We are enjoying Perfect Harmony, so far that’s the only new one we’ve checked out.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
I absolutely love Bob Hearts Abishola. So far, I’m pretty sold on The Unicorn, but if it devolves into glurge I’m out.
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.
Well, guess not.
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!”
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.”