secret history of survival at French Court amidst fierce foes, dark forces, and a world of sexual intrigue.
Star-CrossedWHO | Aimee Teegarden (Friday Night Lights), Matt Lanter (90210), Malese Jow (The Vampire Diaries), Titus Makin Jr. (Glee), Grey Damon (The Secret Circle), Natalie Hall (Pretty Little Liars), Chelsea Gilligan, Greg Finley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager), guest star/recurring Maggie Elizabeth Jones (Ben and Kate)
WHAT | Passion and politics threaten the peace and an epic romance ignites between a human girl and an alien boy when he and eight others of his kind (The Orion 9) are integrated into a suburban high school ten years after they and hundreds of others landed on Earth and were immediately consigned to an internment camp where they've been imprisoned ever since.
The Tomorrow PeopleWHO | Peyton List (Mad Men), Luke Mitchell (Home and Away), Robbie Amell (Revenge), Mark Pellegrino (Lost), Madeleine Mantock
WHAT | Adapted from the 1970s UK series, it follows several young people from around the world who represent the next stage in human evolution, all possessing special powers including the ability to teleport and communicate with each other telepathically. Together they work to defeat the forces of evil.
YES to the Originals! I saw the pilot ep during TVD's timeslot a few weeks ago and it's gonna be great!CW always have the shows I'm attracted to.
Even though I joked about The 100, I want to try it. Everything on this list so far. Gotta love the CW. Funny that they're geared towards a younger audience, and it's us middle aged women who are it's biggest audience, lol
I'll watch reign and The Tomorrow People
Holli, did you ever watch the original Tomorrow People? I vaguely remember the name, my sister watched it and loved it.
I didn't but I do remember the show being on
I liked the original Tomorrow People (and it was hard to find here in the US, then - harder than Dr. Who).
Just watched the clips, they sucked, just a minute randomly chosen out of the episode. Better to wait for official trailers.
The CW, last but not least, on Thursday morning revealed its primetime line-up for the 2013-14 TV season, and it features changes on every night.The biggest moves: Supernatural is shifting to Tuesdays at 9/8c, paired with the Vampire Diaries spin-off The Originals; Hart of Dixie and Beauty and the Beast are relocating to Monday night; The Carrie Diaries is Friday-bound; and Nikita‘s final six-episode season will unspool sometime “late in the fall,” network boss Mark Pedowitz tells TVLine.
Also of note: Greg Berlanti and Julie Plec’s new sci-fi saga Tomorrow People has snagged the post-Arrow slot on Wednesdays at 9/8c, while period drama Reign has been slotted behind Vampire Diaries on Thursdays.
On tap for midseason, in addition to Nikita: new dramas Star-Crossed and The 100.
All told, the The CW schedule looks like this. (New shows are in CAPS
MONDAY
8/7c Hart of Dixie
9 pm Beauty and the Beast
TUESDAY
8 pm THE ORIGINALS
9 pm Supernatural
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Arrow
9 pm THE TOMORROW PEOPLE
THURSDAY
8 pm The Vampire Diaries
9 pm REIGN
FRIDAY
8 pm The Carrie Diaries
9 pm America’s Next Top Model
NOT RETURNING NEXT SEASON: 90210, Cult, Gossip Girl and Emily Owens, M.D.
Well! They've moved ANTM back to Fridays! That makes my day.
Ouch, The Originals and SHIELD will be in NCIS's timeslot. NCIS will have to go on hubby's DVR in the bedroom, I dislike watching in bed, but what choice is there?Now to watch the clips! TY, my TV Goddess, Holli!
As an aside, I thought Beauty and The Beast was cancelled. I dropped out early so I'm not up on it.
You're welcome! Nope, Beauty and the Beast lives on. :)
THE SHOW | The CWs Reign (Thursdays at 9/8c)THE COMPETITION | ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, CBS’ The Crazy Ones (new) and Two and a Half Men, Fox’s Glee, NBC’s Sean Saves the World (new) and The Michael J. Fox Show (new)
THE CAST | Adelaide Kane (Teen Wolf), Toby Regbo (ITV’s The Town), Torrance Coombs (The Tudors), Megan Follows (Anne of Green Gables) and many, many others
THE SET-UP | Kane plays the Mary, Queen of Scots, who as a blossoming teen — and after an attempt on her life — comes out of hiding at a convent to reunite with Prince Francis of France (Regbo) and formalize their arranged marriage. Francis, though, isn’t so quick to do right by their betrothal (and give up his somethin’-somethin’ on the side). Nor is his mother, Queen Catherine (Follows), rushing to see the deal sealed. Add in the randy French king’s roguish bastard son Bash (Coombs), a quartet of young ladies-in-waiting and opulent digs (the pilot was largely filmed in Ireland, though the show will now shoot in Toronto), and you get a CW-friendly “history” lesson.
