The Fall (American) Television Season
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shadowkatA business writing professor stated in class that the United States biggest exports are its entertainment and media. I think that's true, and marketing, do not forget about marketing.
Nothing provides greater evidence of this then, ahem, television.
We now have 115 Television Shows Premiering. Entertainment Weekly provides a double issue now to cover them all, with an index. I kid you not there is actually an index, with the shows listed in alphabetical order, with the channel and date of their premiere.
It's odd, the more television series there are, the less interested I've become in watching it. Oh I'll record them on the DVR, but in reality, I may only watch about ten if that. If I don't watch the show within five days of recording it, it's unlikely that I'm going to. And you really can't dictate or tell me what to watch -- because it depends on mood, interest, and that well fluctuates like the weather.
American Fall Television Listing
Here's the list of the television series held-over from yesteryear that I'm still watching at least for now:
* Gotham - Sept 21, 8pm Fox
* Grey's Anatomy - Sept 24, 8pm, ABC
* Scandal (although this coming season looks rather dull, so we shall see) - Sept 24, 8pm ABC
* The Vampire Diaries- Oct 8, 8pm, The CW
* The Good Wife - OCT 4, 9pm, CBS
* Doctor Who - Sept 19, 9pm, BBC America
* Once Upon a Time (this may be the only one that I'm excited about) --Sept 27, 8pm, ABC
* Elementary - Nov 5, 10pm CBS
* Big Bang Theory (which I actually watch intermittently, and I apparently completely forgot the season finale, even though I did watch it) -- Sept 21, 8pm, CBS
* Fargo -Oct 12, 10 PM, FX
* Nashville (Although I hate Juliette's storyline at the moment, so we shall see.) -- Sept 23, 10pm, ABC
* Marvel Agents of Shield (on the fence, I come close to giving up on it every year...) -- Sept 29, 9pm,ABC
[What I've given up on or cancelled from my DVR: How to Get Away With Murder, Arrow, Flash, Mysteries of Laura, Madam Secretary, Sleepy Hollow, Empire, Jane the Virgin, The Blacklist...
What I am considering giving a second chance: The Affair]
Here's the list of new shows that I might try:
*Blindspot ( a woman finds herself in the middle of times square, with no memory, covered in tattoos and naked - the FBI uses the tattoos to unlock the key to who she is.)- Sept 21, 10 pm NBC
(On the fence -- but has potential.)
* Quantico ( a soap opera situated around a group of insanely good looking FBI recruits (apparently they went to models inc for the casting) one of which caused a terrorist event in NYC, who was it? Stars a female Bollywood Star in the lead role.) - Sept 27, 10pm ABC (On the fence, suffers from the same disease as How to the Get Away with Murder - a lot of absurdly attractive 20 somethings in a thriller.)
* Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (mainly because I find Neil Patrick Harris entertaining)- Sept 15, 10 PM, NBC (DEFINITE)
* Blood and Oil ( Don Jonson's 1980s style trashy soap opera -- on the fence, so we shall see.) - Sept 27, 9pm, ABC (basically Revenge's old time slot)
* Code Black (an ER style medical drama starring Marcia Gay Harden and a huge cast) - Sept 30, 10pm, CBS (DEFINITE)
* Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (its a musical comedy - about a crazy successful lawyer who is romantically challenged and decides to go after her ex-boyfriend. Sort of Ally McBeal meets Glee. Sounds absurdly whimsical.)- OCT 12, 8pm - The CW (I'll watch because I will watch anything that is a musical. That's how I'm wired.)
*The Muppets (centers around Miss Piggy's late night Talk Show, where all the muppets work, with special guests and musical entertainers. Shot in a sort of mockumentary style. It's a satire with puppets.)- Sept 22 - 8pm ABC (DEFINITE)
* Flesh and Bone - on Starz ( this is about the dark side of the ballet world, similar to Black Swan, but less psychological in tone. And has lots of ballet. By one of the Emmy Award Winning Writers of Breaking Bad.) -- November 8 - Starz. (DEFINITE - a drama about the inside workings of a ballet company.)
