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Global unveils 2014-2015 primetime schedule

global fall schedule 2014

global fall schedule 2014

Shaw Media announced their plan for Global’s upcoming 2014-2015 television season.

Not only will Big Brother Canada return for a third season (in midseason), but the Shaw will be moving the hit reality series to Global from Slice (it overgrew Slice!). Also returning in midseason will be a sophomore season for Canadian series Remedy. Rookie Blue will also be back next summer.

New pickups include NCIS: New Orleans, Stalker, Madam Secretary, Gracepoint (Fox’s Broadchurch adaptation) and State of Affairs. Heroes Reborn will also be on the network’s midseason schedule along with The Dovekeepers, a Mark Burnett produced four-hour miniseries based on Alice Hoffman’s historical novel.

Some other programming notes: The final season of Parenthood will be shifted to Saturdays once Elementary returns to Thursdays at 10 p.m. in November, while they network has opted to simulcast The Good Wife with CBS at 9 p.m., moving The Simpsons and Family Guy to 10 p.m. & 10:30 p.m.

MONDAY
8:00 p.m. – NCIS: LA (pre-release/CBS)
9:00 p.m. – Sleepy Hollow (s/Fox)
10:00 p.m. – The Blacklist / State of Affairs (in November; s/NBC)

TUESDAY
8:00 p.m. – NCIS (s/CBS)
9:00 p.m. – NCIS: New Orleans (s/CBS)
10:00 p.m. – Chicago Fire (s/NBC)

WEDNESDAY
8:00 p.m. – Survivor (s/CBS)
9:00 p.m. – Chicago PD (pre-release/NBC)
10:00 p.m. – Stalker (s/CBS)

THURSDAY
8:00 p.m. – Bones (s/Fox)
9:00 p.m. – Gracepoint (s/Fox)
10:00 p.m. – Parenthood (s/NBC) / Elementary (in November; s/CBS)

FRIDAY
8:00 p.m. – About A Boy (post-release/NBC)
8:30 p.m. – Marry Me (post-release/NBC)
9:00 p.m. – Hawaii Five-0 (s/CBS)
10:00 p.m. – Border Security / Constantine (in October; s/NBC)

SATURDAY
8:00 p.m. – Crime Time
10:00 p.m. – Parenthood (in November; post-release/NBC)

SUNDAY
7:00 p.m. – Mulaney (pre-release/Fox)
7:30 p.m. – Bob’s Burger (s/Fox)
8:00 p.m. – Madam Secretary (s/CBS)
9:00 p.m. – The Good Wife (s/CBS)
10:00 p.m. – The Simpsons (post-release/Fox)
10:30 p.m. – Family Guy (post-release/Fox)

NEW DRAMAS

cbs fall schedule 2014Madam Secretary
MADAM SECRETARY stars Téa Leoni as Elizabeth McCord, the shrewd, determined, newly appointed Secretary of State who drives international diplomacy, battles office politics and circumvents protocol as she negotiates global and domestic issues, both at the White House and at home. A college professor and a brilliant former CIA analyst who left for ethical reasons, Elizabeth returns to public life at the request of the President following the suspicious death of her predecessor. The President values her apolitical leanings, her deep knowledge of the Middle East, her flair for languages and her ability to not just think outside the box, but to not even acknowledge there is a box. McCord’s team includes her Chief of Staff Nadine Tolliver (Emmy Award winner Bebe Neuwirth), speechwriter Matt Mahoney (Geoffrey Arend), press coordinator Daisy Grant (Patina Miller) and her charming assistant, Blake Moran (Erich Bergen). As McCord debates third world problems and finesses foreign dignitaries at work, that’s just a warm-up for when she goes home to her supportive husband Henry (Tim Daly) and their two bright children (Katherine Herzer and Evan Roe), where “politics” and “compromise” take on new meaning. 

cbs fall schedule 2014NCIS: New Orleans
NCIS: NEW ORLEANS is a drama about the local field office that investigates criminal cases affecting military personnel in the Big Easy, a city known for its music, entertainment and decadence. Leading the team is Special Agent Dwayne Pride (Golden Globe Award winner Scott Bakula), aka “King,” a native of NOLA who is driven by his need to do what is right. Working with Pride is Special Agent Christopher LaSalle (Lucas Black), who plays hard but works harder; and Special Agent Meredith “Merri” Brody (Zoe McLellan), a charismatic and tough interrogator who transferred from the Great Lakes office in search of a fresh start. Supporting them is coroner Dr. Loretta Wade (CCH Pounder), who is as eccentric as she is smart. This colorful city that harbors a dark side is a magnet for service personnel on leave, and when overindulgence is followed by trouble, Pride’s team is at its best.

