From ‘Mixed-ish’ to ‘9-1-1: Lone Star,’ Franchises Build a Bigger TV Universe

Related“When franchise series are done well and when they have an original reason for being, viewers appreciate them,” says ABC Entertainment president Karey Burke. “Historically, if you look at some of the great shows in television, they began this way. ‘All in the Family’ begat ‘The Jeffersons’ and begat ‘Good Times’ and ‘Maude.’ ‘Happy Days’ begat ‘Laverne & Shirley’ and ‘Mork & Mindy.’ Done well, these shows expand the universe of beloved characters.

It’s a similar process at Shondaland, when “Station 19” will join “Grey’s” on Thursday nights come midseason, and characters are expected to move freely between the shows. “In order to keep them true to their definition of being events and feeling big, they should be spaced out and incredibly sizable. They’re not something that we would tax the shows with trying to pull off every week,” she says. “We will know far in advance what the big events are and when they’re coming so that we can market them to their full extent and make sure that we are driving as many viewers to those nights as possible. My sense of this is that we will be very far out in front of these.

Similarly, Wolf adds: “We try to make crossovers as impactful as possible while maintaining each show’s uniqueness. They do very well in the ratings so obviously there is support from viewers. We anticipate with two ‘FBI’ series on CBS that there will be crossovers with both next season.” As a result, Minear doesn’t rule out eventual crossovers, but is approaching the emerging franchise in the vein of the “NCIS” universes. He likens “Lone Star” to the “barbecue flavor version” of the mothership, one that is presumed to take the original’s place on the schedule when “9-1-1” breaks before its back half.

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