Continuing our look at the new fall season, here are the offerings that I may find myself interested in for Tuesdays.
7:00
Murder in a Small Town – A Canadian mystery-drama featuring old favorites Kristin Kreuk and Stana Katic.
9:00
High Potential – Created by Drew Goddard and based on a French series, it stars Kaitlin Olson as an under-employed genius who consults with the police.
For the first time in three years, FOX has released a fall schedule during their upfront presentation. The week starts with procedural dramas on Monday, with the returning 9-1-1: Lone Star followed by Rescue: HI-Surf, a lifeguard drama from ER and The West Wing producer John Wells. Tuesday is mystery night, with anthology series Accused followed by Murder in a Small Town, a foreign production starring Kristin Kreuk and based on the Karl Alberg series of books by L.R. Wright.
Family-friendly competitions are the order of the day on Wednesday, with the latest installment of The Masked Singer followed by The Floor. Thursdays focus on reality competitions, with new editions of Hell’s Kitchen and Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test. Sports is taking over Friday, with college football and basketball filling the night. Sunday, as always, is Animation Domination, with The Simpsons, Universal Basic Guys, Bob’s Burgers, and Krapopolis wrapping things up following football.
On tap for midseason in the drama realm is a third season of Alert: Missing Persons Unit, a fourth season of The Cleaning Lady, Doc, a new medical drama based of an Italian series and starring Molly Parker. Comedies waiting for a spot include Animal Control, Family Guy, Going Dutch, a new military series starring Denis Leary, The Great North, and Grimsburg. Reality planned for the winter/spring includes Crime Scene Kitchen, Extracted, Lego Masters, MasterChef, Name That Tune, and Next Level Chef.
Gone and mostly forgotten is Housebroken.
Thursday night is traditionally the busiest night of the week. Here’s what’s on the slate for this season.
7:00
The Big Bang Theory – Entering its 6th season, the show is at its ratings high point. They pick up right where last season left off, with Howard married and in space.
30 Rock – Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin return for the 7th and final season. I will certainly look forward to these last 13 episodes.
Last Resort – Early reports are that this show had the best pilot of the season, but left some doubts as to how it could continue on on a week to week basis. I’m looking forward to seeing for myself.
7:30
Up All Night – Christina Applegate and Will Arnett return in the last minute renewal from last spring. The status quo gets shaken up a bit as Ava’s show was cancelled in last week’s season premiere, putting Applegate’s Reagan and Maya Rudolph’s Ava out of work.
8:00
Person Of Interest – The enigmatic hit returns for its second season. Michael Emerson was not given as much to do last season as one would have hoped following Lost, but his role did pick up somewhat towards the end of the year.
The Office – The producers had previously announced that this season would be the show’s last. With original EP Greg Daniels returning to bring the show to its conclusion. Last week’s season premiere introduced some new, younger employees that might cause Jim and Pam to re-evaluate their lot in life.
Grey’s Anatomy – The 9th season opens a few months after the plane crash that closed out last season. There will be some cast shakeups, as Chyler Leigh is gone and Eric Dane is leaving. While not as good as it once was (and what show is after 9 years), it is still an entertaining way to pass an hour.