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Midseason Review – Fridays

It’s time to wrap up our look back at my thoughts on the new fall season’s slate of Friday shows.

7:00

Whitney – There were some good things about this show last season, but I’m honestly somewhat surprised that it got renewed. Of course, being dumped on Friday nights doesn’t show much confidence on NBC’s part that the show will be able to grow an audience. Speaking of a network having no confidence…

NBC scrapped their Friday night plans early on and Whitney never aired in this timeslot.  It did eventually return on Wednesdays following the demise of Animal Practice.  The show dropped a character, added a new one, and gave the gang a new bar to hang out at.

7:30

Community – I’m shocked, but pleased, the Community is coming back for a fourth season, even if it is without creator Dan Harmon. This has been one of my favorite shows over the past few years, but it remains to be seen if it can keep up without its singular voice running the ship.

Again, Community never aired in its Friday timeslot.  It is currently scheduled to debut next month after 30 Rock wraps up its run.

8:00

Made In Jersey – I’m not sure if I’m going to give this one a try, but star Janet Montgomery did impress during the second season of Human Target.

I did manage to give it one episode, which was only one less than CBS, if memory serves.  The only thing it had going for it was Janet Montgomery’s attractiveness, which wasn’t worth an hour commitment.

Fringe – The 5th, and final, season is slated for 13 episodes and picks up after last season’s trip to the future, a future where Anna Torv’s Olivia is no longer amongst the living.

The show wraps up its run with tonight’s series finale.  I must admit that I didn’t dig this season’s jump into the future as much as I did past seasons.

Nikita – The third season finds Nikita back with Division after taking down Percy last year.

I’m not sure why this show is still on the air, but it chugs along in relative obscurity, neither exciting me or disappointing me.

9:00

Blue Bloods – Year 3 of CBS’s dependable, if not spectacular, police procedural.

Another procedural from CBS that just is what it is.

The only new Friday show I’m somewhat interested in is Banshee, thanks to the good folks at Cinemax.

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Midseason Review – Wednesdays

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.

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2012 New Fall Season – Wednesdays

It’s Hump Day.  Time to take a look at the midweek offerings for the new 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.

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.

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.

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.

8:00

Criminal Minds – Jeanne Tripplehorn joins the team for season 8, replacing the departing Paget Brewster.

Modern Family – The family is expanding, as last season ended with Gloria revealing she is pregnant.  This continues to be a consistently funny show.

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