# New Fall TV Shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** tv-shows-scripted\ **Created:** [October 9, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534 "2019-10-09T14:46:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2019, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/21 "2019-10-12T23:13:49Z")
We are enjoying Perfect Harmony, so far that’s the only new one we’ve checked out. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/22 "2019-10-14T06:08:23Z")
When it comes to most of the recent fall television seasons, I’ve barely been sufficiently intrigued to check out more than one new network offering, but this time around, I have taken a fairly big bite. So far, I have been watching _Evil_, _All Rise_, _Prodigal Son_ and _Bluff City Law_, roughly in descending order of how much I look forward to them. I thought the pilot for _Evil_ was particularly impressive. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/23 "2019-10-14T18:14:37Z")
So far I’ve watched: _ **The Unicorn** _ - I tuned in for Walton Goggins (who will always be Shane Vendrell [_The Shield_] to me, despite his amazing turn in _Sons of Anarchy_), and I’m liking it more than I expected to. I’m also oddly amused by seeing _Ballers_’ Rob Corddry and Omar Benson Miller together on this show. _ **Stumptown** _ - I like it. I like Cobie Smulders more in this than I did in _How I Met Your Mother_, and the recent addition of Donal Logue – in at least a recurring role – has made it even more of a keeper. (And yes, _Terriers_ was an awesome show!) _ **Bluff City Law** _ - I didn’t make it past the second episode. I love Jimmy Smits and I thought the premise had promise, but I found the daughter character to be unwatchable. I don’t have any patience for even fictional adults who have temper tantrums. _ **Mixed-ish** _ - I’m still on the fence about this show. I like the cast (and laughed at Mark-Paul Gosselaar’s “saved by the bell” joke despite myself), but so far it’s too much preaching and not enough comedy. I’m only 2 years older than the Rainbow character, so maybe it’s just too familiar. For whatever reason, though, I’m not ready to cancel my season pass just yet. _ **Perfect Harmony** _ - Ugh. Another setup with a lot of promise, but it’s just an excuse for Bradley Whitford to be super grumpy and for Anna Camp to sing random songs and have a southern accent while surrounded by caricatures. _ **All Rise** _ - I’m on the fence about this show, too. I think it’s heading for “cancelled season pass”-ville, but I’ll give it another episode or two. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2019, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/24 "2019-10-14T22:36:26Z")
Nancy Drew – meh. I do like the actress playing Nancy. I’m most intrigued that the dad is played by Scott Wolf (I know it has been a long time since “Party of Five” but still to see him as the father was a bit of a shock) I will watch a few more episodes – curious if there is a non supernatural explanation. Brian ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/25 "2019-10-15T22:06:06Z")
We watched the first episodes of _Stumptown_ and _Bob Hearts Abishola_. _Stumptown_ had some good parts and some really stupid stuff. I.e., the indestructible car. Is this supposed to be a running gag? And if you’re being attacked while driving just stomp on the breaks. Will watch some more. _BHA_ had a few really nice touches. The credits and such being 3D. The use of non-English as a matter-of-fact thing. And of course Vernee Watson as a nurse! But named “Gloria” for some reason. Bob’s family is a waste of Precious Bodily Fluids. Abishola’s family, OTOH, is a waste of a great actor: Barry Shabaka Henley. And an absolutely horrible laugh track. As bad as it is, it’s still a ton better than _Carol’s Second Chance_’s. May try one more episode. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/26 "2019-10-15T22:18:25Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Nancy Drew – meh. I do like the actress playing Nancy. I’m most intrigued that the dad is played by Scott Wolf (I know it has been a long time since “Party of Five” but still to see him as the father was a bit of a shock) > I will watch a few more episodes – curious if there is a non supernatural explanation. Same here. I was saying to myself “Hey, that’s Bailey! Isn’t that Bailey? Yep, Bailey. Is he the Wolf or the Fox?” Also hope the explanation involves nothing supernatural (unless it leads to a crossover with _Supernatural_, which would be cool.) If it doesn’t, then that has to mean that the psychic is part of it somehow. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/27 "2019-10-16T03:31:03Z")
[_Sunnyside_ down](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/10/16/sunnyside-nbc-comedy-first-canceled-show-but-move-online/3988432002/). ---
**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 16, 2019, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/28 "2019-10-16T18:35:53Z")
I absolutely love _Bob Hearts Abishola_. So far, I’m pretty sold on _The Unicorn_, but if it devolves into glurge I’m out. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/29 "2019-10-16T18:41:42Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > [_Sunnyside_ down](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/10/16/sunnyside-nbc-comedy-first-canceled-show-but-move-online/3988432002/). I was hopeful about that, mostly because of Michael Schur’s involvement and I liked Kal Penn in the Harold & Kumar films. But the show itself was not great. Kind of weak actually. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/30 "2019-11-10T03:26:14Z")
> [@N9IWP](#): > > Nancy Drew … curious if there is a non supernatural explanation. Well, guess not. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/31 "2021-02-12T05:03:23Z")
Well, for those of you not following at home, _Nance Drew_ is all ghosts all the time. If Sam and Dean showed up, they would say “Woah, that’s too many ghosts!” ---
**Author:** ![gdave](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gdave/32/3683_2.png) [@gdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gdave)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534/32 "2021-02-12T14:04:22Z")
Yeah, they took a _hard_ turn from “Maybe it’s ghosts? But maybe it’s gas-lighting and psychosis and over-active imaginations? Let’s leave it deliberately ambiguous…” to “GHOSTS!!!” “And also demons and ghouls and ab-human entities and…” In the Season 2 premiere, one character lampshades this. The gang is discussing whether something is actually supernatural, and one character says something along the lines of, “It’s an urban legend, but let’s face it, _every_ urban legend we ever investigate turns out to be true.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-fall-tv-shows/841534.md?page=1)