# Fall TV roundup--hits and misses **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 6, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515 "2006-10-06T17:32:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/21 "2006-10-06T22:01:05Z")
We’ve had to pare down the list considerably. There just aren’t enough leisure hours for many new shows on our TV schedule. Hubby and I sat down together and did some triage, and we decided that some shows were “must watch” and some were “might watch.” This is our list of new shows: Musts: Eureka Heroes Ugly Betty Dexter Maybes: Vanished Jericho The Nine Shark Six Degrees ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/22 "2006-10-06T22:11:04Z")
I’ve liked almost everything new I’ve seen this year. Maybe it’s just because I’m so desperate for tv after being in the Reality tv wasteland for so long. Really Like New: Shark Heroes Studio 60 (Matt Perry is brilliant. I knew he was good; I didn’t know he was _that_ good.) Smith (Well, Jim really likes it. I’m more “meh.”) Will Watch; Not Super Thrilled New: Stand/Off New to Me that I Really Like: 4400 Supernatural Returning Favourites: Battlestar Galactica Corner Gas The Office My Name is Earl ---
**Author:** ![Plynck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Plynck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Plynck)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/23 "2006-10-06T22:35:32Z")
Thank you. I was thinking about starting a thread like this. I did something similar a year ago, handicapping the new shows and I failed miserably. I mean, who thought _Ghost Whisperer_ would last six weeks, let alone get renewed for another season? Oh well. Let’s try again. **New shows:** _Studio 60:_ Cautious liking so far. I am generally wary of movies about the movie business, or television about the television business. I like Sorkin, and will probably keep watching. _Heroes:_ Interesting enough so far. The conspiracy angle is a bit lame, but I’ll stick with it. I’d like to see where they go with this. _Vanished:_ Gee, more conspiracy? Masons? My grandfather was a Mason, dammit! Curiosity may keep me a few more shows, if only to see how they shift the lead role. \*Kidnapped: \* May be shelved? Huh. I liked this, although the plot line about the good cop on the verge of retirement is the plot equivalent of “It was a dark and stormy night…” I’ll watch it until it goes away. _Jericho:_ I watched the first three show. Those are three hours of my life that I would like back, please. I kind of like Ulrich, and Alicia Coppola is hot, but not enough to waste time better spent cleaning grout in the bathroom. _Smith:_ I like it, but then I like any heist/caper genre movie or TV show. Like _Heist_. Or _Thieves_. Or _T.H.E. Cat_. Or _It Takes a Thief_. And evidently most people do not (other than the last one, and only because it was Robert Wagner). It seems that morality wins out over greed. Pity. Shark: If it weren’t for James Woods, I wouldn’t have bothered. An expensive lawyer changes sides and goes to work for the good guys! Hooray! I don’t see me watching this much more. **Old Shows:** _CSI Miami:_ It’s like a wreck on the highway. You can’t turn away, and you know that you will regret it later. Self righteous posturing. David Caruso holding a gun in a very menacing way, while presumably squinting behind sunglasses. Acting that makes me appreciate the early work of Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston. Why do I do this to myself? It must be the swimsuits and implants. This week I kick… \*Lost: \* Oh no you don’t. I haven’t gone all this way to give up now! This will be my new _The X-Files_, and I will watch until the show’s producers have drained every drop of creative blood from the dessicated carcass. _The Unit:_ I had reservations about this, but I think that Mamet’s touch is ultimately what made me watch again. It doesn’t pull any punches about what soldiers are asked to do, and how they can be hung out to dry by their superiors. In fact, their missions are far less interesting to me than the battles their wives fight for survival. _Criminal Minds:_ A guilty pleasure. I think that they are running out of different types of sociopaths, and I’d certainly hate to wish for all sorts of new types of death and dismemberment on large groups of people for my own entertainment, but so far it’s kept my interest. _The Office:_ I don’t watch many sitcoms faithfully, but this and _Scrubs_ are always on my list. ---
**Author:** ![Winston\_Bongo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a9adbd/32.png) [@Winston\_Bongo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winston_Bongo)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/24 "2006-10-06T22:50:11Z")
_Heroes_: The first episode was little more than a rip-off of _X-Men_ (complete with the “next step in evolution” speech) and _Unbreakable_ (somber, reluctant heroes slowly discovering their powers), with lame dialogue and mostly uninteresting characters. The second episode was much better. Maybe once they get past the initial set-up, the story will start to pick up speed. Plus, I like the Japanese guy. He’s a fellow geek! _Studio 60_: I know a lot of people are going ga-ga over this, but I found it pretentious, preachy, and self-indulgent. Yes, the dialogue is witty and fast paced . . . but when \*every character \* talks the same way, it all sounds fake. The previews of \*30 Rock \* look better. _Jericho_: I’ve only seen the first episode so far . . . could be good, depending on where they take it. Plus any show with the scruffy half of Simon & Simon deserves a chance. _Standoff_: Just like Moonlighting, only with hostages! And not entertaining. _Kidnapped_: I liked the pilot – better written than the similarly-themed _Vanished_ – but it’s been sentenced to the Saturday Timeslot of Doom and told to finish the story by episode 13. Too bad . . . on the other hand, I’m glad it will at least have a chance to end. If more cancelled shows at least got _that_ much, there would be fewer pissed-off fans. _Vanished_: Not as bad as some reviews have said, but whether it ever gets to the level of _good_ depends on whether or not the writers know where they’re going. The most recent plot twist . . . killing off the lead character without warning . . . may have been a great way to shock and throw off viewers, or just a move of desperation, I’m not sure which. