Fall TV
 

Any new or returning shows you're excited about? :shrug:

Here's a link:

http://television.aol.com/feature/fall_tv

Looks like Thursdays are going to be my biggest problem. I want to check out Ugly Betty, which is on at the same time as Earl & The Office. They've pitted Grey's against Supernatural at 9, and I still watch ER at 10. Bless you, Tivo inventor. :angel:

20 Good Years & 30 Rock (both NBC Wednesdays 8pm)look like they could be funny, and Brothers & Sisters (ABC Sundays 10pm) has an impressive cast - Sally Field, Patrica Wettig, Clista Flockhart - but that won't mean anything if the writing blows.

I'm very annoyed that both Medium & Scrubs won't be back until early 2007. And I will restate my annual vow that I will NOT allow TV to run my life, constantly obsessing over shows I've missed or should be watching. It's just TV, Paula, it's just TV. :o

Looking forward to: (returning shows, off the top of my head). I know nothing about new shows. Yes, my tastes are simple :p

Grey's Anatomy
Desperate Hosewives
The Office
The Ghost Whisperer

Well I'm already behind. I missed the premier of the new Brad Garrett show :distress: I really wanted to see it and heard it was good.

I want to see Brothers and Sisters and 30Rock (is that the Tina Fey one?) Looks really funny. I saw a trailer on NBC.com that cracked me up - and she is a brilliant writer - so I'm hopeful. And I've always had a secret crush on Alex Baldwin.

I'm already overwhelmed - and it looks like I'll once again end up watching nothing but Desperate Housewives.

TV shouldn't stress a person out..yet I'm already stressed because I can't keep any of the new shows straight...!!

^ I missed it too. Whoops. :shrug:

Tell me about. The fall season doesn't just mean good tv again but also it means back to school, which means helping the kids with homework, cleaning up after supper, clean clothes for the next day, bath time and all this to get done before "mommy's show starts" :laugh:

^ Another reason I don't have kids. It would really cut into my TV time. :nod:


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From the list of returning shows on that link...all I'm looking forward to is "The New Adventures of Old Christine" and "The Office". Although I know damn well "The King of Queens" is coming back for it's last season but maybe not til much later I'll catch it when it airs. I'll still watch "Desperate Housewives" - I'm just not certain I'll be entertained by it - it really was in full-suck mode when I abandoned it for "The Sopranos" last season.

oh sometimes it feels like so much more paula. TV can be very very importnat, its just a fact of life.

Returning Shows:

House- By far my favorite show on TV, tied with Rescue Me, which is a summer show anyway

Monk- favorite next to House, so hilarious, will be back in January, so I guess its technically winter TV.

NCIS

CSI- used to be my favorite, I still love it but its not a s good as House or as good now as it once was.

Without a Trace

Cold Case

Lost

Family Guy

NEW Shows

Til Death- only since Im a Huge Everybody Loves Raymond fan, I got to at least try this

Shark- looks good

^^ Oh yeah, I forgot about King of Queens and Family Guy :thumbsup:

You didn't miss anything, trust me. I like Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher a lot, but the show barely elicited a chuckle out of me. :(

I'll give it another chance though -- maybe it'll get better.

Family Guy premiered last night. Friggin hilarious. Peter had a prostate exam - enough said. :nod:

I like Christine and Ghost Whisperer too. I've always wanted to get into House, but it's always opposite something else I watch. That's the same reason I never got into Lost. :shrug:

I don't think I'll bother with Desperate Housewives this season. I stopped watching halfway though last year. Bo-ring. Grey's is a must, though.

As far as cable goes, I've heard great things about Rescue Me, but I've only seen a few eps. Love The Closer, which just ended last week. And my brother & mom LOVE Monk. I don't have HBO, so all of those shows are out - I'm probably better off - I'd never leave the house. :o

House started last week, which rules! It was a great episode. I love that crazy House. What ****ty things will he say next week ?!?

