New Fall TV shows - Page 6

2VU0609 · 10-06-2012, 12:32 PM

Just finished watching the premier episode of Nashville on hulu. Loved Connie Britton and her character, loved the story line, loved the young singers at the Bluebird Cafe, loved everything about it! I already had it in my DVR queue for Wednesday night and will probably watch again.

Wolverine86 · 10-06-2012, 02:22 PM

I've enjoyed watching Last Resort, Elementary, and Revolution. Some folks have knocked each of them, but I'm just a TV fanatic overall so I'm pretty easy to entertain.

Very happy to have the new season of Once Upon a Time on ABC again. It helps soothe the pain of losing Alcatraz from Fox.

Lergnom · 10-06-2012, 03:05 PM

Raising Hope is back. My hero is Burt Chance. The 1st episode was a definite improvement over the messy and not very entertaining end to last season. You can see they're reaching for plots a bit more now. That's a big problem in these shows. Big Bang Theory addressed that by bringing in new cast members. This year they seem to adding Stuart from the comic book store as an additional balance and to give Raj more stories, jokes, etc.

I also liked the first episodes of Two and a Half Men. The interaction of Walden and Allen has become as about as natural as Allen and Charlie. Jon Cryer is a terrific comic actor.

The thing that amazes me is the Real Housewives franchise. I've tried watching them. They're on at the gym all the time. The New Jersey one has more interest to me and my wife loves it. As an aside, I was flipping channels and saw Ethan Hawke and Liam Neeson on Watch What Happens Live wearing wigs and acting out a scene as Caroline and Theresa. That was unexpected. Can you imagine Larry Olivier as Ramona from the New York show?

razorsharp · 10-06-2012, 07:16 PM

I made the mistake of watching Made in Jersey. It's about a young woman lawyer. The story line was very predictable and the acting was horrible. It's been a while since I have watched a show that bad. I'm predicting its gets cancelled halfway through the season.

MizzBee · 10-06-2012, 09:41 PM

Loved Elementary!
I am giving 666 Park Avenue 3 episodes since I love the cast and am hopeful it can get better (but am doubtful).
I watched Made in Jersey too, and found myself laughing at how bad it was...legally blonde meets working girl with no talent.
I also tried The Mindy Project one more time, and it that means I have no new comedies.

MommaJ · 10-07-2012, 01:33 AM

I watched Elementary tonight and liked it, but have a feeling it will quickly become as repetitious and tedious as every other police procedural. So far none of the new shows have become must-sees for me. I was especially disappointed in Revolution, which I gave up on after one dreadful hour, and The Last Resort, which sounded so promising, but has not lived up to the hype--Andre Braugher can't compensate for bad writing and lots of bad actors all by himself. I'm giving that one more week. The Mindy Project was fairly entertaining, but if I never saw it again, I wouldn't care. Same for The New Normal, which at least has improved since the pilot. I'm hoping Nashville is the winner in the bunch.

mdemvizi · 10-07-2012, 05:57 PM

Only a couple of shows have hit my radar (in addition to my usual suspects) :

- Ben and Kate (FOX) - I love everything about this show. It is a good addition to FOX's Comedy line-up. I can't wait to see where it goes.

- The Mindy Project (FOX) - Love Mindy Kaling but I am scared for her show. The pilot and the second episode had two different feelings. I am going to see where it goes. I don't want this show to fail.

- Elementary (CBS) - Lots of criticism for this show because of turning Watson into a woman. Whine whine whine misogynistic a-holes. . Both Lucy Liu and Johnny Lee Miller have a wonderful dynamic. I can't wait to see the backstory's of these characters. Probably one of the best shows this year.

- Last Resort (ABC) - I heard so much about this show before it aired. Critics wouldn't shut up about. I saw the Pilot but wasn't super impressed. Haven't seen the second episode yet. It has a really good showrunner behind it so I am not super worried.

- Nashville (ABC) - Watched the pilot on Hulu. I love everything about Connie Britton. I miss FNL a lot so I am hope she is successful on this show. Hoping it does really well.

