IT IS HERE! FIRST WEEK OF THE FALL TELEVISION SEASON!* New episodes of old favorites return! New shows to fall in love with (or mock until they are canceled) arrive! Is it the best time of the year? (Absolutely. Without question.)
Yes, the Fall Television Guide has, indeed, been previously published in its entirety in Tubular. But to make it a little more digestible, I thought we could break it down day by day, and discuss exactly what our DVRs will be recording this fall. And now we are our final day: Monday.
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Just look at you rocking that suit, Chuck Bass. Have I mentioned lately that I love you?
*That is, if you mark the beginning of the fall television season when the major networks -- and by "major," we're including The CW -- begin airing new episodes of shows that were previously broadcast between the months of September and May. Which, you know, is a really loose definition, but you're going to have to work with me here.
Monday is a solid night of television. It's no Thursday, maybe, but there is enough programming to go around: a little reality, some sitcoms, teen angst, and sci-fi. If you can't find something to watch on Mondays, you're just not trying hard enough. I will be DVRing Dancing with the Stars, Heroes (despite our love/hate relationship -- insert "I wish I knew how to quit you" joke here), and Gossip Girl. (Sorry, How I Met Your Mother fans. I love me some NPH, but I don't love that show.)
What will you be watching?
New shows are in italics, premiere dates are in parenthesis, and links to more information are provided.
Dancing With the Stars
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Castle
Nathan Fillion and that woman who is his co-star are back in Castle. Look, I can't lie, I wish this show were better. Nathan Fillion? He desrevers better. This is predictable, easy, dull. Here's what you need to know to catch up before season 2.
Heroes
Spooky carnivals, Claire and a little girl-on-girl action, Sylar is Nathan is Sylar? Something derivative this way comes.
The Jay Leno Show
The simple fact of the matter is I am not the intended audience for The Jay Leno Show. Jay Leno and NBC could give exactly one hoot if Therese Odell watches a single episode. And I know that. But that's not going to keep me from braying all over the place that Jay Leno is a mediocre hack, and that this is the worst thing that has happened to prime time television in the history of prime time television. And yes, I include Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire in that particular history.
Trauma
Described as the first "high-octane medical drama series to live exclusively in the field where the real action is." And by "high-octane" they mean LOTS AND LOTS of explosions. Tons of explosions. And helicopters. And explosions.
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