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.
Supernatural – Entering its 8th season, the show is starting to feel a little tired. Hopefully a change in EP will shake things up a bit and breath a little more life into it.
It kind of feels like there is no real plan anymore and Jensen Ackles and Jared Padalecki are just having fun playing out the string.
8:30
Suburgatory – Another quirky hit from last season’s crop of new shows returns with the promise of introducing us to Tessa’s mom.
I’ve got to admit, I’m not liking this as much as I did last year, but it is still enjoyable.
9:00
Nashville – While a musical set in the country music world would not normally be something that interested me, the team of Connie Britton and Hayden Panettiere does have me intrigued enough to give it a shot.
Surprisingly, I am enjoying this weekly shot of country music and intrigue.
New later this month is The Americans, a spy drama from FX starring Keri Russell.