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FOX Upfronts

24

The big news coming out of FOX’s upfront presentation wasn’t what would be airing in the fall, but next summer.  24 is coming back as a 12-episode mini-series, with Kiefer Sutherland back on board as Jack Bauer.  Will a new series work after a 4 year hiatus?  Will any other former cast members be back?  There’s lots of questions surrounding this announcement, with little in the way of answers this far in advance.

Beyond that, I don’t know how much stock to put in the announced schedules.  As usual, FOX has announced three different schedules, one for September, one for November once the World Series concludes, and one for January.  And, if the past is any indicator, all of the plans will go out the window once fall finally comes around. Bones gets moved to Friday for at least the fourth time, despite never actually airing a new episode on a Friday.  Raising Hope is also expected to move to Fridays come November.  Beyond that, there is not much movement for existing shows.  Did I mention 24 is coming back?

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Midseason Review – Mondays

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 8th, and last, season, this is a show in desperate need of a change.  I’ve never been one of those people who felt that the show needed to introduce the title mother in order to make the show worth while, it has started to feel that the writers and producers are treading water while waiting to bring the mother on board.  That could give the show enough juice to energize not just this season, but any possible future ones as well.

As it turns out, this is not the final season for HIMYM.  Which means they will likely continue to tread water for another year.

Bones – Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz returned last week for the 8th season with a move to Mondays, taking over the House timeslot.

At this point, Bones is, to paraphrase Dennis Green, the show we thought it was.

8:00

2 Broke Girls – In some ways, this was one of the more disappointing series to debut last season.  Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are both talented actresses who could use better material.  Hopefully the writers and producers spent the summer focusing on what worked last year and got rid of the base racial stereotypes that tended to drag things down.

The second season has improved somewhat, but the show still tends to go for the lowbrow laughs at every opportunity.

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2012 New Fall Season – Mondays

Day 2 of our look at the new fall television season brings us to Mondays.

7:00

How I Met Your Mother – Entering its 8th, and possibly last, season, this is a show in desperate need of a change.  I’ve never been one of those people who felt that the show needed to introduce the title mother in order to make the show worth while, it has started to feel that the writers and producers are treading water while waiting to bring the mother on board.  That could give the show enough juice to energize not just this season, but any possible future ones as well.

Bones – Emily Deschanel and David Boreanaz returned last week for the 8th season with a move to Mondays, taking over the House timeslot.

8:00

2 Broke Girls – In some ways, this was one of the more disappointing series to debut last season.  Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs are both talented actresses who could use better material.  Hopefully the writers and producers spent the summer focusing on what worked last year and got rid of the base racial stereotypes that tended to drag things down.

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Midseason Review – Thursdays

Nearing the end of our look back at the fall television season.

CBS

Big Bang Theory – The nerds return for more fun.

This show has wisely mixed things up, with the focus nearly equal between the guys and the girls.  The additions of Melissa Rauch and Mayim Bialik to the cast have made a strong show even stronger.  There was one occassion where the show fell victim to the main charge of its critics, where it laughed at nerds instead of with them.  Hopefully that was a blip and not a tonal shift.

How To Be A Gentleman –  This looks to be horrible.  I doubt it lasts through November sweeps.

And it didn’t.

Person Of Interst – Michael Emerson’s first post-Lost series.  That alone is enough of a reason to give this a chance.

This is not really a bad show, but it isn’t really a good one and it seems like a total waste of Michael Emerson’s talents.  It looks like they may be mixing things up a bit by bringing Taraji P. Henson into the fold, so maybe that will help.

The Mentalist – Based on the premiere, it will be more of the same from The Mentalist.  It’s a good enough show, but I can see it burning out quickly if they don’t shake things up sometime soon.

More of the same indeed.  The addition of one of the kids from the new Melrose Place as the new boss is kind of weird, but beyond that, nothing really new.

