Programming Note

Midnight Caller and Michael Hayes have completed their late night runs on Abaza TV. They will be replaced for the time being with some short run FOX shows, namely;
Werewolf (29 episodes)
Kindred: The Embraced (8 episodes)
Profit (9 episodes)
Fortune Hunter (5 episodes)
Brimstone (13 episodes)

Tuesday, May 17th 2011

6:00am
Law & Order: Los Angeles 1.14 - "Runyon Canyon" (2011)
The strangulation of a university student puts Detectives Morales and Jaruszalski on campus where they investigate the freshman pre-med's life for leads. What they find is a girl who did not match her cover. Unfortunately, all this knowledge will not help DDAs Dekker and Rubirosa when one last surprise surfaces during the trial.

6:45am
MLB Baseball
May 16th 2011
Minnesota Twins  2 @  5 Seattle Mariners

8:45am
Movie: "Fright Night" (1985)
Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowall
When a teenager learns that his next door neighbour is a vampire, no one will believe him.

10:30am
Zbyszko - Sammartino
Steamboat v Zbyszko
Steamboat v Muraco
Piper v Muraco
Piper v Orndorff
Hogan v Atlas
Snuka - Backlund
Snuka & Orndorff v Brute Bernard & Chris Tolos
Wahoo McDaniels v Greg Valentine

11:30am
The White Shadow 3.01 - "Reunion (1)" (1980)
The third season begins with Coach Reeves visiting Bayside Queens , New York, for his 20th high school reunion and reuniting with old friends, including a high school teammate, an old girlfriend, and his father, whose health is failing. Prior to his leaving, he gets a surprise: Jim Willis has left and Sybil Buchanan is now Carver High School principal!

12:20pm
Rescue Me 2.05 - "Sensitivity" (2005)
Tommy has a chance at finding his kids with help from his oldest daughter. Chief Jerry asks his son for help when his wife's condition worsens.

1:05pm
Rent-A-Goalie 1.04 - "Blue Balls" (2006)
The truce between Cake and O'Malley threatens to fall apart even as a mysterious infection sweeps through the goalie ranks.

1:30pm
South Park 1.04 - "Big Gay Al's Big Gay Boatride" (1997)
Stan has a new dog, Sparky (voiced by George Clooney), that is different from other dogs. He is homosexual. This troubles Stan, who has to concentrate on quarterbacking the South Park Elementary football team against Middle Park. Stan could be key in beating the 70 point spread against them. Sparky, after being hurt by Stan's feelings about his lifestyle, runs away and meets Big Gay Al. Stan, distraught by Sparky's disappearance, sets out to find him.

1:55pm
The Border 2.03 - "Floral Tribute" (2008)
When several Junkies turn up dead from poisoned African herion, ICS must track down the smugglers.

2:40pm
Tour of  Duty 1.21 - "The Hill" (1988)
Season Finale
Goldman and Nikki have a great time on a brief R&R that they spend together on China Beach. Their reunion is marred by the fact that Nikki refuses to marry him, fearing he will be killed in combat. Goldman returns to Firebase Ladybird to find that his unit has been assigned to help take Hill 1000. They've taken it before and lost it before. And this battle promises to be the worst. Even after the bunker is finally taken, it is found empty. They go back down so that a plane can spray a defoliate. They must go back and take that hill yet again. Horn has, in the meantime, gotten in trouble with a young -- and new -- officer. Sitting at the bottom of the hill and awaiting the court-martial, he sees a wounded Taylor and he decides to go back with his buddies and fight. Horn is seriously wounded and sent home.

3:30pm
Simon and Simon 4.12 - "Revolution #9 1/2" (1984)
Rick and A.J.'s fun-loving fortune-hunting uncle drags them off to an island in the South Seas in hopes of finding out what happened with crazy investment that had started to pay off, but then the checks stopped.

4:20pm

King 1.01 - "Lori Gilbert" (2011)

It's been more than a year since detective Jessica King was demoted to answering phones in emergency response, due to a "personality difference" between her and her former boss. Now a new captain has taken over the police force, and he puts her back as detective when the investigator of a high-profile case has a breakdown on live television. Impressed by her service record, the captain puts his complete faith in her, but will her new team, and the former head detective, feel the same way?

5:05pm
High Incident 2.17 - "Excessive Force" (1997)

5:55pm

Criminal Minds 3.07 - "Identity" (2007)
The BAU is called to Montana to investigate the case of three kidnapped and murdered women. When another woman disappears, the search leads to a man who has apparently assumed the identity of his partner who committed suicide.

6:40pm

Rent-A-Goalie 1.04 - "Blue Balls" (2006)
The truce between Cake and O'Malley threatens to fall apart even as a mysterious infection sweeps through the goalie ranks.

