#i just want them to write an emergency where we can see pilot tommy in action again

[plutoloulou]

Maybe we'll get to see them utilise the hot pilot again in future episodes

I know Buck would agree, he might even give said hot pilot a reward after 👀

[jess-bradford]

in the romcom genre, the pairing gets a happy ending. no exceptions. romances that don't end with happy endings for the main pairing aren't considered romances by genre conventions. so, given that tim and oliver have been calling bucktommy a romcom... what's all this then? this is normally the place in the story where the couple just emerges from their honeymoon period to hit rock bottom. (see: the black moment). the characters hit a hurdle that seems insurmountable and then are forced to work through the issues keeping them apart to find their way back to one another. the third act breakup before the eventually happy ending. so... what's all this then? if i hadn't read the interviews i would've pegged this as the black moment, the temporary hurdle placed in the couple's way before they eventually work past it.

so where do they go from here? if this is actually not meant to last, i do think the breakup is going to leave a sour taste in some people's mouths even if B/T get back together. and they expressed wanting to get buck off the "hamster wheel" so just putting him in another string of not-meant-to-last relationships seems regressive. (i think having buck sleeping around could actually be interesting if handled well, but right now i don't know if i trust this writing staff with that sort of arc.)

also i will be honest and say, to me, it doesn't sound like lou is 100% absolutely not coming back. it feels like the door's been left ajar (which, they'd be dumb to completely slam it shut and cut off a potential avenue of stories just like that but still). and we should keep in mind that most of these journalists are B/E shippers first so there might be a slant baked into their interviews.

i just don't know where this is going now after being told by tim "this is a romcom" (thanks tim, you've broken genre rules if this is a permanent breakup) and that he wanted to get buck off the hamster wheel. i suppose they can pivot to buck taking what he learned into a new relationship but he's already done that after abby, after ali, after taylor, after natalia... it's just boring. if they didn't want buck to settle into being with tommy because they weren't sure how to write SLs for him that's a skill issue. they've written bathena just fine without constant relationship issues. they're happy and settled together but still have conflict that doesn't necessarily have to be relationship-related. they could've easily done that for bucktommy too. (kind of an aside, but it also feels like they don't really know what sort of SLs to give henren and madney.)

after going through the trouble to bring tommy back, set him up to fit in with the 118, stating that tommy being a firefighter/pilot could lead to his inclusion on calls, introduce and hint at backstory that tommy longs for family/belonging, only to never actually deliver on it... why?

[bekolxeram]

I know we've been manifesting S8 Air Ops since that photo of a hangar was posted by a member of the scouting team. And I know the other side has been mocking us for being delusional when other bts photos of an aircraft came out. So here I am, taking my shipper's goggles off, and diving into the aviation side of things. I have to admit, it left me with more questions than answers.

They already have a hangar for Air Ops in S7, they don't need another one

No. The 911!Air Ops we see in S7 is the Helinet hangar at Van Nuys Airport. Helinet is a company that rents and operates helicopters for news stations, film crews, medivac service or regular charter flights. You can compare images from 7x02 and 7x03 with Google Street Views of the Helinet Hangar.

You can also see N67TV and N29HD here.

Helinet is where ABC usually rents its news helicopters from, so it's cheaper and more convenient to film a couple scenes there when helicopters are needed. It can't be used for regular filming though, because Helinet has a business to run, and when a helicopter takes off, it's so noisy that you can't even hear each other talking, let alone shooting a scene. (I recommend watching the whole video, if you're interested in accuracy when it comes to writing fics.)

It's a plane related emergency so it must be related to Tommy

Also no. Again, I've written a piece about how Tommy was not the air tanker pilot in 2x14 before, and if he was not qualified for that, he's not qualified to fly an airliner either. It's not impossible that he flies a small turboprop aircraft like a Cessna 172, but he would never have the time to get certified as a commercial airliner pilot while working as an active firefighter since 2005.

And this is a prop for an Airbus airliner.

