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| My clear choice for number one show on Monday nights. Fargo last year was the most creative show on television, with amazing characters, a great story-line, and the cleverest cinematography and editing I'd ever seen outside of a movie.
ABC has Season 8 of Castle (9/21) at 10 PM. We are huge Nathan Fillion fans, and have been watching this sometimes overly fluffy show because his acting and sense of humor. The two leads are very good, but the supporting cast is kind of weak, and the plotting can be very mundane. But, hey! Nathan Fillion!
CBS has Season 9 of The Big Bang Theory (9/21) at 8 PM, a very popular show of which I've only seen the first couple of seasons (I probably won't see more until it is available to stream), the new show, Life In Pieces ((9/21) at 8:30 PM - it is the most interesting of the new comedies, featuring an all-star cast as a very dysfunctional extended/blended family, and I may give this at least a one episode try. 9 PM brings Season 2 of Scorpion (9/21), something to do with cyber espionage - honestly, I'm not sure. 10 PM has Season 7 of NCIS: Los Angeles (9/21), another show dealing with the huge crime epidemic in the navy. So, I give up. Why isn't this NCIS: San Diego? Doesn't that have a bigger naval base? The big news on CBS is that after Thursday Night Football ends, Supergirl starts up at 8 (oe 8:30 - sources vary). The CW has a new comedy called Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (10/13) at 8 PM. It should have like songs and stuff in it, and stars Rachel Bloom. Season 2 of Jane the Virgin (10/12) is at 9 PM, the closest thing network TV has to a telenovella. Fox has Season 2 of Gotham (9/21) of Gotham, and Batman gets another year closer to being...Batman. This show is good, but it has a very high body count. I don't know if I'd want to live in Gotham. 9 PM has the new show, Minority Report (9/21), based on the premise that you can anticipate crimes before they happen. Yeah. That's the way I feel about the Trump campaign.
NBC has a new show at 10 PM called Blindspot (9/21). It features who wakes up all tattooed, and the tattoos means something. I guess. Let me check with Ray Bradbury's The Illustrated Man first.
FX has the show of the night at 10 PM, Fargo (10/12). It's an all new cast and story compared to last year, but the creators behind this are amazing, and the previews look fantastic.
TNT has Legends (11/2) at 10 PM. It stars Sean Bean, a covert FBI agent who changes identity each case. Well, at least he's lasting longer than he did in Lord of the Rings or Game of Thrones.
So what do I watch on this busy TV night? Alison and I watch Castle, out of loyalty to Nathan Fillion (who we hope will rejoin with Joss Whedon soon - Brownshirts Forever!). And, of course, Alison and I will be riveted to Fargo. The whole family watches Gotham.
What new shows will I try?  I will at least sample episodes of Life In Pieces and Minority Report, but what I am really looking forward to is Supergirl. I am a Superman Family fan going back to toddlerhood, and this will be on my list to see no matter what, although I am hoping it will be very good. The actress playing her seems enthusiastic and fresh, rather than sexy and/or overly-serious. The time it starts varies by source. I could be Monday Oct 26 at 8:30, or Monday November 2 at 8. Just be on the lookout! Up, up and away! |
Thursday, September 17, 2015
2015 Monday Fall TV
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