7:05pm
NHL Playoffs
May 17th 2011
Tampa Bay Lightning 5  @ 6 Boston Bruins
[Series tied 1-1]

10:00pm
Abaza TV Review of FOX Fall 2011 Upfront
my analysis

11:00pm
Law & Order: Los Angeles 1.14 - "Runyon Canyon" (2011)

The strangulation of a university student puts Detectives Morales and Jaruszalski on campus where they investigate the freshman pre-med's life for leads. What they find is a girl who did not match her cover. Unfortunately, all this knowledge will not help DDAs Dekker and Rubirosa when one last surprise surfaces during the trial.

11:45pm
Midnight Caller 3.05 - "Sale Away (2)" (1990)
Devon struggles with the sale of KJCM, wanting to ensure that her employees are well taken care of. She and Jack continue to lock horns, until push comes to shove in the delivery room! Jack has to decide whether to stay on at KJCM or move on to greener pastures.

12:35am
Hack 2.17 - "One For My Baby" (2004)
As Mike and his passenger exchange "she done me wrong" stories, he reminiscences about the time he almost fell for the charms of a greedy woman whose doctor lover deceived her husband into believing that he was dying. Marcellus arrests her lover for helping her husband arrange for a hitman so that his wife could collect on the double indemnity clause of his life insurance policy, but is unable to file charges on the woman both Mike and Marcellus believe was behind the entire plot.

1:25am
Criminal Minds 3.07 - "Identity" (2007)
The BAU is called to Montana to investigate the case of three kidnapped and murdered women. When another woman disappears, the search leads to a man who has apparently assumed the identity of his partner who committed suicide.

2:10am
King 1.01 - "Lori Gilbert" (2011)
It's been more than a year since detective Jessica King was demoted to answering phones in emergency response, due to a "personality difference" between her and her former boss. Now a new captain has taken over the police force, and he puts her back as detective when the investigator of a high-profile case has a breakdown on live television. Impressed by her service record, the captain puts his complete faith in her, but will her new team, and the former head detective, feel the same way?

2:55am
Abaza TV Review of FOX Fall 2011 Upfront

3:55am
NHL Playoffs
May 17th 2011
Tampa Bay Lightning  5  @  6  Boston Bruins

5:55am

Tour of  Duty 1.21 - "The Hill" (1988)
Season Finale
Goldman and Nikki have a great time on a brief R&R that they spend together on China Beach. Their reunion is marred by the fact that Nikki refuses to marry him, fearing he will be killed in combat. Goldman returns to Firebase Ladybird to find that his unit has been assigned to help take Hill 1000. They've taken it before and lost it before. And this battle promises to be the worst. Even after the bunker is finally taken, it is found empty. They go back down so that a plane can spray a defoliate. They must go back and take that hill yet again. Horn has, in the meantime, gotten in trouble with a young -- and new -- officer. Sitting at the bottom of the hill and awaiting the court-martial, he sees a wounded Taylor and he decides to go back with his buddies and fight. Horn is seriously wounded and sent home.

6:45am

off the air

7:00am

FOX 2011-2012 Upfront

Following are the FOX 2011-2012 primetime schedule and synopses of the new series:
FOX FALL 2011 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE
(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY
8:00-9:00 PM TERRA NOVA (new)
9:00-10:00 PM HOUSE

>>> Nothing For me here


TUESDAY
8:00-9:00 PM Glee


9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL (wt) (new)


9:30-10:00 PM Raising Hope


>> You gotta be kidding me....this is supposed to be the irreverant Fox network...looks more like OWN

WEDNESDAY

8:00-9:30 PM The X Factor Performance Show (new)

9:30-10:00 PM I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (wt) (new)

>> Teenage daughter actually looks good. Will likely check that one out.


THURSDAY
8:00-9:00 PM The X Factor Results Show (new)

9:00-10:00 PM Bones

>>> nothing to see here, move on



FRIDAY


8:00-9:00 PM Kitchen Nightmare

9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE


>> Nope. I gave up on Fringe after season 2.



SATURDAY

8:00-8:30 PM COPS


8:30-9:00 PM COPS

9:00-10:00 PM ENCORES / AMERICA’S Most Wanted (specials)


>>> Now that looks more like FOX...but I'll pass

SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 PM THE OT (NFL post-game)

7:30-8:00 PM The Cleveland Show

8:00-8:30 PM THE Simpsons


8:30-9:00 PM ALLEN GREGORY (new)

9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy


9:30-10:00 PM American Dad
>>> Nothing here


FOX MIDSEASON 2012 PRIMETIME SCHEDULE



(All Times ET/PT)

MONDAY

8:00-9:00 PM HOUSE


9:00-10:00 PM ALCATRAZ (new)