NBC

Community – Back for a surprising third season.  John Goodman has joined in a recurring role, and, so far, looks to have brought his A-game. 

Well, John Goodman only appeared 2 or 3 times, but this season has been bizarrely brilliant.  Of course, this means that NBC has pulled it from the schedule, claiming it will return at some undetermined point in the future.  I know 3 seasons is more than most series see, but losing this show will hurt more than most. Continue reading →

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2011 New Fall Season – Thursdays

CBS

Big Bang Theory – The nerds return for more fun.

How To Be A Gentleman –  This looks to be horrible.  I doubt it lasts through November sweeps.

Person Of Interst – Michael Emerson’s first post-Lost series.  That alone is enough of a reason to give this a chance.

The Mentalist – Based on the premiere, it will be more of the same from The Mentalist.  It’s a good enough show, but I can see it burning out quickly if they don’t shake things up sometime soon.

NBC

Community – Back for a surprising third season.  John Goodman has joined in a recurring role, and, so far, looks to have brought his A-game. 

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Midseason Review – Thursdays

Our penultimate look back at TV’s most competitive night!  October’s thoughts on Must See TV.

7:00

The Big Bang Theory – A lot of nerds don’t like this show, thinking it always goes for the easy jokes about them and their nerd culture.  I disagree.  Consistently one of the funniest shows on TV.

The move from Mondays has worked out for CBS.  There was a slight blip when Kaley Cuoco missed a few episodes after falling off a horse, but it seems to be back to firing on all cylindars.

Community – A pop culture cornocopia that brings the funny every week.  Plus, it has Annie’s Boobs.

Still great, but it may have gone to the wacky theme episode well once too often in an attempt to replicate the glory that was last year’s paintball episode.  Not to mention a return appearance by Annie’s Boobs.

My Generation – This will be cancelled by the end of October. Didn’t even make it the end of September.

Wow.  I had managed to completely forget about this.

Bones – The gang is brought back together to fight crime.  Again, the relationships between the characters trumps the case of the week.

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2010 New Fall Season – Thursdays

Our most competitive night!  It truly is Must See TV.

7:00

The Big Bang Theory – A lot of nerds don’t like this show, thinking it always goes for the easy jokes about them and their nerd culture.  I disagree.  Consistently one of the funniest shows on TV.

Community – A pop culture cornocopia that brings the funny every week.  Plus, it has Annie’s Boobs.

My Generation – This will be cancelled by the end of October. Didn’t even make it the end of September.

Bones – The gang is brought back together to fight crime.  Again, the relationships between the characters trumps the case of the week.

7:30

$#*! My Dad Says – I had originally planned on giving this a shot due to the goodwill William Shatner had built in Boston Legal (Denny Crane!), but that was before I saw a brief preview.  They should shut down Twitter just because it was the source material for this steaming pile of crap.

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Book 5 (of 52) – Deja Dead

Deja Dead - Kathy Reichs

Déjà Dead was Kathy Reichs’ first novel, but the second I’ve read.  As the cover states, this series of novels is the inspiration behind the TV show Bones, although they share very little beyond the protaganist’s name and occupation.   The plot revolves around a number of dead bodies, and forensic anthropologist Temperence Brennan is having a hard time convincing the Montreal authorites that they have a serial killer on their hands.  As she starts her own investigation, the bodies, and murders, hit a little too close to home.

After my previous attempt at reading a Reichs novel featuring the character (Cross Bones), I had no intention of trying another, but an Amazon Buy 3 Get 1 Free sale left me needing one more book, so here we are.  I did end up enjoying this book much more, although, as a fan of the TV series, it once again took some getting used to, as the character of Temperance Brennan is very different here than in the show.  Once I got passed that and was engaged in the action of the book (which took awhile.  I started this book last August, according to the ticket stub bookmark), it was a quick and enjoyable read.  I’m certainly not running out to get more books in the series, but I’m not going to actively avoid them either.