Perhaps it was the additional gestational intervals for some reveals as a consequence of strike-related delays, possibly it’s the newfound comfort-food attraction of broadcast fare this season that has center schoolers binging reveals like Excessive Potential, however the brand new 2024-25 community scripted sequence have fared fairly nicely, with no outright flops amongst them.
In fact, some reveals have completed higher than others — we’ve had our first Season 2 renewal and again orders this fall, all courtesy of CBS. Here’s a rundown of the brand new fall 2024 live-action scripted sequence with particulars about what number of episodes every will produce this season, information on Completely satisfied’s Place and Lopez vs Lopez further script orders in addition to reason Matlock acquired a Season 2 renewal and never a again order like the opposite freshman CBS sequence and why one of many greatest new sequence of the season, ABC‘s Excessive Potential, received’t produce greater than 13 episodes.
Excessive Potential has been a breakout hit that already has grow to be ABC’s most-watched new sequence in 6 years, with its pilot episode crossing the 20M viewer mark throughout platforms.
Disney doubtless would’ve beloved to have extra episodes of the procedural starring Kaitlin Olson, which has been a fixture on Hulu’s Prime 15. Sadly, that isn’t an choice as a result of manufacturing on Season 1 needed to wrap after its preliminary 13-episode order to accomodate Olson’s dedication to her different full-time sequence job on FX’s It’s All the time Sunny In Philadelphia. (She additionally has a high-profile recurring function on Max’s Hacks.) Excessive Potential was on an atypical manufacturing schedule because it was initially ordered for final season so it completed filming early, about two weeks after the sequence debuted on ABC.
As a comfort, ABC viewers will be capable to see a bit extra of Olson past the 13 episodes of Excessive Potential as she is going to seem on the community’s comedy Abbott Elementary with the remainder of the Sunny gang in a crossover.
In contrast to Excessive Potential, ABC’s different new fall 2024 scripted sequence, Physician Odyssey, didn’t undergo a pilot stage that’s historically adopted by a 13-episode pickup. Coming from Ryan Murphy, the medical drama starring Joshua Jackson obtained a full-season straight-to-series order for 18 episodes in March. That matches the season sizes of Physician Odyssey’s Thursday ABC companions, Murphy’s 9-1-1 and Shonda Rhimes’ Gray’s Anatomy. Boosted by streaming, Physician Odyssey has been stable, with its pilot crossing the 14M viewer mark.
ABC hardly ever fingers out early renewals, and phrase is it’ll doubtless once more wait till spring for many of its renewal conversations however each Excessive Potential and Physician Odyssey look good for a Season 2 pickup.
Subsequent up for the community is the January premiere of recent comedy sequence Shifting Gears starring Tim Allen and Kat Dennings.
CBS had one other sturdy fall launch with the Matlock reimagening and Younger Sheldon spinoff Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage main the pack of recent scripted sequence, each setting new scores benchmarks for the community. With fellow newbies NCIS: Origins and Poppa’s Home proper behind on the leaderboard and the CBS quartet delivering the most important linear viewership of any freshmen sequence, all 4 have obtained further episodic orders.
Matlock, starring Kathy Bates, was among the many sequence whose premiere was pushed from 2023-24 to 2024-25 by the strikes. The longer lead time allowed the community to see extra scripts prematurely and get a greater sense of the place the authorized drama was going, leading to a full-season 18-episode Season 1 order, a rarity for a broadcast present that originated as a pilot.
The guess paid off. Matlock, which began manufacturing in spring, wrapped its order days after a preview of the primary episode drew 7.73M Stay+Similar Day viewers to units a 5-year non-Tremendous Bowl premiere excessive for CBS. (The quantity grew to 10.67M in L+3). After the scores held up within the second airing, CBS gave Matlock a very early Season 2 renewal.
Georgie & Mandy’s First Marriage has grow to be the third consecutive hit in The Large Bang Concept universe, following the unique and prequel Younger Sheldon. Drawing the strongest demo scores of any freshman sequence to this point this season, the multi-camera comedy was rapidly given a Again 9 order for a uncommon full-season 22 episodes.
The opposite two CBS freshmen, NCIS: Origins and Poppa’s Home, even have secured again orders (5 episodes every) for full-season 18 episodes, a typical season size by present broadcast requirements.
Historically, new midseason sequence get a 13-episode Season 2 renewal that might subsequently get padded with a again order if the present continues to carry out. That doesn’t apply to CBS’ midseason 2024 entries, Tracker and Elsbeth. Each did nicely of their first seasons, with Tracker rating as the highest leisure sequence on broadcast, so each had obtained full-season 20-episode Season 2 pickups.
Subsequent up is CBS’ new drama Watson, which is getting a premiere after the AFC Championship Recreation in January.
NBC‘s new medical drama Good Minds, starring Zachary Quinto, was one other strike-related switch from the 2023-24 season. It wrapped its preliminary 13-episode order in August. There was speak on the time about probably tacking on an additional episode or two however in the end, the order stayed at 13 episodes and that received’t change as star Quinto’s schedule took him to Broadway. He stars in Cult of Love, which opens Nov. 20 and runs by February.
However followers may get extra episodes of Reba McEntire’s new NBC multi-camera comedy sequence Completely satisfied’s Place, which additionally had obtained an preliminary order of 13 episodes.
Completely satisfied’s Place in addition to its companion, third-year sitcom Lopez vs. Lopez, which additionally had been picked up for 13 episodes, each have obtained an order for 3 further scripts. With each comedies at the moment in manufacturing, the script pickups might be transformed into episodic orders ought to the sequence ship stable scores within the coming weeks.
Completely satisfied’s Place has been a potent newcomer, logging a stable 4M linear Stay+Similar Day viewers on the low-trafficked Friday night time that grew to 10M cross-platform viewers inside per week. The sitcom additionally logged the very best new comedy launch on Peacock ever. Good Minds has been much less of a standout however nonetheless drew a good 9.2M cross-platform viewers for its premiere.
NBC simply premiered its promising new medical comedy sequence St. Denis Medical, and arising in midseason are dramas Fits: LA and The Searching Social gathering. The community is predicted to see how all play out earlier than making renewal selections.
Fox‘s Rescue HI-Surf additionally had an off-cycle manufacturing schedule after its premiere was delayed by the strikes from 2023-24 season to 2024-25. The lifeguard drama began manufacturing on its preliminary straight-to-series 12-episode order in early 2024 when the community ordered seven further scripts. By April, based mostly on the scripts and the finished first two episodes, Fox ordered 7 extra episodes for a full-season 19-episode order.
The John Wells-produced Hawaii drama has not been a breakout however has been stable and it has completed nicely on Hulu, so a second season seems doubtless when Fox will get to these selections subsequent 12 months.
Fox’s different new fall live-action scripted sequence, Homicide In A Small City, was greenlighted beneath the community’s low-cost worldwide content material mannequin for an eight-episode run. The thriller drama has completed respectably in the fee vs viewership ratio. It’s unclear but whether or not Fox would order a second season (There are sufficient books in L.R. Wright’s Alberg sequence for an additional installment) however the community is predicted to remain within the sandbox, supplementing its schedule — and steadiness sheet — with modestly budgeted worldwide drama co-productions, together with mysteries.
Arising are Fox new medical drama Doc starring Molly Parker and Denis Leary’s new comedy Going Dutch.
