New Television Lineups

Fall means a number of things:

1. Cooler weather
2. Halloween
3. School supplies
4. Orange, yellow and red leaves
5. State Fairs
6. Haunted Houses
7. Apple cider

...I could keep going...

So...what else does it mean? Fall = tv show premieres. Many of us wait all summer for our favorite shows to return so we can pick up right where we left off. Some of us also look forward to all of the new shows that have been added into the lineup.

For me, the shows I picked up last year were Hannibal on NBC and Sleepy Hollow on FOX.

This year, I'm hoping to follow a few more. Every Fall I make up a TV schedule for myself while I figure out what shows to watch. Yes, it sounds a bit sad...like I have nothing else to do but watch tv...and some nights, that is the case. But, I've always done this and it helps me weed out what I actually want to watch and what's just available.

So the nominees are...

FOREVER is an interesting premise. Henry Morgan is a Medical Examiner in New York City. He's also been alive for over 200 years. No, he's not a vampire, he's just cursed and he's trying to find out why. He can be killed, but he comes back...always in water (so, in this case, the Hudson River) and always naked. NICE! ;-) He starts to work with a Detective Martinez to help solve homicides and I really enjoy their banter. Not quite as quirky as in Castle, but more refined in a way. It's a twist on your standard detective drama. I shall be tuning into ABC on Tuesday evenings for this. Ioan Gruffudd isn't bad on the eyes and ears either. 

Next option is SELFIE, also on ABC. It is a modern take on Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion. Most people would probably better remember the story as the musical, My Fair Lady. Even the names are the same: Henry, the man who decides to take on the seemly impossible task of molding a young woman, Eliza Dooley, into a better person. Now...this one is a possible. I watched the pilot and was skeptical about the idea. I love My Fair Lady and Pygmalion. I love the actors in the show (John Cho, from Star Trek and Karen Gillan, from Doctor Who) but the characters are missing some depth. It's about the technological age and how people are constantly attached to their phones. I will say that by the end of the episode I had a little tug at my heartstrings. I will give it another go and see how long I stick through it.

This next show intrigued me from the title first, HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER. I mean, who doesn't think about this? Oh, you don't? My bad. Here is a brief synopsis that I've found online: A sexy, suspense-driven legal thriller about a group of ambitious law students and their brilliant, mysterious criminal defense professor. They become entangled in a murder plot and will shake the entire university and change the course of their lives. Sounds entertaining to me. Let's give it a go! Plus...if I had Viola Davis teaching me, I'd be a happy camper. She's amazing!

SCORPION is a great show that reminds me a lot of a past CBS show, Numbers. Based on real people, this centers around a team of geniuses that is recruited by Homeland Security to help solve mathematical dilemmas, child abductions, stolen nucs and much more. Elyes Gabel is extremely convincing as genius Walter O'Brien, the leader of the team and I've always enjoyed watching Robert Patrick, who plays Agent Gallo, the man who recruits the team. So far, so good in my opinion. I hope it only gets better.

Of course, I still love my classics, which include ABC's Once Upon A Time and Castle. I can't wait for those to return next Sunday and Monday respectively. Ah, Fall....how I've missed you!

31 Days of Halloween: Television Edition

I felt that it was only fair to mention the great television shows that have to do with the paranormal an different...

AMERICAN HORROR STORY - Weird series, but creepy for sure.

BEING HUMAN - started as a BBC show and was brought to the US only last season. The idea of a vampire, werewolf and ghost all living together...love it.

CASTLE - ok, not your normal paranormal, but it does deal with a crap ton of death. With a great cast, you can't go wrong.

DARK SHADOWS - A soap opera dealing with death and vampires. It was a seventies show that was brought forth to the eighties and now is in the works as a major motion picture with Tim Burton and Johnny Depp.

DEXTER - a serial killer helping the police department, and they don't' know it. WTF?! How cool is that?!

DOCTOR WHO - This show has been around since the ice age. Ok, not as long as that, but it in itself is an institution, dealing with aliens and the like since what seems like the dawn of time.

HARPER'S ISLAND - a great miniseries that didn't do too well in the ratings. A whodunit of magnificent proportions. It should have been around longer...but we did find out who the killer was...

HAVEN - Weird things happen in Maine...that's for sure. Just check out this show!

MOONLIGHT - Too many shows about vampires? Don't think so...this vampire is a Private Investigator...and he doesn't do things by the book.

TALES FROM THE CRYPT - I remember watching this show from time to time when I would visit someone with HBO. Creepy and awesome!

THE TWILIGHT ZONE - the classic television show about the weird. If you haven't seen the series or the movie, please do.

THE WALKING DEAD - one of the newest shows that has a cult following. Who doesn't like zombies?!

TRUE BLOOD - Set in Louisiana, you have the best of telepaths, vampires, werewolves, werepanthers, fairies, shape shifters, etc. With a huge fill of blood, gore and sensuality, you can't go wrong.

Warehouse 13 - How would you like to save the world's treasures, whether they are historic or mystical? Join the Warehouse 13 team...and you'll be good to go.

X FILES - The greatest alien show of all time. It had great twists and turns that no other show of its kinds had.