2012 Fall TV Season

It feels like it would be wrong of me to let the month of May go by without my traditional post-upfronts rundown on the TV schedule for next fall.  I'm sorry for the delay this year, but as those of you who know me in real life understand, I've had a lot of issues on my plate in the last few weeks.

At any rate, here goes.  I'll use the same format from previous years, giving my thoughts on each timeslot in the week.

Monday

8:00-- My stepson loves How I Met Your Mother, and after watching it last season, I've become a fan, too.  So we will watch this on the hour, and at the half-hour we'll try new comedy Partners, about two formerly-single friends who try to adjust their relationship now that they've both found love.

9:00-- There's really nothing in this hour that I want to watch, as new show The Mob Doctor sounds too on-the-nose to bother watching.

10:00-- Castle!  Also, we will probably record Revolution, a new drama about the aftermath of a world catastrophe in which everything that runs on power of any sort stops working.  The preview we saw didn't fill any of us with great expectations, but we like to watch every new sci-fi show that comes along, so we'll give it a shot for a few weeks at least.

Tuesday

8:00-- I'll be recording Hart of Dixie, which was my favorite new show of the season.  What we'll watch live is Raising Hope, which I've always loved and which has grown on my family over time, followed by new sitcom Ben and Kate, about a brother and sister who live together.

9:00-- We'll watch New Girl, which was never quite perfect last season but has kept us coming back, followed by Apt. 23, which I think is just fine and my stepson adores for some reason.  I also plan on recording Emily Owens M.D., which stars one of my favorite young actresses, Mamie Gummer.

10:00-- I will check out Vegas, which is a period piece about the rise of that city in the 60's and the old-fashioned sheriff who tries to keep the peace.

Wednesday

8:00-- The Middle, followed by Suburgatory, which I liked more and more as the season went on.  The men in my life also want to watch Arrow, a drama about the Green Arrow of comic book fame.

9:00-- Modern Family!  Afterwards is a new comedy called The Neighbors, which had me when I read the description (unsuspecting family moves into new suburb filled with aliens) and then lost me again when I actually saw the preview, which looked excruciatingly dumb.  Still, I'll give this a chance for a week or two just because of our devotion to sci-fi (as stated above).

10:00--  I want to watch Nashville, if for no other reason than that it stars Connie Britton and Hayden Panetierre, two of my favorite NBC stars of recent years.

Thursday

8:00-- This is the only hour where we have a three-car pileup.  I definitely need to watch The Vampire Diaries, and the men in the house definitely need to watch The Big Bang Theory, but we are all mildly interested in Last Resort, that odd new drama about the crew of a nuclear sub who mutiny and declare themselves to be a nation-state.  If we don't like that show, there won't be a conflict, but if we do, I guess I'll be watching The Vampire Diaries online.

9:00-- Glee!  Also, I'd like to try out Beauty and the Beast, which is based on the CBS show of the 80's and stars Kristin Kreuk, the former Lana Lang of Smallville.

10:00--  We are all somewhat interested in Elementary, the new Sherlock Holmes show where Watson is a woman.

Friday

8:00-- Nothing.

9:00-- Fringe! Also Grimm, which I didn't expect much from last fall, but which has actually turned out to be a solid, if somewhat formulaic, hour of television.

10:00-- "There is only nothing again."

Sunday

8:00--  Once Upon a Time.  This is another show that has performed solidly, and I'm interested to see what will happen now that the curse has been broken.

9:00-- Revenge.  I really loved this show for the first 15 episodes, and then I feel like it drove off a cliff for the rest of the season.  Still, I'm willing to give it another try.  Also, The Good Wife, which will cause me to have to deal with CBS football overruns for another year.

10:00-- I'm interested in 666 Park Avenue, which has a old-fashioned vibe and stars another one of my favorite TV actors, Dave Annable.