Somewhere in the crop of new shows premiering this fall TV season is your favorite new show!
(If there's any chance it stars Reba McEntire, just leave.)
It's probably going to be one of these:
Nashville (Wednesday, 10/9c, premieres Oct 10, ABC)
I'm not the only one expecting this to be the breakout hit of the season, but believe me, my fellow bloggers and I have good reason. It stars the awesome Connie Britton and the plucky Hayden Panettiere as rival country music divas, and the delicious soapy drama is going to be given some serious weight by creator Callie Khouri, who won an Oscar for writing Thelma and Louise. So she might know what she's doing. The show is going to feature songs written by Nashville professionals and groups like The Civil Wars, and sung by the stars of the show. It all feels like magic in the making (you're right, I promise never to use that phrase again). Plus, it's on a good network and has a non-competitive time slot. It's early, but I'm calling the win.
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| A win for sequins! |
Vegas (Tuesday, 10/9c, premieres Sept 25, CBS)
Set in the 60's, Dennis Quaid plays Ralph Lamb, the first sheriff of Las Vegas, doing his best to keep his town from being run by Chicago mobster Vincent Savino, played by Michael Chiklis - in a script by Nicholas Pileggi, who wrote freaking Goodfellas and Casino. Anything about that sentence make you not want to watch this show?
Yeah, pretty sure that goes for everybody else too.
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| Surprisingly enough, this one seems to be the win for hats. |
The Mob Doctor (Monday, 9/8c, premieres Sept 17, FOX)
I really love Jordanna Spiro. The cancellation of My Boys still makes me sad. (The fact that her character PJ ended up with Bobby makes me sadder.) I think the premise of the show is interesing, and if pulled off well, could be very compelling. Creators Josh Berman and Rob Wright are long-time procedural vets (CSI, Bones, Charmed) so I'm betting they know what they're doing. Well, at least for the first few seasons.
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| At which point, judging from this picture, she will turn out to be the godfather of said mob. Or Satan. |
Arrow (Wednesday, 8/7c, premieres Oct 10, CW)
CW figured out the superhero-on-TV problem: they lost the costume. As I've explained before, superheroes don't work on TV...most of the time. But following in the footsteps of the extremely successful Smallville, Arrow put a hot guy in a hoodie and had him fight bad guys, and the results are extremely entertaining. I expect the show to do well (for the CW, which isn't much) and with several executive producers and writers who used to actually write comic books, I think this one will satisfy the nerds as well.
Myself included.
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| Pictured: Abs-olute Satisfaction |
The Mindy Project (Tuesday, 9:30/8:30c, premieres Sept 25, FOX)
Despite the not-great title and not-great pilot, I'm putting this show on the great list. Why?
Because I want Mindy Kaling to be my BFF. (Hi, Mindy! Love you, love your shoes, call me!)
And also because I think it has real potential. The character feels genuine, and her desperate attempts to put away her party girl past and to live out her rom-com fantasies make her feel very familiar. (Not to me, obviously, I'm nothing like that.) We know from 30 Rock and New Girl that the audience is on board with a "quirky" female lead, and I think both of those shows needed a few minutes to find their footing too. Nobody's perfect to start with. Oh, hey, I guess that's kinda the point!
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| So....everyone? |
Elementary (Thursday, 10/9c, premieres Sept 27, CBS)
For Sherlock Holmes purists and devotees of the BBC's brilliant Sherlock, it might be better to pretend that Jonny Lee Miller (Trainspotting, used to be married to Angelina Jolie) is just playing another brilliant-but-mean government agency consultant with addiction issues and an anti-social personality disorder. You know, "House helps the NYPD" or whatever. That's basically what this is, and scoff all you want to, but it's a CBS procedural, and if there's one thing CBS knows how to do, that's it. Add it to your roster if you need another procedural on your roster.
I don't.
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| Watson got....um, boob-ier. |
Revolution (Monday, 10/9c, premieres Sept 17, NBC)
OK, honestly, I'm not convinced that this show is going to work, but I had to give NBC one. I've seen the pilot, and there's a lot I really like about it. Elizabeth Mitchell is there. I love her. The premise is cool, and fascinating to me. If they are, as the creators proclaim, interested in creating an interesting show and not just a box of mystery, then maybe they can be better than previous "epic" endeavors like The Event, Flash Forward, etc., etc. It seems to be a pretty well put together show, and if it doesn't descend into a LOST-esque "season of walking" or lose the thread in a quagmire of mystery, it should be OK.
For NBC's sake, I hope so.
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| Oh, JJ. Why can't I quit you? |
Ben and Kate (Tuesday, 8:30/7:30c, premieres Sept 25, FOX)
I originally had this show on my losers list, because the promos were terrible, I hated the premise, and I just thought it was going to get lost in the shuffle of all of the new comedies. While that last one might be true, I've seen the pilot and I completely take back the other two. Leads Nat Faxon and Dakota Johnson (daughter of Don Johnson and Melanie Griffith) are charming, funny, and have a genuine brother/sister rapport, something that is surprisingly hard to find on TV. Give this one a try, I think you'll be pleased. Besides, what the hell else are you watching, NCIS?
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| Yes, said everyone in the country. |
Oh, I see. Well, that's what DVR is for.
Partners (Monday, 8:30/7:30c, premieres Sept 24, CBS)
This is the new sitcom from Will and Grace creators Max Mutchnick and David Kohan, starring David Krumholtz and Michael Urie. And Brandon Routh. It comes on right after How I Met Your Mother. This can not be bad, right?
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| Oh, crap. |
Think it's over? Of course not, my darling Freaks! Stay tuned for even more Fall TV goodness!
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