Rating Next Season

So I went to give an ordinal ranking for each of the networks for their upfronts, and came to discover that I couldn't name a number one.

There were a couple that stood out as not winning. NBC would have come in last given how they changed everything around scant weeks after their original presentation. Fox was also on my lower end, as I wasn't keen on their new shows and they apparently had the worst presentation ever (as reported by Aaron Barnhart over at TV Barn).

I had the CW in the middle, given that they're only premiering one new show, and it seems like a decent fit. Putting Everybody Hates Chris on at 7 and sticking a re-run of America's Next Top Model at 9 is a cop-out, though (thanks to King of LaPlaca James Dinan for pointing that out).

For all the mocking, I do have ABC as one of the better upfronts given that they seem to have the more interesting new shows. It's just that there are so many other, less interesting ones in their new lineup as well. CBS gets lumped in here, too, as they've put together a good new night on Sunday and have some interesting new show ideas, even if they aren't particularly original. I don't know if a mushroom cloud or James Woods will differentiate Jericho or Shark from Lost or any of the lawyer shows, but they've at least got a hook. 
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