What I’m Watching This Fall: Taking a Cue from the Networks
Only the Essentials Make the Cut
With a slew of new series literally just a pilot away, this stage of each year is historically a time of promising possibilities on the one hand and near certain disappointment on the other for TV watchers. Since almost everyone who writes about television tends to throw together a guide on their personal viewing choices for the forthcoming season, I though I’d join all of the merriment with a summary of my very own. But, something’s gonna give this fall for me because I’m approaching the tube the same way broadcast networks seem to approach canceling new shows: if a series doesn’t win me over immediately, it’s outta here.
Given such harsh criteria, I’m already fairly confident that certain shows won’t get watched by me on a regular basis in the next few months, although I will sit through at least two episodes of most for reviewing purposes and the entire season of all comedies for my other blog, Comedy Centric. Among the new series this fall that will definitely get my love, the following listed under Appointment TV are good to go … for now. Just like with the broadcast networks, however, the situation can change drastically the nanosecond I get bored or discover that a show I’m not presently interested in is actually worth the effort.
*New series are in bold.
Appointment TV
- ABC: Pushing Daisies, Ugly Betty
- CBS: How I Met Your Mother, Moonlight, Shark, Without a Trace
- Fox: Bones
- NBC: Bionic Woman, Chuck, Friday Night Lights, Heroes, The Office
- The CW: Aliens in America, Everybody Hates Chris, Reaper, Supernatural
Record for Spare Time
- CBS: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Cane, Cold Case, Desperate Housewives
- Fox: House
- NBC: Journeyman, Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Life, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs
- The CW: Smallville
Record for Holidays and Vacations
- ABC: Grey’s Anatomy, Men in Trees, Private Practice
- Fox: K-Ville
Ugly Betty photo courtesy of ABC
