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Ranking my enthusiasm for the new fall slate
by Jason Hughes, posted Sep 8th 2009 7:01PM
Each year, as the new fall season approaches, I go through all the magazine and online sources talking about the various shows to try and figure out which ones I'm going to be excited about, and which I'm going to avoid like the plague. Inevitably, I wind up sampling plenty of shows from which I should have steered clear. At the same time, a few shows will slip between the cracks, and then I'm bashing my head against the wall because I missed out on the beginning of something special. I hate coming into things late.
This year, I decided to share my top and bottom five selections. I'm sure the rest of the Squadders and you will have differing opinions than mine, but that's what makes America great, right? Chime in with your own lists in the comments.
MY TOP FIVE
It's interesting that most of the critical community seems to agree on what the hottest new shows are going to be. Even more shocking is that I agree with them, or they agree with me. Usually we're on way different pages, and then I watch all my favorite shows get canceled in a month or two. I wonder which of us is changing?
1) FlashForward (Thursday on ABC) - I was on board this show before the first promo. ABC's just hyping me up even more. I'm actually eagerly awaiting the chance to see the story unfold.
2) V (Tuesday on ABC) - I'm cautiously hopeful. I loved the alien invasion mini-series from the '80s, but the first TV series lost nearly all of its magic.
3) Community (Thursday on NBC) - With Chevy Chase joining The Soup's Joel McHale in this comedy, it has the potential to be the funniest new show of the season.
4) Modern Family (Wednesday on ABC) - I love Ed O'Neill. This show has crept up the list the more I've seen of it. It looks like pure family chaos in 22 minutes. We can all relate to that.
5) Glee (Wednesday on FOX) - As a former cello player, I can relate to the desire to do something that's seen as uncool because the passion is there. This had one of the slickest pilots I've seen in years.
MY BOTTOM FIVE
To compile this list, I actually forced myself to rank all 23 of the new fall shows, so while NCIS: Los Angeles ranked pretty low, because that's just not my kind of show, it didn't make the final cut.
5) Three Rivers (Sunday on CBS) - Your medical drama twist is transplant patients and donors, CBS? Well getting pretty dry there?
4) Accidentally on Purpose (Monday on CBS) - Even CBS isn't sure how to promote it. The ad I saw had no clips; just the cast standing on a white background and Jenna Elfman telling me she just wanted to have some fun but "Whoops!" now she's pregnant. Yawn.
3) The Beautiful Life (Wednesday on The CW) - The lives of beautiful models. No thanks, I've got my own problems.
2) Brothers (Friday on FOX) - If America wants comedy, like NBC says, they don't want this kind of comedy. Stereotypes and flat characters and CCH Pounder slumming here when she should be on something great.
1) Melrose Place (Tuesday on The CW) - No, no, no, no, no!
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