# What new TV shows look good this year? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 18, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546 "2018-09-18T18:09:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/1 "2018-09-18T18:09:28Z")
I’ve heard less buzz about this year’s fall TV season than ever before. More proof that the old network model is dying, I guess. What new shows are you planning to check out? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/2 "2018-09-18T19:24:03Z")
Nightflyers is from George RR Martin. Buzz is kind of building, but no one has seen it yet Syfy channel. Sent from my BND-L34 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/3 "2018-09-18T19:39:24Z")
I haven’t seen or heard of any new ones that I want to see. Usually there are at least a few that I want to try and hope I’ll like. I might watch the new Murphy Brown. Apparently Candice Bergen, Faith Ford, Joe Regalbuto and Grant Shaud will be in the new revived series. Also Diane English will be writing and maybe show running. ---
**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 18, 2018, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/4 "2018-09-18T19:42:30Z")
Not a damn thing. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2018, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/5 "2018-09-18T19:50:15Z")
The FBI series from Dick Wolf _might_ be worthwhile. (BTW, does CBS have _any_ dramas that don’t involve police or other law enforcement agencies?) On the other hand, [Manifest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)) (on NBC, about a plane that lands after what those on the plane thought was a few hours, but to everyone else it’s been five years), looks like the kind of thing that will take many episodes to resolve the underlying mystery. Having been burned already with Lost and many other similar shows, I plan not to watch. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/6 "2018-09-18T19:53:42Z")
A Million Little Things might be good, but I haven’t seen This Is Us, and AMLT looks like a ripoff of that. ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/7 "2018-09-18T20:01:35Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > On the other hand, [Manifest](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_(TV_series)) (on NBC, about a plane that lands after what those on the plane thought was a few hours, but to everyone else it’s been five years), looks like the kind of thing that will take many episodes to resolve the underlying mystery. Having been burned already with Lost and many other similar shows, I plan not to watch. NBC posted a video of the first 10 minutes or so of Manifest on Twitter, and I watched it. Let’s just say I was not hooked. ---
**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 18, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/8 "2018-09-18T20:21:43Z")
The only new show that I will even give a chance is _The Rookie_, and that is strictly on the strength of Nathan Fillion. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/9 "2018-09-18T20:31:54Z")
I’m trying to decide if _New Amsterdam_ is worth trying. I’ll probably watch the pilot and see what happens. _The Cool Kids_ looks to be very standard sitcom fare but I do enjoy a fairly mindless chuckle at times. I like the cast - it’s worth half an hour of my time. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/10 "2018-09-18T21:33:56Z")
I’m interested in Project Blue Book on [History.](https://www.history.com/shows/project-blue-book) Littlfinger for GOT hunting UFO’s? Yeah. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2018, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/11 "2018-09-18T22:52:48Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The FBI series from Dick Wolf _might_ be worthwhile. (BTW, does CBS have _any_ dramas that don’t involve police or other law enforcement agencies?) _Madam Secretary_ is a political drama, and _Bull_ is a jury consultant, although admittedly involved with the law. Then there’s the new _God Friended Me_, although I get the feeling it might not be right for the SDMB demographic. But that’s about it. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/12 "2018-09-19T03:01:21Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > The FBI series from Dick Wolf _might_ be worthwhile. (BTW, does CBS have _any_ dramas that don’t involve police or other law enforcement agencies?). Salvation, about an asteroid about to hit Earth. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2018, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/13 "2018-09-19T03:30:55Z")
I watched that show, at least for a few episodes. I had to stop, though, because it was so ridiculous. As you said, the situation is that scientists have identified an asteroid headed for Earth, and as is usual in such stories, it’s a planet killer. You’d think that a crisis of this magnitude would be the focus of everyone on the show, and would be entirely the focus of the show itself. But not enough, apparently, for the writers of the show, because they introduced a threatened nuclear war with the Russians, a secret conspiracy to undermine the plans of the hero and even the assassination of the president of the United States. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/14 "2018-09-19T03:43:31Z")
I have episode 1 of “Manifest” set on my Tivo, and whether I will continue watching it depends on whether I like it or not. ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/15 "2018-09-19T15:51:41Z")
Nothing that I plan to watch, although I’m curious to find out just how bad that new Magnum P.I. reboot really is. ---
**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:** [September 19, 2018, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/16 "2018-09-19T17:54:52Z")
I’m checking out “The Cool Kids” and “I Feel Bad” because they’re projects with people I like. “The Cool Kids” - Vicki Lawrence, David Allen Grier, Leslie Jordan and Martin Mull star. The guys from “Always Sunny” writing producing. “I Feel Bad” has Amy Poehler as a producer and Aisling Bea as one of the stars. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2018, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/17 "2018-09-19T18:24:39Z")
No one else noticed Nightflyers? Huh, I guess there is not much buzz. ---
**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 19, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/18 "2018-09-19T18:46:49Z")
I’m halfway hoping that _God Friended Me_ is a semi-spinoff of _Person Of Interest_. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2018, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-new-tv-shows-look-good-this-year/821546/19 "2018-09-20T12:34:56Z")
BBC production, but has just been sold to Netflix for global distribution and has had RAVE reviews in the UK is [Bodyguard](https://theartsdesk.com/tv/bodyguard-bbc-one-episode-2-review-wild-ride-who-knows-where), about a Police Protection Officer protecting an unpopular Home Secretary. Fabulous whodunnit with murky political schenanigans. And [Keely Hawes](https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Keeley+Hawes&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB766GB766&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwidyf_Py8ndAhUoLMAKHdCOCCUQ_AUIDigB&biw=1680&bih=917#imgrc=_) as the Home Secretary, phwooar.