ABC’s “The Rookie” was renewed for a third season, though its Sunday night time slot didn’t seem to be doing it any favors in season two. Season two saw ratings drop, albeit only by about 10%, and clearly the network thought the show was worth saving. Life Is Wild is an American serial drama television series adapted by Michael Rauch, George Faber and Charlie Pattinson from the popular British drama Wild at Heart.The show is about a New York veterinarian who moves his second wife and their two sets of children to a South African game reserve run by his former father-in-law. A dungeon master is killed and the probe reveals that he was up to more than playing in his mother's basement. Meanwhile, Blaine's experiment does not go as planned; and Ravi stumbles across some new information that could prove deadly.

FX

After a long hiatus for many series, 2017 is bringing back favorites and debuting new series in a search for the next watercooler hit. With so many networks and series to keep track of it can be overwhelming to keep them all straight. The Tracking Board has you covered with a guide to every premiere and return date for Spring 2017.

See the complete schedule below!

Sunday, Jan. 1
8PM
THE MICK (Fox)
830PM
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (Fox)
RANSOM (CBS)
9PM
SHERLOCK (PBS)

Monday, Jan. 2
8PM
SHADOWHUNTERS (Freeform)
9PM
BEYOND (Freeform)

Tuesday, Jan. 3
830PM
THE MICK (time slot premiere)
9PM
BONES (Fox)
THE HAVES AND HAVE NOTS (OWN)

Wednesday, Jan. 4
9PM
STAR (Fox, time slot premiere)
10PM
IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA (FXX)
TOO CLOSE TO HOME (TLC)
1030PM
MAN SEEKING WOMAN (FXX)

Thursday, Jan. 5
9PM
NASHVILLE (CMT)
10PM
PORTLANDIA (IFC)

Friday, Jan. 6
12AM
ONE DAY AT A TIME (Netflix)
8PM
GRIMM (NBC)
9PM
EMERALD CITY (NBC)
SLEEPY HOLLOW (Fox)

Saturday, Jan. 7
8PM
RANSOM (time slot premiere)

Sunday, Jan. 8
8PM
74th ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES (NBC)

Monday, Jan. 9
7PM
THE ARTFUL DETECTIVE (Ovation)

Tuesday, Jan. 10
9PM
BEING MARY JANE (BET)
THIS IS US (NBC)
10PM
TABOO (FX)

Wednesday, Jan. 11
8PM
SCHITT’S CREEK (POP
10PM
GIRLFRIENDS’ GUIDE TO DIVORCE (Bravo)
WORKAHOLICS (Comedy Central)
1030PM
JEFF AND SOME ALIENS (Comedy Central)

Thursday, Jan. 12
10PM
COLONY (USA)

Friday, Jan. 13
12AM
LEMONY SNICKET’S A SERIES OF UNFORTUNATE EVENTS (Netflix)
SNEAKY PETE (Amazon)

Sunday, Jan. 15
9PM
HOMELAND (Showtime)
VICTORIA (PBS)
THE YOUNG POPE (HBO)

Izombie Time Slot Machine

Tuesday, Jan. 17
10PM
TEACHERS (TV Land)

Wednesday, Jan. 18
9PM
PEOPLE’S CHOICE AWARDS 2017 (CBS)
10PM
SIX (History)

Thursday, Jan. 19
9PM
SCANDAL (ABC)
10PM
BASKETS (FX)

Friday, Jan. 20
12AM
FRONTIER (Netflix)
VOLTRON: LEGENDARY DEFENDER (Netflix)

Saturday, Jan. 21
8PM
BEACHES (Lifetime)

Sunday, Jan. 22
8PM
MERCY STREET (PBS)

Tuesday, Jan. 24
9PM
OUTSIDERS (WGN)

Wednesday, Jan. 25
12AM
THE PATH (HULU)
9PM
THE MAGICIANS (Syfy)
10PM
SUITS (USA)

Thursday, Jan. 26
8PM
GREY’S ANATOMY (ABC)
9PM
RIVERDALE (CW)
SCANDAL (ABC)
10PM
HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER (ABC)

