ABC Fall Schedule Heavy on Unscripted Series Amid Pandemic Production Shutdown

Peter White Television EditorCBS is exploring a range of options and timelines to get the next season of Survivor up and running.Production on season 41 of the long-running reality competition series was postponed in March – on the day that the WHO declared COVID-19 a global pandemic.

Emily VanCamp suits up as Sharon Carter/Agent 13 on the set of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier on Monday (September 14) in Atlanta, Ga.

John David Washington moved back in with his dad, Denzel Washington, amid the coronavirus pandemic — but he wasn't just there to relax. During an interview with 's guest host Samuel L.

Bruce Haring, Dominic Patten The producers of the Ben Affleck action film Hypnotic are suing their insurance company over its failure to extend existing production coverage without including a new, pandemic-related clause.Hypnotic, directed by Robert Rodriguez and backed by Solstice Studios and Studio 8, was set to head into production in April.

Mediatonic has announced that it will soon implement the anti-cheat system Epic Games uses for Fortnite for its hit battle royale game, Fall Guys: Ultimate Knockout.The developer took to Twitter to announce the news. While a release date for the coming update with the anti-cheat system has not been announced, gamers can expect it to arrive in a “couple of weeks”.“We’re really sorry about the cheating problem!” the studio said.

Typically at the end of summer, organizers of fall film festivals are completing their yearlong to-do lists. Shuffling the schedules of anticipated world premieres, arranging travel for A-list directors, planning the glittering parties that serve as quasi proms for the film world.

Also Read: ABC Sets Fall Premiere Dates for 'The Bachelorette,' 'Supermarket Sweep,' Other Unscripted Series“Since I was a kid, I have always been interested in people who help. People who save people,” Wilson said in a statement.

Will Thorne Staff WriterABC has called in Luke Wilson to save rescue its fall season.The Disney-owned network has announced a new unscripted series titled “Emergency Call,” which will be hosted and executive produced by Wilson, and will premiere Sept. 28 in the 10 p.m.

NBC is solidifying its fall schedule, including the returns for scripted comedies and dramas. While ABC and CBS have dated scores of unscripted fare, NBC is has released its formal plan to return to its business as usual schedule.

Nellie Andreeva Co-Editor-in-Chief, TVNBC is the latest broadcast network, which had announced a regular fall 2020 schedule, to make lineup changes as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ground the majority of new and returning TV series.The peacock network is planning on returning scripted series to start rolling out in late October.

Will Thorne Staff WriterNBC has announced its premiere dates for the fall, which will see September and October be packed with mostly unscripted fare, while most scripted originals have been pushed.The majority of the network’s big scripted shows, including “This Is Us,” its three “Chicago” dramas and “Law & Order: SVU” have been shunted back to November premiere dates due to COVID-19 production complications.However, there are quite a few shows missing from the network’s previous fall schedule

Rob Owen The 2020 Emmy-nominated variety talk series — Comedy Central’s “Daily Show With Trevor Noah,” TBS’ “Full Frontal With Samantha Bee,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” HBO’s “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” and CBS’s “Late Show With Stephen Colbert” — all had to quickly pivot at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Peter White Television EditorThe Bachelorette’s long-awaited upcoming season has finally scored a date on the ABC fall schedule as the Disney-owned network unveils plans for its unscripted slate.The dating format will launch on Tuesday October 13 at 8pm.

Peter White Television EditorFox is moving up its latest mystery entertainment contest I Can See Your Voice to the fall schedule to create a two-hour block based on Korean formats.I Can See Your Voice will launch on at 9 p.m.

starring Sonequa Martin-Green, will make its broadcast debut on Thursday, Sept. 24, just three weeks before the sci-fi show’s Season 3 premiere on Oct.

Three months after plotting a business as usual approach to its fall schedule, CBS is changing its tune.

Peter White Television EditorCBS has reshuffled its early fall schedule with a mix of acquisitions, scripted series from other areas of the company and non-scripted programming as it deals with the ongoing impact of COVID-19.The broadcast network is adding Star Trek: Discovery, One Day At A Time and Spectrum’s Manhunt: Deadly Games as well as a documentary spin-off of FBI to the schedule in September and October.This comes as CBS hopes to roll out its previously announced schedule of scripted

schools were allowed to reopen from August 11. Schools were among the first organisations to close their doors in March as the number of coronavirus cases in Scotland spiked.