#hopefully i can reopen commissions during march as well!

[taoistyuri]

ok, it isnt the 1st of march in my timezone just yet but im gonna pretend it is...

ill be 20 years old in 1 month now.... kind of crazy to go into a new decade of age... O_O

its definitely a more 'adult' sounding age than before... (though of course in the bigger picture, its all still in the baby stage of adulthood)

[eichy815]

Fall Fusion 2020 (CBS)

Normally during this time of year, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and The CW get ready to unveil their primetime rosters.  However, this year will be much different, due to the uncertainty surrounding the Coronavirus pandemic.  Virtually all Hollywood productions are currently shut down until it can be determined that they are safe to reopen.  As a consequence, most of the fall pilots weren’t able to be completed in time for network executives to screen them ahead of constructing the 2020-21 network television season.  

Although the networks will still be doing “upfronts” in May, they won’t be live...and, more pointedly, they will probably be more tentative when it comes to potential calendar dates.  After all, we won’t know when series are ready to have their exact premiere dates green-lit until we have a more concrete timeline of when they can go back into production.

While many writing rooms have been able to operate and interact – in preparation for next season – remotely, the on-set production cannot resume until safety precautions are developed.  Presumably, these protocols will involve:  medical screening and constant testing for all cast and crew members; appropriate sanitization regimes to keep the sets clean; and creative ways to mitigate risk (such as more closed sets, “bottle episodes,” and tapings where studio audiences are absent).

The “bubble shows” for this season are probably more likely to return than they would have been in past traditional seasons, just because they are familiar commodities with infrastructure already in place...and there is obviously a lack of completed pilots for new series that could replace them.  These could-go-either-way series include:  Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist, Good Girls, Council of Dads, Lincoln Rhyme, Indebted, and Perfect Harmony on NBC; For Life, American Housewife, Emergence, Single Parents, Bless This Mess, Schooled, blackish, mixedish, and The Baker & The Beauty on ABC; All Rise, Bob Hearts Abishola, The Unicorn, Man with a Plan, Broke, Carol’s Second Act, Tommy, MacGyver, Magnum P.I., SEAL Team, and S.W.A.T. on CBS; Katy Keene on The CW; and The Moodys and Outmatched on Fox.

Some new programs have already received a straight-to-series order, whereas others could receive a blind pickup commitment based on their written premises.  In addition, I wouldn’t be surprised if some shows are held over until later in 2021, just so the networks have a way to hedge their bets if there was a “second wave” of studio shutdowns due to hypothetical re-infections in late-2020 or early-2021.

Based on this unprecedented state of limbo Hollywood finds itself in, I am constructing a tentative “blueprint” for each broadcast network from the limited information we have.  I have constructed their respective schedules in three hypothetical programming “waves” – November/December/January, February/March/April, and May/June/July.

Obviously, any productions are subject to further delay based on extenuating circumstances.  Likewise, a series that receives a more limited order of 13, 16, or 18 episodes could see its episode order expanded, if filming circumstances grow more favorable and the specific show performs well upon its return.

(All times are Eastern/Pacific; subtract one hour for the Central/Mountain time zones)

(New shows highlighted in bold)

Featured network for today’s column…

CBS

Sunday

7:00 – 60 Minutes

8:00 – Love Island (late-2020) / Ways & Means (early-2021) / Big Brother 23 (mid-2021)

9:00 – CBS Sunday Night Movie (late-2020) / NCIS: Los Angeles (early-2021 through mid-2021)

10:00 – CBS Sunday Night Movie (late-2020) / S.W.A.T. (early-2021 through mid-2021)

For fall “filler” programming, the newly-resurrected CBS Sunday Night Movie could fill two of the four hours on Sunday.  60 Minutes can continue to thrive in its traditional time slot, and Love Island would be easy and cost-effective enough to be placed in perhaps a modified format.

By January or February, political drama Ways & Means should be ready to fill the time slot previously occupied by God Friended Me.  The middle time slot would retain NCIS: Los Angeles, with S.W.A.T. bringing up the rear.  Even with scripted programs likely still finishing out their seasons well into June and July of next summer, the twenty-third edition of Big Brother (assuming that Season 22 is able to air sometime later this year) would be set to dislodge Ways & Means (even if the Patrick Dempsey-led newcomer gets a back-order of episodes commissioned).

