I like to pretend that there is at least one night of the week that I’m not glued to the tube. Usually I pick Wednesday. But let’s be honest, shall we? Like there’s one night I’m not watching TV...just not going to happen.
CBS
Nothing new on the eye tonight. This is the 23rd cycle of Survivor, and while they’ve added some differences to the game by bringing back two previous survivors, everything pretty much remains the same. And I still have a secret crush on Jeff Probst. I think he’s charming.
Criminal Minds--this is the 7th season. I’m fairly certain there is nothing I can convince you to start watching now if you aren’t watching it already.
CSI--the original has changed its home. After squatting on Thursdays at 9 for the past billion years, the show is changing days and time. Ted Danson (of Beckett fame) (Who am I kidding. If you don’t know him from Cheers, you deserve to be confused by the Beckett reference) is on board, replacing Laurence Fishburne’s charachter.
NBC
The peacock network kicks off their night with two new comedies. Of the two, I’m more partial to Up All Night. Will Arnett and Christina Applegate are new parents who refuse to acknowledge that their newborn is changing their world. Maya Rudolph of SNL also stars. Good word of mouth and looks funny enough.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5db6eixmiv0
Free Agents is based on a highly successful UK series of the same name. So far, the only thing British that I see about the series is that Giles from BTVS, Anthony Stewart Head, is the boss. My first few viewing of the 30 second commercials left me with a strong “meh” feeling. I was slightly more intrigued with the 3+ minute preview, but still don’t see this making the rotation. It is about two people on the rebound. They work together, yet still keep hooking up.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rFDYl0_JX5E
Harry’s Law was on last Spring, and while I didn’t mind it, I also didn’t seek it out or make an appointment to see it every week. Kathy Bates plays a lawyer who has opened up an office on the wrong side of the tracks. She also sells shoes out of her office. I’m probably not selling this as strongly as I could be. Or maybe that’s the problem with the show. Another law procedural with a slight variation on the basic premise.
Law and Order’s last show standing, SVU, opens up its season amidst cast changes with the two leads (take a deep breath Clarkie, it will be okay). If you can handle the trauma/drama of the change, you’ll be fine.
FOX
If you are a fan of American Idol, you’ll probably get sucked into the X-Factor. Simon and Paula are back, and the difference is that you don’t have to fit a narrow demographic to have a shot--there’s also a group category. The judges get to groom their top picks (I know, now it sounds like the Voice), but the top prize, monetarily speaking, is larger as is the national exposure.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iX4K1c4cck
I hate my teenage daughter stars Jamie Presley (My Name is Earl) with the premise that two moms, bffs since high school, can’t believe they are raising daughters who are like the girls that tortured them when they were in school. I’ve read that its done poorly. I’ll switch over to ABC when/if I’m done with the X-Factor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iX4K1c4cck
ABC
With two new shows to their line-up, ABC has one of my favorite shows, hands down in the 9 o’clock spot. If you aren’t watching Modern Family, you are really missing out on an HA-larious show. I’m going to say it: I’m never disappointed. Yep, its that good.
The Middle is not on my continuous radar, but I’ve seen it and thought that it was just okay. It’s in its third season, so if you haven’t seen this mid-west family with a strange group of kids, you may want to check it out. But I’d rather watch Simon and Paula.
Happy Endings was an interesting surprise last Spring. Friends-esque is one way to describe it, although the dynamic is a little different (there is a black character and a gay character). Other than that, 3 guys who are buddies, 3 girls who are pals and well, I chuckle a bit when I watch.
Suburgatory is the new show, and a single dad whisks his daughter out of NYC to the suburbs to have a better life. Of course, then, the mocking of the excess and lifestyle of those suburban peeps is fodder for the show. Hearing moderate good buzz and I smirked along with the promo.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZ0L0lF4I4M
Revenge is a divided show in some ways. I’ve read that its good, and then, of course, that its bad. Its got a lot of Internet buzz because of its sexy and sudsy concept: The Count of Monte Cristo reworked to be in modern day Hamptons. Amanda’s father is wrongly jailed 17 years ago, and when she finds out that he is innocent, she seeks out to destroy all those that put her papa away for life. This one is for you if you want the complete opposite of all the crime procedural on the other channels.
You’ll recognize some high profile faces, and I’m reading the lead is strong.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHtxCcC7OQM
CW
I’m torn between writing “Don’t Bother” for H8R and America’s Next Top Model, but I’ve got a little bit of disdain to issue forth first.
H8R is a waste of too many brain cells. Mario Lopez--who’s career peak was Saved by the Bell--is giving those ‘celebrities’ a chance to change the minds of those people who hate them.
Stupid, waste of time in an already overblown celebrity crazed culture.
And I just can’t believe that America’s Next Top Model is still on. I’m sure I could google this answer, but what happens to these women? And is it still on so people can make fun of Tyra?
I’m not really asking.
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