Fall TV

Every fall the networks roll out 40-50 new shows for us (the viewers) to pass judgment on. As a prime time viewer one of the challenges I have is figuring out what's good before you're deep into the season as well as getting hooked on something that's going to die mid year and leave you wanting closure. Sure there some critic reviews, but that's one person's opinion, and I can see promos on TV, but really that's enough to tell me what I won't like (cavemen, really?, uggh) but not what I will. So the critic's season pass on Variety's blog is fantastic.

I stumbled over this from Jon Weisman's Dodgers blog which I read occasionally. They've had eight critics/bloggers watch the previews for the fall season and rate them. This gives a consensus all in one place. Of course most shows are mixed though that's seems dead on as most new shows tend to be "meh" -- not awful, but not must see. The scores for some shows are pretty interesting, for example Private Practice (the Grey's Anatomy spin-off) three critics gave it a thumbs up while four gave it two thumbs down -- like it or hate it.

Best received potential hits -- Chuck (NBC, premiers Monday 8 PM on 9/24), Dirty Sexy Money (ABC, Wednesday 10 PM on 9/26), Gossip Girl (CW, Wednesday 9 PM on 9/19), Pushing Daisies (ABC, Wednesday 8PM on 10/3), The Reaper (CW, Tuesday 9 PM on 9/25), and hey the sit-com may be back Aliens in America (CW, Monday 8:30 on 10/1), Back to You (FOX, Wednesday 8PM), Big Bang Theory (CBS, Monday 8:30 PM on 9/24), Return of Jezebel James (FOX, Wednesday 8:30 in 2008). Of to set my TiVo; setting a season pass on the ones in bold.