Three Weeks In--Here's What I'm Thinking!

Fall TV is not for the feint of heart.

Currently my DVR is sitting at 85%, largely because CBS doesn’t have a reliable Internet viewing service and for some reason, my cable company doesn’t have the eye or its little baby sister, the CW available for on demand. Whatever.

So, Noel asked me to get on it with my thoughts on the new season now that its been underway for a few weeks. And while it is a sad fact of life that my day job and hobby both have their busiest times of year at the exact same moments, I’m pleased to say that I’ve watched enough to be slightly opinionated.

I’m bummed I didn’t write or post this yesterday, because my prediction for fastest to the cancellation line would’ve been The Playboy Club. That went down today, and so now I’m left with prognosticating what I think will go on the chopping block next.

Subscribing to the theory that you need to give shows a couple/few weeks to marinate before making a judgement, I’m not for sure what will get the ax in the coming days/weeks. If the world was just, I’d say that How to be a Gentleman (Thursday, 8:30, CBS) would get the heave-ho. But again, it has only aired one episode, and before they chop it, I’d say they will air it one or two more times.

It could be Charlie’s Angels, because I’ve watched the first 20ish minutes of the pilot and I was pretty bored. Yes, everyone’s hot, and I love Drew Barrymore (the producer) as much as the next gal, but I don’t know if that will be enough to last an entire season.

Other than that, here are my thoughts on what I’ve been watching (new shows only...returning later).

Monday
Two Broke Girls--Enjoyable, but not a rave from me. There are definite things I like about it; like the fact that they have a horse in their backyard and the end gimmick about how much money they’ve earned toward their goal of opening a bakery, but my world would not come crashing down if my DVR forgot to record it.

Terra Nova--I defer to Zach, who actually watched the pilot. “It’s good, interesting and I wish you would’ve remembered to DVR it last night.”

Tuesday
New Girl--I saw way too much of a the pilot in preview form, so I was definitely meh after the first episode. Last week I enjoyed slightly more toward the end of the episode and this week I found myself entertained in the first five minutes. This is a positive upward trend. I should also mention that its picked up for an entire season already.

I’ve watched the pilot of Ringer, but I don’t have the world’s deepest desire to go through the other three that are currently sitting on my DVR. I know I’ll get there, but it isn’t at the top of my priority list.

Unforgettable sits on my DVR awaiting my attention.

Wednesday
Okay, I really liked some things about Up All Night, one of which was how Will Arnett is not playing his usual character. However, I’m not enjoying it as much during the second and third episodes, and I can’t quantify as to the why. But NBC has already ordered a full season, so clearly my opinion doesn’t overly matter.

I can say almost the same thing for Free Agents. Except for the full season order thing. This could be the next on the cancellation list. I found myself liking the pilot more than I thought I would, but it is definitely not appointment viewing for me. Despite having Giles.

I watched the first night of X-factor, and while I get the hype and enjoy some of the differences from Idol, I’m not hooked. I’ll keep checking in, but I won’t waste the DVR space quite yet.

Suburgatory--I liked it. I really liked it. It has only been on once, but it gets my vote for most enjoyable new comedy. Lots of recognizable faces; I’m most excited by Alan Tudyk (from Firefly!). However, I’ve only seen the pilot.

Revenge--My favorite new guilty pleasure of the fall, based solely on the pilot. I haven’t had a fun soap-type show in a long time, so I’m excited to have found a winner!

Thursday
Whitney was not nearly as egregious as I thought I would think it was. I am ashamed to admit I’ve chuckled once or twice. Yet, I still didn’t think it would get a full season order. Which it did.

I’ve seen approximately 20 minutes of Prime Suspect. Having never seen the original, I can’t make a comparison. I still need to go back and finish a couple of episodes before I solidify my Jerry Springer final thoughts.

Person of Interest--I watched the pilot, but didn’t pay rapt attention to the entire story. Zach’s watched the second episode and he really liked it. Two thumbs up from Z!

I watched the pilot of The Secret Circle, and I may officially be too old. I’m keeping my supernatural soap opera teeny bopper show limit to The Vampire Diaries.

Friday
I’m slightly ashamed to say that I liked the pilot of A Gifted Man. A little sudsy, a little super natural, and fairly enjoyable. But again, it could be the supporting cast that has me hooked.

Sunday
I’m waiting for the time to see Pan Am.

Okay, so that’s what I’ve sampled and thought about so far.

Two items of note:

1) Psych returns October 12--we love our USA characters!

2) This will be the only time I mention American Horror Story. It premieres Wednesday night on FX and just seeing anything about it scares the holy living poop out of me. I. Do. Not. Do. Scary.

So there you go! More later about what's been on for a bit...