Monday

8:00 – The Neighborhood (late-2020 through mid-2021)

8:30 – Bob Hearts Abishola (late-2020 through mid-2021)

9:00 – One Day At A Time encores (late-2020) / All Rise (early-2021 through late-2021)

10:00 – 48 Hours (late-2020) / Bull (early-2021 through late-2021)

For fall “filler” programming, Love Island or Big Brother 22 are programs that could fill space, as well as back-to-back episodes of the One Day at a Time remake (which is partially co-owned by TV Land, even though it airs on Pop TV).  48 Hours or any of its ancillary investigative editions would also be a reliable filler-in.

By January or February (or possibly sooner), The Neighborhood and Bob Hearts Abishola are two of the likeliest sitcoms to have stockpiled new episodes after being brought back into production.  All Rise and Bull would retain their time slots from last season, even if they’re not ready to debut their newest seasons until sometime after the new year.

Tuesday

8:00 – NCIS (late-2020 through mid-2021)

9:00 – FBI (late-2020 through mid-2021)

10:00 – The Equalizer (late-2020) / FBI: Most Wanted (early-2021 through mid-2021)

Love Island and Big Brother 22 are also possibilities to fill Tuesday nights, in the event that NCIS and FBI aren’t ready to return until November or December.  Meanwhile, the star power of Queen Latifah could make The Equalizer one of the first new dramas on CBS’s schedule to have original episodes ready, especially if the rapper’s lead character isn’t dependent on exterior location shoots for her scenes.  FBI: Most Wanted would return by January or February, at which point The Equalizer would migrate to a different night if it receives a Back-Nine order.

Wednesday

8:00 – The Amazing Race 32 (late-2020) / Survivor 41 & 42 (early-2021 through mid-2021)

9:00 – Undercover Boss (late-2020) / SEAL Team (early-2021) / Big Brother 23 (mid-2021)

10:00 – Out The Door (late-2020) / NCIS: New Orleans (early-2021) / SEAL Team (mid-2021)

For fall “filler” programming, Season 32 of The Amazing Race (originally slated for next month, but held back due to the postponement of Survivor filming its next two seasons) would be a logical choice to sub into Survivor’s time slot while CBS awaits Season 41 of Survivor to complete its delayed schedule.  Undercover Boss should be doable to adapt its format in light of Coronavirus mitigation, while the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced drama Out The Door could launch with lower-maintenance production needs.  

If Out the Door receives a Back-Nine order, it would move to a new night (or possibly even be placed on hiatus until the summer).  Survivor hopefully can air its forty-first and forty-second seasons almost back-to-back (with Survivor 41 premiering in January or February, and Survivor 42 debuting in the summer).  January would see the returns of SEAL Team and NCIS: New Orleans at 9pm and 10pm, respectively.  Once Big Brother returns in the Summer of 2021, SEAL Team would move over to 10pm to finish airing any of its remaining episodes, while NCIS: New Orleans could finish out its own season on Thursday nights.

Thursday

8:00 – Young Sheldon (late-2020 through mid-2021)

8:30 –  The Unicorn (late-2020 through mid-2021)

9:00 – Mom (late-2020 through mid-2021) / Big Brother 23 (mid-2021)

9:30 – B-Positive (late-2020) / Please Hold For Frankie Wolfe (early-2021) / Big Brother 23 (mid-2021)

10:00 – Evil (late-2020) / Clarice (early-2021) / NCIS: New  Orleans (mid-2021)

Following any episodes of Love Island or Big Brother 22 potentially airing in October and November, Young Sheldon, The Unicorn, and Mom would all return for the first 90 minutes of CBS’s Thursday comedy bloc.  Relationship comedy B-Positive would get the initial tryout in the post-Mom time slot, with a Back-Nine order possible.  Evil would return for its 13-episode second season.

Regardless of whether CBS orders more episodes of B-Positive, the new Julie Bowen sitcom Please Hold For Frankie Wolfe could be a post-Mom midseason replacement.  Once Evil wraps up its sophomore season, Clarice (a sequel to Silence of the Lambs, starring Rebecca Breeds) would take over that time slot for 13 more episodes.  NCIS: New Orleans would pick up the slack following Clarice’s season finale, shifting here from Wednesday night as Big Brother 23 returns in Summer 2021.

