Why TV Shows Premiere In The Fall
Susan Haber , TV Talent Manager, TV Show Packager and Brand Builder | Hollywood TV Association Instructor Most of my life I thought that TV shows premiered in the fall because that is when the summer is over, the weather gets colder and people stay in more, get cozy and watch TV. It seemed like that was a perfect tradition and in fact, that’s what I did with my family growing up. But as I looked into it more, it wasn’t that at all. The main reason, in the beginning, that TV started in September, was that the primetime networks were originally radio stations and they were broadcast out of New York where the summers were unbearably hot. Everybody wanted to get out of the city during that time and go to the beach. So they closed down their programming during the hot summer and then when the weather cooled off, they came back to work. Another reason that shows start in September is because there is a system called the Upfronts that started in the 196