The Roseanne effect was on full display in this year’s broadcast upfront, with networks picking up several reboots—including CBS with Magnum P.I. and Murphy Brown and The CW with Charmed and Fox reviving Last Man Standing.

New comedies were in short supply, and in general the networks seemed to mostly be conservative in their pick-ups, with the exception of ABC. Overall, 76 new series will join broadcast networks’ schedules in 2018-19, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Programming Insider Editor in Chief Marc Berman was on hand to cover all of it in New York last week and he joins PromaxBDA Editorial Director Paige Albiniak to discuss the pros and cons of the broadcast networks’ new TV season.

[Editor’s note: We’re having some sound challenges due to a change in venue for Albiniak so please bear with us while we work out those kinks. In addition, Albiniak misspoke in today’s recording, identifying Fox Co-Chair Dana Walden as Dana Feldman, who happens to be Sinclair Broadcast Group’s VP of marketing. She apologizes to both Danas, who are each lovely in their own right.]

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