But let's leave that aside and talk about something less important but a whole lot more fun. Fall TV is approaching and while there are a few sure fire hits, a lot of what is coming out looks to be just awful, especially the wave of new sitcoms which overall are a sad lot. We will get to that, but first let's see what is worth tuning into.
5) Go On- I love Mathew Perry. I loved his short lived shows like Mr. Sunshine and Studio 60 as well as his film work in the hysterical, always watchable The Whole Nine Yards and it's lesser sequel. So I was thrilled to see his new show Go On, which has already premiered during the Super Bowl and will be remembered as the one that DIDN'T interrupt the Olympics (the soon to be cancelled Animal Hospital). Perry plays a guy who joins a grief counseling group after the death of his wife. The show is tragic and funny, resembling past programs like MASH which combined pathos and humor very well. The ratings have been solid but its time slot opposite established hits like New Girl and the unfunny Happy Ending say this and possibly it's follower, the New Normal, may be moved to Wednesday's at eight very soon.
4)Park Avenue 666- I will watch any show that Terry O'Quinn does and this horror oriented show about a haunted building in New York where you wildest dreams come true-for a price, sounds cool. The fact that this can be an anthology like show, like the awesome American Horror Story which returns in October, allows for lots of story lines and hopefully, a lot of fun to watch.
3)Last Resort- A submarine commander defies his orders to fire a nuke at Pakistan and becomes persona non grata as the US attempts to sink them themselves. After that fails, Andre Braugher as the Captain, declare themselves ex-patriots and they relocate to an island in the Pacific to plan their next move. This show looks incredibly tense and the word is is that the first episode is gripping. If they can sustain the momentum where so many have failed (Flashforward I am looking at you), this could be one of the best shows of the year.
2)Revolution-After something causes the planet to lose all power, the survivors struggle to find new ways to live without electricity 15 years later. As I haven't seen the pilot yet, I am a little concerned that the show might have been more interesting with the immediate aftermath of such a tragedy, but I am hoping that the producers, who are some of the best in the business (Eric Kripke and Jon Favreau) know what they are doing and provide a thrilling show.
1)Elementary- I have been looking forward to this show since it was first announced. I love Sherlock Holmes having read all his books, movies and anything connected with him (I would tell anyone who is like me to get the book Sherlockian. It's fantastic). Robert Downey Jr and Benedict Cumberbatch have nailed the persona and word is, Johnny Lee Miller, adds a new wrinkle to the familiar character. And for the first time we get a female Watson, Joan, played by the uber-hot Lucy Lui. The advance word is that this is one of the surest hits of the season and that the first few episodes are rock solid. This is without a doubt the best new show of the season.
Now let's take a look at the numerous shows that never should have made the air.
5)The Mob Doctor- Even the title is boring. A physician moonlights as a mob doctor otherwise known as a plot line from the far superior Sons of Anarchy. As it's opposite CBS's powerful Monday Night Comedy Block and still going DWTS: Favorites Edition this show won't last the month.
4)Chicago Fire- I liked this show the first time when it was called Rescue Me. Cliched, badly written and the only name I recognize in the cast is Jesse Spencer from the cancelled House. The show has been called "Beefcake On Parade," "trite," and my favorite "yawn inducing." Produced by Law and Order vet Dick Wolf, this series is going to burn to the ground versus CSI and well reviewed new show, Nashville.
3)Emily Owens. M.D. - I don't know what is going on over at the CW but their new slate of shows is god awful with only one other worse than this and next on my list. This latest in a too long list of lady doctor shows, this misfire won't see November in a brutal Tuesday lineup. Described as a cross between Grey's Anatomy and Ally McBeal, wild horses couldn't drag me to a TV showing this crap. Reviews have been awful saying it is precocious and toxic cutesy. CW does stick with some shows, like Ringer, which should have never been aired in the first place, so its cancellation is far from assured but it's ratings will be somewhere between a test pattern and an insurance seminar.
2)Beauty and the Beast- Why GOD Why? This idea had been beat to death and this latest clone is the lamest yet. Kristen Kreuk is a cop who has all the identity of a Hooters waitress and Jay Ryan is the Beast with a scar on his otherwise pretty face. YUCK! Was there really nothing better on your pilot season than this surefire failure? As your target audience will still be watching Glee, The Office's last season or Grey's Anatomy on competing networks, this show will be the first to be cancelled by CW and possibly the first to go overall. This show has zero chance of success.
1)Shitcoms- There were so many bad sitcoms this year and they get a special category all their own with one getting the grand prize for worst of the year. Monday's get whacked with Partners as two men, one straight, one gay, work as architects together. The script is stale retreads of Will and Grace without any of the sparkle that made that show work. Even on CBS on Monday's following HIMYM, this show will go quick to neverneverland. Animal Practice I actually found funny but no one else did and it's time slot on Wednesday, plus being forever linked to the Olympics debacle, doom this show in a matter of weeks. ABC's The Neighbors, about aliens on Earth, has been panned universally by critics and sounds really terrible. However, Wednesdays' at eight are going to be surprisingly volatile as Survivor and possibly the new show on CW, Arrow, clean up versus the fading X-Factor (which I watched the first episode of and nearly got a brain hemorrhage for my effort. It is absolutely unwatchable now), and terrible sitcoms on NBC. With competition like that, Neighbors may still find an audience. Which brings us to the worst new show of the season, barely beating out Beauty and Beast for sheer idiocy. As Jimmy Fallon and two SNL writers are responsible for the dismal and generically titled Guys with Kids, they get the cake. As unfunny as a sitcom can be, this laugh empty show features three men with kids and how they get through the day. Talent is wasted with better than this Anthony Anderson and Jamie Lynn Sigler, this show is a slog to get through. It won't last the month and is easily the worst new show on TV. Avoid at all costs unless brain damage is what you are seeking as your spouse hits you in the head with the remote for forcing them to watch this terrible, terrible show.
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