What do you get when you take a dynamic actress and place her in a tired legal procedural? You get ABC’s Conviction, which tried to make you overlook the cancellation of Agent Carter by keeping Hayley Atwell in the family. Sadly, she was about the only thing this show had going for it. 13 episodes later, the plug was pulled. Hopefully Atwell finds something worthy of her talents again soon. She will be missed.
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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..
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The Big Bang Theory – Once again, The Big Bang Theory moves back to Mondays until late October to accommodate the NFL. The show continues to be a ratings powerhouse, so I assume the move won’t shake things up too much.
I’ll save my comments for Thursday.
Supergirl – Despite a successful first season, CBS jettisoned the show and now the second season will air on The CW.
Moving to The CW seems to be working out for Supergirl. So far we’ve seen appearances from Superman, Maggie Sawyer, and the Flash.
Gotham – I still have the last 9 episodes of season 2 sitting on the DVR, so things don’t look that great for my continued interest in Gotham this year. But, you never know.
The backlog has grown to include those 9 season 2 episodes and all of season 3 to date. I need to make a decision soon as to whether or not to cut bait.
7:30
Man With A Plan – Matt LeBlanc returns to network television in this comedy about a contractor who takes more responsibility at home after his wife returns to work. It should be worth at least a shot.
One episode of this piece of garbage was more than enough.
8:00
Jane The Virgin – At this time last year, I was worried that this show would be a one-season wonder and that I would tire of the telenovela aspect of the show. Those worries turned out to be unfounded, as the show continued to be a solid, entertaining watch. I’m expecting more of the same this year.
My expectations have been met, as I continue to enjoy the now mistitled show.
2 Broke Girls – A 6th season for this crass show that has never been as good as it should be, given the talents of the leads.
This year has been more of the same. It’s a shame to waste the talents of the two likeable leads on such a mess of a show.
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2016 New Fall Season – Mondays
It is time once again to dive in to the new fall lineups for the television season that kicks into gear tonight. We start this year, thanks to last night’s Emmy Awards, with Monday night’s offerings, which features some returning favorites and a few new potentials.
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The Big Bang Theory – Once again, The Big Bang Theory moves back to Mondays until late October to accommodate the NFL. The show continues to be a ratings powerhouse, so I assume the move won’t shake things up too much.
Supergirl – Despite a successful first season, CBS jettisoned the show and now the second season will air on The CW.
Gotham – I still have the last 9 episodes of season 2 sitting on the DVR, so things don’t look that great for my continued interest in Gotham this year. But, you never know.
7:30
Man With A Plan – Matt LeBlanc returns to network television in this comedy about a contractor who takes more responsibility at home after his wife returns to work. It should be worth at least a shot.
8:00
Jane The Virgin – At this time last year, I was worried that this show would be a one-season wonder and that I would tire of the telenovela aspect of the show. Those worries turned out to be unfounded, as the show continued to be a solid, entertaining watch. I’m expecting more of the same this year.
2 Broke Girls – A 6th season for this crass show that has never been as good as it should be, given the talents of the leads.
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Post Mortem – Agent Carter
After two impressive, if lowly rated, seasons, ABC pulled the plug on Agent Carter, the time-appropriate sequel to the first Captain America film. Hayley Atwell portrayed the title character, Agent Peggy Carter, who worked for the SSR after WWII. The series filled the gaps, both between the loss of Captain America at the end of the war and the current day Marvel universe and also during the hiatus of Agents of SHIELD on the ABC schedule.
Of all the shows that found themselves cancelled this year, this is the one I will likely miss the most. There was tremendous talent involved in this show and it offered a certain fun spy vibe that no other show fulfills. I certainly expect bigger and better things from Atwell in the future and hope the character shows up again, somewhere in the vast Marvel cinematic universe.
Midseason Review – Tuesdays
Continuing our look back at my thoughts on the new fall season with the offerings I found myself interested in for Tuesdays.
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The Muppets – ABC brings a new version of the Muppets to television, this time as a work place comedy. Basically, The Office but with Kermit.
Possibly the new show I was looking forward to the most, but it suffered from tone issues. A new showrunner is taking over, so hopefully things will more resemble the Muppets everyone knows and loves.
