The fall TV season just isn’t what it used to be. That’s partly because network TV is no longer the only game in town and partly because networks (and cable and streaming platforms) premiere shows throughout the year.
And it’s partly because, while the networks used to launch more than 40 new shows in the fall, ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox and The CW are debuting 22 this year.
Of those 22, seven aren’t actually new. There are two revivals (“Murphy Brown” and “Last Man Standing”), two reboots (“Magnum P.I.” and “Charmed”) and two spinoffs (“Dancing with the Stars Juniors” and “Legacies” — a spinoff of “Vampire Diaries” and “The Originals”).