Tuesday, September 18, 2007

A Look Forward to the Fall TV Season

Top 7 returning shows I'm looking forward to this fall:

1. The Office - One of the most consistently high quality and funny shows. And it's not only the humor...But the subtle expression of inner feelings is unmatched.
2. Heroes - Let's hope it wasn't a one season wonder...
3. Scrubs - It's final season and still not in HD. It will be missed..or it would be missed if it wasn't already syndicated like crazy!
4. Family Guy - The season opener is gonna be a star wars special..Just awesome.
5. Supernatural - A very a quality underrated CW offering. How can not like Jensen Ackles??
6. How I Met Your Mother - Slap bet.
7. Bones - I think it's the only "crime" show I watch because it's actually entertaining.

I didn't put Lost on the list because it doesn't return until January 2008. But I am definitely looking forward to its final episodes!

There are a few returning shows that I do enjoy but am hesitant to place on the "looking forward" list because my interest in them is tapering off due their degrading quality last season...These include:

1. Smallville - I have been a fan since day one. I have every season on DVD. But seriously this show should have ended like 2 seasons ago. The show always has some of the absolute best season finales but the middles portions of the season have been lacking - there are only so many "mutant of the week" episodes you can do.
2. Grey's Anatomy - I think most would agree this show got a bit dry last season. Less romance/sex and more drama and humor please. And please don't have any cross over crap with that Private Practice spin-off bullcrap.
3. American Dad - eh. It's funny and all but it already feels dated for some reason.

Top 3 new shows I'm looking forward to:

1. Reaper - The pilot was great! It's a supernatural comedy about a 20ish year old guy who has to collect escaped souls for the devil. Funny stuff.
2. Chuck - Basically another show about a 20ish guy who works at the "nerd herd" (geek squad) tech repair center at a Best Buyish type store who ends up having all of the US government secrets copied to his memory. Brought to you by the creator of The O.C. so it has that same type of geekish humor that Seth (Adam Brody) did so well in the first 2 seasons of The O.C.
3. Beauty and the Geek 4 (I Consider this new since there are no returning characters)

The Sarah Connor Chronicles is missing from the list because FOX has decided to bring it out in January instead. Since the show is on FOX it's probably best not to get too attached to the show if it's an good since they will probably screw it over and cancel it without giving it a chance. (Yes, much bitterness here...Dark Angel..Firefly...John Doe..the list goes on.) It's a series based on the Terminator series.

And there are few shows I'm not too excited about but will probably watch an episode or two to see if they're any good:

Aliens in America - The pilot episode was okay..Had a few laughs but not much substance. I think I might actually be a bit out of the target age demographic though..
The Big Bang Theory - CBS trying to bank on the success of How I Met Your Mother style...Probably will fail like The Class did.
Pushing Daisies - Interesting concept - A guy can revive the dead for 60 seconds by touching them.

And Shows I will miss from the summer:

Entourage - It's just soooo good and addicting.
My Boys
Hogan Knows Best (don't laugh!)
The Two Coreys (what??)
Pick Up Artists (ok, go ahead and laugh.)

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