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2011 New Fall Season – Sundays

I never received this year’s Fall TV Preview from our good friends at Entertainment Weekly, so I’m going to wing this based on what I’ve seen so far and what I can remember from the Internets.  Not much to watch on Sunday nights, so let’s get this started.

ABC

Pan Am – ABC’s attempt to hop on the Mad Men brigade premieres tonight, with Christina Ricci making her move to television.  It looks somewhat interesting, so I will give it a shot.

CBS

The Good Wife – Slowly built itself up to a top performer last season and should do even better on Sundays without much competition.  The only problem with the new timeslot will be in the fall due to football overruns.

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Midseason Review – Tuesdays

Continuing our look back my thoughts of the new television season from September.

7:00

No Ordinary Family – While I’m sure this Fantastic Four/The Incredibles ripoff will be horrible (based solely on the incessant advertising at MLB stadiums), I will give it a shot for Julie Benz.

It isn’t great, but it is better than I feared.  Autumn Reeser has been a surprise wellspring of hot geekiness.

8:00

Life Unexpected – This little show surprised me last year when it was much better than it should have been.  Season 2 promises that the love triangle between Cate, Baze, and Ryan will come to an end, which was an overused plot in season 1. 

The second season, which comes to an end tonight, has been somewhat disappointing.  It isn’t bad, and they have stayed away from the big triangle, but they have replaced it by giving Lux more typical teen-soap drama and copying the sleeping-with-your-teacher plot from Pretty Little Liars. Continue reading →

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2010 New Fall Season – Tuesdays

Continuing our look at the new television season.

7:00

No Ordinary Family – While I’m sure this Fantastic Four/The Incredibles ripoff will be horrible (based solely on the incessant advertising at MLB stadiums), I will give it a shot for Julie Benz.

8:00

Life Unexpected – This little show surprised me last year when it was much better than it should have been.  Season 2 promises that the love triangle between Cate, Baze, and Ryan will come to an end, which was an overused plot in season 1. 

Raising Hope – What happens if you take the white trash elements from My Name Is Earl but without the natural warmth that was Jason Lee?  You get this show.  It wasn’t a total loss, but it is on a short leash.

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