Jeremiah Lynch's Season Preview Predictions

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James Scoop did a nice job on his overview and now here's Jeremiah Lynch's overview and since you guys read the descriptions of each show I will leave that out of my analysis so a I can do a quick one and not write too much as I promised Proxio I would do this before Wednesday's ratings came out.

I sorted it out by channel TV number for each network because that's the way it will look in the guides.

Monday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - Jaws (Drama)

ROD 5 - Dallas Cowgirls Undercover (Drama)

ICE 7 - Truck Ladies (Drama)

RTN 8 - Security Guard (Comedy-Drama)

To start out the week this might be one of the most interesting battles of the week between two scripted shows when ROD's Dallas Cowgirls Undercover takes on ICE's Truck Ladies in my opinion this is gonna be a great battle this fall as both shows are very similar and the huge separator is their connections to their neighbors which in this case will be their lead-outs and right now Dallas Cowgirls Undercover or DCU has the biggest connection to its lead-out being WFL Monday Night Football and DCU being based on the WFL so I believe this is where the show has a huge advantage despite Truck Ladies maybe having bigger ratings for The Carpenters Hour. I think this will be a close race but both shows will cancel each other out as well and DCU wins the battle. RTN leads off with Security Guard against SBC's Jaws I think these two are pretty soft and will probably battle last place but I think Jaws is more established and more proven so I will go with Security Guard in last place.

1. ROD

2. ICE

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - Law & Order: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - WFL Monday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - The Carpenters Hour (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Moving Out (Comedy)

This is another good one two battle between ICE and ROD but this battle is all dependent on what game ROD gets for MNF while I agree with James Scoop that The Carpenters Hour will be consistent as it's not dependent on that kind of factor and the cool thing for ICE with The Carpenters Hour is that its already been battle tested against Sunday Night Football the season before so this isn't new territory for it at all. I pick The Carpenters Hour most weeks to win but there will be weeks where Monday Night Football will win depending on the matchup. Janet Moore is in Moving Out so I think this comedy is picked by many of us to be successful but the lineup around it is pretty bad and will need to improve but we got Moving Out in an extremely tough timeslot with WFL and The Carpenters Hour being two programs that had over 100 million viewers last year the room for extra viewers is slim I think this is a troubled slot for it but Moving Out will do enough to maintain 3rd place but will lose out on reaching higher ratings. Law & Order: LA will be in dead last place here behind Moving Out.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 9:30pm

SBC 4 - Law & Order: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - WFL Monday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - The Carpenters Hour (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Foreign Exchange (Comedy)

Foreign Exchange airs behind Moving Out and I think Strawberry Shields being attached to this project last season made it more favorable but now I think this is a mediocre comedy that's gonna bleed out of Moving Out pretty badly plus this timeslot does it no favors. The question is rather or not it beats out L&O: LA though which could be close but I'd still put Foreign Exchange in front of it it's gonna depend mainly Moving Out's lead-in and what the first half of L&O: LA gets in front it.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - CSI: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - WFL Monday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - The Carpenters Hour (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Married with Children (Comedy)

MNF and The Hour continue to go against each other here and will top this hour too but we got the comedy revival of Married with Children coming in against CSI: Los Angeles on SBC. Married with Children came in pretty successfully last year but I wonder how much hype this show even has now and being in a difficult timeslot it might get overlooked. I think we'll have a few shows in NITRO this year that will fall victim to the suspended season in NITRO last year I can see this failing on RTN this year honestly that's a wild prediction from me but I can see it doing okay numbers too but nothing too high though. Married with Children will do enough to hold off CSI: LA here.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 10:30pm

SBC 4 - CSI: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - WFL Monday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - The Carpenters Hour (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Supermarket (Comedy)

The only change here is Supermarket and this is an example of why I said before about what I said about Moving Out needing better parts around it. Supermarket is definitely going to flop on them I guarantee it this is the last half-hour of The Carpenters Hour too and the WFL game gets deeper into the 2nd half if its close game. Supermarket will be the first comedy that's canned for them it's gonna do that bad if I was RTN I would put no rookies in this that can damage their careers. This is a key too the rookies in all of NITRO need to be attached to good projects they can't be put in bad projects or pilots and expect to turn them around. I can see CSI: LA jumping out on top here in 3rd place.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - WFL Monday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - Overnight Nurses (Soap Opera)

RTN 8 - Chicago FM (Comedy-Drama)

SBC has nothing scheduled here so it looks like a three network race as MNF gets ready to conclude on ROD so they could see a boost with The Carpenters Hour going off so they'll win this hour easily if the game is close and doesn't sink too much if it's a blowout. Now the race for 2nd comes down to the lead-in and Overnight Nurses has the better lead-in here with The Hour in front of it so it should be able to take advantage of that situation and Overnight Nurses rated well last season so even without it could probably still do well here. I think ICE was smart to keep ON with The Hour this season like last season and the cast might be stronger with some of the rookies added to this cast. Chicago FM is a weird show to predict because the premise is basic but this one of the ones if cast correctly can compete with Overnight Nurses in this hour and remember there's no SBC in this slot so Chicago FM can feast here.

1. ROD

2. ICE

3. RTN

Monday's Winner: I believe this is gonna be tight and will go back-and-forth between ICE and ROD at the top and I believe like James Scoop believes because its played out this way through history the game that MNF gets will dictate the winner of these ratings. I'm going to give it to ROD because I believe DCU will beat Truck Ladies most weeks and that could be the difference.

1. ROD

2. ICE

3. RTN

4. SBC

Tuesday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - Full House (Comedy)

ROD 5 - The Stella Sisters (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Team ICE (Sports)

RTN 8 - 20 (Drama)

This is one full hour here this might be our first 60+ million viewing timeslot of the week for each show but I do realistically think one show in this slot will fail to reach 60 million viewers. I'm not totally sure which one it'll be just yet but I know for sure it won't be Team ICE as Team ICE should have enough viewers to make it well out in front winning the timeslot. I think ICE was very smart putting this show out there as this show connects the viewers even more to their new favorite draft picks and lets the viewers see them compete every week on an athletic level. Behind Team ICE is anybody's guess on who will win here as both Full House and The Stella Sisters did very good in the ratings last season as Full House is the main reason why SBC had a successful season with their TGIF block last season but now Full House has some real legit competition in The Stella Sisters here and I think there's more upside in The Stella Sisters going forward so I think they'll get a narrow victory here over Full House. 20 is another wild card in this slot because it has potential to really hit for RTN as it's the only drama in the slot but it will be competing against a stacked field it can go either way but I'll stay on the side of upside with it by thinking it can grab 2nd place.