Friday

8:00 – Tough As Nails (late-2020) / MacGyver (early-2021 through mid-2021)

9:00 – The Good Fight (late-2020) / Magnum P.I. (early-2021 through mid-2021)

10:00 – Jordan Peele’s The Twilight Zone (late-2020) / Blue Bloods (early-2021 through mid-2021)

For fall “filler” programming, another edition of Phil Keoghan’s upcoming reality show Tough as Nails could be commissioned if its Summer 2020 run is successful.  CBS could also dip into its “All Access” library, featuring episodes of The Good Fight and The Twilight Zone reboot.

By January or February, the MacGyver / Magnum P.I. / Blue Bloods lineup should be ready to return, although their full seasons may need to extend through June and July due to the overall production delays faced by most returning scripted series.

Of course, new original series (including scripted programming) could be developed throughout the year and added to the schedule in piecemeal fashion.  It’s just going to depend on how quickly location shoots and live studio audiences can be reintegrated into productions as commonplace, once again.

Until then, TV shows will have to find creative ways around that...or develop alternative types of programming.

[keywestlou]

BLACK FOURTH OF JULY

Juneteenth. Never hear the word till 2 weeks ago. Already a bill being prepared for Congress to vote on to make the day a federal holiday.

Juneteenth is the special way June 19th has come to be pronounced over the years. Often described as the Black Fourth of July. It is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the U.S.

How the day came to be.

Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation became effective January 1, 1863. What most people fail to realize is it did not free all the slaves. It only freed those living in rebellious states. Lincoln wanted to weaken the South by freeing the slaves. Hopefully they would run away from their plantations.

June 19, 1865 is recognized as the birthday of the Black Fourth. Note the Thirteenth Amendment which freed slaves was not ratified till December 1865, some 6 months later.

Texas was the most remote of the slave states. Received Civil War news later than other states.

Union soldiers landed in Galveston, Texas on June 19th. They brought news that the war had ended and slavery had ended.

The blacks were jubilant. Most left immediately for the north. Traveled looking for relatives in other states.

June 19th was coined as a day of celebration. It grew in Texas in succeeding years. Then in other southern states. It became a time for the blacks to reassess each other, pray, and gather family members together.

Then except for Texas, the day began fading. Its resurgence came with the Civil Rights movements of the 1950’s and 1960’s. Received another significant move forward with the Poor People’s March on Washington.

In June 1980, Texas made Juneteenth an official holiday. Since then Juneteenth has experienced exceptional growth. Celebrates all African American freedom and achievement.

Most likely George Floyd’s death and that which ensued is responsible for the attention the day is now receiving. Black people want it formally recognized as their Fourth of July.

Key West is celebrating the day. Today. A Freedom March.

The March begins at 5 with speeches at the Key West Cemetery. At 6, the group will begin a march to Mallory Square.

There are some things I don’t like. They bother me.

Like tearing down Thomas Jefferson’s statue. Tearing down or vandalizing statues of other American heroes with little connection to slavery in years long prior to the Civil War.

Changing Aunt Jemima’s picture and name I find troublesome.

It has been announced that Uncle Ben’s, Mrs. Butterworth, and Cream of Wheat are rebranding in fashion similar to Aunt Jemima because of their racist origins.

Learned yesterday that many Blacks object to the use of the terms “Uncle” and “Aunt.” The words were a Southern form of address first used with older enslaved peoples, since they were denied the use of courtesy titles.

Respectfully, it seems society is going a step too far. Too much is being asked by Blacks.

An exciting week for Supreme Court decisions. Two significant ones. The first the recognition of the rights of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the work force. The other, the DACA victory. Which blocked Trump from deporting the children brought by their parents illegally to the United States.

A significant federal court hearing at one today. Trump is seeking an emergency order to block the release of John Bolton’s book.

Justice in this case would be permitting the publication to go forward. The book was already reviewed by Trump’s people and whatever they wanted removed was removed. Now Trump at the last minute claims there are more objections.

Additionally, the book has been sent to media personnel already. By whom, I am not sure. The book’s contents have been freely discussed on news talk shows for several days. The cat is out of the bag!

Typical of Trump and his insatiable quest for personal gain, the Court is being asked that in the event it fails in its request for injunctive relief, that Trump receive a share of the book’s profits.

People are hurting. Unemployed number 46 million. And the number continues growing weekly.

Compounding the problem, many are not receiving their unemployment checks. Months late in some instances.

The reason obvious. The states have run out of money. How is this problem to be remedied?

