CBS
CBS has one of the only two new offerings tonight. A Gifted Man is described as a cross between The Ghost Whisperer and House. Brilliant/arrogant neurosurgeon starts to see saintly dead ex-wife two weeks after her demise. She worked with the poor, he caters to the rich. He starts to listen to her and work at the free clinic. Medical crisis of the week show, which boasts a pretty darn good cast, including Lizzy Bennet from my favorite version of Pride and Prejudice and Mags from Justified last year. Those two actresses will have me checking out a show I would normally ignore. (And Johnathan Demme directs too).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfJ8Owkno5A
The rest of CBS’ Friday night has CSI: NY, which has been around for some time and Blue Bloods, in its sophomore season. I succumbed to Selleck and became addicted to Blue Bloods last year (it might have been the Wahlberg who won me over, honestly.)
NBC
Chuck moved to Friday. And it is in its last season. Ending on a major twist, I can’t wait for this abbreviated--only 13 episodes--season. #goteamchuck
Grimm is the night’s other new offering. At its most simplistic, detectives solve crime in fairy tale land. A bit more explanation: The Grimm Brothers didn’t just write the fairy tales, they were criminal profilers who wrote cryptic messages in their stories to warn us of the evil that lurks around. One of their descendants has inherited their ability to detect the evil supernatural beings around us and he solves the crimes. The buzz is that up against Supernatural and Fringe, they really don’t stand much of a chance. I’ll have a lot of TV to catch up on, so I’m going to pass. (Plus, I don’t do scary well).
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3rFsv_WSE
Dateline. Still here.
FOX
Not a Gordan Ramsay Fan.
Wish I had stuck on the Fringe bandwagon after season 1, but I got too far behind on Hulu, so I’m only caught up via blogs. This is whacked out, crazy science fiction at its best. I’d start the DVDs.
ABC
Nothing new here. Move along (although, to be fair, Exteme Makeover: Home Edition moved).
CW
Nikita is on my list of shows to check out on DVD.
Supernatural has long scared me far too much for my own liking. I don’t do scary well (mentioned twice, as it is so very true!)
Let’s talk Saturday!
I think there are two things of note here:
1. David Spade still has gainful employment. But his show is on Saturday, the death spot.
2. I can’t believe Cops is still on.
And with that, it is time for Sunday!
CBS
Nothing new, but some time changes. The Good Wife’s move seems as if it will put the final nail in the coffin of Desperate Housewives on ABC.
NBC
I feel like I should know what they are doing after football season, but apparently I don’t off the top of my head. Bummer. It won’t be until January anyway.
FOX
Their night of cartoons adds Allen Gregory, the story of a 7-year-old whose gay dads send him off to public school after being homeschooled his whole life. He’s obnoxious, precocious (in the not cute way) and also described as Truman Capote-esque. It follows in the vein of Family Guy, so not very appropriate for children. Let alone his crush on his very old principal. Werid. From the mind of Jonah Hill.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUlfno9QTM
The rest of their line-up has been around for forever and a day.
ABC
Once Upon a Time is a show that I’m having trouble wrapping my head around, but at the same time, find myself intrigued and will most definitely check out. It goes like this: A group of storybook characters--Snow White and the Evil Queen, etc.--have been cursed into forgetting who they are and are living in modern day Storybrooke, Maine. The show alternates between their fairy tales and modern day and comes from two writers of Lost--making it a show with lots of puzzles and chance for viewers to get their conspiracy on. Bring it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmWaOnpM_Ro
Desperate Housewives: Final Season. Game on!
Pan Am is on most lists as one of the season’s best. Set in 1963, it is a time of travel where people got dressed up and were not necessarily treated like cattle. Also, its got a wee bit of espionage thrown in for fun. Apparently this is an escapist drama/romance/little bit of spy caper show that has everyone glowing about how enjoyable it is--and with Tommy Schlamme as an executive producer, it comes with a pretty good pedigree.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oVdLIvcNRE
Phew....That’s it for the nights this fall on broadcast. Abbreviated cable info to come, as well as what I’m thinking about what I’m watching.
Now I just have to figure out how to watch it all!
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