Day 2 of our look at the new fall television season brings us to Mondays.
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The Big Bang Theory – CBS spent $275 million to broadcast 8 Thursday night NFL games, so The Big Bang Theory moves back to Mondays until late October. The show continues to be a ratings powerhouse, so hopefully the move doesn’t shake things up too much.
2 Broke Girls – Once The Big Bang Theory returns to its Thursday perch, 2 Broke Girls will return to the Monday slot it inherited last spring from How I Met Your Mother. At this point, the show is what it is, so there is no point on hoping that the writers move away from their lowest common denominator form of comedy. As long as Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings continue to charm, I will continue to watch. But their charms only go so far.
Gotham – FOX gets in the superhero game with this Batman prequel, set in the days just after a young Bruce Wayne has witnessed the death of his parents. The show has been sold as more of the Gotham police force dealing with the criminals that will one day become Batman’s fiercest foes.
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Sleepy Hollow – I am going to be completely honest and say I don’t really remember much about the first season of this show, other than it was a little crazy and it didn’t exactly grab me as much as it seemigly did everyone else. I guess I’ll stick around until/unless I find something to take its place.
Jane The Virgin – The first CW pilot in years to not feature either vampires or superheroes is an adaptation of a Venezuelen telenovela. Early reports are that it is one of the better pilots of the fall, so I guess I can give it a shot.
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