past life

While it was a little odd that the "screener" of Glee we got was the exact same episode that FOX aired after American Idol in the spring, the rest of these shows were truly new. Dramatic offerings included FOX's loose adaptation of the DC Comics property Human Target and Past Life. On the comedy side they offered us screeners for The Cleveland Show, Brothers, Sons of Tucson and the aforementioned Glee.

After enduring the screener for Do Not Disturb last season on FOX, I could only hope that these offerings were at least better than that offense to the senses. And they were. Well, most of them. Unfortunately, it seems that FOX has at least one Do Not Disturb in them every season. Other than that, one of these shows was far better than I expected, another a bit worse, and a third one stands as one of the better pilots I've ever seen.

Past Life is another new show that FOX has coming next season, and it looks like a cross between a Ghost Whisperer/Medium-type drama (someone seeing visions of...something, maybe a past life or visions of death) and a Bones-like investigation drama (a man and woman team trading barbs while investigating a crime). Add a dash of Cold Case and you get Past Life. This clip has lots of close-ups of dogs growling and lunging and hands coming toward us. Not sure if it's one mystery (the teen who has visions) or a new case every week. I think the latter.