1. ICE

2. RTN

3. ROD

4. SBC

@ 8:30pm

SBC 4 - Step By Step (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Baby Don't Rush (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Team ICE (Sports)

RTN 8 - 20 (Drama)

The comedies change hands in this half-hour and Step By Step also did very well behind Full House and unlike Full House could have easier competition but Baby Don't Rush has great potential it just needs to be cast well and ROD needs to announce its stars before Tuesday's ratings come out as that will really dictate what it will do for its premiere and episodes after that. If Baby Don't Rush is cast good because the premise is simple and promising and should get over with the country audiences and viewers who love The Stella Sisters then this will be out Step By Step and potentially catch 20 on RTN as well.

1. ICE
2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - Rachel (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Two More Bottles of Wine (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Team ICE (Sports)

RTN 8 - Mental (Drama)

Team ICE at this point will be in the 2nd half of their football game or whatever game it is that they got going in primetime and if it's a blowout not sure how many viewers will stick around if they do it's just to see their favorite new ICE stars put a hurting on the other team but Team ICE will draw well enough to top this hour. Just like the previous hour the race is for 2nd place here and I believe all three networks between SBC, ROD, and RTN have good lead-ins for these shows and starting with RTN they'll have Mental which will have to hold 20's lead-in to keep the night competitive and afloat and this is a show that can go either way I don't really see it bombing though too badly it'll settle into a respectable territory in my opinion. With the two comedies my guess is Two More Bottles of Wine beats out Rachel especially if casting is good on it not sure what Rachel is about. The studio has Jennifer Aniston from Friends as an owner and her name was Rachel on that show so I'm not sure if this show is based on her or something else if it's based on Friends it might do well here and beat ROD so I'll go on that until SBC confirms what the hell Rachel is based on and what it's about.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 9:30pm

SBC 4 - Sam & Brian: Friends (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Somethin' Bad (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Team ICE (Sports)

RTN 8 - Mental (Drama)

Things will remain unchanged here as both SBC and ROD have some strong comedies airing here as I remember SBC's Sam & Brian: Friends doing surprisingly well last season on Fridays but ROD's Somethin' Bad rated even better last season and this cast is stacked with some kick ass country female music artists getting into trouble every week. I would say Somethin' Bad wins here but this race between SBC and ROD will be close and might be back-and-forth all night long.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - Queens of Motown (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Hayden's Country Hour (Variety)

ICE 7 - Kelly's Thugs (Drama)

RTN 8 - Serial Mum (Drama)

ROD has one hell of a lineup here with the country theme very unique and very unique to that network and I think Hayden's Country Hour will pickup right where it left off and do very well here for them. SBC has done very well picking this comedy block as I believe Queens of Motown will continue to do well for them this season and make things very interesting in this slot. The drama battle between Kelly's Thugs and Serial Mum should be a good one both of them aim at the same kind of audiences which is more trouble for Serial Mum because Kelly's Thugs is already established and will have the bigger lead-in so Kelly's Thugs will mop the floor with it but Serial Mum will hold its own I don't see it flopping it's aimed at what NITRO viewers want these days some deranged females and this fits that boat. The question is where are all of these programs placed because ranking them is pretty hard I'll try my best though because all four shows are capable of either topping an hour or coming in 2nd in an hour elsewhere.

1. ROD

2. ICE
3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 10:30pm

SBC 4 - Gimme a Break! (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Hayden's Country Hour (Variety)

ICE 7 - Kelly's Thugs (Drama)

RTN 8 - Serial Mum (Drama)

Even though Gimme a Break! hasn't been a huge hit but the reboot has been successful so far hanging around season after season I think this is either the show's third or fourth season on the air. It goes unrecognizable because it's not huge hit and sometimes its numbers are enough to be cancelled but SBC has continued to stick with it because it's so steady and consistent. I expect it with probably the best lead-in its ever had to actually get its highest numbers this season and finally get some new viewers and some new recognition.

1. ROD

2. ICE
3. RTN
4. SBC

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - Mine Would Be You (Drama)

ICE 7 - Chicago's Most Dangerous Bitch (Drama)

RTN 8 - Lesbian Rampage (Drama)

One of 2013's most consistent new shows was Chicago's Most Dangerous Bitch which starred Jessica Lowndes and there's a problem there is no more Jessica Lowndes and ICE hasn't told us yet who will be replacing her and how the story will go but we know Jessica Lowndes carried this series. Obviously ICE doesn't want to let it go after just one season but if things don't go right and it isn't cast correctly it could possibly have a sophomore slump so we'll see how this goes but to me in this slot Lesbian Rampage is probably one of the top 5 most anticipated new shows of the season and I think this is gonna get sampled well and become a huge hit for RTN and the lead-in is solid enough for it to build to a respectable hit status number. I see Lesbian Rampage maybe overtaking Chicago's Most Dangerous Bitch in this timeslot and last year CMDB never had an opponent like LR so this could be hell on ICE. Mine Would Be You closes out country night for ROD it sounds like this being a completely different drama not really fitting that bad girls genre might be able to be counterprogramming. If it's good enough it can get a respectable number in 3rd I think CMDB does enough to beat it as CMDB does have the Kelly's Thugs lead-in as well that lead-in might dictate who wins this battle as well but I think it will be close with LR getting all of the lesbian viewers in this slot. Don't forget that Lesbian Rampage can also flop as well.

1. RTN

2. ICE

3. ROD

Tuesday's Winner: I think Team ICE will do just enough damage here to lead the night but the other three lineups are solid here so ICE was smart in coming up with Team ICE to give Kelly's Thugs and Chicago's Most Dangerous Bitch enough support. I think ROD's country lineup has the potential to hit second place here but RTN will be close behind here. RTN has a solid lineup from top to bottom and will be hard to knockout so if ROD and SBC are weak in any areas RTN will catch them but their lineup is solely dependent on 20's success leading off the night. Don't sleep on SBC's comedy lineup as TGIF was solid as hell on Fridays last year coming in 1st place until ROD figured that night out with Sheila Carter so the race for 2nd will be extremely close.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

Wednesday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - Aria, The Pretty Little Bitch (Drama)

ROD 5 - The Nanny Diaries (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Teen Angels (Drama)

RTN 8 - Melrose Place (Soap Opera)

Man Wednesdays are tough in the first couple of hours just like Tuesday as this field is stacked but I actually got Teen Angels coming out on top as Proxio has told me that ICE has stacked this cast up this season and this was already a show that did very well last year this could end up being one of the most watched dramas of the entire season despite the tougher timeslot it airs in this year. Coming in second will be tough as we got Karlie Kloss' hit The Nanny Diaries as the only comedy option in this hour and that helps it standout against Lucy Hale's Aria, The Pretty Little Bitch as Lucy is so big she'll be on two different networks on Wednesday nights this season. Aria will have a very difficult opponent in Teen Angels this year I want to see how this stands up to it as SBC needs this to start well again so that the horror dramas later in the fall can do huge numbers behind it. Let's not forget that Aria will be by itself for the first month or so of the season as the horror dramas aren't arriving until Halloween so that lower its numbers as well. This is a super competitive slot I'm not sure how Melrose Place fits in here you've got a comedy in here, a crime drama, and a horror drama so this is the only primetime soap in here so Melrose Place will depend on name brand or casting it can do better than expected by I actually liked the slot it was in before later at night than here.

