# The New Television Season **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 30, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130 "2016-05-30T23:46:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2016, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/1 "2016-05-30T23:46:34Z")
If you want to see what’s on the horizon, [check this out.](http://variety.com/gallery/new-tv-shows-2016-2017/#!1/designated-survivor-abc/)-41 new shows, and at least three of them have to do with messin’ with time. It looks like MacGyver is being rebooted, which might work. ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/2 "2016-05-31T00:00:59Z")
A few that looked interesting: Making History Timeless Powerless The Blacklist: Redemption Emerald City ---
**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:** [May 31, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/3 "2016-05-31T01:04:14Z")
Mostly they sound stupid. But there was a sitcom with Joel McHale and Stephen Fry, so I’ll try that. And there’s another show starring Ted Danson? Has he ever been off the air? ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/4 "2016-05-31T01:19:51Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It looks like MacGyver is being rebooted, which might work. _Alert Patty and Selma at once._ ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/5 "2016-05-31T01:27:03Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > Has he ever been off the air? Yes. (But never for more than a year, and only twice over a 42 year period.) ---
**Author:** ![urban1a](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e47c2d/32.png) [@urban1a](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/urban1a)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/6 "2016-05-31T01:30:52Z")
The McGyver I definitely intend to watch. The star looks a bit like Anderson and as I remember the show, it was more about the gimmicks than about the star, anyway. Most reboots I don’t bother with. Bob ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/7 "2016-05-31T01:31:45Z")
I loved “Frequency”, the movie. Hope the show is good. Half will be gone in six months. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/8 "2016-05-31T02:06:09Z")
I actually like the promo for _The Good Place_, if for nothing other than the line “Condescending Bench.” ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/9 "2016-05-31T03:02:26Z")
For me, I’d give Midnight, Texas, Pitch, Downward Dog and Trial and Error a shot. However, I’m sure The Exorcist will suck. And I’ll probably watch it too. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2016, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/10 "2016-05-31T21:17:43Z")
Laverne Cox was set to be in a new lawyer series _Doubt_. Could be interesting. But then then two things happened: They brought in two new co-stars, one of whom is Katherine Heigl. They re-shot the pilot to deal with the above. When a network does this sort of stuff, you know the show is DOA. (I know, I know. There are exceptions. E.g., _The Big Bang Theory_. But it’s usually a bad sign.) ---
**Author:** ![epbrown01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7ba0ec/32.png) [@epbrown01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/epbrown01)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/11 "2016-06-01T11:52:16Z")
I dunno about a series based on Harris new “Midnight, Texas” books. I didn’t find the first two very engaging. What I’d like to see is a _Grave Sight_ series - less well known, but sort of an X-Files/Supernatural/CSI vibe - the books about Harper Connelly, a psychic who can sense dead bodies and their cause of death. She and her step-brother travel all over the country (mostly small towns) consulting. One of the characters in _Midnight_ series (Manfred Bernardo) was a recurring character in the _Grave Sight_ books. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/12 "2016-06-01T15:09:33Z")
Some of these sounded hilarious, as if they were fake. I like to think that they come up with snappy titles first and then try to fit a show into the title. I was interested in about 1/3 of them. If they make it to air, I will check them out! ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/13 "2016-06-01T18:43:53Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > _Alert Patty and Selma at once._ First of all, he’s an actor, and he’s not much of an actor. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/14 "2016-06-01T18:51:27Z")
No sign of the ‘Agents of Shield’ spinoff with Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter? ☹ ---
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/15 "2016-06-01T18:57:55Z")
> [@glee](#): > > No sign of the ‘Agents of Shield’ spinoff with Bobbi Morse and Lance Hunter? ☹ that was reported dead weeks ago. ---
**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:** [June 1, 2016, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/16 "2016-06-01T19:26:01Z")
I’ll DVR a few of those, just to see how bad they really are. The ones I find mildly interesting are: American Housewife Kevin Can Wait The Great Indoors\* Son of Zorn Making History Timeless Powerless\* - - I am actually looking forward to these. I have absolutely zero interest in any of the straight drama, medical shows, procedurals, etc. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/17 "2016-06-01T19:43:29Z")
I like **Once Upon a Time** , so **Emerald City** may be worth a look. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/18 "2016-06-01T19:52:51Z")
I want to reboot someone with a baseball bat, then swing it at the fish out of water. The only ones that look interesting are ‘Powerless’ and ‘Midnight, Texas’. ---
**Author:** ![Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/intergalactic_gladiator/32/112_2.png) [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Intergalactic_Gladiator)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/19 "2016-06-01T20:32:38Z")
I like Joel McHale, I like him a lot. I loved him in Community and I liked his work on The Soup when I saw it (which, I admit, was not frequently). He was also born the same year that I was. He’s now in a sitcom that seems to be all about “Those kids these days” Damn it all to hell. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2016, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130/20 "2016-06-01T20:39:11Z")
> [@ftg](#): > > Laverne Cox was set to be in a new lawyer series _Doubt_. Could be interesting. > > But then then two things happened: > > They brought in two new co-stars, one of whom is Katherine Heigl. > > They re-shot the pilot to deal with the above. > > When a network does this sort of stuff, you know the show is DOA. I can simplify this: "They brought in Katherine Heigl… …you know the show is DOA." She is the _kiss of death._ And horrible to work with, besides. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-television-season/756130.md?page=2)