Don’t forget their new game show, “Word Up, Money”
Crossing Jordan on NBC and Alias could be a keeper on ABC.
Emeril, however, looks like it’s gonna tank heavily. Probably the first cancellation on the original big three nets.
Alas, Poobah, I fear I must agree with you on Emeril. Spouse and I LOVE watching “Emeril Live” – we think he’s not only a heckuva chef, but entertaining to watch. Based on the clips for the new show, I can’t say the same for his sitcom. But I suspect we will watch it out of faithfulness to Emeril (unless it is SOOOO bad we can’t stand it!)
Definitely Enterprise.
Not a new show, but finally new episodes of “Iron Chef” Yea!
Howyadoin,
I too have word that the Emeril show is Golden Turkey material…
NBC is slotting a show about an “athletics-obsessed sportscaster” after the ultimate chick show Friends?
Ungh?
-Rav
I’m giving Enterprise 4 episodes to wow me. Mostly because I mod an SF board elsewhere, and it wouldn’t do, to be behind the times.
(From what I’ve read, it doesn’t sound bad, exactly, but the lack of continuity annoys me on GP. And I’ve heard bad things about the theme song - that it’ll be “Faith in the Heart,” instead of a traditional instrumental thing.)
Already saw a bootleg of the first Tick episode. It was really funny - I’m also betting it won’t last 13 eps, but I’m gonna catch every single one that airs.
And I’m really looking forward to the return of Buffy and Angel. 
I thought you hated “reality” shows.
The only one I’m actually wanting to see the pilot for is Undeclared, but I have no hopes for it. That ground has been well trod, so it comes down to whether I empathize with any of the characters.
jab1 said:
Me? I hope not, considering that I run RealityNewsOnline, a website about reality TV.
Now, I do rather hate some shows, like Temptation Island. But they are in the minority.
I’m not sure if it’s still on the schedule because I haven’t seen ads in a long time, but NBC (I think) has a cop show called UC that looks like it could be fun stupid entertainment.
I’m afraid that 24 is going to either be scrapped mid-season or edited into oblivion due to the WTC thing, but I’ll still make an effort to see what I can.
The Mole 2 might be sort of interesting. The first one began to bore me before too long, as there were really no clues. All the reality shows are edited so that there is no way to “play along.” I want a game where the actual winner can be determined by watching the show carefully, rather than by random guessing. Needless to say, I won’t be watching Survivor 3.
Other than The Tick, I’m going to avoid all sitcoms, especially NBC’s line-up. Scrubs, Inside Schwartz, Emeril (that’s NBC, right?) all look really bad. Bob Patterson might be ok, but it seems like Costanza lite.
Overall, the season looks remarkably weak. I’m almost glad I don’t have a TV in this room, or I’d end up wasting my time on all that garbage.
Also, I truly believe that the worst piece of footage to ever be broadcast is the 2-second clip of FOX’s Love Cruise in which an insane blond woman screams “You wanna make me!?!?” It beats the Hindenberg, it beats live TLC surgery shows, it may very well challenge the recent WTC footage as the worst thing EVER to hit my eyeballs. I can’t imagine watching an hour of it every week all season. It makes me cringe just to think of it.
To answer the question posed in the title, I have to quote Dave Barry:
“I have an idea for a sure-fire hit TV show, which would be called ‘A Live Celebrity Gets Eaten by a Shark.’”
Borderline Pit material, but the only new TV show I wanna see right now is the “Jerry Falwell and Pat Robertson Get Brutally Sodomized On Live TV”. :mad:
Weekly.
What if we find out that they actually enjoy it?
This is getting totally out of hand. When is Jarrod from the Subway commercials going to get his own sitcom?