Another example of how government cannot be relied upon in case of emergency.

Recently, I began a 3 part series. The first 3 worst hurricanes in recorded history. One left to go. The Hurricane of 10/17/10. Not today, however.

I have been researching the hurricane. Came across an item I suspect will be of interest to those of you who read the Key West Citizen.

May Johnson is the belle of 1896. A 20 year old school teacher. A major item of fun is dancing at La Brisa as many times as possible. Like several evenings a week.

Researching for the Hurricane of 10/17/1910, I came across a La Brisa item.

Someone wrote comparing it to roulette. In doing so, the 10/17/1910 hurricane was compared to the 10/1909 one of the previous year. Described as a storm of the greatest intensity.

A gambler I am not. However the term “repeater” is prevalent among roulette players. It means that a certain number will come up twice in succession 1,296 – 1 times.

The Hurricane of 10/17/1910 was considered a “repeater.”

La Brisa was a pleasure pavilion. Primarily used by the affluent. Dancing, dining, etc. It was located at the Atlantic end of Simonton Street.

Owned by the Key West Electric Company.

La Brisa was washed from its pillars and dashed to pieces. Most washed out to sea.

Rain, rain, rain. Are we having rain! Almost every day for 3 weeks. Heavy pouring rain. Strange. Not the rainy season yet.

The local feeling is coronavirus is going to strike Key West and the Keys in general soon. We came through the virus pretty much ok till recently. The numbers have started to creep upward.

The Monroe County Commission voted wednesday that all businesses must require employees and customers to wear masks. Mandated!

Any violation a civil rather than criminal one. Subjects the person to a $500 fine. Had it been criminal, the fine would have been $500 and 60 days in jail.

Not going to work!

Greece has come through the virus well. The government was tough. The people listened.

Punishment was heavy. The owner of the business was fined, not the customer, if someone was not wearing a mask. The fine $20,000.

Louis says fine the owner and make the sum astronomical as the Greeks did. Guaranteed everyone will be wearing masks!

Hurricane Irma. Almost 3 years ago. Hit 9/10/17.

People and places still hurting.

Every now and then we hear about money coming from some government source. This time $4.9 million from the Florida Historical Department to repair 3 local historical sites.  The Key West Lighthouse and Keeper’s Quarters, Pigeon Key’s Honeymoon Cottage, and the Citadel at the Fort West Martello.

The coronavirus of today the yellow fever of yesterday.

On this day in 1865, the bark Adventure put into Key West. Four of the crew had yellow fever. They were taken to Marine Hospital.

The fever spread to the Army troops stationed in Key West. An epidemic began. Three hundred thirty one cases. Seventy one died.

The fever spread to the locals. The number who contracted the disease  unknown.

Today, one of significance. My 100th day in self-quarantine.

Wow!

How has it been?

Not bad at all. The 100 days has swiftly gone by. I do not feel I have been inside that long. I had 2-3 days out of the 100 where I thought I was getting a bit goofy. Passed, however.

I have learned to cook a bit. My food is delivered. Needed something more than ham sandwiches. I have reached the point where I can cook some fish dishes. Two filet mignons a week. Must be careful. Overcook and the rare flavor is gone.

I do a little ironing. Not much. Where am I going?

My time has been spent primarily researching and writing. The blog takes a minimum of 5 hours a day. My tuesday talk show several hours during the week and then 5 more tuesday afternoon.

I have worked on 2 books. Never will finish them.

Read several books. Used the internet for tons of additional reading.

All kept me busy day and night. Worked for me only because I enjoyed what I was doing.

I need to talk to people. Compulsive. Thank God for the internet. I have made several new internet friends. I Skype or Facebook message with them.

You are already aware of Cathy. Cathy from Seattle. Cathy who in the 1980’s lived 3 years in Key West.

We have cocktails once a week on Skpe. Labeled Cocktails at 7. Chat about 2 hours. She imbibes. I only occasionally. Try to limit myself to Diet Pepsis.

How long more will I remain self-quarantined? For a while yet I suspect.

Key West did good coronvirus wise till recently. The numbers are creeping up, however. In 2 or 3 weeks, we are going to have some significant numbers. Key West reopened too early and tourists from the mainland began coming down. Partying without benefit of masks and social distancing.

Enjoy your day!

      BLACK FOURTH OF JULY was originally published on Key West Lou