# Recommend some new fall TV shows for me **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 7, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567 "2005-09-07T19:32:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MaxTheVool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9fc29f/32.png) [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/1 "2005-09-07T19:32:17Z")
I think I’ll try TiVOing 1 or 2 new TV shows this fall. What should they be? Currently, I’ll be TiVOing: The Simpsons ER Joey (but it’s on VERY thin ice) The Office The West Wing 24 Other favorite shows from the past (or in one case, from a channel I don’t get): Friends My So Called Life Buffy/Angel/Firefly Six Feet Under The L Word Star Trek:TNG Band of Brothers Given that type of tastes, what upcoming shows should I be looking out for? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/2 "2005-09-07T19:37:37Z")
Kitchen Confidential is my most-awaited new show. It’s based on professional chef and raconteur Anthony Bourdain’s autobiography, showcasing the dark underbelly of the restaurant industry, the misfits and psychos working in professional kitchens, and what goes on behind the scenes that diners have no idea about. It’s a fascinating book, and I was surprised to learn Fox was turning it into a sitcom, of all things. But it’s going to be one of those cinematic single-camera sitcoms with no laugh track, like Arrested Development, Scrubs, and The Office, and hopefully the humor will be quite dark. It also stars Nicholas Brendon, Xander from Buffy. I also recommend Arrested Development if you like The Office already, and Family Guy if you like The Simpsons. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/3 "2005-09-07T20:47:13Z")
If you’re doing 24, you might try **Prison Break** by the same creators. Of course it’s already 2-3 episodes into the season, but you can catch up. ---
**Author:** ![Draelin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Draelin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Draelin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/4 "2005-09-07T20:51:27Z")
You need to watch _Lost_. You know you want to. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/5 "2005-09-07T20:53:06Z")
_Invasion Lost Battlestar Galactica_ ---
**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:** [September 7, 2005, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/6 "2005-09-07T21:00:46Z")
If you haven’t been watching **Veronica Mars** , this fall would be a great time to start. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/7 "2005-09-07T21:07:47Z")
Check out Supernatural on the WB. You can watch the first episode on YahooTV. I just did. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/8 "2005-09-07T21:12:15Z")
I’ll probably watch _Kitchen Confidential_ since it’s already sandwiched between _Arrested_ and _Prison/24_. I like Jason Lee so I’ll probably catch **My Name Is Earl** (it looks potentially dark, and appears right before _The Office_ on Tuesdays). And the rather eclectic cast of **Threshold** (Carla Gugino, Peter Dinklage, Brent Spiner, Charles S. Dutton) also makes it one I’ll try out if I remember to set the VCR on Fridays. ---
**Author:** ![sciguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@sciguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciguy)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/9 "2005-09-07T23:06:29Z")
I liked **24** , and I’m liking **Prison Break** , so there’s that. For whatever reason, there seem to be a spate of actors from Joss Whedon shows showing up in a few series this fall. I’m probably going to DVR (I don’t technically have a TiVo 🙂 ) the first few eps to check out how old friends are doing: **Bones** has David Boreanaz (and looks like it might be interesting in a Cold Case meets CSI kind of way). And it leads into House, M.D. which I’m going to be watching anyway. **Kitchen Confidential** has Nicholas Brendon (aka Xander). From some preview stuff I’ve seen posted around, I’ve seen it described like a scripted sitcom version of “Hell’s Kitchen”, although with less yelling and more laughs. Allyson Hannigon is listed on imdb as being in something called **How I met your mother** , but I haven’t caught any actual details about it. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/10 "2005-09-08T00:17:35Z")
> [@sciguy](#): > > Allyson Hannigon is listed on imdb as being in something called **How I met your mother** , but I haven’t caught any actual details about it. Sitcom that’s gotten some good reviews, but when I’ve watched the preview clips I think it’s fairly awful. I think sitcoms are really hard to capture in preview clips, though. It also has Doogie Howser in it. Oh, and the premiere allegedly includes some “twist.” No idea. I tend to try to catch as many premieres as I can because it’s easier to drop a show than to catch up. So I’m watching “Reunion” tomorrow. It looked like a neat premise, having every episode represent an entire year. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/11 "2005-09-08T00:26:54Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > So I’m watching “Reunion” tomorrow. It looked like a neat premise, having every episode represent an entire year. “Reunion” intrigues me, too. Interesting concept. Plus the presence of the very yummy [Mathew St. Patrick](http://www.soapsite.com/am/images/individuals/adrian03.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![EnderWay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d26b3c/32.png) [@EnderWay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnderWay)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2005, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/12 "2005-09-08T00:56:25Z")
This isn’t new but “Myth Busters” is hilarious! And new this past year/recently is “America’s Dirtiest Jobs” … come home from work and put that on … oh man, at least you’re not doing what that guy is! ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2005, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/13 "2005-09-09T03:24:18Z")
> [@pinkfreud](#): > > “Reunion” intrigues me, too. Interesting concept. Plus the presence of the very yummy [Mathew St. Patrick](http://www.soapsite.com/am/images/individuals/adrian03.jpg). Did you watch it? What did you think? I wasn’t excited. I hated too many of the characters. My husband had the same reaction. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/14 "2005-09-12T19:08:17Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > And the rather eclectic cast of **Threshold** (Carla Gugino, Peter Dinklage, Brent Spiner, Charles S. Dutton) also makes it one I’ll try out if I remember to set the VCR on Fridays. Hooray! Already [a good review](http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2005/09/12/fear/index2.html) of **Threshold** : > [@](#): > > CBS’s “Threshold” (premieres Friday, Sept. 16, at 9 p.m.), on the other hand, may be the most riveting and the most haunting drama to air this fall. > > In “Threshold,” the always-good Carla Gugino plays Molly Anne Caffrey, our resident plucky hero-expert who’s called in to handle worst-case scenarios for the government. Along with a gaggle of like-minded hero-experts, she’s rushed off to investigate the appearance of an extraterrestrial craft in the mid-Atlantic. At first, the alien angle and the occurrences on the ship, along with the arguments between the hero-experts involved, all seem to fall along predictable, slightly hokey lines. And then, well, I’m not going to spoil this for you, but suffice it to say that things get very, very eerie, far more eerie than you imagined was possible on a TV drama. Some will call this one CBS’s answer to “Lost,” and maybe that’s the case, but to “Threshold’s” credit, I learned more about what Gugino and the others were up against in the first episode than I did during the entire first season of “Lost.” Granted, “Threshold” isn’t likely to delve as deeply into each character’s history and psyche. But then again, based on the last few minutes of the pilot, it looks like anything is possible. At the very least, this one should scare the bejesus out of you. What more could you ask for? Can’t wait! ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2005, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recommend-some-new-fall-tv-shows-for-me/320567/15 "2005-09-12T23:23:20Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Did you watch it? What did you think? I wasn’t excited. I hated too many of the characters. My husband had the same reaction. I thought it looked interesting too. It wasn’t. I figured I’d watch it until Everwood came back, but I don’t think I’m going to now that I’ve seen the pilot. I’m most looking forward to Supernatural. I’ll probably check out the various and sundry shows about aliens, E-Ring, Bones, and Inconcievable. I wish The Night Stalker was on at a different time.