It's actually pretty easy to tell an Airbus aircraft from a Boeing one, as the shape of the rear cockpit windows is pretty different between the two. It's just a matter of which Airbus model it is. I believe it's a narrow body single aisle aircraft from the A320 family.

Wide body Airbus aircrafts, like this A300, have their side cockpit windows more tapered to the top. It also applies to other Airbus twin aisle aircrafts, like the A330 and the A340.

On the A320 though, the side windows are flat on the top.

So it's a pretty safe bet that the aircraft we see in that bts photo is one from the A320 family. I can't pinpoint which one it exactly is, because again, I can just see a tiny section of the cockpit, not the rest of the aircraft.

So the hangar must be for the airplane then?

The hangar itself is a former Air National Guard maintenance hangar at Ontario International Airport (ONT/KONT). It's especially used for filming. There are bigger hangars at the same airport for filming, but this one looks the best on camera.

They don't need a hangar for scenes inside of the plane, they have cockpit and cabin mock-ups at the studio for them.

You can clearly see the cabin door right here from recent bts footage. It looks just like a training facility for flight attendants.

They only film on location if they want shots of the entire aircraft from the outside. Like in 1x04, the scenes of Athena responding to an alleged unruly passenger were filmed in a set. The plane crash rescue parts of the episode though, were filmed in an actual retired 757 in a tub of water.

(Lone Star worked with this exact company for 3x08. Though, that plane was a 737 I believe.)

I can't think of any disastrous scenario happening in a maintenance hangar, where the aircraft is powered off with only maintenance staff present, no passengers or crew. Well, there have been cases of planes crashing into a hangar, but even then I don't see the need for the 118 to be there. Every major airport has at least one fire station on site with dedicated foam and crash units. In fact, there is a fire station right next to this hangar IRL.

Another problem, although I'm not sure because I don't have the actual measurements, is that the celling of the hangar looks quite low. (Refer to page 44 of this document) It was originally built in 1955 to house fighter jets. The F-102, the type of aircraft operated there in the 60s and 70s, has a total height of 6.5 meters. The tail of an A320 on the other hand can reach 11.76 m from the ground. (The shortest variant of the A320 family is actually even taller, 12.51 m.) So there could be some tail bumping action if you try to tow an A320 into this hangar.

So Air Ops is still a possibility?

Yes. This hangar is quite a bit larger than the Helinet hangar, but still not as big as the actual Air Ops facility. A helicopter is obviously much smaller than a passenger airliner that can seat over 180, you can easily fit multiple helicopters in there with plenty of space left for other set props. But the problem is, they don't have enough helicopters.

They have that one replica of N211FN that they used to film the search and rescue in 7x03, that's it. All the other helicopters you see on screen, including the real N211FN that actually flies, belong to Helinet. Sure, they can get some more fake helicopters that are empty inside just for looks, but I don't see the need to spend so much extra money just to show Tommy's place of work unless it's related to some major plot points. For now, I don't see how that would fit into the story.

There is also the possibility that the hangar has nothing to do with anything aviation related. I mean, they've filmed countless ads, music videos and movies, including Ford vs Ferrari there. Your guess is as good as mine. Maybe that's why that crew member eventually got the green light to confirm the hangar is indeed for 9-1-1, it tells us absolutely nothing.

[lonestarpost]

Lone Star Post ~ Masterlist ~ Issue 10

The Edits Edit

Some of the best edits this week that deserve all the love.

9-1-1: Lone Star | 1x01 ❖ PILOT by @lovebuck is an amazing edit showcasing some emotional moments from the pilot episode.

let me stay tender-hearted despite, despite, despite by @yusufsalkaysanis is a gorgeous edit of Carlos. “this”? you mean our family? yeah.  i’ve spent my whole life wanting “this” to work! is so good!

“Man.. Dude won’t stay dead!” BRIANNA BAKER as Nancy Gillian in 911: Lone Star by @shoenaerts is a great Nancy edit showcasing her first rate sense of humor.

