<p>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.</p>
<p>Only a couple of shows have hit my radar (in addition to my usual suspects) :</p>
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<li><p>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.</p></li>
<li><p>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. </p></li>
<li><p>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. </p></li>
<li><p>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.</p></li>
<li><p>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.</p></li>
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<p>I dont know if Ill watch Nashville. I already watched Country Strong and Coal Miners Daughter and I dont think I can watch a similar plot stretched out for an entire season even if it stars Britton. I wonder if its 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 Im not too fond of soap unless you put in some ridiculous revenge plot like Revenge.</p>
<p>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 Keifers Jack Bauer.</p>
<p>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!</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.)</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Just watched episode 2 of Last Resort.</p>
<p>It’s in the trash heap now.</p>
<p>Nashville disappointed me–maybe it was just oversold ahead of time. I didn’t expect such a soap opera with so many “types”. It reminded me of the original Dallas, which I was devoted to back then, but a lot of superior television has hit the screens since the 70’s, particularly on cable, and the networks just don’t seem to be putting out products that can compete with the likes of Mad Men, Breaking Bad, even The Walking Dead. Not being a fan of country music, I couldn’t judge whether any of the stuff on the show was any good, and darned if could tell whether Connie Britton was a better singer than Hayden or her songs were superior. Connie is great, but she can’t make a show work all by herself. I’ll give it a few more episodes, but usually if something doesn’t intrigue me right away, it doesn’t grow on me. Not one of this fall’s new shows has enticed me enough to make it a regular part of my life. Maybe I’m just turning into a curmudgeon.</p>
<p>I wasn’t all that impressed with Nashville, either, but that last duet by Scarlett and Gunnar was outstanding. I’m not a country music fan but I’d download that.</p>
<p>I loved it. I loved all the shots of the city, the music, the cameos and the music. Maybe you have to be here…:)</p>
<p>Everything is a soap opera and the news are the biggest of them all. The good ones are very rare and get cancelled by somebody with huge money, oh well, it is life. At least we have debates this year, should not complain today!</p>
<p>Husband, son, and I watched Arrow last night and we all liked it. I stopped Revolution after the second show. Husband and son still watch, though with reservations. We all enjoyed Arrow more. (I’ve never watched a series on CW. Anyone?)</p>
<p>[Arrow</a> on The CW: worth watching? | canceled + renewed TV shows | TV Series Finale](<a href=“http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/arrow-is-the-new-cw-tv-series-worth-watching-24954/]Arrow”>Arrow on The CW: worth watching?)</p>
<p>Saved Nashville to watch later.</p>
<p>BCEagle, what do you like? If I recall correctly, I think you mentioned you barely watch any show. I have more shows for your trash heap. Here are the shows my DVR taped last night: Animal Practice, Ben & Kate, Modern Family, X Factor, Arrow and Supernatural. No more space for Nashville. I dont know if Ill be able to watch all these shows but .</p>
<p>I saw Arrow and I liked it. A worthy replacement for Smallville. I watch another CW show, Vampire Diaries. I find it steps ahead of True Blood and Twilight which I couldnt watch beyond the first installment. VD premier is tonight I think.</p>
<p>I am watching more TV shows though it’s off of my computer. I have a triple monitor system and can play shows on a third monitor while I have work stuff going on in the other two monitors. It’s really great for ignoring commercials. My list is Revenge, Suits, Cover Affairs, CSI (though haven’t been happy with recent seasons), CSI NY. I watched Saving Hope just because Michael Shanks was in it but it isn’t really that good. I would really like some good Science Fiction but there isn’t anything out there that I like. I usually watch stuff from the last two decades when I want a SciFi fix.</p>
<p>Revenge made it on your list! I forgot, CSI was also on my DVR record list last night. I have the Blu-ray complete collection of BSG which was a frakkin’ good sci-fi show.</p>
<p>I’m still waiting for Blood and Chrome. I give it a 25% chance of actually making it out of SyFy, AKA the Wrestling Channel.</p>