The WB adds three dramas, one comedy for fall
The WB's Entertainment President David Janollari and network Chairman Garth Ancier unveiled the network's 2005-2006 primetime schedule yesterday at Madison Square Garden.
The new sked includes three new dramas and a new comedy directly targeted at young adults. Janollari also announced two comedies and two dramas for midseason. The WB will use established hit shows on all six nights of the week to lead off the 8:00 hour and provide strong lead-ins for the new series. "7th Heaven, " "Gilmore Girls, " "One Tree Hill, " "Smallville," "What I Like About You" and "Charmed" will serve as 8:00 anchors across the schedule.
The new programs, and the entire WB primetime sked here:
The entire WB primetime sked:
CAPS DENOTE NEW SERIES Italics denote returning show with a new day and/or time period.
Sunday
5:00-5:30 p.m. Easy View presentation of "What I Like About You"
5:30-6:00 p.m. Easy View presentation of "What I Like About You"
6:00-7:00 p.m. Easy View presentation of "One Tree Hill"
7:00-7:30 p.m. "Reba" (encore presentation)
7:30-8:00 p.m. "Reba" (encore presentation)
8:00-9:00 p.m. "Charmed"
9:00-10:00 p.m. "Blue Collar TV"
Monday
8:00-9:00 p.m. "7th Heaven"
9:00-10:00 p.m. "JUST LEGAL"
Tuesday
8:00-9:00 p.m. "Gilmore Girls"
9:00-10:00 p.m. "SUPERNATURAL"
Wednesday
8:00-9:00 p.m. "One Tree Hill"
9:00-10:00 p.m. "RELATED"
Thursday
8:00-9:00 p.m. "Smallville"
9:00-10:00 p.m. "Everwood"
Friday
8:00-8:30 p.m. 'What I Like About You"
8:30-9:00 p.m. 'TWINS"
9:00-9:30 p.m. 'Reba"
9:30-10:00 p.m. 'Living With Fran"
Descriptions:
"Just Legal," starring Don Johnson and Jay Baruchel, centers on the relationship between a young prodigy lawyer and his mentor, a jaded defense attorney who has fallen from the big leagues. Jerry Bruckheimer produces.
"Supernatural" revolves around two brothers, played by Jared Padalecki ("Gilmore Girls") and Jensen Ackles ("Smallville") searching for the evil unknown creatures lurking in spooky small towns along the back roads of America. From Warner Bros. Television Production Inc.
"Related" from "Friends" producer Marta Kauffman and "Sex and the City" writer Liz Tuccillo. Stars Jennifer Esposito, Laura Breckenridge and Lizzy Caplan.
Based on the lives of four adult sisters. An insightful, funny, touching drama full of complicated relationships and heartwarming family moments, with a young cast targeting the core female audience.
"Twins," a comedy from David Kohan and Max Mutchnick. With a star-studded cast including Melanie Griffith in her sitcom premiere, Sara Gilbert in her first regular series role since "Roseanne, " Mark Linn-Baker of "Perfect Strangers" fame and newcomer Molly Stanton, the series focuses on twin sisters who could not be less alike. This brains vs. beauty comedy has Mitchee (Gilbert) sporting the intelligence and the determination of a successful businesswoman. Her twin sister Farrah (Stanton) is a stunningly perfect lingerie model. They're about to inherit their parents' undergarment business.
"Pepper Dennis," with Josh Hopkins ("The Perfect Storm," "Ally McBeal") and Brooke Burns ("North Shore," "Baywatch") in a lighthearted drama about an ambitious television news reporter looking for love.
"The Bedford Diaries" focuses on college students in a human sexuality class and features a diverse ensemble cast including Emmy Award-nominated Matthew Modine ("And the Band Played On, " "Any Given Sunday"), Milo Ventimiglia ("Gilmore Girls," "American Dreams") and Audra McDonald ("Wit," "Law & Order").
"Misconceptions" stars Jane Leeves ("Frasier") as a single mother who finds that the sperm donor who fathered her child was not the sophisticated, educated man she had been led to believe he was.
"Modern Men," from producer Jerry Bruckheimer and Marsh McCall is about friends in their 20s, Tim (Josh Braaten, "Less Than Perfect"), Kyle (Max Greenfield, "Veronica Mars") and Doug (Eric Lively, "The L Word") are childhood friends at different stages in their lives when it comes to women. They're desperate enough to seek the help of a renowned life coach to solve their relationship issues.
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