I'm setting the Tivo for these shows:

Heroes- I saw the pilot and it was AWESOME. And, it has Greg Grunberg from Alias and Milo Ventimiglia from Gilmore Girls.
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip- new Aaron Sorkin.
Gilmore Girls- even though it will SUCK
Veronica Mars- they are messing with my life by putting this against House, but Veronica wins.
Jericho- I will try this one. I really liked Skeet Ulrich's last show, Miracles.
Lost- yeah.
The Nine- will be on after Lost, so I'll give it a whirl.
Ugly Betty- I could've sworn they were supposed to put this on on Fridays, when it wouldn't cause a problem. Now I have to pick between it and Survivor, and fight with my boyfriend who likes to watch Smallville, the worst show known to man.
CSI- I have NO problem giving up Grey's for CSI. Especially if they show more of the Grissom and Sara BONING one another.
Six Degrees- I might suck it up and try it, even though it looks so cheesy. It's a new JJ Abrams show, so.
Men In Trees- maybe. Not sure. They're airing the pilot this week, today or tomorrow ? Can't remember. I'll give it a chance.
Brothers and Sisters- I am actually excited for this show. Jon Robin Baitz is a pretty great playwright and he wrote an AMAZING episode of Alias. The cast looks awesome (Ron Rifkin.) and I like Ken Olin's work on the Alias. Also, they fired Marti Noxon, She Who Ruined Buffy, in favor of the guy who ran Everwood, so I think their heart is obviously in the right place.

I am a TV whore. I have no problem with this- my two favorite hobbies are knitting and being completely stoned, both of which go really well with the TV watching.

ETA: I forgot to add what I am most excited about. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA, October 6th on Sci-Fi. I don't care if it seems geeky- it is, in my opinion, without a doubt the best show on television. It is so well plotted, well acted, tense, and scary. It's beyond good. I'm so excited for it to be back on TV, as well as the second series of Doctor Who that will start being shown over here too around then.

Oh man, you need to get season 1 and 2 on DVD and watch EVERY episode. The get season 3 when it comes out and be ready for season 4 in the spring. I started watching during season 2. So i missed season 1, I got it one day on a tuesday and had the whole season watched by Saturday.

Tv!
 

The Office!!! - I can't freakin' wait until September 21st!!

Lost - Can't wait to find out what happens to Sawyer, Jack and Kate. I miss Desmond too...can't wait to see Ian. Yum!

Psych - I love this silly show. It comes on after Monk, which I like too. They both come back in January!

Prison Break - Its already started its second season, but I just recently became MAJORLY addicted to it. It's my new fave show. It's on in 4 1/2 hours!! CANNOT FREAKIN' WAIT!!


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ETA: Rescue Me...I enjoy it. It won't be back for awhile though, I think. The season finale was a couple of weeks ago.

:nod: I'm terrified.

see, I missed it :mad: Note to self: buy a friggen tv guide.

I tried, but he's just so grumpy and a "know it all" and just too full of himself. :shrug:

:laugh: I know. I'm like, damn, it's my turn to drive to Girl Guides, ****, I'm going to miss the beginning of American Idol!

My boyfriend already promised to hold my hand for the first episode. We'll see.

Huh my sister said she laughed quite a bit and though the two had great chemistry :shrug:

Interesting that you didn't find it funny - now I really want to check it out to see if it's good or if it sucks :laugh:

Oprah :o

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The only one I'm excited about so far (I haven't been paying too much attention) is 30 Rock (that is the one written by Tina Fey with Alec Baldwin, right?) and if it actually is on Wed. at 8, that will interfere with AMNT (America's Next Top Model). Great, I only want to watch 2 shows a week, and they're on at the same time. :laugh:
Besides the Sunday Fox cartoon block.

Studio 60.

I just watched the entire first episode via the link that was posted, and it was great!

I think they are on at the same time, although that link I posted lists Top Model as being reruns. Maybe it starts later in the season?

Why is Gilmore Girls going to suck this season?

I'm not a huge episodic or dramatic tv watcher on a regular basis, but the one show that I saw a preview for that looked really good is "Smith" with Ray Liotta & Virginia Madsen. It looked excellent from the preview.

On the surface, Bobby Stevens (Ray Liotta) is a family man with a regular job. In reality, he is a criminal mastermind who pulls off elaborate heists with a crack crew of criminals.

Because the finale implied that Lorelai slept with her ex, even though she's engaged. :mad: It's very unlike her character & it really pissed A LOT of fans off.

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Ah. Interesting..thanks.