>> I will check out Alcatraz, one of the more promising shows of the year


TUESDAY


8:00-9:00 PM Glee

9:00-9:30 PM NEW GIRL (wt) (new)


9:30-10:00 PM Raising Hope


>>> Still no


WEDNESDAY
8:00-9:30 PM American Idol Performance Show

9:30-10:00 PM I HATE MY TEENAGE DAUGHTER (wt) (new)


>> Teenage daughter


THURSDAY

8:00-9:00 PM American Idol Results Show

9:00-10:00 PM THE FINDER (new) / Bones (spring)


>> No


FRIDAY

8:00-9:00 PM Kitchen Nightmares

9:00-10:00 PM FRINGE


>> No



SATURDAY


8:00-8:30 PM COPS

8:30-9:00 PM COPS

9:00-10:00 PM ENCORES / AMERICA’S Most Wanted (specials)

>> No


SUNDAY

7:00-7:30 PM ANIMATION DOMINATION (encores)


7:30-8:00 PM The Cleveland Show

8:00-8:30 PM THE Simpsons


8:30-9:00 PM NAPOLEON DYNAMITE (new)


9:00-9:30 PM Family Guy


9:30-10:00 PM BOB’S BURGERS


>> No


So, to recap. I will be checking out Teenage Daughter and Alcatraz (where you get sent for checking out Teenage Daughters).



IF I RAN FOX

My upfront would have looked like this


Monday

8:00pm ~untitled John Glenn project~ (Drama)

drama about vigilantes in new york city

9:00pm Alcatraz (Drama)


Tuesday

8:00pm ~untilted Owen Benjamin project~ (Comedy)

multi-camera comedy about a question-everything high school counselor balancing bachelorhood and his eccentric family

8:30pm


9:00pm

Wednesday

8:00pm Full Nelson (Drama)

drama set in the music industry in the 1980s and follows a woman as she rises in the business. Jerry Bruckheimer.

9:00pm Anthem (Sit-Com)

comedy about four guys from suburban Indiana who get a second chance at their dream when they reunite the cover band they had as teenagers but find themselves juggling small town fame with their domestic responsibilities.

9:30pm I Hate My Teenage Daughter (Comedy)

Thursday

8:00pm

9:00pm

Friday

8:00pm

9:00pm  Fringe

Saturday

8:00pm

9:00pm

Sunday

7:00pm  The OT (football)

8:00pm The Simpsons (comedy)

8:30pm Weekly World News (comedy)
comedy based on the supermarket tabloid of the same name

9:00pm


and that's it! 7 1/2 hours of prime time TV was all I could come up with from FOX. I take back all the nasty things I said about NBC!

Programming Note

Next week is the big week of Network Upfronts, where the television networks unveil their prime time schedules for next fall. What used to be a behind the scenes event for advertisers and affiliates has turned into an event much like the NFL or NBA draft with lots of intrigue, guessing, and waiting.

Abaza TV will provide a one hour analysis each night next week May 16th - 20th of the 5 networks upfronts. We will look at their schedule, come up with our own dream schedule of what we would have liked to have seen, and talk about which shows might be picked up by Abaza TV next year.

The dream schedules will be what shows we would pick from their returning shows, shows cancelled this past year, and their developmental shows.

The schedule of upfront analysis on Abaza TV will be as follows;
Mon May 16th; NBC
Tue May 17th; FOX
Wed May 18th; ABC
Thu May 19th; CBS
Fri May 20th; CW

Saturday, February 26th 2011

6:00am
Batman 1.17 - "True or False-Face" (1966)
The wily master of disguise, False-Face, steals The Mergenberg Crown by masquerading as the Queen's escort, and replaces it with a false one right under the watchful eyes of the police. Included with the paste crown is an obscure clue revealing to Batman and Robin that False-Face's next crime will be the hijacking of an armored car. They catch him red-handed at the Gotham City Bank, but he escapes in his Trick-Truck. The Dynamic Duo spirit False Face to an alley, where his flunkies give battle. The police arrive in time to apprehend the gang, but False-Face disguises himself as Police Chief O'Hara and escapes.

6:25am
Batman 1.18 - "Holy Rat Race" (1966)
As the train barrels towards our heroes, Alfred hears a strange transmission on the radio that alerts him to the Dynamic Duo's peril. He contacts Batman who requests that Alfred throw the short-circuit lever of thhe Battransmitter, causing Batman's radio to blow up and melt the epoxy on his wrist. He uses his free hand to reach The Batlaser in his utility belt, which he uses to melt away the remaining epoxy and free himself and Robin just as the train passes through the station and by our heroes! Batman and Robin return to Gordon's office at Police HQ and deduce that False-Face will attempt a bank robbery in which real money will be replaced with his own fake bills, so that the only money that will be any good will be False-Face's ill-gotten gains. (After all, who would think of telling the real tender from the fake?)