1. ICE
2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 8:30pm

SBC 4 - Aria, The Pretty Little Bitch (Drama)

ROD 5 - Charles in Charge (Comedy)

ICE 7 - Teen Angels (Drama)

RTN 8 - Melrose Place (Drama)

Everybody might get a lift here with Nanny Diaries out of here but ROD has the revival of Charles in Charge in play here it should fit well with that Nanny Diaries audience since both shows are about nannies or housekeepers but Charles in Charge needs to live up the original which is the catch here. Not sure how this will actually do but I can't see it doing too badly but I think there will be some major bleedage of at least 10 million viewers out of The Nanny Diaries which will be enough to still beat out Melrose Place for a 3rd place.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - The Waves (Drama)

ROD 5 - Single at Fifty (Comedy)

ICE 7 - The Wrong Students (Drama)

RTN 8 - Curves (Soap Opera)

I decided to do SBC's first schedule since I think this can impact how these shows gain the audience they need to hold off the horror dramas come Halloween. Although Halloween has come a little bit early on ICE Wednesday nights as The Wrong Students drops in and this just be the single most anticipated drama of the fall if not the whole season depending on what comes out during midseason this year. The Wrong Students has a beast of a lead-in and could be the highest rated drama of the entire week that's my prediction this show is going to score huge numbers especially for the premiere its been hyped up for two years now so this will easily top the hour with no problems. The only problem is that SBC needs to move Heather to a later slot if The Wrong Students takes off that hard. Right now SBC has something called The Waves and I think that's a placeholder for Heather so it'll flop with no doubts and come in last place. RTN's Curves is interesting it'll have the Melrose Place lead-in but it might grow out of it I think people are sleeping on this show if cast right it can surprise here because I think ROD slides down here and SBC has a weak drama in here and somebody's gotta come in 2nd place. Curves has been as a daytime soap but I think daytime soaps can work in primetime if scheduled right just look at Sheila Carter on ROD last year that was a daytime soap that ended up being the highest rated non-ICE drama last season. The skies the limit for Curves as this is not a bad timeslot for it. Single at Fifty airs on ROD now after Lucy Hale bought the rights to it from SBC as this was a major hit when it started back in 2010 I believe it was one of SBC's first true comedy hits and Lucy Hale loves it so she's being a fangirl here but this show will not do too well on ROD in my opinion.

1. ICE

2. RTN

3. ROD

4. SBC

@ 9:30pm

SBC 4 - The Waves (Drama)

ROD 5 - My Girls (Comedy)

ICE 7 - The Wrong Students (Drama)

RTN 8 - Curves (Soap Opera)

ROD has to be careful here with My Girls this sounds like a potential super hit for them like Nanny Diaries I think it could do even better they may have to call an audible here and change slots I think ROD wanted it here because Lucy Hale's variety show will have a decent lead-in but if Single at Fifty slips too much it won't matter it will struggle this is a very difficult hour here with a power drama at the top so let's see if ROD keeps it here to see how it does and moves it later. I think My Girls and Curves might have a good little battle here but I got a feeling ROD will stack this cast up with their rookies so it might catch RTN for 2nd place but Curves will still look good here.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - Killer Love (Drama)

ROD 5 - I Love Lucy Hale (Variety)

ICE 7 - The Adult Years (Comedy)

RTN 8 - CVU (Drama)

This hour kind of all over the place for 10pm we have two soapy dramas, a variety show, and a sitcom so I think audiences will be all over the place here. I think The Adult Years will have the biggest lead-in and the show itself is strong enough to start a late night adult comedy block for ICE so this should be able to top the hour. I Love Lucy Hale is like the non-country version of Hayden's Country Hour from the night before we'll see if it gets any support. CVU comes in here after Curves and this is a solid procedural that can hang in there until Michael Myers' niece comes in late next month I think it can find its way and beat out Killer Love which I know nothing about I think this is a placeholder too so that'll be one and done. Overall though in this slot I think Lucy will beat CVU which will be a major victory for ROD here if it does that but it will be close so I'm going to stick with who has the better lead-in here and give it to ROD for 2nd place.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 10:30pm

SBC 4 - Killer Love (Drama)

ROD 5 - I Love Lucy Hale (Variety)

ICE 7 - Bastard Kids (Comedy)

RTN 8 - CVU (Drama)

Tahj Mowry is Bastard Kids but the show loses a key cast member today in Daniella Monet so they'll have to replace her. The show has had to replace a few people throughout its run but because Tahj is on there there's been no worries and ICE has a stronger roster now so they should be able to pluck in a couple of people and make this comedy bigger than it was before so with The Adult Years as the lead-in easy victory for Bastard Kids.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - Escape the Night (Drama)

ROD 5 - The L.A. (Drama)

ICE 7 - DJ Becky's Friends (Comedy)

RTN 8 - Brunswick Heads (Drama)

So far so good for ICE's late night adult comedy block but the real test of the entire block comes right here with DJ Becky's Friends which is basically a glorified Toronto's Friends reboot. This isn't actually premiering until October so we're going to have to wait a while to see how it does but this is ICE's only new comedy this fall which is unusual so I'm thinking the cast is going to be beefed up here so this could be an instant hit for them or an instant flop we'll see what happens. The competition against it isn't very strong at all even when the horror block comes in Living Nightmare is a weak link in the lineup it could top the hour. This is looking like a real weak hour here I think DJ Becky can probably do some damage here when it comes in and The L.A. might be able to go up more this season as it was in a tough timeslot last season. Brunswick Head doesn't look like it will do that well even in a weak slot as it'll squander that CVU lead-in so it will be in a battle for last place with SBC's Escape the Night or Living Nightmare but SBC absolutely has no chance with Escape the Night as this sounds like it will lose right away and it's another damn placeholder.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 11:30pm

SBC 4 - Escape the Night (Drama)

ROD 5 - The L.A. (Drama)

ICE 7 - Angry Landlords (Comedy)

RTN 8 - Brunswick Heads (Drama)

Penn Badgley and Lily Collins are back in Angry Landlords another successful Toronto's Friends franchise comedy that's been around for a minute now I believe on its third season now and its been so damn successful I don't see it stopping here a great way for ICE to close the night but hopefully for Angry Landlords DJ Becky and her Toronto friends don't do too badly here.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

Wednesday's Winner: This night is tough like Tuesdays and Thursdays are on the paper but I see way more weaknesses here that can be exploited so this is a little easier to predict. I think ICE has the best chance to dominate here and their x-factor is DJ Becky's Friends if this show hits then it's a done deal for ICE to run Wednesdays all fall long but Rebecca doesn't debut until October from what I read from ICE's premiere dates listing so the first three weeks are crucial for the other networks to solidify themselves on Wednesdays before that comedy settles in here. ROD has a solid comedy lineup but there's weaknesses in the middle and Lucy Hale's new variety show is an unknown here I think they will get 2nd place for now because RTN is weaker on this night. SBC starts the season weak then will get stronger and once Heather comes in and I agree with other people it's gonna need to move away from The Wrong Students before it premieres but SBC takes 2nd the rest of the fall after Halloween. This is a night that will change a bit as the fall wares on so I believe this night will look much different come different but its possible ICE doesn't see any change made to it.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