— A T T I C U S by @rafasilvas is such a breathtaking Tarlos edit that showcases the beauty of their love and You went with your gut. I did. Good for you. I’m proud of you, son makes me emotional

Day 5 of @911lonestarangstweek​ - TK Strand: “I’m not mad. I’m hurt. There’s a difference.” by @sneetchestoo is lovely and so well-done.

This by @edmundo-diaz is so wonderful

911: lone star angst week. day 5: TK by @jddryder is a very cool idea

Fic Recs

Showing love to fantastic writing!

Wake Me Up When It’s Over by @benjaminrussell (benjaminrussell)

Word Count: 1965

Chapters: 1/1

A car backfiring triggers Judd, but luckily, he has his friends with him to help him cope.

As the world spins back in motion by @lire-casander (Lire_Casander)

Word Count: 1150

Chapters: 1/1

it’s in the small details — in the way his father says iʼm going to be a father, in the way his mother flutters around the house without actually moving fully in — that he feels his grip on reality slacking

Who am I if not seen through your eyes by @buckleymanes (Ravens_World)

Word Count: 2130

Chapters: 1/1

"It was just a second, but I still had that urge to take some of those pills for myself and- God, I’m so tired of feeling like this.

I can’t find the words to say by @alidravana (Alidravana)

Word Count: 1485

Chapters: 1/1

T.K. is reeling after his dad's confession that he has lung cancer.

Take it easy by @ao3theskyisblue (theskyisblue)

Word Count: 3290

Chapters: 1/1

“Are you looking to get infected?” Nancy raises an eyebrow, smiling when TK snorts. “Because I’m pretty sure I can make that happen.” “I see you’re just going to be a pain in my neck both on shift and off shift, huh?” TK teases, the words said without an ounce of heat, and Nancy shrugs, grinning smugly. “My lungs are dying, TK. I think I have complaining privileges.”

I will defend your every breath by @morganaspendragonss (hollyhobbit101)

Word Count: 2215

Chapters: 1/1

The thing is, Owen knows that TK probably thinks he is fine. TK’s always had a tendency to downplay his own illnesses and injuries, to the point where he’s even doing it to himself, which has resulted in more ER visits and emergency doctors’ appointments than Owen cares to remember.So, much as he would love to believe his son, all the evidence points to him being very much not okay. Owen’s about two seconds away from calling Tommy over when TK’s face changes, his breathing suddenly becoming very carefully measured.“Son?” he asks, reaching across the table to lay a hand on TK’s arm. The second he makes contact, however, TK violently shoves away from the table, chair legs scraping noisily on the linoleum.“Bathroom,” is all the explanation he gives before rushing off, very obviously unsteady on his feet.

Returning the magic by @reyeslonestar (apparentlyiwrite)

Word Count: 4298 

Chapters: 1/? (WIP)

When the quest Prince Carlos is presented with on his 25th Name Day turns out to be a more complicated task than it first appears, he and his friends must journey across the kingdom to dangerous lands. All the while, tumultuous clouds are gathering over the seemingly peaceful capital.

But You’ll See That’s Not for Long by @silvarafael (tiniestmite)

Word Count: 1372

Chapters: 1/1

You would think Carlos would know better than to try and hide a minor injury from his paramedic boyfriend.

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April 16-18: 911 Lone Star Weekend

Writing Prompts

Day 1: Romance/ “You are the only one for me.”/Fluff

Day 2: Emergencies/“Please, stay awake.”/Angst

Day 3: Found Family/“We’ve got your back, no matter what.”/Hurt/Comfort

Non-Writing Prompts

Day 1: Romance – Favorite tender moments

Day 2: Emergencies – Favorite rescue scenes

Day 3: Found Family – Favorite group scenes

In the Future Week: April 19th-25th

For Fanfic Writers:

Day 1: “Are all these kids really ours?” + fluff

Day 2: “We are not seriously writing our own vows, are we?” + humor

Day 3: “It’ll be okay, everything’s going to be okay.” + hurt/comfort

Day 4: “This was not how I wanted to spend the night before my wedding.” + angst

Day 5: “I can’t believe I’ve put up with you for all these years.” + friendship

Day 6: “Even after all these years…” + AU

Day 7: Free Choice

For Content Creators: (*We understand that this may be tricky, but for those of you who are super talented at making AU posts, here are some prompts. Feel free to take liberties with each, and as always, if you’re unsure, feel free to ask.*)