Sunday, Jan. 29
9PM
BLACK SAILS (Starz)

Monday, Jan. 30
8PM
GOTHAM (Fox)
9PM
LUCIFER (Fox)

Tuesday, Jan. 31
8PM
THE FOSTERS (Freeform)
9PM
SWITCHED AT BIRTH (Freeform)

Wednesday, Feb. 1
9PM
THE 100 (CW)

Thursday, Feb. 2
830PM
POWERLESS (NBC)
SUPERIOR DONUTS (CBS)
10PM
TRAINING DAY (CBS)

Friday, Feb. 3
12AM
SANTA CLARITA DIET (Netflix)

Sunday, Feb. 5
8PM
24: LEGACY (Fox)
9PM
APB (Fox)

Monday, Feb. 6
8PM
24: LEGACY (time slot premiere)
9PM
APB (Fox)
SUPERIOR DONUTS (time slot premiere)

Tuesday, Feb. 7
10PM
DETROITERS (Comedy Central)
IMPOSTERS (Bravo)

Wednesday, Feb. 8
10PM
THE EXPANSE (Syfy)
LEGION (FX)

Friday, Feb. 10
12AM
DAVID BRENT: LIFE ON THE ROAD (Netflix)
9PM
REIGN (CW)

Sunday, Feb. 12
8PM
GRAMMY AWARDS (CBS)
THE MISSING (Starz)
9PM
THE WALKING DEAD (AMC)
10PM
GIRLS (HBO)

Monday, Feb. 13
10PM
HUMANS (AMC)

Izombie Season 5 Time Slot

Tuesday, Feb. 14
12AM
THE MINDY PROJECT (Hulu)

Wednesday, Feb. 15
10PM
DOUBT (CBS)

Izombie Time Slots

Sunday, Feb. 19
8PM
THE GOOD FIGHT (CBS)
9PM
BIG LITTLE LIES (HBO)
10PM
BILLIONS (Showtime)
1030PM
CRASHING (HBO)

Monday, Feb. 20
10PM
BATES MOTEL (A&E)

Tuesday, Feb. 21
10PM
THE DETOUR (TBS)

Wednesday, Feb. 22
9PM
MAJOR CRIMES (TNT)

Thursday, Feb. 23
10PM
THE BLACKLIST: REDEMPTION (NBC)
SUN RECORDS (CMT)

Friday, Feb. 24
12AM
ULTIMATE BEASTMASTER (Netflix)

Sunday, Feb. 26
8PM
ACADEMY AWARDS (ABC)

Monday, Feb. 27
9PM
WHEN WE RISE (ABC)
10PM
TAKEN (NBC)

Sunday, Sunday, Mar. 5
8PM
ONCE UPON A TIME (ABC)
THE SIMPSONS (Fox)
830PM
MAKING HISTORY (Fox)
9PM
CHICAGO JUSTICE (NBC)
FAMILY GUY (Fox)
FEUD: BETTE AND JOAN (FX)
TIME AFTER TIME (ABC)
930PM
THE LAST MAN ON EARTH (Fox)
10PM
SHADES OF BLUE (NBC)

Tuesday, Mar. 7
930PM
TRIAL & ERROR (NBC)
10PM
THE AMERICANS (FX)

Wednesday, Mar. 8
10PM
DESIGNATED SURVIVOR (ABC)
UNDERGROUND (WGNA)

Thursday, Mar. 9
9PM
KICKING & SCREAMING (Fox)
10PM
THE CATCH (ABC)

Sunday, Mar. 12
9PM
TIME AFTER TIME (time period premiere)
10PM
AMERICAN CRIME (ABC)

Friday, Mar. 17
12AM
MARVEL’S IRON FIST (Netflix)
8PM
THE ORIGINALS (CW)

Wednesday, Mar. 22
8PM
SHOTS FIRED (Fox)
9PM
EMPIRE (Fox)

Wednesday, Mar. 29
12AM
HARLOTS (Hulu)
830PM
IMAGINARY MARY

Sunday, Apr. 2
8PM
CALL THE MIDWIFE (PBS)

