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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

old-tv-set1It’s Hump Day. Time to take a look back at my thoughts on the midweek offerings for the fall season.

7:00

Revolution – NBC’s lone hit from last fall moves to Wednesdays.  This show struggled mightily once it returned from the winter hiatus, and it will need to start strong if I’m going to stick around for long.

Well, this one didn’t even make it to the second season premiere.  Once again, bad reviews and a need to clear room off the DVR helped me realize once again that life is too short to watch shows I am not really enjoying.

Arrow – Surprisingly, the CW kind of hit it out of the park with this tale of Green Arrow.  Season 2 will be offering an arc featuring Summer Glau, so I, for one, am excited to see where things go.

Arrow has basically turned itself in to the anti-Smallville, learning from the mistakes of its DC-based predecessor.

8:00

Criminal Minds – Another show heading into its ninth season.  This one is getting a little tired, but it is still good more often than not.

No surprises here, but the show continues to be mostly entertaining.

Modern Family – This continues to be a funny show, even if most of the characters have become caricatures of themselves at this point.  But that is to be expected in comedies entering their fifth season.

The show continues to chug along, although puberty has not really been kind to the youngest member of the Dunphy clan. Continue reading →

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2013 New Fall Season – Wednesdays

old-tv-set1We are at the official half way point of out look at the offerings for the new fall season.

7:00

Revolution – NBC’s lone hit from last fall moves to Wednesdays.  This show struggled mightily once it returned from the winter hiatus, and it will need to start strong if I’m going to stick around for long.

Arrow – Surprisingly, the CW kind of hit it out of the park with this tale of Green Arrow.  Season 2 will be offering an arc featuring Summer Glau, so I, for one, am excited to see where things go.

8:00

Criminal Minds – Another show heading into its ninth season.  This one is getting a little tired, but it is still good more often than not.

Modern Family – This continues to be a funny show, even if most of the characters have become caricatures of themselves at this point.  But that is to be expected in comedies entering their fifth season.

9:00

Nashville – A surprisingly entertaining show that took some wrong turns towards the end of last season.  I’ll give it a shot to redeem itself this year. Continue reading →

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

It’s Hump Day. Time to take a look back at my thoughts on the midweek offerings for the fall season.

7:00

Animal Practice – When the best thing about your pilot episode is the monkey that played Annie’s Boobs on Community, that’s a good sign that your show is in trouble. When you keep cutting to the monkey because you know it’s the best thing about your pilot, that’s just sad. There is some promise here with Justin Kirk and JoAnna Garcia, but I don’t plan to stick around in the off chance they find it.

It’s hard to imagine that a show centered around a monkey did not become a huge hit and was instead the first show to be yanked off the air.

Arrow – The CW tries to give the Smallville treatment to Green Arrow. I’m willing to give it a shot and hope for the best.

A decent enough show, but nothing spectacular.  I could see this following the Smallville path and lasting for years, with my interest waning somewhere along the way.

7:30

Guys With Kids – Having watched the first episode, which premiered last week, I can only say that this feels like a comedy that could have been on 20 years ago. And that is not a compliment.

I couldn’t even tell you if this show is still on the air.

The Neighbors – I only saw a brief clip of this show, but it was enough to tell me that I am not the target audience for this show. I’m not even sure who that target audience may be.

So I took one for the team and watched the pilot episode and, as I thought, this was not for me.  Some people actually seem to enjoy this show, so more power to them.

8:00

Criminal Minds – Jeanne Tripplehorn joins the team for season 8, replacing the departing Paget Brewster.

The wrinkles are starting to show more and more.  They’ve tried to introduce something of an arc for this season, but it really hasn’t been done all that well.

Modern Family – The family is expanding, as last season ended with Gloria revealing she is pregnant. This continues to be a consistently funny show.

Still bringing the funny, although most of the news about Modern Family this season has been about off the set drama involving Ariel Winter and her mother.

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2012 New Fall Season – Wednesdays

It’s Hump Day.  Time to take a look at the midweek offerings for the new fall season.