Day 1: Kids

Day 2: Wedding

Day 3: Tragedy

Day 4: Bachelor/Bachelorette Party

Day 5: Best Friends Forever

Day 6: Growing Old

Day 7: Free Choice

[lgbtqiahistoricalromance]

Most Anticipated LGBTQIA+ Historical Romance Novels for 2019

Any Old Diamonds by KJ Charles

- In which we stick it to a duke. Any Old Diamonds is set in the late Victorian era and inspired by a number of things: a real historical crime (not telling you which, that would be a giveaway), the popular theatre of the time (hence the music-hall title), and my urge to find out what happened to some characters in my Sins of the Cities series, set twenty years earlier. I loved writing this one; I hope you enjoy a more-sociopathic-than usual hero.

How to Talk to Nice English Girls by Gretchen Evans (February 14 - @carnationbooks )(f/f)

- n the aftermath of The Great War, everything is changing. But not for Marian Fielding.Marian’s life is quiet and predictable in the solitude of the English countryside, where she plans to remain and care for her parents.But Marian’s world is turned upside down when she meets brash, confident Katherine Fuller. Katherine arrives at the Fieldings’ estate for the wedding of Marian’s sister and immediately shakes things up. Instead of keeping an eye on the ill-mannered American girl and keeping her out of trouble, Marian finds herself magnetically drawn to Katherine’s vivacious nature, and they are swept into a whirlwind romance that will change both of their lives.But will Katherine’s unconventional behavior ruin their chance at happiness? Can Marian leave her old life behind? Will two women from different worlds find a way to be together against all odds and expectations?

Royal Court (A Royal Romance Book Three) by Jenny Frame (January 14 - Bold Stroke Books)

- Captain Quincy is a steady and reliable Royal Marines officer, decorated for gallantry after a mission that nearly killed her and the men under her command. At a crossroads in her career, Quincy reluctantly accepts when her old comrade, Queen Georgina, asks her to join the Royal Protection Command as the Queen Consort’s new protection officer. Holly Weaver, Royal Dresser and self-confessed man-eater, starts to question her sexuality when she has a girl-crush on famous actor, Story St. John and, then, polo player and friend of George’s, Captain Quincy. The good-looking captain’s emotionless personality is the opposite of Holly’s exuberant lust for life. When a threat to the Queen Consort emerges, Quincy and Holly clash over the best way to protect her. As the fiery passion they can’t deny begins to melt Quincy’s heart, Holly must decide how much of her own she is willing to risk.

The Replacement Husband by Eliot Grayson  (January 4 - Smoking Teacup Books)

-  Goddess-blessed Owen Honeyfield is destined to enjoy perfect good fortune. The arrival of handsome and eligible Tom Drake in his country town appears to be the latest manifestation, and Tom’s whirlwind proposal is the fulfillment of Owen’s desires. When his betrothal takes a disastrous turn, Owen is left heartbroken and at the mercy of Arthur, Tom’s disapproving elder brother. His reputation ruined and his bright future shattered, Owen must choose between loneliness and a marriage of convenience, with love no longer in reach. Arthur Drake has always taken responsibility for Tom’s scandalous behavior, but this time is worse — it isn’t just the family name at stake, but his own happiness. When Tom’s impulsive selfishness threatens to ruin the lives of everyone involved, Arthur has only one honorable choice. He’ll need to repair the damage Tom has done and fight for his chance at love, knowing all the while he may never be able to take Tom’s place in Owen’s heart.

Deosil (Whyborne & Griffin series) by Jordan L Hawk (Second half of 2019)

Hexhunter (Hexworld series) by Jordan L Hawk (February)

- Finally, Isaac and Bill’s story in this wonderful series. Watching them work around each other, and hoping they would have an installment, has been one of my major reading wants for awhile now. 

