These are some of the shows I think you should keep an eye open for in the upcoming television season.
FOX
New shows: Justice, Standoff,
Returning shows: Family Guy, The Simpsons, American Dad, Prison Break, Bones, House, The O.C.
Standoff: A new show this season about hostage negotiators. Hmm, I don’t know if this is up my alley but it does have Ron Livingston in it and he’s pretty cool. Oh come on, you remember him, he’s the guy from Office Space and Band of Brothers.
Justice: Courtroom drama and it’s been so overhyped on Fox I won’t watch it. Everytime there’s a commercial break I have to hear about this damned show.
The dude who played Sydney’s father on Alias is on it as well as the dude who played Saiid on OZ.
The Simpsons: Honestly, I only saw a few episodes last year so I really couldn’t tell you what they were about but it seems to me that any animated show that can stay on the air as long as this series always deserves a shout out. Homer, Marge and the family may be a little bit overdone but maybe we’ll get a chance to see more of Sideshow Bob and my favourite twosome, Lenny and Carl. E x c e l l e n t. FOX
Family Guy: Well, they have a second season not counting the second season they had before they were originally cancelled. Let’s hope for the best from this often hilarious show and everyone’s favourite matricidal lovin’ Stewie. Victory shall indeed be his for yet another season. FOX
American Dad: I never quite know what to say about this show, it’s like I like it and all but it’s never really as good as Family Guy so it’s always kind of a let down on Sunday nights. I always seemed to miss the show when Deadwood was on but now that that’s been cancelled I guess I will give it another try. If I were a betting woman I would put my money on Claus the talking fish to have a few choice liners. FOX
Prison Break: Well, they’re out of jail and on the run. They are being hunted by a FBI agent named Mahone who is played by William Fichtner, one of my favourite character actors. What other zany adventures are out there for the escapees? Only time and Sweeps will tell.
House: Apparently it’s a good show but I wouldn’t know as I have never seen it.
Bones: Also apparently good but I haven’t seen it despite it having David Boreanaz (RIP, Angel!) as one of its stars.
The O.C.: Yay! They finally killed off old marble mouth. I haven’t seen this show since the first season so I couldn’t tell you whether or not it’s still good.
ABC
New Shows: Ugly Betty, Brothers and Sisters, The Knights of Prosperity
Returning Shows: Lost, Desperate Housewives, Grey’s Anatomy
Desperate Housewives: What, is this show still on? Did anything interesting happen last season? I don’t watch the show but I know people who do and seem to enjoy it so, you know, go an enjoy it. ABC
Lost: They’re still on the Island and no answers seem to be in sight. Compelling but not satisfying. Also, apparently the Island is a magnet. Or something. It’s so confusing I don’t really know but the upside is that for the most part I don’t really have to watch the entire season, all I have to do is play catch-up when they air those “What happened in the first-half of the season on Lost” that they inevitably play when they go on Christmas hiatus.
Grey’s Anatomy: You know, I was always a little “iffy” about watching this show because the word around the water cooler was that it was a little bit on the soap opera side of drama. However, after watching last season I would have to say that it’s the best kind of soap opera drama around on television these days. McDreamy and McSteamy are back.
Ugly Betty: (From ABC.com) In the superficial world of high fashion, image is everything. Styles come and go and the only constants are wafer-thin beauties who wear it. Where could a girl who is less than pretty and a little bit pudgy possibly fit in? If you knew Betty Suarez, you'd see how sweet, intelligent and hard-working she is. Few people ever get to know her because in the world of fashion, Betty is the oversized square peg, in the petite round hole. But finally, her looks and lack of fashion sense are going to be an asset. When publishing mogul Bradford Meade hands the reigns of his fashion magazine, Mode, over to his son Daniel, he specifically hires Betty as his son's new assistant - mostly because she's the only woman in NYC who Daniel won't sleep with. Repulsed at first, Betty will win him over with her efficiency. Neither of them really knows the ins and outs of the fashion world, but the two of them are a formidable team against the label-wearing sharks who will do anything to see them fail. That includes many couture co-workers with botoxed smiles on their faces and knives behind their Galliano backs.
