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Distress is evident: the broadcast schedule in the corona version Israel today

2020-09-29T10:35:57.572Z


The plague disrupted the show for the new broadcast season in the US • Few new series, many recycled and reality in question | TV


The plague disrupted the show for the new broadcast season in the US • Few new series, many recycled, shows and reality show in question

  • A new reality.

    "Connecting"

This week was supposed to be the launch of the new TV season in the US, but the Corona disrupted the shows, and what comes up is a broadcast schedule that is more of a quilt than a festive and planned season.

Among the few new series to air this week is the comedy "Connecting" (free translation) which airs on NBC.

This is one of the first projects created in the new reality imposed on the world in the last six months.

The comedy series follows a group of friends who manage their relationships through screens.

In this way they create new romantic connections, and also share with their friends all the daily hardships they go through during the closure.

Another new comedy coming up soon is "B Positive" from the creator of one of the most successful producers on American television in the last two decades, Chuck Lowry ("Two and a Half Men," "The Big Bang").

The new sitcom stars Thomas Middleditch ("Silicon Valley") as a newly divorced psychologist who needs a kidney transplant, and discovers that someone from his past is probably his ideal donor.

The new drama series to come out soon is "Big Sky" signed by creator David E.

Kelly ("Parallel to Me," "Big Little Lies").

This is an adaptation of C.'s book.

Jay.

Box, "The Highway," which deals with a pair of private detectives who are investigating the mysterious disappearance of two sisters.

The series stars Ryan Filipa and Kylie Benbury ("When They See Us"), and has been filmed since August in Canada.

Locations for filming series in cities like Vancouver and Toronto are just one example of Canada's neighbors' contribution to the American television industry.

For example, NBC recently aired the hospital drama "Transplant" ("transplanted", in free translation), a Canadian series that aired in early 2020, but in the absence of new content to embed on the broadcast schedule - it found its place in one of the oldest television networks.

The plot of the series follows Dr. Bashir Hemed (Hamza Hack), a Syrian refugee who was forced to return to an internship to rebuild his medical record in Canada.

NBC, which launched a new streaming service together with the Universal Media Corporation Group in the United States this summer, also acquired the Canadian series "The Mirror," a suspense drama about an airplane that has disappeared.

Upgrade due to distress

Some TV networks have had to fill the broadcast schedule with series that have already aired on low-exposure platforms.

This, for example, happened with the police drama "LA's Finest" starring movie stars Jessica Alba and Gabriel Union, which aired a year and a half ago on a small, low-rated cable channel, and is now airing from the beginning on the Fox network.

This is a sub-series to the action series "Bad Guys" starring Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

On CBS, they put in their prime time the remake of "Star Trek: Discovery," which was launched two years ago on their streaming service.

A prominent motif in the current fall season is the upgrade of series that were supposed to be aired in the summer months, which are considered the cucumber season.

In the summer season, series with medium potential are often embedded.

One of them is "Next," a science-fiction drama centered on agents in the Secret Intelligence Service who are fighting new technologies that threaten to take over systems in the U.S. The series stars John Slattery, who played Roger Sterling in "Mad Man." Was to be part of the summer season, however due to the distress was upgraded to the fall season - a season that is considered much stronger on American television.

Another series that was supposed to air in the summer and was upgraded to the fall is "Filthy Rich" ("Stinks of Money", in free translation), which marks Kim Cattler's television comeback, which is Samantha Jones from "Sex and the City".

In the series, Cattell plays Margaret Monroe, a TV star from the genre of religious programs, who struggles with her family members who are begging to take over her media empire.

The revival of the amusements

And how is it possible to fill the broadcast schedule without reality and amusements?

In two weeks, the 32nd season of "The Race for a Million", which was filmed at the end of 2018. The return to filming of the 33rd season, which was stopped in mid-March, is not expected yet.

Recently, new seasons of "Dancing with the Stars" and "Island of Love" have come up, with strict social distance limits, and these days new seasons of "The Sharks", "De Weiss" and "The Bachelorette" are being filmed, which are scheduled to air in the coming weeks.

The fourth season of "The Singer in the Mask: USA" also recently aired, and even won a sister program that is followed by it in the broadcast slot: "See Your Voice." This is another Korean format, in which anonymous contestants sing with Lipsink. Only one contestant has the skills Real poetry, and the panel has to guess who it is.

The old trivia game "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel returns for another season, after making a comeback, as does the rival show "The Weak Squad" that comes back with a new host, actress Jane Lynch ("Waves").

Both are photographed without an audience.

Another game that is returning to the small screen in the United States is "Supermarket Sweep". This is a game from the Sixties, which is mainly a competition within a supermarket between couples who compete who will load more groceries in the shopping cart.

The biggest loser of the new broadcast season is without a doubt "Survival," whose 41st and 42nd seasons were scheduled to be filmed in the spring, and filming was canceled.

It is estimated that "Survival" will not return to the screen before the fall of 2021 at least.

Source: israelhayom

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