A Place for Wolves by Kosoko Jackson (April 2 - Sourcefire Books) 

- Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe meets Code Name Verity in this heartbreaking and poignant historical thriller. (YA!!)

James Mills isn’t sure he can forgive his parents for dragging him away from his life, not to mention his best friend and sister, Anna. He’s never felt so alone.Enter Tomas. Falling for Tomas is unexpected, but sometimes the best things in life are.Then their world splits apart. A war that has been brewing finally bursts forward, filled with violence, pain, and cruelty. James and Tomas can only rely on each other as they decide how far they are willing to go—and who they are willing to become—in order to make it back to their families.

The Seventh of December by Garrick Jones (January 14 - Manifold Press)

- Even in wartime, London can still be glamorous, but for Tommy and his handsome American a secret mission for a Royal Duke puts life, love, freedom and the future of the world in desperate danger…

As bombs rain down over London during the Blitz, Major Tommy Haupner negotiates the rubble-filled streets of Bloomsbury on his way to perform at a socialite party. The explosive event of the evening is not his virtuosic violin playing, but the ‘almost-blond’ American who not only insults him, but then steals his heart.

The Seventh of December follows a few months in the lives of two Intelligence agents in the early part of World War Two. Set against the backdrop of war-torn occupied Europe, Tommy and his American lover, Henry Reiter, forge a committed relationship that is intertwined with intrigues that threaten the integrity of the British Royal Family and the stability of a Nation at war. Neither bombs nor bullets manage to break the bond that these men form in their struggle against Nazism and the powers of evil.

Diplomatic Relations (Si Regency series) by JL Langley (February 19 - Dreamspinner Press)

- Opposites don’t just attract… they sizzle.A lusty special forces soldier who lives by his own set of rules, Dalton Fairfax decided long ago to stop wishing for his father’s love, and he found his calling. Now that he’s back home and between assignments, he finds himself at loose ends. When the opportunity arises to play bodyguard and help out his country, Dalton jumps at the chance. Not only does it keep him busy, but it just so happens that his charge is the man he saw on leave last month and hasn’t been able to get out of his head.Heir to a dukedom and a conservative politician, Blaise Thompson strives to prove himself worthy of carrying on the family legacy as the next IN Councilman. However, his closest competitor keeps getting in the way and taking credit for Blaise’s ideas. Maintaining his stellar reputation isn’t easy to do while keeping his outrageous younger brother in line and foiling his rival’s personal attacks. He has no time for a guard and even less time for romance.When a priceless antique goes missing, Blaise and Dalton discover that Regelance has larger problems than just IN plots. Now the only way to stop a scandal that threatens both of them is to compromise, and they are forced to confront the risk of losing everything… even each other.

Slay Ride by Josh Lanyon (February)

- 1943 Montana. Wounded in the Pacific, Police Chief Robert Garrett was hoping for a little much needed Peace on Earth, but finds himself chasing after a “fiendish” killer on Christmas Day–aided by eager young reporter Jamie Jameson.

Nomad’s Dreams by August Li (January 29 - Dreamspinner Press)

- Two men, each with a hidden destiny. Can they defeat a web of deceit and dark magic to ensure their fates intertwine?Bedouin Isra al-Grayjaab’s dreams lead him to Janan, an amnesiac beggar on the street of Qena—one who steals his heart and starts him on a seemingly hopeless quest. With only their wits, Isra’s knowledge of the desert’s secrets, and the aid of a mercurial djinn, they must recover Janan’s past. But neither can predict his true identity or the lengths others will go to see that his mind remains broken and his true power out of his reach.In a sweeping romantic adventure that takes them across the Eastern Desert to the modern streets of Cairo and on to the luxurious Red Sea Coast, Janan and Isra seek a truth that will either bring them into each other’s arms or tear them apart forever.