cbs fall schedule 2014Stalker
STALKER stars Maggie Q and Golden Globe Award winner Dylan McDermott in a psychological thriller about detectives who investigate stalking incidents – including voyeurism, cyber harassment and romantic fixation – for the Threat Assessment Unit of the LAPD. Det. Jack Larsen (McDermott) is a recent transfer to the Unit from New York City’s homicide division, whose confidence, strong personality and questionable behavior has landed him in trouble before – but whose past behavior may also prove valuable in his new job. His boss, Lt. Beth Davis (Maggie Q), is strong, focused and an expert in the field, driven by her traumatic personal experience as a victim. With the rest of their team, young but eager Det. Ben Caldwell (Victor Rasuk) and deceptively smart Det. Janice Lawrence (Mariana Klaveno), Larsen and Davis assess the threat level of cases and respond before the stalking and intimidation spirals out of control, all while trying to keep their personal obsessions at bay. Kevin Williamson (“Scream”) is the executive producer for Warner Bros. Television.

fox fall 2014 scheduleGracepoint
10-episode mystery event series GRACEPOINT, starring Welsh BAFTA winner David Tennant (“Dr. Who”), Emmy Award winner Anna Gunn (“Breaking Bad”), Academy Award nominee Jacki Weaver (“Silver Linings Playbook”), Academy Award nominee Nick Nolte (“Warrior,” “Affliction”) and SAG Award winner Michael Peña (“American Hustle”), joins the schedule. The riveting mystery follows the tragic death of a young boy, and the major police investigation and nationwide media frenzy that subsequently overtake a picturesque seaside town, where anyone is a suspect.

nbc fall schedule 2014Constantine
Based on the wildly popular comic book series “Hellblazer” from DC Comics, seasoned demon
hunter and master of the occult John Constantine (Matt Ryan, “Criminal Minds”) specializes in giving hell… hell. Armed with a ferocious knowledge of the dark arts and his wickedly naughty wit, he fights the good fight — or at least he did. With his soul already damned to hell, he’s decided to leave his do-gooder life behind, but when demons target Liv (Lucy Griffiths, “True Blood”), the daughter of one of Constantine’s oldest friends, he’s reluctantly thrust back into the fray – and he’ll do whatever it takes to save her. Before long, it’s revealed that Liv’s “second sight” — an ability to see the worlds behind our world and predict supernatural occurrences — is a threat to a mysterious new evil that’s rising in the shadows. Now it’s not just Liv who needs protection; the angels are starting to get worried too. So, together, Constantine and Liv must use her power and his skills to travel the country, find the demons that threaten our world and send them back where they belong. After that, who knows… maybe there’s hope for him and his soul after all.

nbc fall schedule 2014State of Affairs
Each day the President is faced with hundreds of life and death decisions, and to prioritize the biggest international crises facing the country, one top CIA analyst – Charleston Tucker (Katherine Heigl, “Grey’s Anatomy”) — assembles the President’s Daily Briefing (PDB). This list of the most vital security issues facing the nation brings with it moral and political judgment calls for Charleston are her trusted group of brilliant analysts at the agency. Aside from the political minefields she has to walk, Charlie has a close personal relationship with the President (Alfre Woodard, “Desperate Housewives”) because she was once engaged to her son before a tragic terrorist attack took his life. Charlie survived that attack and is now determined to bring the perpetrators to justice. Navigating a complex personal life and a pressure-cooker profession is, of course, a challenge, and Charlie sometimes engages in boundary-pushing behavior to avoid facing her grief. But when the clock strikes 2 a.m., she is all about her job — protecting her nation, serving her President and still trying to get to the bottom of her fiancé’s murder that will reveal itself as a shocking mystery.

Heroes Reborn
The saga behind the 2006 breakout series “Heroes” will continue as creator Tim Kring returns to the fold and develops new layers to his original superhero concept. This highly anticipated 13-episode miniseries will reconnect with the basic elements of the show’s first season where ordinary people were waking up to the fact that they had extraordinary abilities. This series will be preceded by a new digital series that will introduce audiences to the new characters and storylines that will take the “Heroes” phenomenon to new places.
NEW COMEDIES

fox fall 2014 scheduleMulaney
MULANEY stars Emmy Award-winning writer and comedian John Mulaney (“Saturday Night Live”) as a rising stand-up comic trying to take his career to the next level, and the friends and mentors who lift him up, hold him back and push him around. The multi-camera sitcom boasts a cast of comedy all-stars, including Martin Short (“SCTV,” “Saturday Night Live”), Academy Award nominee Elliott Gould (“M*A*S*H,” the “Ocean’s 11” franchise), Nasim Pedrad (“Saturday Night Live”), Seaton Smith (“Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell”) and Zack Pearlman (“The Inbetweeners”). 

nbc fall schedule 2014Marry Me
Six years ago, Annie (Casey Wilson, “Happy Endings”) and Jake (Ken Marino, “Eastbound & Down”) bonded over their mutual love of nachos and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Now, after returning from a romantic two-week island vacation, Jake’s all set to pop the question. Before he can ask, though, Annie lets loose on Jake for his inability to commit. She was expecting him to “put a ring on it” in paradise and now Jake’s perfect proposal is ruined.

Not wanting to spend the next 60 years talking about that mess of a proposal, Jake and Annie decide to hold off on the engagement until they can do it right. Yet if history tells us anything, it’s when we really want things to go right that they all tend to go wrong. The only thing we know for sure is these two are destined to be together whether they can get it together or not.

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