Day 2 of our look back at my thoughts on the new fall television season and what is new for the winter and spring.

7:00

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.

Now that the football season is over, the show has moved back to Thursdays, so I will save my comments for then.

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.

At this point, there is no sense in hoping that the show becomes more than what it already is.  As I said in the fall, the charms of Beth Behrs and Kat Dennings are really the only reason to keep watching.

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.

After a rocky start, the show came around to be a pretty solid entry in the super hero universe.

8:00

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.

I let the first half of the season pile up on the DVR before burning through them mostly in November.  The show is kind of crazy, and I did seem to enjoy it when I watched a paid attention.  Otherwise, it is still a bit of a blur.

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.

I’ve been impressed with the show so far, but I can tell that the novelty will wear off rather quickly.

9:00

Castle – Entering season 7, Castle offers up exactly what is expected of it on a regular basis.  Hopefully, the wedding that went south in last season’s finale doesn’t drag out for too long.  ABC has run into issues with that particular plotline before.

Well, thankfully the marriage plot wasn’t dragged out too long, so it seems ABC (assuming the network had any input on the matter at all) may have learned from their past mistakes.

The Blacklist – A surprisingly entertaining rookie season gave James Spader much to play with and let Megan Boone show us the joys of wearing wigs.  I assume there will be more of the same this season, with maybe some clue as to why Spader’s Reddington cares so much about Boone’s Elizabeth Keen.

The show is moving to Thursdays, I belive, after returning with the post-Super Bowl time slot.  To be honest, I don’t really recall much of what happened in the abbreviated fall season.

State of Affairs – Katherine Heigl returns to television as a CIA analyst whose husband, the president’s son, has been assassinated.  Planned to take over for The Blacklist in November, I may give it a shot.  Despite her reputation, I do have a long-standing soft spot for Heigl.

I wish this show was bad, because then it would have at least had something interesting about it.  Instead, it was a boring mess that I lasted about an episode and a half.

Scorpion – Honestly, I’m not sure about this one.  The early previews look a little silly, something akin to last season’s Mind Games, but I surprisingly enjoyed Katharine McPhee in Smash, so I might give this a once over.

I watched a few episodes of this show, but didn’t like it enough to watch it.  If there was nothing else on, I might tune in, but otherwise, there was no reason to continue with it.

Now that we’ve reviewed the shows from the fall, let’s look at what new shows are coming to Mondays.

The Following – Season 2 of this show was a bit of a mess, so I can’t imagine why it is coming back for a third.  I’m sure I will stick with it, although I probably won’t want to.