THE FIRST IMPRESSION | Well knock me over with a feather. Upon watching the cutdown for this unlikely CW offering at the Upfronts, I instantly penciled it in for a short run. I perhaps didn’t “get it,” or, more likely, my eyes had glazed over from the trailers for the network’s myriad new sci-fi shows. But in viewing this pilot in full, Reign just might emerge a sleeper hit (by CW standards). It could be that its stark differences (era, setting) from Vampire Diaries, Arrow, Hart of Dixie and the like will make it “pop,” or that its super-sudsy themes (love! lust! betrayal! infidelity! voyeurism! self-pleasure! wait, what?) will reel in the abandoned Gossip Girl crowd. (For good measure, there is a whiff of supernatural hullabaloo thrown in.) The cast is uniformly fine — Kane gives Mary a definite root-for quality, but Regbo reads a bit ripe — with everyone amusingly doing some variation on a British-y accent that is neither French nor Scottish. C’est la vie!
THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE | This fate of this one lies largely on The CW’s promo department, which needs to sell what is technically a costumed period drama (“But Ma, I don’t want to learn!”) as the seductive, out-of-time sudser that it is. One X-factor is how Person of Interest‘s relocation will change the Thursdays-at-9 landscape — not that those 13 million older-skewing eyeballs will instinctively dart over to The CW, but the new CBS comedy The Crazy Ones isn’t gonna inherit them all. I optimistically predict, at the very least, better-than-Beastly numbers. Whatever the case, Reign‘s trajectory should be curious to observe.
THE SHOW | The CW’s The Tomorrow People (Wednesdays at 9/8c; premieres Oct. 9)THE COMPETITION | CBS’ Criminal Minds, ABC’s Modern Family/Super Fun Night (new), Fox’s The X Factor and NBC’s Law & Order: SVU
THE CAST | Robbie Amell (Revenge), Peyton List (Mad Men), Mark Pellegrino (as seen in pretty much everything that’s cool), Luke Mitchell (Home and Away), Aaron Yoo (Disturbia) and Madeleine Mantock
THE SET-UP | This update of the 1970s British sci-fi series stars Amell — aka the cousin of Arrow himself — as Stephen Jameson, a standard-issue teen save for his tendency to wake up in other people’s beds, no matter how securely you shackle him down. Stephen soon learns he is one of the “Tomorrow People,” a super-secret, supernaturally enabled race fronted by Cara and John (played by List and Mitchell). Their adversary is Ultra, an organization of paramilitary scientists led by Dr. Jedikiah Price (Pellegrino).
THE FIRST IMPRESSION | This is a fastball down the middle for The CW, pairing a handsome The Tomorrow People Previewcast with a high-concept premise. The set-up is slightly sloggy, as Stephen’s mom (24‘s Sarah Clarke) labors to help him diagnose his “differences,” but the narrative engine revs up once supercool Cara and her crew bus out their bags of tricks. Is Amell, who over the years has guested on this, that and the other thing, ready to shoulder his own series? We shall see. In the meantime, List (as a duster-clad Trinity of sorts) and Mitchell do the heavy lifting, Yoo offers comic relief as a geeked-out Tomorrow Peep, Mantock plays Stephen’s African-American gal pal Astrid (too soon?) and Pellegrino… well, it’s hard to accept the fact that he’s not swinging by for a genre-TV guest spot but in fact is a keeper. (Suffice to say, Jedikiah is a force to be reckoned with.)
The pilot ends in a way I did not see coming, and perhaps the best thing going for the series, which boasts Greg Berlanti (Arrow) and Phil Klemmer (Chuck) as its showrunners, is it doesn’t take itself too seriously, as evidenced when Cara and John let loose with the mythology dump. (For one, they are not fans of the “Tomorrow People” name.) Also, the teleportation effect is kinda whiz-bang cool.
THE TVLINE BOTTOM LINE | Though The Tomorrow People is an apt companion piece for Arrow (a chiseled Amell struggles to use his special skills for the greater good!), The CW is making a small gamble betting a whole night on two relatively new shows. If retaining most of its lead-in will qualify as a “success,” though, there’s no reason to bet against this new kid.
