U.S. Network Upfronts

International buyers will be heading off to the Hollywood studios in the coming days to screen the new series picked up by the broadcast networks.
For a full recap of what’s coming to screens this fall, visit World Screen’s 2012-2013 Fall Season Grid, featuring schedules for ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and The CW; pop-up trailers; descriptions and credits for each new and returning show; and a listing of series by studio. Go here to see it.

ABC’s new shows are The Neighbors, Nashville, Last Resort and 666 Park Avenue for the fall, and The Family Tools, How to Live with Your Parents (for the Rest of Your Life), Malibu Country, Mistresses, Red Widow and Zero Hour for midseason. Go here to read analysis of the ABC slate from Networked Insights, which tracks social media to assess how viewers are responding to new shows. For clips of these new shows, go here.

CBS, with a host of renewals, added just four series for the fall: the comedy Partners and the dramas Vegas, Elementary and Made in Jersey. For midseason, the network is prepping the comedy Friend Me and the crime procedural Golden Boy. Read Networked Insights’ predictions for what will work, and what won’t, here. Click here to watch clips of the new CBS shows.

FOX is adding just two comedies and one drama in the fall, picking up The Mob Doctor, Ben and Kate and The Mindy Project. Scheduled for midseason are The Following and The Goodwin Games, both of which Networked Insights predicts will fare well for the network. Read the analysis here. You can watch clips from these new series here. 

NBC opted for three new dramas for the fall, Revolution, Chicago Fire and Do No Harm, plus four comedies, Go On, The New Normal, Animal Practice and Guys with Kids. There were also a host of pickups for midseason, with 1600 Penn, Hannibal, Infamous, Next Caller and Save Me. Find out what Networked Insights has to say about NBC’s fall grid here. To watch clips of the new NBC series, click here.

The CW, which announced its grid this morning, picked up Emily Owens M.D., Arrow and Beauty and the Beast for the fall and The Carrie Diaries and Cult for midseason. For Networked Insights’ CW perspective, go here. For clips of the new CW series, click here.