Thursday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - The Terri Shields Variety Show (Variety)

ROD 5 - Junior Beauty Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Teen Athlete (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Survivors (Drama)

This is an interesting timeslot because at the top I believe Junior Beauty Pageant has this timeslot on complete lockdown and ROD will control the night from top to bottom. There is a weird wrinkle here in this first hour though ICE is debuting their own NITRO based talent competition for the next draft and it's a new one called Teen Athlete and I find it odd how ICE scheduled this against another draft competition this not good for Teen Athlete as I believe Junior Beauty Pageant can hurt it early forcing ICE to move it before it's too late. ICE always has a weak night of the week so Thursdays will be it for them. I think Survivors is going to do really well as a series it's in a great timeslot for a new series and I think it will surprise especially since there's no similar competition around it yet and do pretty well maybe well enough to beat Teen Athlete. I have high expectations for Survivors it will need to live up to them. The Terri Shields Variety Show has gone cold just like Terri's NITRO career as it's already going against a big variety series in Junior Beauty Pageant these pageants are basically variety shows themselves so that's gonna hurt Terri a bit here but I don't think Terri will do that awful it'll do well enough for SBC here but still bring up the rear in the basement.

1. ROD

2. RTN

3. ICE

4. SBC

@ 8:30pm

SBC 4 - Rachel (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Junior Beauty Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Teen Athlete (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Survivors (Drama)

We have the second airing of the week in Rachel and if this show hits it might be a factor here but I still have no idea what it's about yet to make that assumption. If Terri can hold water then Rachel could lift itself and tear down the ratings for the competition a little bit here and maybe even catch Teen Athlete. I believe Teen Athlete is going to do great for NITRO but ICE made a huge mistake with its timeslot and will need to change it before November at least. I think ICE might take the lost during the audition period and make sure the live shows in November are in a different slot.

1. ROD

2. RTN

3. SBC

4. ICE

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - My Gay Neighbors (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Junior Beauty Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Self-Defense (Drama)

RTN 8 - Fugitive at 17 (Drama)

Junior Beauty Pageant will still lead the way but that race for 2nd place looks real tight though because RTN's Fugitive at 17 is going to do very well in this slot and will have the odds on its side to be the favorite to finish in second place. This timeslot looks harder than before mainly because Self-Defense looks like a better show after ICE improved it with the Staying Alive move here improving both shows I think Self-Defense is a huge wild card here because my expectations were real low for it until I saw this move it can go either way. I feel real good about My Gay Neighbors the Will & Grace of NITRO and I feel like this show will be a huge hit and if Rachel does well enough this can steal 2nd place from Fugitive at 17.

1. ROD

2. RTN

3. SBC

4. ICE

@ 9:30pm

SBC 4 - Ben & Trent (Comedy)

ROD 5 - Junior Beauty Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Self-Defense (Drama)

RTN 8 - Fugitive at 17 (Drama)

Ben & Trent looks like the weak link of the comedy block I don't feel good about this show at all even though its lead-in is perfect for it I think the show is just plain bad and just because it might appeal to the LGBT community doesn't mean they'll even support a bad show. This turkey goes to the bottom of the standings and this is where Fugitive at 17 and Self-Defense can pickup more viewers. I believe the Junior Beauty Pageant will naturally rise more here since this is their last half-hour of the night and it goes into the Miss Roderick Pageant audience that follows.

1. ROD

2. RTN

3. ICE

4. SBC

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - Seattle Mysteries (Drama)

ROD 5 - Miss Roderick Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Janit O'Day (Drama)

RTN 8 - Cam Girls (Drama)

Things switch for ROD from the babies competing at the Junior Beauty Pageant to the grown people competing at the Miss ROD Pageant and you know what things won't change in the ratings here they'll still be on top but the hour becomes weaker. I think this is where ICE goes up a bit with Janit O'Day here but this is one of the most interesting battles of the week with Cam Girls airing here as RTN listened to the media and fans and decided to get Cam Girls next to Fugitive at 17 which could be a good move but it will be hard. I think Cam Girls probably gets slightly higher numbers on Friday but this is actually a better slot for it as it's later in the night too I just think Janit O'Day might be a problem for it right here. Cam Girls should have the stronger lead-in and I'm going to base this off of the lead-in but this will be a tight race. Seattle Mysteries makes this a real tough timeslot too as Seattle Mysteries has been solid throughout its NITRO run it's actually been around since 2009 airing on ICE first before SBC bought the rights to it back in 2012. SBC will still finish in last place here but man it's gonna be a tough hour as nothing in this hour will flop at all everything will be over 50 million viewers here is my guess.

1. ROD

2. ICE

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - Miss Roderick Pageant (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Cherry Street Boarding School for Girls (Soap Opera)

RTN 8 - Sex Trafficker (Drama)

Miss ROD Pageant still airs here and there's a review show to follow that will drop a little bit but can still top the hour depending on how the brand new Cherry Street Boarding School does as this show has been protected by Janit O'Day so ICE wants it to do well and it actually can as this slot is super weak I think if it fails here it'll fail everywhere else it doesn't get more easier than this slot here honestly with Miss ROD as your only competition. I think Cherry Street will do well here and this will help it gain an audience for when it's on its own in a much tougher timeslot leading off Saturday nights for ICE. Cherry Street Boarding School is an easy win here and this is a weird situation because RTN can win either way if Cherry Street does well since this was their pilot so even if Sex Trafficker fails here and it will at least Cherry Street will do well for ICE even though it doesn't directly air on their network. It's the same case earlier in the night with Junior Beauty Pageant maybe ICE weakened those first two hours so it wouldn't face tough competition from ICE programming that could legitimately beat it and ROD has Self-Defense so if that does well for ICE that'll be great for ROD and ROD had My Gay Neighbors as well and I forgot to mention that there's a lot of bought pilots here on Thursdays and RTN has ICE's Fugitive at 17 so there's a legit 4-way battle going on at 9pm where it's all bought pilots except for Ben & Trent. Back to Sex Trafficker I think it's in a great lineup but the question is if the show itself can battle well here I think it bleeds a lot from Cam Girls here is my ultimate guess.

1. ROD

2. ICE

3. RTN

Thursday's Winner: This is a guaranteed victory for ROD as the pageants are too dominate here and it seems like ICE knows that and purposely made this their weakest night of the week. ROD goes first here I think RTN has their best lineup here they go 2nd here and I think ICE is a little stronger than SBC here so I think ICE gets third place and improves throughout the season on the night with a change or two.

