It’s that time of year when I procrastinate writing my syllabi and long for the cooler days that offer cooler stuff to watch on television. Yet again, here are my picks and pans for the new season of t.v. shows.
By tradition, I go in alphabetical order of network. ABC is up first. I must say, this is the most disappointed I have been in quite some time about ABC’s lineup of shows. I am only deeming a handful of shows DVR-worthy, but I’m not terribly excited about any of them.
Two new shows sandwich in my Sunday night staple, Desperate Housewives, they are Once Upon a Time and Pan Am.
Once Upon a Time (Sunday at 7). Huh? Fairy tales transported to now. What? I don’t get it. It’s a no.
Pan Am (Sunday at 9). This one makes the cut, mostly because I’m curious. I really like Christina Ricci and I’m excited to see how she does in this role. I’m not completely sure about this show, but I’ll give it a four week trial period.
Nothing new on Mondays.
Last Man Standing (Tuesday at 7). If I were a middle aged dad of teenage girls, this show might be funny to me. Honestly, the previews that ABC posted to its website were pretty funny, but I’m just not the target audience. Tim Allen returns to ABC for this new comedy. Best wishes, Buzz Lightyear.
Man Up (Tuesday at 7:30). Although I did give a laugh or two at the previews, I am really not excited about another show about three guys that hate their lives because their wives are so uncool. They wonder why they aren’t as awesome as they once were simply because they’re married with kids. This has been done before. Not my type of show.
Suburgatory (Wednesday at 7:30). This one looks pretty funny. It’s about a family that moves from Manhattan to the suburbs. They’re in a major culture shock at the soccer moms and cougars prowling about town. This comes right between The Middle and Modern Family, so it works well into my Wednesday evening. I’ll give it a shot.
Revenge (Wednesday at 9). I’m kind of interested in this one. It’s dark and errie, kind of creepy…looks like a show I would like.
Charlie’s Angels (Thursday at 7). I know that I was excited about Hawaii 5-0 making a comeback, and it’s one of my favorite shows, AND I usually like a good chick show, but this one is just not going to make the cut. I don’t know why. I watched two different previews, and neither appealed to me.
And that’s it. ABC does have some new mid-season shows. I’ll try to review them at another time. I will say that two of the info pages on the mid season shows were not working—not good for business, ABC! I might have gotten really excited about something if only your links were working.
By night and time, here are my ABC shows:
Sunday: Desperate Housewives and Pan Am
Monday: Nothing
Tuesday: Nothing
Wednesday: The Middle, Suburgatory, Modern Family, Revenge
Thursday: Grey’s Anatomy
Friday: 20/20
