Day 2 of our look back at my thoughts on the new fall television season and what is new for the winter and spring.
7:00
How I Met Your Mother – Entering its 9th and final season, the show finally introduced the titular mother in last spring’s finale. This entire season will take place over the weekend of Barney and Robin’s wedding, but should have some flashbacks and flashforwards involving the mother.
The show has worked best this season when the mother has been involved, which, sadly, hasn’t been too often. The plan is for it to air without reruns through the series finale in March.
Bones – Also returning for its 9th season, Bonesstarts the year on Mondays but is scheduled to move to Fridays after the World Series. Replacing it on Mondays will be
Well, FOX finally pulled the trigger and actually moved Bones to Fridays. Not much to say about the show that hasn’t already been said. It seems to just keep chugging along.
Almost Human – Brought to us by some of the good folks responsible for Fringe, I’ll give this a shot, assuming it ever does show up on Mondays.
We’re 9 episodes into the season and I’m still not sure what to make of this one. More often than not, I find myself falling asleep during the show, which I guess doesn’t bode well for it.
8:00
2 Broke Girls – Entering its 3rd season, it is time to accept that this show is not going to change. It will continue to feature two talented leads and surround them with base racial stereotypes and humor aimed towards the lowest common denominator. To this point, the charm of the leads has been enough to overcome bad things about the show. At some point, though, that is bound to change.
The status quo got shaken up a bit, first with the addition of the cupcake window at the back of the diner and then with the addition of the baking school.
Sleepy Hollow – The new show takes Ichabod Crane and the Headless Horseman and brings them from the Revolutionary War to the present day. I was not very impressed with the pilot, but I’ll give it a few weeks to see if it improves.
I’ll be honest, I am not seeing the crazy greatness in this that other people do, but I’m sticking with it.
8:30
Mom – Anna Faris moves to television for the first time as a recovering addict who has to deal with an overbearing mother while raising two kids. I’ll give it a shot, but I’m not expecting much from it.
It’s a good thing I wasn’t expecting much, because I certainly didn’t get much from this. I made it through the pilot, but saw no reason to return for any further episodes.
9:00
Hostages – Toni Collette and Dylan McDermott team up for this 15-episode series based on an Israeli show. I will give this a chance, but, again, I’m not sure how long it will survive.
Turns out that I never actually got around to watching this. The reviews were not good and, after a few episodes piled up on the DVR and I needed the space, I decided to cut bait and delete them.
The Blacklist – NBC brings James Spader back to television and gives him plenty of scenery to chew, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t intrigued. Hopefully we get more Alan Shore and less Robert California.
James Spader makes this show.
Castle – Heading into its 6th season, the show picks up with Castle having proposed to Beckett, who has just been offered a job in Washington. The show has not yet started to show its age, and hopefully it continues to fire on all cylinders.
Over Christmas break, I ended up rewatching all of Castle up to this season. I guess I could have burnt out on the show, but I find myself just liking it more.
Now that we’ve reviewed the shows from the fall, let’s look at what new shows are coming to Mondays.
The Following – Kevin Bacon returns in a show that was a bit of a mess in its first season. To be honest, I don’t even remember how the season ended. I’ll probably check back in, but I could be talked out of it.
Intelligence – Josh Holloway returns with his series since Lost. Early reviews have it as a watered down Chuck, which, if true, I can live with. Sadly, it isn’t even that. Holloway and Meghan Ory will keep me around, but the early ratings results may not keep the show around.