The fall television season starts up soon. My regular favorites will be back on the air. There are four new shows I am going to check out this year:
– Revolution
– Last Resort
– Elementary
– Vegas
Not a single new comedy caught my eye. I’m a sitcom snob so they really have to bring it. So what are you looking forward to checking out? What returning shows are you anxious to see appear back on the DVR?
Mike Dwyer
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You’re going to watch Revolution?
Good, then I don’t have to. I’ll DVR the first few episodes. Write a review after the third one and let me know if the first three hours were interesting or painful.
I’m so hoping for interesting but all signs point to painful.Report
Patrick – I suspect painful but I am a sucker for dystopian dramas. For me it will all probably come down to two things:
1) Is the science behind the premise at least marginally believable
2) Do they over-emphasize the role of militias in the new world i.e. The Postman. That is way too predictable.Report
Dr. Who….thats all.Report
Uh, why I did think the next episode was the xmas special and they wouldn’t start the season until 2013?
(iow, this)Report
The Good Doctor starts this Saturday. Why did you think that…i blame the Silence.Report
Or a crack in my wall; I didn’t remember there has already been a xmas special since the last season. (I think I went right from Dr Who to GoT as my must see tv, so hadn’t groked it had been that long since a story of life on the Ponderosa)Report
Revolution: “Is the science behind the premise at least marginally believable?”
How does an EMP (or whatever) that knocks out microelectronics (which is fine) and macroelectronics (which I’m willing to accept) also eliminate steam power and gunpowder?
Last resort is going to be unwatchable for me because I used to be in that business
Elementary looks like a complete ripoff of BBC’s recent modern Sherlock (and BBC is taking some exception) but it also looks decent.
I’ve only seen a snipet of the Vegas trailer, but I like everything Chiklis has ever been in.Report
Kolohe,
They have guns in the trailer for Revolution though they are muzzleloaders. I am going to assume they will say that the machinery to keep making modern bullets no longer exists.
I’m also wondering how the trigger event for the series doesn’t just mean, “Damn, now we have to rebuild the internet.” My guess is that it is an ongoing event where any new technology simply shuts right down upon activation.Report
Ok, I hadn’t seen a gun so far in any trailers, just a lot of swords and crossbows. In any case it presses a bit beyond the edges of my disbelief that a society where it seems superior firepower is as important as it is, the post-apocaplytic warlords aren’t pressing more resources into 19th century technology – but handcrafting vice mass producing it. (or rather, those that have retained the knowledge of rifling and metalurgy and waterwheels or looked it up in a book haven’t risen to be master of all they survey. )
(Or maybe they have and that’s the plot)Report
You should watch the League. It’s pretty funny. First two seasons are on Netflix, so give it a shot.Report
Forgot the League in my list. That’s a pretty great show.Report
Because it reminds you of Woodrow Wilson?Report
My favorite new shows from last year were American Horror Story and New Girl. I’m hoping to see if they can keep me entertained for another year. My standard favorites – Parks & Rec, Archer, and… I think that’s it – are always highly anticipated. And a few shows – Futurama, Louie, Project Runway – are getting near to wrapping up current seasons. When spring rolls around, I’ll get Game of Thrones and Girls back.
I really like the decreasing tendency to structure TV around the traditional fall schedule. I like having a small handful of shows that I can watch in rotation all year.Report
I’m with you on that Ryan. Suits and Falling Skies are my summer pleasures. And AMC brought back Hell on Wheels a few weeks ahead of the major network premiers.Report
I’m skipping Revolution because, based on the previews, the science strains my suspension of belief past the breaking point. And I watch Fringe, so that’s saying something.
Not planning to watch any of the new shows. Mostly looking forward to Once Upon a Time. It’s not deep, but it’s enjoyable, and a welcome relief from the endless crime shows that have no greater premise than “how horribly can we kill a person this week?”. It mixes darkness and idealism together very pleasantly.Report
Elementary does look like a poorman’s Sherlock and the lack of Bennedict Cumberbatch guarantees I won’t be watching it.Report