Well, this year Fox has done it again, they've put out multiple schedules for the coming season, one pre-Idol, one for January, and for the spring. And, as usual, it's a little difficult to figure out exactly what's going on where and when, and virtually guaranteed that just because they say something is going to happen in January or in the spring there is no certainty of it actually occurring (save that American Idol and 24 will be back).
I've included two schedules here. They are the fall schedule and the spring one (in that order), I have not included the January one, but will discuss the differences below (new programs in bold):
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
| 7:00 | The OT | ||||||
| 7:30 | |||||||
| 8:00 | The Simpsons | Prison Break | New Amsterdam |
Back to You | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | The Search for the Next Great American Band | Cops |
| 8:30 | King of the Hill | 'Til Death | Cops | ||||
| 9:00 | Family Guy | K-Ville | House | Bones | Kitchen Nightmares | Nashville | America's Most Wanted |
| 9:30 | American Dad |
| Sunday | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | |
| 7:00 | King of the Hill | ||||||
| 7:30 | American Dad | ||||||
| 8:00 | The Simpsons | Prison Break | American Idol | Back to You | Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader? | Bones | Cops |
| 8:30 | Family Guy | The Return of Jezebel James | Cops | ||||
| 9:00 | The Sarah Connor Chronicles | 24 | House | American Idol Results | Canterbury's Law | New Amsterdam | America's Most Wanted |
| 9:30 | 'Til Death |
Confused yet? Well, let's add this to the mix. The January differences from the spring schedule are as follows: It's K-Ville in the Prison Break slot, 'Til Death in the Jezebel James one, Idol will run for an hour on Wednesdays at 9:00, not 30 minutes, and Friday and Sunday will still be the fall schedules.
There, now that that's all sorted out, on to the new stuff…
K-Ville. A cop show in New Orleans ("K" being Katrina, as in the hurricane). Marlin Boulet (how wonderfully Louisiana is that name?) is a member of the NOPD's Felony Action Squad. That's right, they go after the most-wanted bad guys. His new partner is a tough guy, serving in Afghanistan before the Big Easy, but he's still not comfortable with his partner's methods.
New Amsterdam. This is the story "of a New York homicide detective unlike any other" (Because we've never heard that before). John Amsterdam, back in 1642, saved the life of a Native American girl, but took a sword wound for his troubles. The girl in turn saved his life, conferring upon him immortality. Only Amsterdam's good friend, Omar, knows the truth, but he has a few secrets of his own. Things get even more weird as the Native American's prophesy about a soul mate starts to come true.
Article comments
1 - Phillip Winn
The Band Show would be a better name than The Search for the Next Great American Band, I think.
2 - TV and Film Guy
The title is just a temp one. it'll probably change to something more snappy.
3 - american youth symphony
America's Hot Musician May Seek an Injunction to Halt the Broadcast of American Idol Spin Off "Search for The Next Great American Band"
Washington, DC May 14, 2007- America's Hot Musician, a reality competition for instrumental musicians, www.americashotmusician.org, may seek an injunction to halt the broadcast of Search for The Next Great American Band, a spin off of American Idol by its producers FreemantleMedia North America.
American Youth Symphony (AYS), a non-profit organization promoting instrumental music in the MTV/Hip Hop Generation and producers of America's Hot Musician, contends possible copyright infringement.
According to Variety.com, Cecile Frot-Coutaz of FreemantleMedia said,"the 'Idol' brain trust first decided to do the new show at the end of last year's 'Idol'."We sort of thought it was a no-brainer and asked ourselves why we hadn't thought of it before," she said. "It's a natural extension of 'Idol'."
However, American Youth Symphony contends it had conversations with FreemantleMedia in February 2006, three to four months before the American Idol season ended, "as a good faith measure to alert them about our program and to make sure no potential legal conflicts existed", says Gregory Charles Royal, Artistic Director of AYS and creator of America's Hot Musician."We shared our format and title ideas and were given a greenlight as far as they were concerned. Their only caveat was against any use of the word 'Idol' in our title", says Royal.
America's Hot Musician ran as a pilot on YouTube and several PEG channels across the United States in 2006. Currently, the national version of the show will debut on the Oxygen Network in July, 2007 and begins taping in late May. Musicians from all over the country will compete and the show features National Symphony Orchestra Violinist Marissa Regni, Ex-Kittie Bassist Talena Atfield and Royal, a former trombonist with the Duke Ellington Orchestra.
The program formats are very similar in particular, that musicians of every genre are allowed, audition rounds, interpersonal exploration of the competitors, number of semi finalists and finalists, and frequency. Also, it is unclear whether bands- as opposed to individual musicians-are truly the focus of the show.
"We may seek some sort of injunctive relief because aside from the possible copyright issues, the FreemantleMedia producers seem, according to published reports, intent on rushing their show to the marketplace, which would be in direct competition with our program set to air beginning July," says Susan Veres, AYS Executive Director.
"The mission of our program, to promote instrumental music in the MTV/Hip Hop Generation,and provide non-traditional music advertisers, such as schools, a platform to recruit on national television, is too important a cause not to fight for", says Royal.
4 - Anna Creech
One thing you forgot to include in your summary/commentary was which shows would be broadcasted with the episodes out of order and which ones will be canceled within five episodes.