1. ROD

2. RTN

3. ICE

4. SBC

Friday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - Emily Osment's Super Diss Show (Variety)

ROD 5 - Koy Jung Variety Show (Variety)

ICE 7 - Jaime (Comedy)

RTN 8 - Black Flag (Drama)

Fridays are gonna be super interesting this season although ICE will likely win all of the timeslots but I think that race for 2nd place is gonna be hella interesting. ICE leads with Jaime here which was solid for ICE last season but not that strong either so I hear that Jaime is gonna be much stronger this season with a better cast added and that's the theme for all of the Friday comedies for ICE they've added their draft picks to the cast and that's gonna make a huge difference for Jaime here to land on top and be much stronger than last season. I do believe Jaime will be stronger this year but Koy Jung is a real wild card here as I read James Scoop's suggestion somewhere to include the Miss ROD Pageant results into the show and I believe ROD said they'll think about doing that if Koy Jung struggles in this slot. I think Koy Jung might one of ROD's biggest rookies and I think it means a lot here that they gave Koy her own variety show this early in her career but I believe if it flops it can hurt her potential as well this is a huge risk that Lucy Hale did here she's living and dying with this show for one of her more promising rookies here. Koy Jung comes in 3rd place in this slot but not sure how it will actually do. SBC throws out another diss show which haven't done too well in the past the only one that's worked is Molly in South Philly and that's because it's more than just a diss show it's a half-hour variety comedy. Emily Osment is hot in the news right and she has some good things to say but I don't think it's gonna be enough here to get people to not watch Jaime or Koy Jung in this timeslot. RTN throws out there Black Flag and this is a good show but it's way off brand for NITRO viewers and that's my concern is that the diss shows on SBC might actually beat it because they do have Team SBC on afterwards like I read from rodshooter before so this will be interesting.

1. ICE

2. ROD
3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 8:30pm

SBC 4 - The Kaitlyn Dever & Molly McCook Diss Ephraim Show (Variety)

ROD 5 - Koy Jung Variety Show (Variety)

ICE 7 - Molly in South Philly (Variety)

RTN 8 - Black Flag (Drama)

If Jaime is unable to really grow to take 1st place then I know for sure Molly in South Philly will start ICE's pure dominance of the night. This show's cast is stacked from top to bottom with all of the Philly kids that were just drafted. I haven't seen the actual names yet because ICE hasn't released that yet but I remember ICE and Big Prox on some of the YouTube videos always mentioning these girls being on Molly in South Philly. This is probably one of the most anticipated returning shows of the season too this is going to do huge numbers every week and really blow away the competition. The other diss show is supposed to directly effect Molly in South Philly as it's gonna be The Kaitlyn Dever & Molly McCook Diss Ephraim Show they're going to have to a real good job to get people to not watch Molly Ephraim right now on ICE. Where Molly Ephraim's show works and SBC's diss shows don't is that Molly doesn't concentrate the whole show on dissing her Last Man Standing castmates it's a sketch comedy show like Saturday Night Live with a music guest at the end to distract viewers from the daily beefs she has with SBC.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - Team SBC (Sports)

ROD 5 - Miss Roderick Pageant Results Show (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Young Girls (Comedy)

RTN 8 - Sarah (Drama)

SBC made a late change after Proxio made a suggestion about every studio getting ready for BOTNS' premiere next month so James Scoop's didn't get a chance to predict this change as this is a huge change here for this hour. Team ICE seems to be way more popular Team SBC but SBC has a pretty good sized fanbase and they're vocal as hell on social media and I'm sure they're going to want to see their draft picks on the athletic side so depending on how Team ICE does earlier in the week I think Team SBC will do a little below that but it could be good enough to win this hour or come close in 2nd place. This slot can honestly go to SBC, ICE, or ROD but Young Girls has the best lead-in and the cast is supposed to be stacked as I heard Dasha Dereviankina will be in this show and that's huge because Young Girls was like Jaime last year pretty solid but not too huge. I think Young Girls should be favorite to win but it will be close because Miss ROD will have their results show starting in November but Team SBC is a huge x-factor here depending on how they do that show. I feel like Sarah will get lost in the shuffle here and RTN has a shit ton of dramas some of these are gonna be overlooked and this will be one of them. I don't think Sarah will do as bad as Black Flag will do but this is an extremely tough hour here so we'll see where Sarah settles in at though.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 9:30pm

SBC 4 - Team SBC (Sports)

ROD 5 - Miss Roderick Pageant Results Show (Reality Competition)

ICE 7 - Youth of Life (Comedy)

RTN 8 - Sarah (Drama)

Youth of Life is the only change here and this is another comedy that is stacked and Youth of Life was one of the top rated comedies last season so this should lead the hour and the cast will be stacked. All of these Friday comedies for ICE will have improved casts that's going to be a huge factor in how they rate which is why I think ICE can top their slots with Jaime being the only question but don't sleep on Miss Roderick Pageant Results Show or Team SBC taking this slot. I think Miss ROD can get ahead of SBC here just because this when they start eliminating people in this half-hour.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - Team SBC (Sports)

ROD 5 - Steffy Forrester (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Twisted Tales (Drama)

For the next 3 hours you will see the most domination you'll ever over opponents here now that NITRO's most watched show last season is here in New Girls in Town Pageant with a full 3-hour window in front of them and this season is gonna be exciting because you got Kaia Gerber going against Thylane Blondeau and Maia Cotton all year to try to be the #1 pick of the next big draft. Now this is all about who gets 2nd place and right now this is gonna be a good battle I think Team SBC starts to weaken a little bit now that the pageant is on but it's iffy on how well Steffy Forrester will do here as Sheila Carter set a real high bar last year I believe the last rating that Sheila Carter got was close to 90 million viewers so Steffy can easily fail to come close to that with increased competition but Steffy may do well or not. RTN will probably the rest of the night in last place as Twisted Tales unfortunately will have a lower lead-in but to me this isn't about placement for RTN this is about the rating itself. As long as Twisted Tales puts in a solid performance that's all that matters as last place doesn't matter here. Twisted Tales is one of those shows that pickup a cult following like The Twilight Zone has done all of these years and be one of those shows that's always talked about in NITRO TV circles.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - The Selena & Justin Bieber Super LIVE Music Show (Variety)

ROD 5 - Quinn Fuller (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - Chloe (Drama)

The NGIT Pageant will remain on top here but this is where I think ROD seizes full control of second place for the evening as Quinn Fuller has a chance to equal what Sheila Carter did for ROD last year in this slot although going against the NGIT Pageant will be tough company but I really believe Quinn Fuller will be one of the top 5 new drama of the fall and the competition on SBC and RTN is easier than it was for Steffy in the last hour with Steffy having to face Team SBC. Over on SBC they got Selena & Justin's music variety hour which I think bleed considerably from Team SBC but will still do enough to remain competitive and take down Chloe on RTN in this slot. Chloe may have some viewers but the lineup on RTN Friday is a real mess and with the competition being so severe I think Chloe gets lost in the shuffle as well coming in dead last.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