An Impossible Distance to Fall by Miriam McNamara (June 4 - Sky Pony)(YA!)(f/f)

- When the stock market crashed in 1929, it took Birdie’s whole life with it. A year later, she’s still struggling with the collapse of her father’s bank and his subsequent disappearance, and she’s determined to find him. She finally gets a clue when she sees a picture of the Jenny biplane that vanished with him on a leaflet advertising a barnstorming circus. She heads to Coney Island to get some answers, and promptly falls in love with the majestic spectacle of it all, from stuntmen to lady pilots, and especially with pilot June. When signs point to her father having moved on to Chicago, Birdie decides to hitch a ride with the circus. But while the circus folk might be the best thing that’s ever happened to her, a privileged girl who doesn’t understand how things work in the real world might be the worst thing that’s ever happened to them.

Moonwitch by MJ Willow (January 30 - @lessthanthreepress )

_ When several soldiers are attacked by wolves in the Duchy of Kamare, Prince Athanes travels north to solve the mystery. But the more he learns of the attacks, the more he realizes there is far more at play than hungry, desperate animals looking for food. He finds an unexpected ally in Faelan, a local hunter, but even he seems to have his own secret agenda…

A Shimmer In The Night (Dark Is The Night 2.5) by Kelley York and Rowan Altwood (January 1 - x-potion designs)

- Benjamin Prichard has spent much of his life feeling like an outsider. Growing up, his odd behaviour and visions of ghosts left him isolated, not to mention being the child of an immigrant mother and an absent father. Benjamin walks the line between not being Chinese enough for one community, and not English enough for the other. Whisperwood School for Boys changes everything. More specifically, Preston Alexander does. Drawn into a close circle of friends for the first time, Benjamin finally feels as though he’s found somewhere he belongs. But life is never simple; his feelings for Preston are hardly platonic, and Benjamin doesn’t need one more reason to stand out—which means the option of pursuing those feelings is off the table. But after graduation, when tragedy flips his world upside-down, Benjamin will need to decide which path he wants to chase: the one his mother always wanted for him, or the one that follows the boy he loves.  

Ones to Watch (Up and coming authors I follow on Twitter that are winning awards in their own regions, some published, but I would like to see more of their work!)

Isabelle Adler - working on an arranged marriage, fantasy plot to be published by Nine Star Press - Frost?

Tamara Allen - has published some lovely works, and now that she has recently released something new, I’m hoping she has something else for us in 2019

Cristina Bruni - published the charming Hearts at Sea from JMS Books, and I like her work with the sweet plot line

Blake Ferre - working on a series based in Revolutionary France - The Scarlet Crest - The King’s Secret 

Drew Marvin Frayne - his The Bibliophile novel was one that should have been on my Best of 2018 list, but I wasn’t able to read it in time - a sweet May/December with a western them, but it also tackled the subject of US government’s mistreatment of Native Americans and the consequences it caused

Jude Lucens - author of Behind These Doors, one of absolute favorite novels of 2018, and indeed many years before it - must see a second full novel in the series

Aleksandr Voinov - writes so many beautiful stories, but hoping for a new historical this year; his talent shines with the details

Lee Welch - received a lot of acclaim for Salt Magic, Skin Magic, and though I am not a rabid reader of fantasy, I want more…

[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.

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The Amazing wilderness survival stories

As detailed in The National, in January 2006 Megee was driving through Australia's Northern Territory. Three guys down him, claiming they had no petrol. In fact, they had no scruples, being robbers who slipped a drug into Megee's beverage, robbed him of virtually everything while he was passed out, and threw him in a shallow grave to die.

After Megee awoke, he was alone, had no working phone, no water, no food, no shoes, and no hope. After two weeks, he had been forced to start drinking his own urine, and did not eat anything before the fifth day. He eventually found a dam with water and such culinary delights as raw frogs, lizards, and leeches. Later, after several rounds of heat exhaustion and dehydration, he discovered a much better dam with more water. He remained there for nearly two weeks, but man cannot live on tiny insects alone, and Megee began to waste away. Everything from getting water to just waking up and walking around took massive effort.

Finally, after 71 days, Megee was rescued by nearby station-hands, who just happened to be surveying the area. By that time, he had dropped from 230 pounds to a skeletal 99 pounds, which makes his survival nothing short of a miracle.

