The networks have released their fall lineups. Check out what ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and The CW are offering to pull you away from your video games. Checking out the schedules it does seem ironic is that Friday Night Lights is on Tuesday.
Now while returning favorites like, The Amazing Race, Survivor: Cook Islands, The Simpsons, Family Guy, Prison Break, and Lost will get my attention, there is room for some new shows.
Heroes 9 PM on NBC is going to get Tivoed during football season and hopefully give me something to do on Monday nights in January. Any show with superpowers is definitely worth giving a try. The Office isn’t technically a new show but I only caught it a few times this year. I’ve heard a lot of great things about it and the episodes I saw looked promising, so I’ll give it a try this season.
I’m not typically a fan of drama but every so often one catches my interest and gets me hooked. ABC’s Day Break,
The Nine, and Six Degrees look like they might have that potential. I like the Groundhog Day style idea of Day
Break. The unfolding mystery of The Nine seems interesting. While the premise
of Six Degrees seems a little too touchy-feely, but J. J. Abrams created it so it probably is like nothing else on TV.
CBS may have a huge hit on its hands with Jericho. The post-apocalyptic theme is somewhat similar to ABS’s Lost but I want to see what other works from this genre the series will tap into. I think this show will be tense, exciting, and win huge ratings. If you watch one new show this fall, I think this should be the one.
’Til Death on Fox looks funny it’s Finch from American Pie an I like the newlywed versus established couple theme since I’m beginning to make the transition from one to the next. We’ll see if it winds up being as funny as it could be or if it just rehashes old clichés about marriage.
Happy Hour on Fox comes from the producers of That 70's Show and hopefully it will be as funny. If not I can always watch reruns of Cheers.
I’ve got one last thing to say. If you haven’t been watching Prison Break on Fox…YOU NEED TO WATCH THIS SHOW!!