Tuesday, Apr. 4
8PM
IZOMBIE (CW)
NEW GIRL (Fox)
9PM
PRISON BREAK (Fox)
930PM
IMAGINARY MARY (time period premiere)

Wednesday, Apr. 5
10PM
ARCHER (FX)

Tuesday, Apr. 11
8PM
BROOKLYN NINE-NINE (Fox)
9PM
IZOMBIE (time slot premiere)

Tuesday, Apr. 18
8PM
PRETTY LITTLE LIARS (Freeform)
9PM
FAMOUS IN LOVE (Freeform)

Thursday, Apr. 20
10PM
THE BLACKLIST (NBC)

Tuesday, Apr. 25
9PM
GREAT NEWS (NBC)

Wednesday, April 26
12AM
THE HANDMAID’S TALE (Hulu)

Friday, May 5
12AM
SENSE8

Sunday, May 21
9PM
DARK ANGEL (PBS)

Tuesday, May 23
12AM
CASUAL (Hulu)

iZombie^[1] is a comic book series created by writer Chris Roberson and artist Michael Allred, published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint beginning in 2010. The series deals with Gwen Dylan (née Gwendolyn Price), a revenant gravedigger in Eugene, Oregon and her friends Ellie, a 1960s ghost, and Scott, a were-terrier. iZombie was nominated for the 2011 Eisner Award for Best New Series.^[2]

Gwen Dylan can pass for a regular girl, but she needs to eat a brain once a month to keep from losing her memories and intelligence. As a gravedigger,^[3] she has plenty of access to recently deceased people; when she consumes their brains she 'inherits' part of the deceased's thoughts.

The 'monsters' in iZombie are explained via the concepts of over- and undersoul. The oversoul (as in Ralph Waldo Emerson's 'The Over-Soul') is 'seated in the brain, contains the thoughts, memories, and personality',^[4] while the undersoul (as in Michael McClure's poem 'Dark Brown') is 'seated in the heart, contains the appetites, emotions and fears'.^[4] Ghosts are thus bodiless oversouls; poltergeists, bodiless undersouls; vampires bodies without undersouls (thirsting for emotions); and zombies, bodies without oversouls. Revenants, like Gwen, are unique in that they possess both oversouls and undersouls. Souls can also 'infect' the living, which accounts for the possessed, werewolves and the like.^[5] The characters of iZombie first appeared in a short story in the first House of Mystery Halloween Annual (2009). An iZombie story was also included in the second House of Mystery Halloween Annual (2010).

The comic is notable for its use of real Eugene-area locations as settings, including the University of Oregon campus, the Shelton McMurphey Johnson House, the McDonald Theater, Eugene City Hall, and Ya-Po-Ah Terrace, as well as Portland's Oregon Convention Center and Oregon Zoo. The primary hangout spot, 'Dixie's Firehouse', is also known as 'Fins' and is located in Springfield, Oregon.

On April 1, 2012, at the Emerald City Comicon, Allred announced that iZombie would end as of #28 in August.^[6]

Synopsis[edit]

Various entities, some human, some not, battle various escalating threats in and around Eugene, Oregon. Vampires, parental fights, zombies, romance triangles, cabin fever, delayed apocalyptic battles and technical support are just some of the situations under-prepared, heavily manipulated, not-quite-human twenty-somethings have to deal with.

Characters[edit]

• Gwendolyn 'Gwen' Dylan (née Price): The main protagonist, a revenant or main 'zombie'.
• Eleanor 'Ellie' Stuart (née Roosevelt): A ghost who died in the 1960s and had never left Oregon.
• Scott 'Spot': A were-terrier, friend to Gwen and Ellie.
• Gavin Price: Gwen's brother and Scott's prospective boyfriend (later husband as of iZombie #28).
• Vincent Tan: A friend and co-worker of Scott.
• Ashok Patel: A friend and co-worker of Scott and Vincent.
• John Amon: A zombie who was responsible for Gwen Dylan becoming a zombie.

