{"id":1106,"date":"2012-01-24T05:57:56","date_gmt":"2012-01-24T11:57:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/?p=1106"},"modified":"2012-01-07T16:46:39","modified_gmt":"2012-01-07T22:46:39","slug":"midseason-review-tuesdays-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/midseason-review-tuesdays-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Midseason Review \u2013 Tuesdays"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once again, we continue our look back<\/a> at\u00a0my expectations for the\u00a0fall television season, and today we are focusing on Tuesdays.<\/p>\n

CBS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Unforgettable<\/em> \u2013 This may end up being utterly forgettable, but I\u2019m going to give it a shot.\u00a0 The main hook, that Poppy Montgomery\u2019s character has total recall of her memories, was played off in the pilot where she was witness to a crime.\u00a0 As she re-joins the police force, it may be interesting to see how they use this ability without her being personally involved in every case.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is by no means a good show.\u00a0 I really should stop watching it.<\/p>\n

NBC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Parenthood<\/em> \u2013 Nothing really new to say here.\u00a0 It is what it is.\u00a0 Never great, but usually good enough.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think this show works better in bunches than in week to week doses.\u00a0 I caught up on the latest 6 episodes during the December vacation and enjoyed it.\u00a0 But, I hadn’t enjoyed it enough previously to not let the 6 episodes pile up.<\/p>\n

FOX<\/strong><\/p>\n

New Girl<\/em> \u2013 The one pilot I saw early, thanks to the magic of OnDemand.\u00a0 I find Zooey Deschanel to be very charming, and would likely watch her reading the phone book for\u00a0a hour.\u00a0 Thankfully, this seems to be much more impressive than that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It seems that people’s opinion on this show hinges on their tolearnce level for Zooey Deschanel.\u00a0 I have a very high tolerance, and am enjoying it.\u00a0 The one downside has been the\u00a0replacement of Damon Wayans Jr. from the pilot, necessitated by the pick up of Happy\u00a0Endings<\/em>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Raising Hope<\/em> \u2013 This was one of the surprises of last season, showing a lot more heart and funny than it originally promised.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Continues to impress, although it seems like it is about time for Lucas Neff’s Jimmy to make\u00a0his move on Shannon Woodward’s Sabrina.<\/p>\n

ABC<\/strong><\/p>\n

Man Up<\/em> \u2013 This doesn\u2019t start until mid-October, and I have seen nothing about it.\u00a0 Amanda Detmer has been charming in the past.\u00a0 Seeing as it is up against nothing else I watch, I\u2019ll give it a chance, but I don\u2019t have high hopes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Wow, I had completely forgotten that this existed.\u00a0 I don’t think I lasted 15 minutes into the first episode.<\/p>\n

Body Of Proof<\/em> \u2013 Debuting last spring, this is kind of a cross between House and The Mentalist, with Dana Delany playing the brash genius doctor who helps the police solve murders.\u00a0 By no means a great show, but it is usually watchable.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This show would benefit greatly from being aired in some semblance of the order intended by the producers.\u00a0 It is nearly impossible to follow the B-plots when there is no continuity to them.<\/p>\n

CW<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ringer<\/em> \u2013 Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to TV for the first time since Buffy ended, playing twins who are entangled in some unexplained wackiness.\u00a0 One has faked her death and the other is taking her place to avoid her own life.\u00a0 The first episode was weak, and while the second showed some improvement, there is a lot of seemingly unnecessary\u00a0mystery.\u00a0 If it wasn\u2019t for Gellar, I wouldn\u2019t have lasted this long.\u00a0 I\u2019ll give it a little longer to see if it picks up, but the Buffy hangover will not last forever.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

This is not a great show, but it has improved from the slow start.\u00a0 Hopefully it continues to improve during the second half of the season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once again, we continue our look back at\u00a0my expectations for the\u00a0fall television season, and today we are focusing on Tuesdays. CBS Unforgettable \u2013 This may end up being utterly forgettable, but I\u2019m going to give it a shot.\u00a0 The main hook, that Poppy Montgomery\u2019s character has total recall of her memories, was played off in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[68,825,504,807,1650,806,841,1651,823,500,821,220,217,827,1652,819,510,822],"class_list":["post-1106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-abc","tag-body-of-proof","tag-cbs","tag-cw","tag-damon-wayans-jr","tag-fox","tag-happy-endings","tag-lucas-neff","tag-man-up","tag-nbc","tag-new-girl","tag-parenthood","tag-raising-hope","tag-ringer","tag-shannon-woodward","tag-unforgettable","tag-vacation","tag-zooey-deschanel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1106"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1108,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1106\/revisions\/1108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learningturkey.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}