You would think a combination of Scott Foley, Lauren Cohan, and executive producer Bill Lawrence would produce a show worth watching, but Whiskey Cavalier was not it. I bailed partway through the first season and ABC was not far behind, deciding against moving forward with a second season. While Foley and Cohan certainly had chemistry, it wasn’t enough to fix everything around them.
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ABC Upfronts
After a decade of shaking up their schedule, ABC is taking a cautious approach this fall, with only three new series on the schedule. The week gets off to a familiar start, with Dancing With The Stars followed by The Good Doctor on Monday nights. Tuesday night is the biggest shake-up of the week, with two new shows and two returning shows in new timeslots. The Roseanne-less The Conners returns for its second season, followed by Bless This Mess, which debuted this spring. mixed-ish, a new spinoff of black-ish, leads in to the mothership, followed by Emergence, about a police chief who takes in a young child she finds near the site of a mysterious accident
Wednesday stays pretty much the same, with The Goldbergs, Schooled, Modern Family, and Single Parents starting the night and leading into Stumptown, a new drama starring Colbie Smulders and based on the graphic novel by Greg Rucka, Matthew Southworth, and Justin Greenwood. Thursdays stay exactly the same, with Grey’s Anatomy, A Million Little Things, and How To Get Away With Murder. A revamped Friday kicks off with the re-located American Housewife, followed by Fresh Off The Boat and two hours of 20/20. Sunday stays mostly all reality, with America’s Funniest Home Videos, Kids Say The Darndest Things, and Shark Tank, followed by The Rookie.
Agents of SHIELD will return at some point in 2020, along with returning shows Station 19 and American Idol. Also on the bench for mid-season are The Baker and the Beauty, based on an Israeli series telling the story of the unlikely romance between a blue-collar baker and an international superstar, For Life, a prisoner-turned-lawyer serialized legal and family drama co-produced by 50 Cent, United We Fall, a multicamera comedy starring Jane Curtin and Will Sasso, and Reef Bank, an action drama bringing Poppy Montgomery back to the small screen.
Cancelled shows never to be seen again are Whiskey Cavalier, Speechless, Splitting Up Together, The Kids Are Alright, The Fix, and For The People.
ABC Upfronts
ABC is shaking up their lineup this fall, with changes on every night save Monday and Thursday. The week gets off to a familiar start with Dancing With The Stars, followed by The Good Doctor. Roseanne returns for another season to kick off Tuesday nights, followed by The Kids Are Alright, about a traditional Irish-Catholic family navigating the turbulent 70s, then black-ish and Splitting Up Together staying put. The night ends with The Rookie, bringing Nathan Fillion back to the network in a familiar setting.
Wednesday starts the same, with The Goldbergs, American Housewife, and Modern Family starting the night, followed by Single Parents, a comedy about, well, single parents starring Taran Killam and Leighton Meester. The night is capped off by A Million Little Things, about a group of Boston friends who re-examine their lives when one of them dies. Thursdays stay exactly the same, with the three Shondaland shows remaining in place. A revamped Friday kicks off with the re-located Fresh Off The Boat and Speechless, followed by Child Support and 20/20. Sunday goes all reality, with a junior edition of DWTS sandwiched between America’s Funniest Home Videos and Shark Tank. The night ends with The Alec Baldwin Show, the first prime time talk show since the unfortunate attempt to keep Jay Leno happy while Conan O’Brien hosted The Tonight Show.
Agents of SHIELD will return in summer of 2019, and American Idol and For The People will return at some point. Also on the bench for mid-season are The Fix, a legal drama from Marcia Clark starring Robin Tunney, Grand Hotel, from executive producer Eva Longoria, and Whiskey Cavalier, about a partnership of FBI and CIA agents played by Scott Foley and Lauren Cohan. The one comedy is Schooled, a spin-off of The Goldbergs.
Cancelled shows never to be seen again are Alex Inc., The Crossing, Deception, Designated Survivor, Downward Dog, The Great American Baking Show, Kevin (Probably) Saves The World, Inhumans, The Mayor, The Middle, Once Upon A Time, Quantico, Scandal, Somewhere Between, Still Star-Crossed, and Ten Days In The Valley.