* The Man in the High Castle (based on Philip K. Dick's classic - an AU History sci-fi novel about what would have happened if the Nazis and Japanese won WWII) - Amazon Streaming - Nov. 20 (DEFINITE - DECIDED TO BUY A STREAMING DEVICE FOR SHOWS LIKE THIS).
* Heroes Reborn - (basically a reboot of the Heroes series, with new characters, and just a few holdovers from the previous series) Sept 24, 8pm, NBC
* The Grinder - (two brothers, one a lawyer, one played one on tv, work in a law firm together.) - Sept 29, 8:30 PM Fox (on the fence)
* Indian Summers (basically Dowton Abbey in India, it's about the waning years of the British Colonial Empire in India, includes a murder mystery) - PBS -Sept 27, 9 PM. (DEFINITE)
* Scream Queens - Ryan Murphy's latest parody/satire this time parodying 1980s slasher flicks, and well satirizing class and gender issues. This may be actually be a better venue for Murphy's over-the-top dark blend of satire and parody than Glee was. (Maybe - Murphy's humor is hit or miss for me at times.) - Sept 22, 8pm - Fox
* Supergirl -( a young woman struggling as personal assistant to a top executive, with a difficult romantic life, moonlights as a superhero saving the world from alien villains). Oct 26, 8:30 PM, CBS
* American Horror Story: Hotel - (stars Matt Boomer, Angela Bassett, Lady Gaga (as a vampire), Kathy Bates, and Sarah Paulson) - Oct 7, 10 PM, Fox
* Minority Report ( based on Philip K Dick short story and Stephen Spielberg Film, about people who can see the crime before it happens or know someone will be a criminal before they are) - Sept 21, 9pm Fox.
Nothing provides greater evidence of this then, ahem, television.
We now have 115 Television Shows Premiering. Entertainment Weekly provides a double issue now to cover them all, with an index. I kid you not there is actually an index, with the shows listed in alphabetical order, with the channel and date of their premiere.
It's odd, the more television series there are, the less interested I've become in watching it. Oh I'll record them on the DVR, but in reality, I may only watch about ten if that. If I don't watch the show within five days of recording it, it's unlikely that I'm going to. And you really can't dictate or tell me what to watch -- because it depends on mood, interest, and that well fluctuates like the weather.
American Fall Television Listing
Here's the list of the television series held-over from yesteryear that I'm still watching at least for now:
* Gotham - Sept 21, 8pm Fox
* Grey's Anatomy - Sept 24, 8pm, ABC
* Scandal (although this coming season looks rather dull, so we shall see) - Sept 24, 8pm ABC
* The Vampire Diaries- Oct 8, 8pm, The CW
* The Good Wife - OCT 4, 9pm, CBS
* Doctor Who - Sept 19, 9pm, BBC America
* Once Upon a Time (this may be the only one that I'm excited about) --Sept 27, 8pm, ABC
* Elementary - Nov 5, 10pm CBS
* Big Bang Theory (which I actually watch intermittently, and I apparently completely forgot the season finale, even though I did watch it) -- Sept 21, 8pm, CBS
* Fargo -Oct 12, 10 PM, FX
* Nashville (Although I hate Juliette's storyline at the moment, so we shall see.) -- Sept 23, 10pm, ABC
* Marvel Agents of Shield (on the fence, I come close to giving up on it every year...) -- Sept 29, 9pm,ABC
[What I've given up on or cancelled from my DVR: How to Get Away With Murder, Arrow, Flash, Mysteries of Laura, Madam Secretary, Sleepy Hollow, Empire, Jane the Virgin, The Blacklist...
What I am considering giving a second chance: The Affair]
Here's the list of new shows that I might try:
*Blindspot ( a woman finds herself in the middle of times square, with no memory, covered in tattoos and naked - the FBI uses the tattoos to unlock the key to who she is.)- Sept 21, 10 pm NBC
(On the fence -- but has potential.)