Krlilies · 10-09-2012, 05:35 PM

I don’t know if I’ll watch Nashville. I already watched Country Strong and Coal Miner’s Daughter and I don’t think I can watch a similar plot stretched out for an entire season even if it stars Britton. I wonder if it’s like Smash and that was a snooze fest. I think I might prefer to watch a penguin waddling down an airplane aisle back and forth for an hour. I guess I’m not too fond of soap unless you put in some ridiculous revenge plot like Revenge.

Still watching Last Resort. I actually like the cast. Braugher, Speedman, Patrick. Even the female cast. But why are all the female characters young, pretty and sexy? I would have preferred thought that LR is a movie and Jeremy Renner is the XO but Speedman is a good substitute. At least, so far, he has no annoying constant eye-blinking mannerisms I got from Keifer’s Jack Bauer.

MomofWildChild · 10-09-2012, 05:47 PM

Reviews around here indicate Nashville is a lot better than Country Strong (which I liked anyway). I can't wait, but I'm all over anything country music or Nashville!

JHS · 10-09-2012, 06:11 PM

Nashville has a lot going for it, besides Connie Britton (which is already a lot). It has T-Bone Burnett doing the music, and that's a real coup. Apparently he is now married to Callie Khoury, who is writing the show, which is kind of another coup.

All of you who are loving Elementary -- What are you loving about it? I thought it was steeped in mediocrity. I don't mind turning Watson into a woman, but I do mind turning him into a humorless, self-important Lucy Liu who can't maintain a consistent character from one commercial to the next. (The writers' fault, not Liu's.) And I don't completely reject turning Holmes into yet another emotionally damaged ex-child, tattoos and all, but so far it's like he's Hugh Laurie's much less interesting little brother, whose demons are gremlins. His brilliant deductions are not brilliant enough to be exciting, and lots of them have a lot of luck in them, which is an awful betrayal of the Sherlock Holmes legacy. And what is Aidan Quinn doing in this show? Nothing, that's what. The touchy relationship of Holmes and the police, a source of amusement for a century, seems to have been abandoned as too much work or something. And on top of all that, there's the contemporaneous BBC update which is 50 times more convincing, funnier, scarier, and more entertaining. (Their Sherlock has Asperger's, and Watson is a man so everyone can assume they are gay partners, including all the women Watson lusts after.)

Krlilies · 10-09-2012, 06:15 PM

Hmmm, maybe, I’ll record it on my DVR and watch it on a slow day. Maybe, I’m underestimating Nashville—perceiving it as merely a Faith Hill vs. Carrie Underwood plot.

MizzBee · 10-09-2012, 06:34 PM

JHS- I have loved Jonny Lee Miller since Hackers, and have followed him through every movie, television show, etc since then. I love his delivery and quirky mannerisms. I also think it has some potential for a procedural. Yes, it is obvious so far, but so was Mentalist in the beginning and it took some interesting turns.

cartera45 · 10-10-2012, 12:11 AM

I just watched Nashville. I'm lukewarm about Connie Britton but she has cut down significantly on the "y'alls" so I'm tolerating her better. I was disappointed in the music with the exception of the excellent cover of The Civil Wars' song, "If I Didn't Know Better" at the end. That was worth waiting for but the rest of the songs were better muted. Country music is my least favorite genre, however, so I'm not a good judge. I haven't decided if I'll continue to watch.

emeraldkity4 · 10-10-2012, 12:40 AM

Nashville has a lot going for it, besides Connie Britton (which is already a lot). It has T-Bone Burnett doing the music, and that's a real coup. Apparently he is now married to Callie Khoury, who is writing the show, which is kind of another coup.

Haven't seen it but now I am interested. All I'm watching are last seasons episodes of Homeland, 30 Rock & Major Crimes.
& occasionally New Girl.

Lergnom · 10-10-2012, 10:59 AM

If you are interested in the business side of TV, the best ratings site IMHO is tvbythenumbers at zap2it.com. Just search for tv by the numbers. Daily ratings, adjusted and final ratings, even the DVR effects. If you compare the 18-49 ratings to the total viewer ratings, you get a sense of who survives.

So last week the new shows that broke into the top 25 among total viewers were Elementary and Vegas, assuming I scanned the list correctly. Revolution was in the top 25 for 18-49 ratings, but the other new shows weren't, so they're skewing older.