@ 12am

SBC 4 - Jaws (Drama)

ROD 5 - Australian Nights (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

The New Girls in Town Pageant last hour will probably be its highest rated hour of the night so it will jump out some more. The real difference at midnight here is that SBC should be even weaker and RTN probably gets slightly stronger and ROD will be weaker too. Australian Nights will have the Quinn Fuller lead-in so I can see it coming in 2nd place here and Australian Nights will need to improve from last season so let's see if the lead-ins and cast additions help out for it as ROD is airing twice a week on back-to-back nights. The WFL repeat on RTN will rate well for them in late night and call it crazy but the WFL repeat might just out rate the entire RTN Friday lineup which is really crazy. Jaws has done very well in the past with bigger lead-ins so if Selena & Justin can hold their own behind Team SBC then Jaws might put up a good little fight. I think this whole hour won't have any flops but everything will be down considerably against the pageant.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 1am

SBC 4 - Law & Order: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - Country Made (Variety)

ICE 7 - Who Wanted Nichole Dead? (Soap Opera)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

Now that New Girls is out of the picture now things will probably start calming down a bit with viewers spreading out a bit for the last hour of coverage for the night. I think Country Made will play the biggest role of catch up here and probably has the best chance of defeating Who Wanted Nichole Dead? which was a hit last season for ICE but I think there's a ceiling on its viewership which is what makes it catchable for ROD here with Country Made which was super consistent and solid last season as the viewers are loyal as hell to that show. I believe the WFL repeat will keep its position in third place over Law & Order: Los Angeles which will probably draw around the same ratings that Jaws get the hour before there.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

Friday's Winner: Just like for ROD Thursdays being an easy victory for them I believe ICE who have set a tone here when they go Kelly Green they win! 2nd place is where Fridays gets interesting because I think SBC changed the game here getting Team SBC in this lineup this was a weak lineup but now I believe that RTN is the weakest lineup on Friday nights so I believe ROD and SBC will battle closely for 2nd place with ROD having a slight edge here their new shows Koy Jung, Steffy, and Quinn are crucial for their Friday night success.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

Saturday

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - The Xtina Grimmie Hour (Reality Competition)

ROD 5 - WFL Saturday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - Cherry Street Boarding School for Girls (Soap Opera)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

Let me say this I believe the WFL Saturday League is an unknown like it won't do bad or anything but it's obviously going to be below the pro league on Sundays and Monday nights just like college football to the NFL so for that reason the ratings will be slightly smaller here and with two networks airing games against each other they may cancel each other out giving The Xtina Grimmie Hour the rest of the viewers. For those of you who were with us least year you know that ROD was super successful with their acquisition of The Carpenters Hour Juniors which is now been newly named Xtina Grimmie Hour this season after SBC picked up the rights for it. I believe The Xtina Grimmie Hour outside of Sunday Night Football likely rates as SBC's highest rated program of the week and runs this hour here. It helps that ICE is unproven here but they have the only scripted option to start off Saturdays and we'll need to see how Cherry Street does before knowing its place as it'll be on its own here but ICE has shown a lot of confidence in this soap so who knows but they'll be in last place here.

1. SBC

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. ICE

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - The Xtina Grimmie Hour (Reality Competition)

ROD 5 - WFL Saturday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - Donny & Marie (Variety)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

The options don't change on SBC, ROD, or RTN so only ICE changes here with Donny & Marie out of a undecided lead-in with Cherry Street. Donny & Marie has some hype around it getting rebooted here with popular draft picks Yulia Osmond and Joel Osmond. Joel is looking to revive his career now that he's with ICE now with his little sister but this option fits in more with Xtina Grimmie Hour due to its musical relation to each other so unlike a soap this could kill Donny & Marie's a little bit so ICE gets last place here again. Xtina Grimmie Hour also goes up since this will be the second hour of the show and when the live shows start they'll do the eliminations at the end of the shows here. Remember with the WFL battle it's all dependent on the games I only got ROD ahead of RTN because I think they'll grab a good game since they have the Saturday Night Football moniker next to it.

1. SBC

2. ROD

3. RTN

4. ICE

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - Seattle Mysteries (Drama)

ROD 5 - WFL Saturday Night Football (Sports)

ICE 7 - Vegas Showgirls (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

If you wanna see things flip then things are really gonna flip here as ICE goes from last to first with Vegas Showgirls as I'll imagine most of the viewers watching Xtina Grimmie Hour will change channels to ICE to watch Vegas Showgirls or watch the last of the closest WFL Saturday League game on ROD or RTN but most of them will watch Vegas Showgirls being a draft competition. Vegas Showgirls is simply born a hit as some shows are born hits before they even air this is one of them. I don't think the lead-in will matter much here because the show will have enough of a viewer pool to choose from but where the lead-in will matter is how high the ratings will be as Donny & Marie can't be too low in front of it. The WFL games will spike up since they'll be ending in this hour which leaves Seattle Mysteries second airing of the week trying to grab the SBC viewers and viewers who prefer a scripted option here so SBC will go from first to last but remember if one of those WFL games are a blowout then Seattle Mysteries can sneak a third place finish plus the lead-in will big enough as well.

1. ICE
2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - CSI: Los Angeles (Drama)

ROD 5 - Wheel of Fortune Saturdays (Game Show)

ICE 7 - Vegas Showgirls (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

Vegas Showgirls will really increase its audience here with the competition weakening greatly and being the second and final hour of the show as I've noted before with reality competition that don't have their results shows on a separate night but held at the end of the program you will always see a huge spike when the live shows start in November. From here things get much weaker as RTN will not have ROD as competition anymore for its second WFL Saturday game so I think they take 2nd place regardless of the matchup because ROD and SBC are just so weak here. I read ROD's explanation of having Wheel of Fortune Saturdays after the WFL Saturday game as I remember them having Wheel of Fortune Saturdays last year and it seems that ICE being too strong here was a concern so they decided not to compete. I think the game's lead-in will be high enough to keep Wheel of Fortune ahead of CSI: LA here on SBC.

1. ICE

2. RTN

3. ROD

4. SBC

@ 12am

SBC 4 - The Late Night Show (Talk Show)

ROD 5 - Australian Nights (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - Vegas Showgirls After Show (Talk Show)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

Things are now regular the rest of the night as I can imagine Vegas Showgirls After Show losing a number of viewers so that gets it down to RTN's WFL Saturday game in a race for first place there. ROD's Australian Nights is in a good slot here and I like the fact that it's in the same slot on back-to-back nights for its second episode of the week it should do well to hold onto 3rd place here and hold SBC's late night talker which I think will fail personally.

1. ICE

2. RTN

3. ROD

4. SBC

@ 12:30am

SBC 4 - The Late Night Show (Talk Show)

ROD 5 - Australian Nights (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - Saturday Night Diamond Girls (Variety)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

There is a rare half-hour change in programming here and ICE goes into their late night Saturday variety shows which have always done well for them in the past really since the first season of NITRO. I think they take a commanding lead regardless of the lead-in.