* Quantico ( a soap opera situated around a group of insanely good looking FBI recruits (apparently they went to models inc for the casting) one of which caused a terrorist event in NYC, who was it? Stars a female Bollywood Star in the lead role.) - Sept 27, 10pm ABC (On the fence, suffers from the same disease as How to the Get Away with Murder - a lot of absurdly attractive 20 somethings in a thriller.)
* Best Time Ever with Neil Patrick Harris (mainly because I find Neil Patrick Harris entertaining)- Sept 15, 10 PM, NBC (DEFINITE)
* Blood and Oil ( Don Jonson's 1980s style trashy soap opera -- on the fence, so we shall see.) - Sept 27, 9pm, ABC (basically Revenge's old time slot)
* Code Black (an ER style medical drama starring Marcia Gay Harden and a huge cast) - Sept 30, 10pm, CBS (DEFINITE)
* Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (its a musical comedy - about a crazy successful lawyer who is romantically challenged and decides to go after her ex-boyfriend. Sort of Ally McBeal meets Glee. Sounds absurdly whimsical.)- OCT 12, 8pm - The CW (I'll watch because I will watch anything that is a musical. That's how I'm wired.)
*The Muppets (centers around Miss Piggy's late night Talk Show, where all the muppets work, with special guests and musical entertainers. Shot in a sort of mockumentary style. It's a satire with puppets.)- Sept 22 - 8pm ABC (DEFINITE)
* Flesh and Bone - on Starz ( this is about the dark side of the ballet world, similar to Black Swan, but less psychological in tone. And has lots of ballet. By one of the Emmy Award Winning Writers of Breaking Bad.) -- November 8 - Starz. (DEFINITE - a drama about the inside workings of a ballet company.)
* The Man in the High Castle (based on Philip K. Dick's classic - an AU History sci-fi novel about what would have happened if the Nazis and Japanese won WWII) - Amazon Streaming - Nov. 20 (DEFINITE - DECIDED TO BUY A STREAMING DEVICE FOR SHOWS LIKE THIS).
* Heroes Reborn - (basically a reboot of the Heroes series, with new characters, and just a few holdovers from the previous series) Sept 24, 8pm, NBC
* The Grinder - (two brothers, one a lawyer, one played one on tv, work in a law firm together.) - Sept 29, 8:30 PM Fox (on the fence)
* Indian Summers (basically Dowton Abbey in India, it's about the waning years of the British Colonial Empire in India, includes a murder mystery) - PBS -Sept 27, 9 PM. (DEFINITE)
* Scream Queens - Ryan Murphy's latest parody/satire this time parodying 1980s slasher flicks, and well satirizing class and gender issues. This may be actually be a better venue for Murphy's over-the-top dark blend of satire and parody than Glee was. (Maybe - Murphy's humor is hit or miss for me at times.) - Sept 22, 8pm - Fox
* Supergirl -( a young woman struggling as personal assistant to a top executive, with a difficult romantic life, moonlights as a superhero saving the world from alien villains). Oct 26, 8:30 PM, CBS
* American Horror Story: Hotel - (stars Matt Boomer, Angela Bassett, Lady Gaga (as a vampire), Kathy Bates, and Sarah Paulson) - Oct 7, 10 PM, Fox
* Minority Report ( based on Philip K Dick short story and Stephen Spielberg Film, about people who can see the crime before it happens or know someone will be a criminal before they are) - Sept 21, 9pm Fox.
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Date: 2015-09-12 08:58 pm (UTC)I tend to record, then slowly delete without watching. That's what happened with over half of the television series last year. It's why Arrow disappeared.
Time was - I'd give a tv show five episodes to hold my attention. Now, it's just one or two episodes. I don't have the time. I'd rather read, write, walk, do other things. Also, I prefer the streaming in some respects, no commercials, and the whole season is available at once - you don't have to wait.