6:50am
The A-Team 1.10 - "West Coast Turnaround" (1983)
The A-Team delivers produce to the market for a farmer who is slowly being driven out of business by a land-hungry rancher. The A-Team has to fight against time, since their delivery starts to rot.

7:40am
Power Play 1.05 - "Off Season" (1998)
Brett's fiancée Andrea comes up from New York, but when Brett heads off to the guys' cabin retreat to talk to Shakey about his contract, Andrea ends up spending all her time with Duff and Brett has an otherworldly experience that teaches him a lesson.

8:25am
Dukes of Hazzard 4.07 - "Sadie Hogg Day" (1981)
Boss Hogg is in a jam when a state investigator is coming to Hazzard to inspect the county ledger - since he's been dipping into the public till. But luckily for Boss, it's Sadie Hogg Day - the day that women run Hazzard in different positions - and he fixes it so that Daisy becomes the honorary county treasurer so that he can frame Daisy for embezzlement, so that the missing county funds will be Daisy's problem, not his.

9:15am
FOX TV 2011-2012 Show Development Update
A personal look at the shows under development at FOX for next season, ranking them in order of interest to myself (thus to Abaza TV's chances of picking them up).
Currently Abaza TV has no Fox shows on the schedule. That may change next year based on these developing shows listed in order of what most interests me.

Anthem (Sit-Com)
comedy about four guys from suburban Indiana who get a second chance at their dream when they reunite the cover band they had as teenagers but find themselves juggling small town fame with their domestic responsibilities.

Full Nelson (Drama)
drama set in the music industry in the 1980s and follows a woman as she rises in the business. Jerry Bruckheimer.

I Hate My Teenage Drama (Sit-Com)
comedy about two women who now have daughters just like the girls who picked on them in high school.

~untitled John Glenn project~ (Drama)
drama about vigilantes in new york city

~untilted Owen Benjamin project~ (Comedy)
multi-camera comedy about a question-everything high school counselor balancing bachelorhood and his eccentric family

Alcatraz (Drama)
drama about a group of missing alcatraz prisoners and guards who reappear in the present day and the efforts of a team of FBI agents to track them down and unravel the mystery behind their disappearance 30 years prior.

10:15am

Movie: "12 Angry Men" (1957)

Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

11:50am

Password

12:15pm

Password

12:40pm

Password

1:05pm
NHL Hockey
Feb 26th 2011
Nashville Predators  2  @  3  Dallas Stars
 
3:55pm
Law & Order Los Angeles 1.06 - "Hondo Field" (2010)
Detectives Winters and Jaruszalski look into the murder of an oil rig worker who was also a possible whistle-blower. Unfortunately, new evidence discovered during the trial may aid the defense, which leaves DDAs Dekker and Boone scrambling to regain the advantage.
 
4:40pm
Law & Order SVU 10.10 - "Smut" (2008)
A beaten and raped woman who has no memory of what happened to her puts Benson and Stabler on the trail of a serial rapist whose victims don't know they've been assaulted, But when a fluke causes a mistrial, Olivia stops at nothing to trap the cocky perpetrator and gain justice for the destroyed lives he's left behind him.

5:25pm

Family Feud

5:50pm

Family Feud

(joined in progress)

6:05pm
NHL Hockey
Feb 26th 2011
Pittsburgh Penguins  6  @  5  Toronto Maple Leafs (SO)

9:00pm
NHL Hockey
Feb 26th 2011
Boston Bruins  3  @  1  Vancouver Canucks

midnight
Movie: "Excalibur" (1981)
Nigel Terry, Nicol Williamson
original full version
A spirited accounting of one of the most obscure periods of the world's history. This reprisal is magical in its execution and gives its audience something to watch.

2:20am
FOX TV 2011-2012 Show Development Update

3:20am
Movie: "Gladiator" (2000)

Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

5:55am

off the air

6:00am

Old FOX shows being collected by Abaza TV

Abaza TV has its eyes on adding the following shows to the rotation once current shows have finished their run;

Werewolf (1987-88)
Women in Prison (1987-88)
Parker Lewis Can't Lose (1990-93)
DEA (1990-91)
Woops! (1992)
Down the Shore (1992-93)
Bakersfield PD (1993-94)
The Adventurs of Brisco County, Jr (1993-94)
Wild Oats (1994)
Fortune Hunter (1994)
Medicine Ball (1995)
The Great Defender (1995)
Profit (1996)
Kindred: The Embraced (1996)
Brimstone (1998-99)
Action (1999)
Harsh Realm (1999-00)
Manchester Prep (2000-2001)

plus Fox original movies
Working Tra$h (1990)
Blood Ties (1991)