, he was accidentally lowered over a super-deep crevasse. Gravity started pulling Yates toward the cliff, and he had to cut the rope to avoid careening to the ground below. This, however, sent Simpson careening to the ground below, and Yates finally returned to the campsite overcome with grief and guilt.

But Yates had saved his friend's life. Simpson crashed through soft snow, breaking his fall enough to keep him both alive and conscious. Then he crawled 6 miles back to camp (it took him about 60 hours to do so), relieving Yates of the feeling that he had just brutally murdered his friend.

Together with the broken leg, Simpson dropped about 42 pounds on the mountain. But he came outside living, plus he got to write a book and make a film about his ordeal, which are all superior alternatives to death.

, after killing a few Germans in a firefight, Baalsrud began running in the direction of Sweden, a neutral country where the Nazis couldn't get him.

He walked for nearly a week nonstop, and considering one of those Nazis shot him in the foot, that's pretty impressive. But then, an avalanche sent him plummeting 300 feet, catapulting his story from "impressive" to "legendary." He awakened concussed but kept stumbling in what he hoped was the direction of Sweden. He walked alone in the deep, blowing snow, for two months. Eventually, he stumbled upon the village of Furuflaten, where the neighborhood Nazi resistance group nursed him back to health. Then they brought him to some Lapps tribesmen in the Revdal mountain, who put him on a sled and whisked him into Sweden.

Baalsrud had survived, though he weighed about 80 pounds when he came in Furuflaten. Plus, he was so frostbitten he dropped nine toes, which he had to amputate himself. But he dwelt, and proceeded to be knighted by the Queen of England. Time took him away in 1988, at age 70, long after both Nazis and the components didn't do so.

, they were halfway up the 1,200-foot Cross Couloir when a snowstorm came a day earlier than anticipated. They would have loved to climb back down, but the deep snow, blinding storm, and incoming darkness made that impossible. They couldn't climb down once at the peak either, since it was pitch-black and they couldn't see any paths. With 50 mph winds and temperatures reaching -20 degrees Fahrenheit, the pair resorted to rubbing their bare feet in each others' armpits to keep frostbite at bay.

They lived the night, starting their descent the following morning. Problem is, they moved the wrong way, and had no cell reception to boot. They were also without food and were becoming increasingly soaked with cold water by the step. Their compasses did not work either, thanks to the iron in the nearby stones interfering with the compass magnets. When their waterlogged lighters failed to start a fire, that's when Matt uttered what nobody wants to say or hear: "Tommy, we could die out here."

They were succumbing to hypothermia when a chopper came ... and then flew away. The boys finally gave up and tearfully accepted departure. Luckily, the chopper returned an hour later and picked them up. Maybe the chopper pilot could have dropped them a note explaining the chopper needed to refuel.

, "I can do this. I'm not going to die out here. I'm not that kid. No one's going to write a book about me since I will make it."

Mazzaferri tried to follow his footprints back to a shelter (without glasses, that was all he could see), but darkness and the cold compelled him to hunker down for the night. Knowing hypothermia could kill him if he slept, Mazzaferri would rest for 20 minutes, get up and exercise to keep from going numb, then rest another 20 minutes. In the morning, he set off more hiking, but finally lost track of his own footprints. Seeing no additional options (or anything else, really), he began after deer tracks, which miraculously led him back to his own prints.

Eventually however, he ran out of tracks again and couldn't tell which direction to go. Luckily, he heard a plow crew across a freezing river. Despite being dangerously cold already, Mazzaferri followed the sound, swimming across the river to join his new best friends.

The Jewish Chronicle that for three weeks, he just did what he could to survive. He lit bug spray to make a makeshift flamethrower and ward off a jaguar. He swiped eggs from nests and ate them raw (based on the egg's progress, this was either breakfast or dinner). But overall, he ate very little, and has been regularly attacked by all sorts of nasty creatures. One day it had been fire ants, then a few days after he battled termites. After all, as he , "I'd have eaten human flesh. With desire at that level, it is just energy. It is beyond disgust."