@ 1am

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - Sheila Carter (Soap Opera)

ICE 7 - Saturday Night Diamond Girls (Variety)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

This to me might be the most underrated battle of the week and it's my absolute favorite as well and that's the new battle between Sheila Carter and the Diamond Girls to me this one is gonna be real good because I believe this will be a real close battle these are two heavyweights going at it late on a Saturday night. Sheila Carter never faced ICE competition this strong so this will be interesting and on a new night how will its audience differ from an earlier slot on Fridays? That will be the biggest factor into figuring who wins this battle week-to-week. Now don't forget that WFL Saturday on RTN will be a huge factor in this slot because the late night game will be finishing up in this hour so that can have a huge effect on this ratings battle between ICE and ROD at the top but the good thing is for all three programs is that SBC is completely absent in this hour for now.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

@ 2am

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - Pretty Thieves Repeat (Drama)

ICE 7 - Vegas Showgirls After Dark (Reality)

RTN 8 - WFL (Sports)

After an exciting hour things start to get boring as we head into the wee hours of the night as ROD goes with a repeat of Pretty Thieves I do think it will be interesting to see how it replays here. Vegas Showgirls returns here with a reality show that gives viewers a peak of the contestants lives after the show a couple of hours later I think this wins the lonely hour big-time. I'm not sure what kind of telecast that RTN has scheduled here as they haven't listed rather it's another live WFL Saturday game or a repeat of last week's pro games from the WFL.

1. ICE

2. RTN

3. ROD

@ 3am

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - ROD's Porn Hour (Adult)

ICE 7 - Victoria's Pleasure (Adult)

RTN 8 - WFL Saturday League (Sports)

We got ourselves a little porn battle to close the night between ICE and ROD and this is intriguing because I remember Victoria's Pleasure from last year it never got a chance to debut because of the suspended NITRO season I think it was supposed to premiere right before NITRO closed so now we finally get a chance to see how it does. I think there will be more interest in this than ROD's Porn Hour personally.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. RTN

Saturday's Winner: Saturdays are a pretty interesting night seems to be all over the place but WFL Saturday League is a huge factor in the ratings as it airs throughout all hours of the night. The two big draft competitions The Xtina Grimmie Hour and Vegas Showgirls should be able to dominate but in here there's so many wild cards I think that's where Saturday becomes the most interesting and I personally can't wait to see how Sheila Carter does against the Diamond Girls at 1am. I think the most consistent lineup wins the overall race I think ICE and ROD are too up and down and SBC gets too weak after Christina Grimmie so I'll go with RTN because they might be the most consistent.

1. RTN

2. ICE

3. SBC

4. ROD

Sunday

@ 7pm

SBC 4 - Football Night in America (Sports)

ROD 5 - WFL Overrun (Sports)

ICE 7 - WFL Overrun (Sports)

RTN 8 - WFL Run Over (Sports)

It's all WFL here there is no real battle here as it depends on which network has the Game of the Week and it will probably be ICE most weeks of the season so I won't do any rankings here because it really doesn't matter.

@ 7:30pm

SBC 4 - Football Night in America (Sports)

ROD 5 - The OT (Sports)

ICE 7 - The Day (Sports)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

It's all WFL again but it's a little different because this is about who has the strongest pull for getting people to watch highlights from the post-game shows on ROD and ICE or getting ready for Sunday Night Football on SBC or rewatching a game from the day on RTN. The Game of the Week overrun will dictate who gets first. SBC will probably never pull into first or second because they're the only WFL network that doesn't air games on Sunday afternoons due to their deal of airing primetime games on Sunday Night Football. I think The Day will have a strong crew of studio personalities to review the day's games so I'll go with them plus you got that pre-tunage from New Girls in Town Pageant to follow but The OT on ROD and WFL repeats on RTN will be formidable opponents.

1. ICE
2. ROD

3. RTN

4. SBC

@ 8pm

SBC 4 - Football Night in America (Sports)

ROD 5 - Eight Is Enough (Drama)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

Alright now we're away from the WFL ruling 7pm on every network so we can focus on the network's Sunday offerings which will be dominated by New Girls in Town Pageant second episode of the week which is actually in The Carpenters Hour old timeslot but NGIT Pageant is just as powerful so expect ICE to finish in first here. I think Eight Is Enough competes pretty well here as the other two networks offer up WFL action and to viewers so for viewers not into watching live programming I think they'll tune into the main family option of the night in Eight Is Enough which was solid for ROD last season. Football Night in America will perk up a bit as the game gets ready to start so they takeover second place here.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 8:30pm

SBC 4 - WFL Sunday Night Football (Sports)

ROD 5 - Eight Is Enough (Drama)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

This is where things start to get interesting because usually the NGIT Pageant doesn't have to face the WFL and if Sunday Night Football has a huge game on it might actually get beaten but the SNF game itself might end up suffering as well because of the pageant's drawing power. I'm betting my money that NGIT Pageant still wins as this reminds me of The Carpenters Hour against Sunday Night Football last season and that battle earlier in the week on Mondays. SBC is guaranteed to keep 2nd place here.

1. ICE
2. SBC
3. ROD
4. RTN

@ 9pm

SBC 4 - WFL Sunday Night Football (Sports)

ROD 5 - Baywatch (Drama)

ICE 7 - New Girls in Town Pageant (Reality Competition)

RTN 8 - WFL Repeat (Sports)

I think we will see New Girls on top here for ICE and Sunday Night Football a close second but now we got Baywatch entering in here and there's a lot of concerns about the show's timeslot here as Baywatch comes home to ROD after airing on SBC for its return season as a series. I think in a lot of other slots Baywatch could do bigger numbers as ROD can beef up the cast a bit to perform stronger this season than last season but the competition is too much the only two things it has on its side is that the lead-in and lead-out are really good and that it's the only scripted option in the hour so I think Baywatch will be in a battle for 3rd place against the WFL repeat.

1. ICE
2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

@ 10pm

SBC 4 - WFL Sunday Night Football (Sports)

ROD 5 - Pretty Thieves (Drama)

ICE 7 - ICE Sunday Night Movie (Anthology Series)

RTN 8 - WFL Preview (Sports)

Things turn in SBC's favor here as we're inside of the last hour of Sunday Night Football so if it's a close game ratings will really go up with the pageant viewers looking for something to watch if they're not interested in the film that ICE is playing. So expect SNF to rule this hour but I really love Pretty Thieves which was one of ROD's big 3 pickups for this season to really do well here I even got it being so strong this season on a new network that it will beat the ICE Sunday Night Movie. I'm guess the Sunday Night Movie will feature mostly new TV movie premieres and probably some theatricals from the 2014 box office first few months. so this will be an up and down telecast depending on the movie just like the WFL games. RTN starts to prepare for its late night game after Sunday Night Football so they may draw slightly better than the repeat but still bring up the rear. RTN's last place finishes so far aren't real last place finishes because they'll perform solid numbers all night long it's just that the other networks offer bigger programs against it.