The creator of the show, Amy Sherman-Palladino, and her husband, Daniel Palladino, head writer, left this summer when contract negotiations fell through. The vast majority of the writing staff has also left, and the show's going to be run by a guy named Dave Rosenthal this year who only worked on the show last year.

Amy's episodes have always been the heart and soul of the show. She writes those girls better than anyone ever has been able to. Daniel's episodes tend to be the ones that epitomize everything that people are critical of the show for- the weird allusions, overly snappy one-liners, and speed talking- but he still writes solid, funny episodes.

They also made some really crappy choices last year in the way they chose to write the Luke-Lorelai relationship, especially in the season finale.

This is way too much to write about this ridiculous subject and shows that I care WAY too much. So, in short-

1) Show creator has left
2) Writing staff is entirely new
3) They really f-ed up last season, and I don't know if they can fix it
4) Could be last year of the show anyways

Well, she had pretty much broken it off with Luke when she did it. It was definitely out of character, though.

I keep rewatching that final scene with Luke & Lorelai (thanks, Tivo, for letting me torture myself for the last four months) and it's just heartbreaking. Why did they have to turn him into such a complete ass and her into a doormat?

^ I know. BTW - I love how my description was "They screwed up Lorelai & Luke" but you were all detailed about the writing & stuff. :D You're so right, though.

I can't believe you still have it on Tivo. I couldn't bear to watch it again. :distress:

Detailed = psychotic, Paula.

I do still have it on Tivo- I also have five hours of Arrested Development stored from February, even though I actually now own them all on DVD. I love that Tivo.

I did steadfastly refuse to watch, let alone record, any of the repeats of last year's episodes over the summer.

I may try this one too. I love Ray Liotta and Virginia Madsen, so it could be a winner.


Psychotic, schmycotic. :rolleyes: Tivo friggin' rules. I want to change from cable to the dish, but I've been putting it off. The dish's DVR is about half the price of Tivo, but how the hell am I supposed to actually make the switch without missing anything? Something's bound to fall through the cracks during this process. Argh!

Paula - you must have read my mind, cause I had planned a thread like this. lol.

anyway, I'm really anticipating Dancing with the Stars, Nip Tuck and that's about it I guess. I want to watch the first season of Rome before the new one starts in January.

is ANTM coming up soon or something? I haven't heard.

I saw a commercial for it the other day with a few of the new girls talking, you know how they do. I think it's Sept 20th. That's my understanding. ANTM!!!! :blob2:

I still hate Tyra, though.

^ Why do you hate Tyra? I think she's stunning. And funny - kind of a goofball. Ever hear Kathy Griffin make fun of her though? So spot on.

I think that they're running encores of ANTM on another day every week. If I understood the TV Guide correctly. So you may have 2 chances to watch.

I watched Men in Trees last night & was pleasantly surprised. It's the Anne Heche show, where she moves to Alaska. Witty, fun, she's actually likeable and there's a hot guy in it. OH! And John Amos from Good Times is in it too! :)

:laugh: i do, too.

ok, i'm excited about ...

law & order: svu (team mariska!)
house
the office
top chef

and i've recently started watching dr. phil ... :eek: :lol:

SONOFA!!!

DId that premier last night. It's official - I'm already way behind and probably will end up watching nothing :laugh:

I hate this...I just can't keep straight when things are on!!

It was a "sneak preview"- it's regularly on on Fridays and I believe this Friday they will show the pilot again as well as the next episode.

Now if you forget that, there's nothing I can do. You're screwed, etc.

I Tivo'd it but I haven't watched it yet.

Ok..thanks...I'm going to actually take time tonight to looks at shows I'm interested in and WRITE DOWN when they're on. Otherwise - I just won't watch.

As long as I don't miss the season premiere of Desperate Housewives I'll be ok.

Most excited about:

Nip/Tuck
Survivor
Amazing Race
The Office
My Name is Earl
Desperate Housewives
ER
Simpsons
Family Guy

I think she is really, really phony, and she pretends to be nice and understand emotions, but she clearly does not. It makes me sick when she has those talk sessions with the models one on one. God, she's phony. I just think she is really lame. I don't think she is funny at all, and I think she is often wrong when she talks about the model's personalities. She really, really rubs me the wrong way.
I do think she is pretty, however.