# Upcoming TV season - any shows you are looking forward to? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 16, 2016, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078 "2016-09-16T12:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/41 "2016-09-21T06:12:09Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > This is Us - apparently there’s some kind of huge twist in this one. I want to at least know what it is. It wasn’t a huge twist, it was a mild twist. They get it out of the way by the end of the pilot and I don’t think they’re going to throw a twist in or have some kind of recurring mystery every week. It was just a pilot gimmick. Ok show. Not amazing, but reasonably well done. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/42 "2016-09-21T12:15:48Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > It wasn’t a huge twist, it was a mild twist. They get it out of the way by the end of the pilot and I don’t think they’re going to throw a twist in or have some kind of recurring mystery every week. It was just a pilot gimmick. > Ok show. Not amazing, but reasonably well done. Did this actually premiere or did you get some sort of preview? If it premiered, can you spoiler box the twist? Also I came in to say _Pitch_. It’s a highly interesting concept and I’m eager to see how they do the baseball scenes. ---
**Author:** ![SaharaTea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@SaharaTea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaharaTea)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/43 "2016-09-21T13:14:03Z")
I watched premiere of _This Is Us_. It was interesting, but a little too cutesy for me. The end “twist” is: The couple having triplets are actually the parents of the three 36-year-olds. Their portion of the story takes place in 1980, while the rest of the story is present-day. They lost one of their triplets and ended up adopting the African-American baby who was left at a fire station. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Lowry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e95f7d/32.png) [@Sam\_Lowry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Lowry)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2016, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/44 "2016-09-21T14:36:40Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > I’m definitely going to check out _[The Good Place.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UMf24rEsMOs)_ It had me at the trailer’s “What a condescending bench.” I only hope it’s not regularly on Monday nights; I already have too many shows that night. I watched the first two episodes On Demand and I really liked them. Kristen Bell is well cast, and I liked everyone else in it. I think the regular time will be on Thursday, they are showing the third episode for it tomorrow. ---
**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:** [September 23, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/45 "2016-09-23T21:30:46Z")
Gonna watch _MacGyver_ tonight. BTW, if you ever wondered what happened to the original, [take a peek.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMV4R1FWccA) ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2016, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/46 "2016-09-23T21:38:05Z")
No interest in _The Exorcist_? That and _The Good Place_ are the ones I plan to check out. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/47 "2016-09-24T01:43:36Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > _Bull_: Has a second banana ever left a hit show to a success? Well, _Frasier_ is arguably the most successful example of a supporting character continuing on after the parent series has ended, but it’s closely rivaled by _The Jeffersons_, whose parent show was still going strong. > [@](#): > > _Powerless_ First I’m hearing of it. I’ll definitely check this one out. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2016, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/48 "2016-09-24T04:12:32Z")
> [@Bryan\_Ekers](#): > > Well, _Frasier_ is arguably the most successful example of a supporting character continuing on after the parent series has ended, but it’s closely rivaled by _The Jeffersons_, whose parent show was still going strong. > > . Yesbut Cheers had ended. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/49 "2016-09-25T01:02:00Z")
Notorious, MacGyver, and Bull are all actively bad. Lethal Weapon is even more underwhelming than you’d expect. But it’s simply not good. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/50 "2016-09-25T01:32:40Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > Notorious, MacGyver, and Bull are all actively bad. > Lethal Weapon is even more underwhelming than you’d expect. But it’s simply not good. Yeah, Bull\* is\* bad. Sorry, Michael. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/51 "2016-09-27T20:17:11Z")
I finally got around to watching the pilot of Designated Survivor. It seems worth keeping an eye on. ---
**Author:** ![amarinth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3be4f8/32.png) [@amarinth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarinth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/52 "2016-10-05T17:30:20Z")
Conviction is trying to be an edgy procedural - the pilot was basically Serial - Season 1. It is just not as edgy as it thinks it is and doesn’t really work. Timeless was silly, but kind of fun. Plus, I like a lot of the cast. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2016, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/53 "2016-10-05T18:01:32Z")
> [@amarinth](#): > > I finally got around to watching the pilot of Designated Survivor. It seems worth keeping an eye on. - No, as\*\* Elendil’s Heir\*\* puts it, “the yet another Vast Faceless Conspiracy That Threatens Everything We Hold Dear”\* part lost me. Now, if this had been a political show, like West Wing, starting with a interesting twist- that sounds great. They also dipped into Fantasy when they had all of SCOTUS and Congress there- something that has never happened. ---
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2016, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/54 "2016-10-08T05:01:32Z")
_Timeless_ looks like it will not last long. A knockoff of the Blacklist characters and soooooooo predictable. ---
**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 8, 2016, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/55 "2016-10-08T13:36:52Z")
We watched the pilot of _Conviction_. A woman is roped into exonerating convicted folk _on behalf of the DA_. No, that still doesn’t make sense after watching it. Oh, this is set in NYC, her mother is a senator and her father is ex-POTUS. Completely original right there. The pilot had good and bad stuff. Too many cast members introduced right away (and a couple of her crew are unnecessary cast bloat). Far too rapid fire dialogue and scene cutting. Hoping that might get fixed. But still had some good detective-thriller style stuff. We’ll watch another and hope it gets better. Pilots are weird. Some shows are great right away. Some take a few episodes to jell. This one needs jell but not hopeless. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/56 "2016-10-19T14:33:16Z")
> [@peptastic](#): > > I am looking forward to Superstore and Scream Queens second seasons this year. Dang! I just ran across Scream Queens by accident last night. Love that show. Although ironically sometimes it seems like everyone is yelling too much. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![up\_the\_junction](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f1d935/32.png) [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/57 "2016-10-19T19:17:40Z")
I think this could be the one we’re all talking about - 20 hours ordered by Netflix with the likelihood of more to come: [The Crown: all you need to know about Netflix’s £100 million series](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/10/14/the-crown-all-you-need-to-know-about-netflixs-100-million-series/) ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/58 "2016-10-19T20:32:53Z")
I was reading the first page, and almost quoted my own post there with the comment: That’s me, too!! ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2016, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078/59 "2016-10-19T20:38:14Z")
> [@up\_the\_junction](#): > > I think this could be the one we’re all talking about - 20 hours ordered by Netflix with the likelihood of more to come: > > [The Crown: all you need to know about Netflix’s £100 million series](http://www.telegraph.co.uk/on-demand/2016/10/14/the-crown-all-you-need-to-know-about-netflixs-100-million-series/) I’d watch that… if it wasnt on Netlfix. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upcoming-tv-season-any-shows-you-are-looking-forward-to/766078.md?page=2)