FALL TV 2017- AND WE THOUGHT MOVIES JUST SUCK NOW!

I can't write about politics anymore this week after finding out that our entire election system is vulnerable to vote changing. Contrary to what we have been told, is is entirely feasible that Russians hacked our systems and changed enough votes to thrust Trump on us. Why isn't this bigger news? So instead of hashing over this and Hillary's why me book tour, let us look at some of the worst new shows in recent memory. Last year had some great stuff with the schmaltzy This Is Us doing gangbusters, sitcoms like the Good Place and Superstore showing us how TV should be done and Netflix and cable putting out some of the best stuff out there. This fall season had none of that. There are a ton of shows that most likley won't see November and some that show promise, although not nearly as many as previous years. Let's take a look at the winners and losers

WINNERS

GHOSTED- Adam Scott and Craig Robinson team up for a funny X-Files type show where a skeptic and a believer join forces to fight the supernatural. These two are hysterical in their own right and the previews look funny. Those that have seen the first few episodes say it is worth watching.

THE ORVILLE- This show has gotten WAY too much bad press and like most of Seth McFarlane's stuff, I love it. His film A Million Ways to Die in the West was panned by almost every critic and I though was one of the funnier movies that year. Same for Ted 2 which is I think is one of the most hysterical films ever made, having seen it at least a dozen times now. Is this show a laugh riot? No and it is not supposed to be. There are funny moments in it but it also is trying to do some serious Star Trek like stuff and I have no problem with that. This show is far better than you have been told.

THE GIFTED- Yet another superhero show but this one sounds better than the FX show Legend I could not get into. This one is more like the failed ABC show No Ordinary Family in which two teens gain mutant abilities in a time where the X-men are gone and mutants are hunted. The family, led by the fetching Amy Acker and True Blood hottie, Stephen Moyers, have to stay ahead of hunters after them while trying to keep their childrens' abilities hidden, which is not always possible. Advance word say it is quite good.

WILL AND GRACE- I loved this show and am thrilled it is coming back. Normally this would sound like a desperate attempt at ratings, but with the rise of Trump and anti-gay sentiment rising, makes this a necessary show to revisit. I am looking forward to more Just Jack and Karen providing some much needed laughs in today's broken world.

LAW AND ORDER:THE MENENDEZ MURDERS- True crime is hot, hot, hot right now and not without good reason. I am addicted to this kind of stuff and am currently watching Scott Peterson and how he may not have done it after all (something I have postulated for years now) as well as shows about Drew Peterson and Casey Anthony. This case, about two spoiled kids who wasted their parents for the money, should be a fascinating tale in the same vein as the OJ Simpson trial. A must see.


LOSERS

YOUNG SHELDON- Big Bang Theory is one of my favorite sitcoms ever. This prequel of sorts looks like the polar opposite, with the setting the most jarring as they went from a multi-camera live audience setting to a single camera, taped show. Why the change? The previews look terrible and I for one will be avoiding this like the plague.

SWAT/THE BRAVE/SEAL TEAM- There is way too much testosterone for me here and I normally love this kind of stuff. The Brave and SWAT are supposed to be jingoistic fart gas that stinks from moment one. Seal Team may be better only for the saving grace that David Boreanez is in it and he rocks, plus the added bonus of being on a night with NO competition. Wednesday's this fall is terrible with very few shows worth watching at all.

DYNASTY- Another pointless remake which has gone savage reviews from those who have seen it. This is too bad because the gorgeous and talented Elizabeth Gilles is in it, fresh off the Denis Leary show, Sex Drugs and Rock and Roll. Her slow motion walk in the credits is better than most porn. Unfortunately for this show, she is the only reason to tune in.

9JKL- Mark Feuerstien, who rocked in the USA show, Royal Pains, dies a painful death here in this truly unfunny sitcom that is SO dated. This premise would have been old a decade ago about a middle aged man moving back in with his parents. Yawn.

KEVIN PROBABLY SAVES THE WORLD- Yet another show with a person I really like, John Ritter's son, Jason who does his best with an hour long dramedy about a man sent on a mission from God. I like it better when it was called the Blues Brothers. Critics have called it just awful. From the previews I would agree.

WISDOM OF THE CROWD- At the top of many critics worst of the Fall TV shows comes this misfire staring Jeremy Piven as a guy whose daughter dies and he invents some sort of crime solving app to get to the bottom of this. Sounds stupid and Piven being in it doesn't make we want to tune in anytime soon.

THE INHUMANS- No show has gotten worse reviews from this show that I plan on hate watching just because I LOVE these characters which from what I have been told, they have put to screen very poorly. The one saving grace is that one my favorite character is Lockjaw, the teleporting Bull Mastiff, is the only thing everyone agrees is awesome. Unfortunate, Medusa, another of my favorites has cheap special effects for her hair, which has a mind of its own, and along with crappy costumes, sets and dialogue makes this a struggle to get through from what I have been told. Rats.