I'll be interested to see what they do with "Tomorrow People."
The revised CW premiere schedule looks like this:THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3
8 pm The Vampire Diaries
9 pm THE ORIGINALS (new series)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 7
8 pm Hart of Dixie
9 pm Beauty and the Beast
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8
8 pm THE ORIGINALS (Time-slot premiere)
9 pm Supernatural
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9
8 pm Arrow
9 pm THE TOMORROW PEOPLE (New series)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10
8 pm The Vampire Diaires
9 pm THE ORIGINALS (Episode 2 encore)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17
8 pm The Vampire Diaries
9 pm REIGN (new series)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25
8 pm The Carrie Diaries
9 pm America’s Next Top Model: Guys and Girls
CW premiere dates have changed:http://www.ksitetv.com/vampire-diarie...
The CW has changed their plans for premiere dates for several of their shows this Fall, including an earlier start for The Vampire Diaries to premiere The Originals.
Other changes include an earlier start for Supernatural Season 9 (October 8) and a later beginning for Reign (October 17).
I like The Originals but not The Tomorrow People, I already deleted it. 1 and a half eps and I find I just don't care. It's the same old format, find person of the week. Boring. It might as well be a cop drama with that format.
I couldn't get into the Tomorrow People either. It just didn't draw my interest. I love The Originals. I think I like it better than the Vampire Diaries.
Another one I'm not liking, much to my own surprise, is Once Upon A Time in Wonderland. I was so excited for it, and now I'm seriously considering deleting it. I'll give it one more episode because I like Michael Socha so much but the writing has to get better, so far it's a dull story.
I just watched the first episode of Reign, now this is my kind of show. I love historic dramas, something we rarely get in the US. I just finished watching The White Queen on Starz, it was excellent. While I don't expect the same high quality as British historic dramas, I'm hoping Reign is good enough, and the response is enough, to get us more of this type of drama in the future.
I'm with you on Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. I started to watch it, then tuned out. I also like the first episode of Reign. I think they are doing it right by appealing to a younger audience, having her ladies-in-waiting with her so there are more younger characters. Queen Catherine reminds me of Victoria Grayson. lol Anyway, I love the court intrigue and the conflict between Prince Francis and his half-brother Bash. I love historical dramas and hope this one makes it. Most don't.
Appealing to a younger audience might work against them, most kids don't care about history. I just hope it's good and that it lasts.
That ratings are in and Reign isn't gonna last. I like it but I'm not the target audience.
Shows like reign would have been better if starz would have done it. If it gets picked up for a second season I'll be amazed :)
Definitely, a pay cable channel has already made it's money and does not rely on adverts.
That bums me out. I like Reign better than some of the other shows on the CW.
I just heard a rumor there are talks of a Charmed remake?! I dont know if it is CW. Anyone hear anything?
MONDAY8 pm The Originals
9 pm JANE THE VIRGIN
TUESDAY
8 pm THE FLASH
9 pm Supernatural
WEDNESDAY
8 pm Arrow
9 pm The 100
THURSDAY
8 pm The Vampire Diaries
9 pm Reign
FRIDAY
8 pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?
8:30 pm Whose Line Is It Anyway?
9 pm America’s Next Top Model
NOT RETURNING NEXT SEASON: The Carrie Diaries, Nikita, Star-Crossed and The Tomorrow People
Dates:MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
8:00-10:00pm IHEARTRADIO FESTIVAL NIGHT ONE
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
8:00-10:00pm IHEARTRADIO FESTIVAL NIGHT TWO
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1
8:00-9:00pm ARROW (Encore, “The Scientist” with Barry Allen)
9:00-10:00pm ARROW (Encore, “Three Ghosts” with Barry Allen)
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 2
8:00-9:00pm THE VAMPIRE DIARIES (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm REIGN (Season Premiere)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 6
8:00-9:00pm THE ORIGINALS (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm SUPERNATURAL (Retrospective Special)
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 7
8:00-9:00pm THE FLASH (Series Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm SUPERNATURAL (Season Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 8
8:00-9:00pm ARROW (Season Premiere)
9:00-10:00pm THE FLASH (Premiere Encore)
MONDAY, OCTOBER 13
8:00-9:00pm THE ORIGINALS
9:00-10:00pm JANE THE VIRGIN (Series Premiere)
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 15
8:00-9:00pm ARROW
9:00-10:00pm THE FLASH (Episode Two Encore)
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 17
8:00-9:00pm JANE THE VIRGIN (Premiere Encore)
9:00-10:00pm AMERICA’S NEXT TOP MODEL CYCLE 21*
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22
8:00-9:00pm ARROW
9:00-10:00pm THE 100 (Season Premiere)
So looking forward to the flash :)I thought the 100 was cancelled :)
No, The 100 got immediate renewal. It was really good.
