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.