7:00

Animal Practice – When the best thing about your pilot episode is the monkey that played Annie’s Boobs on Community, that’s a good sign that your show is in trouble.  When you keep cutting to the monkey because you know it’s the best thing about your pilot, that’s just sad.  There is some promise here with Justin Kirk and JoAnna Garcia, but I don’t plan to stick around in the off chance they find it.

Arrow – The CW tries to give the Smallville treatment to Green Arrow.  I’m willing to give it a shot and hope for the best.

7:30

Guys With Kids – Having watched the first episode, which premiered last week, I can only say that this feels like a comedy that could have been on 20 years ago.  And that is not a compliment.

The Neighbors – I only saw a brief clip of this show, but it was enough to tell me that I am not the target audience for this show.  I’m not even sure who that target audience may be.

8:00

Criminal Minds – Jeanne Tripplehorn joins the team for season 8, replacing the departing Paget Brewster.

Modern Family – The family is expanding, as last season ended with Gloria revealing she is pregnant.  This continues to be a consistently funny show.

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

Time to look back on our thoughts regarding Wednesday’s television slate from the fall.

CBS

Criminal Minds – Last season saw A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster written out of the show and replaced by Rachel Nichols.  Someone must have realized it was a mistake, as this season Rachel Nichols has been replaced by A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster.  As it enters its seventh season, it may not be the best move to return back to the old status quo.

Well, we certainly are back to the status quo.  It is still entertaining, but I don’t know how long you can keep beating this horse before he dies.

NBC

Up All Night – Two espisodes in and it has been decent so far, with the appeal of Christina Applegate cancelling out the annoyances of Will Arnett.  The scenes at home with the baby have far surpassed those at work to this point.

This has turned into a pretty decent show, and has been rewarded with a move to Thursdays.  Christina Applegate has been her usually charming self and I have even come to enjoy Will Arentt’s performance in this. Continue reading →

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2011 New Fall Season – Wednesdays

CBS

Criminal Minds – Last season saw A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster written out of the show and replaced by Rachel Nichols.  Someone must have realized it was a mistake, as this season Rachel Nichols has been replaced by A.J. Cook and Paget Brewster.  As it enters its seventh season, it may not be the best move to return back to the old status quo.

NBC

Up All Night – Two espisodes in and it has been decent so far, with the appeal of Christina Applegate cancelling out the annoyances of Will Arnett.  The scenes at home with the baby have far surpassed those at work to this point.

Free Agents – This has not been very good so far, despite featuring the return of Anthony Stewart Head to American television sets.  I give it until January, if that long.

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

Continuing our look back at September’s thoughts about humpday’s tv output.

7:00

Undercovers – JJ Abrams revisits the spy drama for the first time since Alias, which was one of my favorite series.  That alone will give this show a reasonable leash.  I haven’t seen the pilot yet, so I can’t really comment on it beyond that.

Imagine a show with all of the problems Alias had integrating the spy world with the family stories, but without any of the good stuff Alias had.  NBC has pulled it off the schedule, never to be heard from again.

7:30

Better With You – I’ve enjoyed Jennifer Finnigan and Joanna Garcia in previous series, and last season’s new ABC comedies on Wednesday night turned out to be great, so I gave this a shot.  The only thing worse than this pilot is Garcia’s taste in men.

As you may have guessed from the comment above, this did not get a second chance.  Also, and I mean this in the nicest possible way, F Nick Swisher.

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2010 New Fall Season – Wednesdays

It’s humpday!

7:00

Undercovers – JJ Abrams revisits the spy drama for the first time since Alias, which was one of my favorite series.  That alone will give this show a reasonable leash.  I haven’t seen the pilot yet, so I can’t really comment on it beyond that.

7:30

Better With You – I’ve enjoyed Jennifer Finnigan and Joanna Garcia in previous series, and last season’s new ABC comedies on Wednesday night turned out to be great, so I gave this a shot.  The only thing worse than this pilot is Garcia’s taste in men.

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