I cant wait for The 100 and Arrow to come back on. Also looking forward to The Flash.
*sob* Where's iZombie?Oh well, I'll have to just settle for Flash, Arrow, and the 100.
Hmmm. Looks like iZombie isn't until January?
The 2015 TV Season has arrived! The CW only have three new shows on the schedule this year after renewing pretty much all of last years shows. Which was a good thing in my eyes. Containment
Stars: David Gyasi, Christina Marie Moses, Chris Wood, Kristen Gutoskie, Claudia Black, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, George Young and Trevor St. John
Expected premiere date: Midseason 2015
Synopsis: When a mysterious and deadly epidemic breaks out in Atlanta, a vast urban quarantine is quickly enforced, forcing those stuck on the inside to fight for their lives while local and federal officials desperately search for a cure. Torn apart from their loved ones, the survivors trapped within the cordon are fighting against not only fatal infection, but also isolation, fear, and the disintegration of society around them. But as they begin to gain each other’s trust, hope remains, and on either side of the cordon unlikely heroes will rise.
Trailer
DC's Legends of Tomorrow
Stars: Arthur Darvill, Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, Caity Lotz, Ciara Renée, Franz Drameh, Dominic Purcell, and Wentworth Miller
Expected premiere date: Midseason 2015
Synopsis: When heroes alone are not enough… the world needs legends. Having seen the future, one he will desperately try to prevent from happening, time-traveling rogue Rip Hunter (Arthur Darvill) is tasked with assembling a disparate group of both heroes and villains to confront an unstoppable threat – one in which not only is the planet at stake, but all of time itself. Can this ragtag team defeat an immortal threat unlike anything they have ever known?
Trailer
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
Stars: Rachel Bloom, Aline Brosh McKenna, and Marc Webb
Expected premiere date: Mondays, Fall 2015
Synopsis: Rebecca Bloom is a successful, driven, and possibly crazy young woman who impulsively gives up everything – her partnership at a prestigious law firm and her upscale apartment in Manhattan – in a desperate attempt to find love and happiness in that exotic hotbed of romance and adventure: West Covina, California.
This series was originally picked up by CW's sister network Showtime.
Trailer
The three new shows look like a mixed bag to me. I'm quite exited for DC's Legends of Tomorrow. Glad to have another series in the same universe as the excellent Flash and Arrow.
I'm not overly excited by the trailer for Containment but I'll probably give it a few episodes to grab my attention. If only because it stars Claudia Black:)
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend looks awful! Possibly the worst trailer for a TV show I've ever seen and definitely the worst looking new TV show for next season on any network. No wonder Showtime passed on this series. I know the CW network is trying to diversify a bit and move away from its reliance on cult shows, but this seems like a mistake to me.
I'm pleased about the renewals, but meh on these new shows. I'll try Containment for Claudia Black only and Legends only for Arthur Darvil. Thanks for finding this info, Gavin, much appreciated!
It was no problem. I got quite caught up watching trailers for the new season( for all 5 networks ) on YouTube the other day and it has left me feeling pretty optimistic about finding at least a few good shows. Weirdly the synopsis and the trailers did not always match. I actually thought Crazy Ex-Girlfriend sounded good until I saw the trailer!The CW is probably my favorite network for the last few years. I watch Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Arrow, and Flash. Plus I plan to catch up with shows like The 100 and iZombie if I ever find a gap in my TV watching schedule.
Me too with CW, I watch the same shows except dropped out Arrow, it was too much like a cop show in that it was "find the criminal of the week", that's not for me. Didn't bother with Flash, assuming it would be of the same format as Arrow. The 100 was surprisingly good. For light viewing I watch Jane the Virgin.
Arrow and Flash are my favorite two shows on any on the 5 network channels. They have a similar format to that which Star Trek: DS9 utilized. Some weeks it is a villain of the week and other times there is story arc that lasts for multiple episodes. You are spot on about the Flash employing the exact same format. Both shows have a slightly different feel as Flash is a bit lighter in tone and a bit more humorous. I've heard good things about both The 100 and Jane the Virgin so I'll definitely give both shows a try at some point.
I watched Arrow for a season and a half, the island stuff interested me for a little while. I've never been a big DC fan, I'm a Marvel girl through and through.