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/25 "2006-10-06T22:54:36Z")
[QUOTE=Winston Bongo] _Kidnapped_: I liked the pilot – better written than the similarly-themed _Vanished_ – but it’s been sentenced to the Saturday Timeslot of Doom and told to finish the story by episode 13. [/QUOTE] It’s moving from Wednesday to Saturday? That might help. Wednesday’s overloaded with watchable shows. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/26 "2006-10-06T23:14:28Z")
[QUOTE=AuntiePam] TV Guide says **Smith** has been “sidelined”. I didn’t read any further than the headline though. [/QUOTE] Not much more info to go on: > [@](#): > > According to a fresh programming advisory from CBS, Smith has had its Tuesdays-at-10 time slot stolen from right under its nose “until further notice.” > > Filling the vacancy over the next four weeks will be repeats of CSI (Oct. 10) and Criminal Minds (Oct. 17 and 24), and a program-to-be-announced (Oct. 31). Grrrrrr. :mad: One other show I forgot to mention was _Knights of Prosperity_ which I’ll give a chance once it premieres. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/27 "2006-10-06T23:29:41Z")
I’ve seen: Standoff, Smith, Vanished, Kidnapped, Justice, The Class, Jericho Thus far I’ve crossed all but the last two off my list. Every other one was really disappointing. I’d like to see The Nine, Help Me Help You, and Dexter. One’s online, and another is on in-demand, but I’m not sure about HMHY. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2006, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/28 "2006-10-06T23:41:31Z")
Sticking with: \*Jericho Heroes Ugly Betty Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip \* Fell asleep three quarters of the way through the pilot and will have to watch the rest on the internet: _The Nine_ Still waiting for: _30 Rock_ ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/29 "2006-10-07T00:38:52Z")
**Picking Up** : Ugly Betty Heroes Battlestar Galactica **Keeping** South Park Eureka Stargate Atlantis The Ultimate Fighter **In Grave Danger of Being Dropped** Lost Desperate Housewives Damn, that’s a lot more TV than I realized I watched. We Tivo it and watch it at our convenience with no commercials, though. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/30 "2006-10-07T00:50:48Z")
old shows I’m sticking with: My Name is Earl, Grey’s Anatomy, Smallville, One Tree Hill, Gilmore Girls, Boston legal, What about Brian, Corner Gas, Scrubs old shows dropped: ER, Desperate housewives, Law and order Criminal Intent, Law and Order Special Victims Unit, New Shows I like: The Class, The Nine, Jericho (sort of, I really only tolerate it), Studio 60, Heroes (on the verge), Six Degrees New Shows dropped: The rest. Of the new shows, Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip is far and away my favorite, but The Class is a close second. The others I’m really just giving a chance to get going. ER finally lost me because it struck me sometime a few weeks ago that I really hadn’t liked the show since George Clooney left. I never really liked Desperate Housewives. This list doesn’t include HBO. I like everything on that channel except Lucky Louie. ---
**Author:** ![5que](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/3bc359/32.png) [@5que](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5que)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/31 "2006-10-07T00:52:07Z")
TiVo: second only to my daughter in my heart. Nothing new this season has really grabbed me. **A possibility I might stay with:** Heroes Studio 60 Shark (eh, maybe not) **Old Favorites I absolutely will keep devoted to:** House 24 My Name is Earl The Office CSI - haven’t watched since the first episode this season, and I really didn’t like it. Remaining episodes are in the Now Playing list, but I have no real spark to watch them. **Will Give a try to:** 30 Rock ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/32 "2006-10-07T00:52:16Z")
I forgot Ugly Betty. I quite enjoy that show in a guilty pleasure sort of way. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/33 "2006-10-07T01:41:19Z")
New shows I saw and dumped: Standoff, Smith. New show I’m watching because I’m a sucker for anything post-apocalyptic: Jericho. New-ish show that my husband and I like to watch together: The Unit. There are lots of others that sound interesting, and I’m sure I’ll get around to watching eventually. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2006, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515/34 "2006-10-07T03:11:22Z")
Ooh, “Jericho” is post-apocalyptic? I did not know that. I’ll have to give it a go. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fall-tv-roundup-hits-and-misses/375515.md?page=1)