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Midseason Review – Fridays

old-tv-set1We finish up our look back at the fall season with Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

7:30

Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong returns for season 2 of his show that, while not great, is watchable, especially with nothing of note on against it.

Eh, this is not a great show.  If it was on any other night, I would have dropped it by now.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A seventh season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint, adds Claire Forlani to the cast.

Claire Forlani didn’t last long.

The Exorcist – FOX’s reboot of the movie franchise may be worth a look.

This was surprisingly good.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a seventh season.

Like the Energizer bunny, it keeps going and going.

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2016 New Fall Season – Fridays

old-tv-set1Our penultimate look at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

7:30

Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong returns for season 2 of his show that, while not great, is watchable, especially with nothing of note on against it.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A seventh season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint, adds Claire Forlani to the cast.

The Exorcist – FOX’s reboot of the movie franchise may be worth a look.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a seventh season.

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CBS Upfronts

bbtFor the first time this century, CBS announced a new fall schedule this week without a version of CSI in the mix.  Instead, the Tiffany network looked to other familiar properties, and stars, to fill the holes in their lineup.  With the network again airing football on Thursday nights for the first 2 months of the season, there will be much juggling going on, starting on Monday, where The Big Bang Theory returns until football ends.  It will be followed by Kevin Can Wait, a new show featuring former CBS star Kevin James.  Once football ends, James moves up a half hour and will be followed by Man With A Plan, starring former Friend Matt LeBlanc.  2 Broke Girls, The Odd Couple, and Scorpion round out the night.

Tuesday wraps two versions of NCIS around Bull, a new drama starring former NCIS star Michael Weatherly as, and you can’t make this up, a young version of Dr. Phil.  No changes on Wednesday night, where Criminal Minds returns for its 12th season.  Thursday, starting in November, starts with The Big Bang Theory, followed by the new Joel McHale-helmed The Great Indoors.  The night finishes with Pure Genius, a new drama from the creator of Parenthood.

Friday sees a new version of MacGuyver, followed by the returning Hawaii Five-O and Blue Bloods.  Sunday adds another version of NCIS to fill the hole left by The Good Wife.

Gone and never to be seen again are The Good Wife and summer staple Under The Dome.  Gone and destined to be seen again is Supergirl, which is moving to the CW.  Gone and maybe seen again is Limitless, which didn’t make the schedule but is not officially cancelled and is looking for a new home.

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Midseason Review – Fridays

old-tv-set1We finish our look back at the new fall season with the bonanza that is Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

7:30

Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong goes out on his own in this new comedy that plays off his time as a doctor.

Honestly, I’m surprised this is still on the air.  And that I’m still watching it.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A sixth season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint.

A mainstay of Friday nights that would have failed by now if it were on any other night of the week.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a sixth season.

A mainstay of Friday nights that would have failed by now if it were on any other night of the week.

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2015 New Fall Season – Fridays

old-tv-set1Our penultimate look at the new fall season gives us Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

7:30

Dr. Ken – Ken Jeong goes out on his own in this new comedy that plays off his time as a doctor.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A sixth season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a sixth season.

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Midseason Review – Fridays

old-tv-set1It’s time to wrap up our look back at my thoughts on the new fall season’s slate of Friday shows.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A fifth season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint.

Nothing new to say about this show at this point in its life.  It just keeps on keepin’ on.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a fifth season.

I wonder if the show will address any of the real life drama going on with the NYPD over the past few months.

Constantine – NBC gets in on the comic book adaptation game, making this show based on the Vertigo comic and not the 2005 film starring Keanu Reeves.

I think I lasted approximately 2 episodes before cutting bait.

Closing out the week with the shows returning this winter:

Helix – I recall very little about where this show left things off.  Things kicked off last week, so hopefully I can pick it back up.

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2014 New Fall Season – Fridays

old-tv-set1It’s time to wrap up our look at the new fall season with Friday’s amazing slate of shows.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – A fifth season of the show that doesn’t really impress, but doesn’t really disappoint.

9:00

Blue Bloods – The first family of the NYPD returns for a fifth season.

Constantine – NBC gets in on the comic book adaptation game, making this show based on the Vertigo comic and not the 2005 film starring Keanu Reeves.

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CBS Upfronts

PersonOfInterestRelevance1CBS, which fell behind NBC in the battle for 18-49 year olds thanks to the NFL and Olympics, mixed up their schedule for the fall at their upfront presentation this week.  After inking a deal to simulcast 8 weeks of Thursday Night Football, The Big Bang Theory will temporarily move back to Mondays, bumping 2 Broke Girls off the schedule until November.  Katharine McPhee stars in Scorpion, which will take the 8:00 hour.

Person of Interest stays where it is on Tuesday and Criminal Minds continues on Wednesdays.  Kevin Williamson brings a new drama, Stalker, to Wednesday featuring Dylan McDermott and Maggie Q.  Once the football commitment ends at the end of October, BBT and Elementary return to Thursdays.  The Amazing Race moves to Fridays, where it will be followed by holdovers Hawaii 5-0 and Blue Bloods.  The Good Wife continues on Sundays, where it will be joined be OG CSI and Tea Leoni’s new show, Madam Secretary.

The Mentalist will start off on the bench, along with a new version of The Odd Couple, starring Matthew Perry and Thomas Lennon.  Missing altogether is How I Met Your Dad, the “spinoff” of How I Met Your Mother that seemed like a shoe-in to get picked up.

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Midseason Review – Fridays

old-tv-set1It’s time to wrap up our look back at my thoughts on the new fall season’s slate of Friday shows.

8:00

Hawaii Five-0 – The show is a huge hit overseas for CBS, so it gets relegated to Fridays where it won’t cause much damage here at home.

Maternity leave has kept Grace Park’s Kono separated from the rest of the team for most of the season, but she was recently reunited with the rest of the Five-0 team.

9:00

Blue Bloods – Year 4 of CBS’s dependable, if not spectacular, police procedural.

Honestly, I don’t know if I would bother watching this show if it aired any other night.

Closing out the week with the new shows debuting this winter:

Enlisted – The new comedy features three brothers who wind up in the same platoon in the army.  Early returns have been good.

Helix – Syfy’s latest series features an outbreak in a remote base and the CDC researchers sent to investigate.