1. SBC

2. ROD

3. ICE

4. RTN

@ 11pm

SBC 4 - Nothing

ROD 5 - ROD Daytime Soaps in Primetime (Drama)

ICE 7 - ICE Sunday Night Movie (Anthology Series)

RTN 8 - WFL Late Night Game (Sports)

Before we close things out for the week here I do want to say that Sundays are going to change a lot as the season goes on especially after the SNF ends this winter. I do see SBC scheduling random programs here to take advantage of that SNF lead-in so that's going to be a huge factor in this slot. I can see RTN taking us home for the week getting out way in front here with the start of their WFL Late Night Game. I think whatever ROD soap is scheduled here to get ready for the new week will put in solid numbers but probably bleed heavily from Pretty Thieves and could end up in last place depending on the ICE movie here but I would take ROD over ICE most weeks in this slot.

1. RTN

2. ROD

3. ICE

Sunday's Winner: This is a difficult night to award a winner too because every network has a strong program but a very weak program to pull the ratings down. I don't think there's no one network that's gonna take 1st place every week I can see this night all over the place. I do think the NGIT Pageant will be strong enough to hold off ROD and SBC here and ICE knows how to win so I'll take them here.

1. ICE

2. SBC

3. ROD

4. RTN

Overall Winner of the Fall: I think ICE will take this home as I don't see where they've really got worse but the competition against this season has greatly improved so ICE will be in some hard battles this season it won't be like last season where they're way out in front. The most interesting thing to figure out is who takes 2nd place because this race is gonna be close. Right now I'm going to go with ROD because I think they've actually improved year-to-year under Lucy Hale with a much stronger schedule and the roster has gotten stronger as well so they'll be out in front. RTN's got some problems I think they'll struggle in their battle against SBC. Their schedule needs major improvement and I think SBC has improved a little bit here so I'll run with SBC in 3rd place and RTN needing to badly improve I do think the WFL during the weekend could put them in 3rd place but I'll run with SBC for now until I see the ratings race.

1. ICE

2. ROD

3. SBC

4. RTN

[rodshooter]

Great read D. Stiles this was so awesome! We're truly blessed to be able to get two perspectives from non-players of the game.

I think you nailed Mondays that's gonna come down to ROD and ICE and how strong the WFL game is but I also believe Truck Ladies will lose to Dallas Cowgirls Undercover most weeks. I also agree that the comedy night on RTN is weak and this night will have to improve for them. I worry if Security Guard pulls Moving Out down a bit.

Tuesdays will be very interesting I do think Team ICE might do enough to win that night but it will be close as both you and James think highly of my country block. I worry about SBC's lineup a lot that's a very sneaky lineup right there that can finish ahead everybody and RTN will have a tough lineup to go against. All four networks are strong on Tuesdays!

I got a feeling that I will have to change my Wednesday lineup around a little bit so I don't expect to come in first place on this night. I think what you said about Teen Angels and The Wrong Students really getting strong numbers might be true so ICE can come in first. RTN and SBC will be interesting I think one of those three dramas will do better than people expect especially with Aria leading off but I do think Aria has some stiff competition that 8pm hour will be interesting with Melrose Place too.

Thursday is all about the pageants but the race after it is really strong I think even though ICE is weak here they won't be that weak against RTN and SBC I think they could beat SBC for sure not sure about RTN though which should be able to finish in 2nd place now that Cam Girls has moved there but the backbone of the lineup is Fugitive at 17 no doubt about it.

I've said it before but Fridays are slowly becoming the most interesting night of the week to me I do think RTN will be in dead last but SBC changes the game with Team SBC in there I agree with you there D. Stiles that this is gonna it makes it harder for my block to seal up 2nd place here.

Saturdays is another interesting night I was considering moving WFL Saturday League out of primetime but I think I might leave it there as Saturdays is a tough night anyways I don't think anything else will be able to compete there honestly against Xtina Grimmie Hour or Vegas Showgirls so I just left it there. I do love it, D. Stiles, that you love that late night battle between Sheila Carter and Saturday Night Diamond Girls since we didn't get James Scoop's thoughts on it I'm glad you covered it in your analysis. This is going to be such a great battle here and will be extremely competitive.

I think that Sundays will change a lot but my lineup seems to be the only one that's going totally scripted all the way through after WFL action at 7pm so this could give my lineup an edge here but it won't be easy that's for sure.

If our network can finish in 2nd place then Lucy Hale will have this job as long as she'd like as I definitely don't want Jessica Lowndes to sell our network.

[dstiles]

Thanks, ROD I think your network is going to do very well this season it's an impressive schedule you got this season I think your network won't have to worry about coming in 3rd or 4th place this season unless the other networks do better.

[ice]

Yeah, I really appreciate this work D. Stiles you opened my eyes up to some things I didn't recognize before.

I think the key night for us is going to be Wednesdays because if DJ Becky's Friends hits then that locks up a 1st place victory for us.

I believe on Fridays that Jaime will have to lead off well too we're hoping the casting changes turn this show into a bigger hit.

[angrygrandpaforever]

"Rachel" is a Friends Reboot which revolves around Ross (David Schwimmer), Chandler (Matthew Perry), Monica (Courtney Cox), Phoebe Buffay (Lisa Kudrow), and The Title Character Rachel Greene (Jennifer Aniston) and their families...

Introducing;

Aidan Gallagher & Lizzy Greene as Jack & Erica Bing
Topanga Jamora as Emma Geller

[dstiles]

Thanks for clearing that up for me SBC and thanks ICE on appreciating the work done here.

Since "Rachel" is a "Friends" reboot that changes the game a lil' bit here this could take off much higher than I even had it at this is going to be interesting.

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I didn't know what Rachael was either. I was sure I was it last time NITRO was active but didn't know what the show was. Reboots sometime do not work so I am not totally sold on Rachael working.

I was a lot nicer on RTN and there untested shows then Jeremiah Lynch was. That is for sure. Most of our other predictions are nearly the same with some slight changes here and there.

[ice]

It'll be interesting with Rachel because I think the key will end up being Topanga Jamora's star power in that Rachel cast and the lead-ins too. Both 8:00pm hours on Tuesdays and Thursdays are gonna be so tough.

[dstiles]

This reboot is tricky it is Friends but not all six of the stars it's five of the six but I agree with ICE that Topanga's star power is key to it they really should've added one more high-profile rookie to the cast to secure it. I don't believe Friends is going to dominate because it's in tough hours though but it will do enough damage though.

I don't hold back on my analysis I'm going to tell everybody like it is because sometimes our thoughts can help the networks get better. I think it's going to be a slow start for RTN this season I really think they're going to have to find their CEO and improve quickly because SBC and ROD looks improved this year.

[rodshooter]

Rachel will be tricky I'm a little bit worried now for Two More Bottles of Wine against it but I know for sure on Thursdays it won't beat Junior Beauty Pageant.