Premieres Thursday, September 28 @ 8/7c
Brothers and Sisters: Brothers & Sisters is a compelling, new one-hour primetime drama from executive producers Ken Olin, playwright Jon Robin Baitz and Marti Noxon about the California-based Walker family. In the series, we meet a collection of incredibly intertwined and somewhat damaged adult siblings who embrace one another unconditionally while striving to reflect the perceived perfection of their role model parents. In the days ahead, they will navigate waves of temptation, deception and grief. Brothers & Sisters follows the Walkers through the maze of American life today -- the pressures, limitless options and the struggle to grow beyond our backgrounds into ourselves. Through these fascinating siblings -- Sarah (Rachel Griffiths), the corporate VP who returns to the family business so she can give to her marriage as much as she does to her career; Tommy (Balthazar Getty), the loyal son yet charming womanizer; Kevin (Matthew Rhys), the gay lawyer cautiously learning about love; Justin (Dave Annable), the baby of the family, grappling with war trauma and addiction; and Kitty (Calista Flockhart), right-wing radio host turned TV pundit who has always been Daddy's little girl -- the show explores what it means to be a family in the 21st century, and how these brothers and sisters balance their own lives as they strive to accept their parents as people -- flawed, contradictory and forgivable -- rather than just as a father and mother. The parents are Tom Skerritt as William Walker, the larger-than-life patriarch and president of the family business, and Sally Field as Nora Holden, the opinionated wife and mother to the five Walker siblings. Then there's Ron Rifkin as Saul Holden, Nora's dandyish brother; John Pyper-Ferguson as Sarah's husband, Joe; Sarah Jane Morris as Tommy's wife, Julia; and Patricia Wettig as the mystery woman who could bring the Walkers and their company down.
For almost 20 years, Eugene Gurkin (Donal Logue) has dreamt of opening a bar, but his dead end job on the late, late janitorial shift won't even fund a bottle of premium booze. In the wake of a co-worker's death, he catches an episode of television. Call it divine intervention, call it a dumb idea, but whatever it is takes hold of Eugene and soon he recruits a group of misfits into his "gang" for a heist to finance their dreams. The target: Mick Jagger's super-luxe Central Park West apartment. Working together, this band of adorable, new-age Robin Hoods, who have never even shoplifted a candy bar, are soon casing the joint and prepping for their crime. What they don't know is that there's a much richer target for them…the chance to find hope, self-esteem and confidence within themselves.
NBC
New Shows: Heroes, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Returning Shows: Scrubs, My Name is Earl, all those damned Law and Order shows
Heroes: A new show, this one has an interesting premise where ordinary people get superhero powers. How? I do not know. Why? Who the hell cares as long as it’s interesting. Some critics say that although it sounds kind of hokey, it’s actually kind of good. Here’s a brief synopsis from NBC
Some people are born to be extraordinary.
They thought they were like everyone else… until they woke with incredible abilities. In Japan, a lowly office worker can teleport at will. In New York, a struggling artist can pain the future. In Los Angeles, a discontented beat cop can hear the thoughts of others/ Elsewhere, a high school cheerleader discovers she is unbreakable and a single mother realizes she has a powerful alter ego. Heroes chronicles the lives of these people and the lives of others like them – whose destiny just might be saving humankind.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip: Brought to us from Aaron Sorkin, writer and creator of Sportsnight and The West Wing, this should be interesting and well-written as long as his nasty crack cocaine habit doesn’t get in the way. In the new drama series, Sorkin lays bare the backstage politics, romances and delicate balance between creative talent, on-air personalities and network executives in an instant text-messaging world. Prominent are Jordan McDeere (Amanda Peet, "Syriana"), a savvy new network entertainment chief who inherits a massive public relations disaster on the series -- even before she starts her first day -- and Matt Albie (Matthew Perry, "Friends") and Danny Tripp (Bradley Whitford, "The West Wing"), a brilliant creative team that she wants to resurrect the program.
Also playing crucial roles are the sketch comedy series stars Harriet Hayes (Sarah Paulson, "Down With Love"), Simon Stiles (D.L. Hughley, "The Hughleys") and Tom Jeter (Nathan Corddry, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart"), their normally cool-headed director, Cal Shanley (Timothy Busfield, "thirtysomething") as well as supreme network honcho Jack Rudolph (Steven Weber, "Wings").
My Name is Earl: Um, the episodes that I saw were funny but I was never really compelled to return the following week. Also, I think it was on at the same time as Supernatural.
CBS:
New shows: Jericho, Smith,
Returning shows: CSI, CSI: NY, CSI: Miami, Numbers
Smith: Something about a group of masterthieves who want the last big heist before they retire. Or something like that. It has Ray Liotta and Simon Baker.
CSI: I really only have two words to say: More Warwick.
CSI Miami: I read an article the other day that asked whether or not David Caruso got paid per dramatic pause because he seems to do it an awful lot during the course of one episode. This show is alright although it seems to me that it is pretty much interchangeable with the other two from the franchise.
CSI NY: This show is good but it’s just not great and I guess I expected more from Gary Sinise. I suppose that if you’re a fan of this particular genre of t.v. show then you could do a lot worse with what’s out there.
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