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Upfronts 2024: Procedurals, Sitcoms & Missing Persons On 20th Anniversary Of Greatest TV Season
Looking at the new broadcast scripted series for 2024-25, one cannot help but reminisce about what may have been TV's greatest season ever.
As they put emphasis on live viewing, which is linear schedules’ main target, and continue to cut programming costs amid sliding broadcast ratings, networks have been focusing almost exclusively on procedurals and multi-camera sitcoms, which are cheaper to produce, easier to get into for casual viewers and have better repeatability. CBS’ 2024-25 slate includes prequel NCIS: Origins, a Matlock reboot with Kathy Bates, Sherlock-world medical drama offshoot Watson headlined by Morris Chestnut, Young Sheldon sequel Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage and the Damon Wayans-Damon Wayans Jr. sitcom Poppa’s House. For now, streamers are willing to tackle those out-of-the-box ideas with shows like Netflix’s Stranger Things, Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and Apple’s Ted Lasso, or revisit some that originated on broadcast, with a new Office series ordered by Peacock and a new Prison Break installment in the works at Hulu.
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