Amazingly, his rescue happened almost completely by accident. Kevin, his rafting buddy, had survived and was searching for him but thought he had failed. So he landed his ship to turn around and just happened to land exactly where Ghinsberg had collapsed. That is the definition of fortune, although the grit and toughness needed to last that long is nothing short of Hollywood-worthy, so Daniel Radcliffe played in the film.

) so completely remarkable.

On August 13, 2011, Evans and his family took a Cessna plane to their new home in Anvik, Alaska. However, the skies turned cloudy, obscuring the pilot's view. They ended up crashing into a mountain, killing the pilot and another passenger instantly. When Evans came to, he found his spine, legs, jaw, and feet were broken, plus he had lost teeth. Worse, it initially seemed like his entire family was dead. They were not, but they were seriously injured. Bones were broken, his pregnant wife was coughing up blood, his son's skull had been crushed under the airplane's floorboards, and his daughter's intestines were "severed." Meanwhile, Donald could barely walk but was doing his best to crawl to each family member and help as best he could.

Night fell, the temperature dropped, and no rescuers came. Donald worked to keep everybody awake, as falling asleep in weather this cold might have killed them. But after 15 hours, he had given up hope. He fed his family some oranges as a previous meal, and then let them sleep. The National Guard had had other plans -- a helicopter came just a couple of minutes later to collect everybody. Amazingly, they all survived, including their unborn kid.

he told ABC News was his "survivor man routine." This involved drinking puddle water, no matter how dirty and disgusting it might've been. Regrettably, his difficulty with leaving the mountain proved harder to solve, as he kept going in circles and after rivers that led nowhere.

From the fourth day, he had reached his limit. He was cold, weak, tired, starving, and was running out of ideas. He found his way into a stream and began carving out a goodbye to his wife on a piece of wood. He also spelled out HELP using tree needles, one final stab at making certain his goodbye wouldn't be necessary.

The following morning, he ate a dandelion for his first food since becoming lost, and shortly after that a search team finally found him. They'd been searching for him all weekend, in possibly the largest search-and-rescue mission of the year. The moral of the story: Get your bait before you go fishing.

, was hunting moose in Western Ontario with only a bow and arrow for business. On the morning of September 26, 2011, he readied his bow and began some moose calls. Unfortunately for his search, no moose showed up. Unfortunately for his health, a black bear did. When the bear saw him, Prokulevich shouted for him to leave. The bear did not listen and ran to attack him.

Prokulevich tried to shoot an arrow at the bear, who chomped down on his arm and stopped that fantasy. The two began to wrestle, and the bear bit down on his neck. Prokulevich, spurred by thoughts of leaving his son behind, got some energy. He stabbed the bear's head with an arrow before it gave up, and then the would-be moosehunter hightailed it out of there, instantly boating back to camp, where he had been taken to an emergency room.

As it happens, Prokulevich had gotten super lucky. The bear's bites were inches away from puncturing his lung and damaging his spinal cord, so while he was certainly injured, he wasn't as mortally wounded as he could have been. Plus, now he has a story his son will never tire of hearing.

, lightning struck out of nowhere shortly after the storm began. While it knocked his friends back and slightly injured them, it struck Austin directly, shredding his clothes and leaving his muscles, as he put it, "taut as bowstrings." The strike had also left a long scar from his head to his feet, such as Harry Potter's mark taken to the extreme.

Had Austin been lonely, the lightning likely would have murdered him. His heart stopped for 30 seconds, he lost control of his breathing, and his blood-deprived legs were soon turned into a deep shade of purple. Luckily, his friends were there and could perform CPR to get his heart started again, and rescue breathing to get oxygen flowing regularly. They also massaged blood back into his thighs. They still were not working properly when a rescue squad came roughly 90 minutes later, so they needed to carry Austin down the mountain.

After about 90 more minutes of descent, Austin began to regain use of his legs. After 18 hours in the hospital, he was nearly good as gold. Within a month all his muscles were back to normal, and the only evidence he had of his experience was a comprehensive, harrowing story.