Adaptation[edit]

In November 2013, The CW ordered a pilot episode named after the comic from writer/producers Rob Thomas and Diane Ruggiero-Wright, who developed the property as a supernatural procedural drama for the network.^[7] On February 25, 2014, Deadline reported that Malcolm Goodwin, Aly Michalka and David Anders were cast as Clive, Peyton and Blaine.^[8] On March 7, 2014, actor Robert Buckley was cast as Major, the lead character's former fiancé, an environmental engineer and former college football star who is extremely likable.^[9] On March 12, 2014, actress Rose McIver was cast as the lead character Olivia 'Liv' Moore.^[10]iZombie had been picked up for the 2014-2015 fall season by The CW on May 8, 2014, but was pushed back to air as a mid-season replacement.^[11] It debuted on The CW on March 17, 2015 and concluded on August 1, 2019 with 71 episodes airing in total.

While the series retains the lead character's ability to absorb memories and abilities through eating brains, her backstory is substantially changed. Liv (changed from Gwen) is a medical intern in Seattle, Washington who is turned into a zombie after being scratched by one. The series picks up five months after the incident; Liv now works as a King County morgue assistant, along with Dr. Ravi Chakrabarti played by Rahul Kohli, which provides her with a steady supply of brains from murder victims which she must eat in order to retain her intelligence. A side effect of eating brains is that she experiences the deceased's memories in the form of visions, and temporarily absorbs their habits and abilities which she uses to assist in solving crimes.

Michael Allred, co-creator and lead artist for the comic book series, designed and drew the opening credits for the series.^[12]

Collected editions[edit]

The series has been collected into a number of trade paperbacks:

As well as an omnibus collecting the entire run:

References[edit]

1. ^Roberson, Chris (w), Hernàndez, Gilbert (p), Hernàndez, Gilbert (i), Allred, Laura (col), Klein, Todd (let), Lockard, Gregory, Bond, Shelly (ed). 'Ghost Stories' iZombie 12: 18 (June 2011), Vertigo 'The correct spelling of the title of our esteemed series is: (...) a lower case 'i', sans comma, and the 'ZOMBIE' in caps. In other words: iZombie.'
2. ^'Nominees Announced for 2011 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards'. San Diego Comic-Con. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
3. ^Moylan, Brian (March 17, 2015). 'iZombie: comic book's TV adaptation introduces the crime-solving dead'. The Guardian. Retrieved May 2, 2015.
4. ^ ^abRoberson, Chris (w), Allred, Michael (p), Allred, Michael (i), Allred, Laura (col), Klein, Todd (let), Rufino, Angelo, Bond, Shelly (ed). 'The Magical Memory Tour' iZombie 4: 11 (October 2010), Vertigo
5. ^Roberson, Chris (w), Allred, Michael (p), Allred, Michael (i), Allred, Laura (col), Klein, Todd (let), Rufino, Angelo, Bond, Shelly (ed). 'The Magical Memory Tour' iZombie 4: 12-13 (October 2010), Vertigo
6. ^Johnston, Richard (April 1, 2012). 'ECCC: The Vertigo New Blood Panels – And The End Of iZombie'. Bleeding Cool. Retrieved April 1, 2012.
7. ^Andreeva, Nellie (November 7, 2013). 'The CW Sets Drama Based On DC Comics' 'iZombie' With Rob Thomas, Diane Ruggiero'. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
8. ^Andreeva, Nellie (February 25, 2014). 'Malcolm Goodwin To Star, Alex Krosney & David Anders To Co-Star In CW's 'iZombie''. Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 25, 2014.
9. ^Goldberg, Lesley (March 7, 2014). ''One Tree Hill's' Robert Buckley to Co-Star in CW's 'iZombie''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 7, 2014.
10. ^Goldberg, Lesley (March 12, 2014). 'Rose McIver to Star in Rob Thomas' 'iZombie''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
11. ^Ausiello, Michael (May 8, 2014). 'The CW New Series For Fall 2014 – 'The Flash' and 'iZombie' - TVLine'. TVLine. Retrieved May 8, 2014.
12. ^Armitage, Hugh (March 13, 2015). 'iZombie opening credits reveal Michael Allred art'. Digital Spy. Retrieved March 18, 2015.

External links[edit]

• I, Zombie at the Grand Comics Database
• iZombie at the Comic Book DB (archived from the original)