Best/Worst of Fall 2010 TV

Network TV has been in a rut lately. Creatively stale, they have really blew it this time around with multiple cop/lawyer/doctor shows on, all interchangeable from one another. A few years back, TV was at its zenith. Shows like 24 and Lost were shaking up the norm. Sitcoms had returned with How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory and Community. Then it all went to hell. I don't know if all the people who chose these shows are no longer in the business, but the people they replaced them with had the common sense of a retarded monkey. At this year's advertising convention, where new shows are viewed for potential sponsors, one exec said, "enough with cop/doctor/lawyer shows. Pick a new profession." I couldn't agree more. So here are my picks for the five best and five worst new shows out there.

BEST SHOWS 2010

1) The Event- NBC Mondays 9 PM Sept 20th- Jason Ritter and Blair Underwood star in this conspiracy thriller in which Ritter's fiance's disappearance heralds some world wide calamity and to an attempted assasination of Underwood's President. The pilot starts strong but so did Flashforward which flatlined after the third episode. Hopefully, this one will have learned from ABC's mistakes. Shows promise.

2)Hawaii Five 0- CBS Mondays 10 PM Sept 20th- Alex O'Laughlin, Daniel Day Kim and uber hottie Grace Park tackle this remake of the famed 70's series with gusto. Scott Caan shines as Dano and Grace Park does another gender twist role in a part formally played by a man. Plus it's in Hawaii so the scenery will be smokin' (as will Grace Park in a bikini). Can't wait to sing to the theme song again. BA BA BA BA BAAAAAAA BAAAAA.

3)No Ordinary Family- ABC Tuesday 8 PM Sept 28th- Michael Chiklis and Julie Benz star in this technical remake of the Incredibles. The family gets in a plane crash and now they and their two kids all have super powers. The previews look funny and the pilot has gotten good reviews. The only question is whether the producer, known for schmaltz, can resist. I'm hoping he can.

4)Nikita CW Thursday 9PM Sept 9th- Another uber hottie Maggie Q stars in the fourth incarnation of La Femme Nikita, of which only the first one with Anne Pallaiud was any good. Now comes a new version in a role that Maggie Q has technically already played in Naked Weapon, a similar story from Hong Kong. The new Nikita looks awesome with lots of gunfights, kick butt action and Maggie Q in a bikini. Sure, she's built like a ten year old boy and not exactly my type, but she is Asian and I love Asian women. Can't wait for this.

5)Mike and Molly CBS Monday Sept 20th- Billy Gardell (Yes Dear, My Name is Earl) and Mellissa McCarthy star as an overweight married couple, a cop and a teacher, find love at an "overeater's anonymous" meeting. From the producers of Two and a Half Men and The Big Bang Theory, this could be, excuse the pun, a big hit.

And now the losers.

1)Chase- NBC Monday 10PM Sept 20th- Yet another generic cop show about the US Marshall Service. Just what TV didn't ask for. Has been billed as "Covert Affairs" without the charm. Or pacing. Or stars. Christ what a mess this looks like. It will be cancelled inside of six episodes.

2)The Defenders CBS Wednesday 10PM Sept 22nd- Yet another lawyer shows staring Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell. After way to many seasons of Life According To Jim and Jerry O'Connell's dismal track record on TV (his last three series Carpoolers, Do Not Disturb and Eastwick lasted about six episodes a piece) this one looks boring as hell. The cases are strictly boiler plate, which I thought killed Memphis Blues, and these two have zero chemistry together. Dead in weeks.

3)Body Of Proof- ABC Fridays (TBD)- Yet another doctor/cop show with Dana Delaney and Jeri Ryan. Delaney is a workaholic neursurgeon who has a car accident and can no longer operate. So she becomes a medical examiner who is always right except with her family and SSSSSSSNNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOORRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEE. Sorry about that. Fell asleep while typing. Would rather chew on tin foil while shaving my head with a cheese grater (thanks Cheers) than watch this drivel.

4)Outlaw-NBC Wednesday Sept 15th- Yet another lawyer show (I swear just about every new show is doctor, lawyer or cop oriented) with Jimmy Smits as a Supreme Court Justice who steps down (like that would ever happen) to become a defense lawyer to help the needy. Preposterous. Trite. Craprastic. Reading the tagline, I threw up a little in my mouth. Was this really the best you could come up with?

5)The Whole Truth ABC Wednesday Sept 22nd-Holy Crap another lawyer show? Are you Freakin' kidding me? This one stars Maura Tierney and Rob Morrow where we get to see the legal proceedings from both sides of the table. The only thing I'll be watching is something else. And I have feeling, as it's on one of the most competitive nights for TV, that this and every other new Wednesday program is going to be short lived.