The Flash – A surprisingly fun adaptation of the DC superhero. The first season was very satisfying and I hope for more of the same.
Still a lot of fun, though the Flash’s secret identity is one of the worst kept secrets in Central City.
8:00
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Another new status quo, following the end of last season and the events of the latest Avengers movie, as we head in to season 3.
More of the same from the fine folks at Mutant Enemy and Marvel.
Scream Queens – Emma Roberts and Jamie Lee Curtis team for this horror comedy, hopefully in the vein of the Scream films, from FOX. I’m certainly willing to give it a shot to impress.
I lasted a few weeks, but once the show came back after the World Series, the schedule got busy and I had to drop it.
iZombie – The zombie comedy, which was a midseason surprise last spring, returns for a full season. I have a lot of faith in EP Rob Thomas, so I’m looking for good things.
A surprisingly enjoyable procedural from the people who brought us Veronica Mars.
Midseason Review – Tuesdays
We continue our look back at my expectations for the fall television season, and today we are focusing on Tuesdays.
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Selfie – I love Karen Gillan and am quite fond of John Cho, but put them together in this loose adaptation of Pygmalion and, at least based on the pilot, you get a steaming pile of something or other. I will give this a chance to improve due to the talents involved, but I don’t hold out a great deal of hope.
Well, the show was quickly pulled off the air and cancelled. Hopefully, Karen Gillan returns to our television screens quickly, in something worthy of her talents.
The Flash – Spinning off from Arrow comes this latest forray from the CW in to the world of DC superheroes. Hopefully it follows more from Arrow‘s example than Smallville‘s.
I don’t know if this has been the best new show of the season, but it has certainly been the most fun. It has a sense of joy that neither Smallville nor Arrow had before it that brings a bit of levity to the DC television universe.
7:30
Manhattan Love Story – I’m not too sold on giving this new show, about the romance beteen two nuerotic New Yorkers, a shot. But, I’m willing to try anything once.
Well, some show had to be the first one cancelled this season, which is about the only thing this show accomplished.
8:00
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – The show, which greatly improved following the events of Captain America: Winter Soldier, returns for a second season at a later timeslot and with a new status quo.
The battle between SHIELD and Hydra continues in a much improved show from one year ago.
Supernatural – For some reason that nobody can particularly understand, the show returns for its 10th season. The show has been adrift for quite some time now and last season really started to drag. I’m willing to keep watching, but I don’t know for how much longer.
Due to timeslot conflicts, I had to record this on a different TV. To date, I’ve watched maybe 3 episodes of the new season and I’m not in much of a hurry to watch the rest.
Marry Me – Casey Wilson reunites with the creator of Happy Endings, who also happens to be her husband, for this new comedy. Happy Endings was a tremendous show that ended way too early, so I will give this a shot and hope that it rekindles some of that magic.
This also needed to be recorded on a different TV due to timeslot conflicts. I haven’t watched much of it, but I have enjoyed what I’ve seen. It does seem to scratch, at least a little bit, that Happy Endings itch.
New Girl – The group returns for season 4, and less couples than we have seen in year’s past. Hopefully, the funny keeps coming.
I think the problem is that they have too many characters that they don’t really know what to do with.
ABC Upfronts
ABC, which finds itself in fourth place as this season winds down, has provided a fall schedule that is relatively stable. Mondays, Saturdays, and Sundays will return in the fall exactly as they wrapped up this spring. Tuesday sees Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. move back an hour, with the new Pygmalion update Selfie, starring former Doctor Who star Karen Gillan, leading off the night.
Wednesday stays mostly the same, with The Goldbergs and new comedy Black-ish filling in the holes left by Suburgatory and Mixology. After years of trying, and failing, to find something on Thursdays that could lead in to Grey’s Anatomy, the folks at ABC have given up, instead moving both Greys and Scandal up an hour, leaving the 9:00 hour to the latest from Shonda Grimes.
In the winter, Agent Carter, a spin-off from the first Captain America film following Hayley Atwell’s character in the post-war years, will take over for Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. while Galavant, a musical fairy tale comedy, does the same for Once Upon A Time.