Posted on 09/11/2017 10:58:40 AM PDT by EdnaMode
This is the worst fall for new TV shows in the decade I’ve been a professional TV critic. And it’s hard to find one much worse in all the years I’ve been cognizant of “new fall TV” as a concept, since the late ’80s.
The comedies didn’t make me laugh. The dramas made me roll my eyes. Even with the boom in platforms making new TV, there’s but one show I’d recommend wholeheartedly and a smattering of others that made me say, “There could be something there if they work out the kinks.” The vast, vast majority of the new shows — whether on broadcast or cable or streaming — are just plain bad.
Now, to be sure, there are some heavily anticipated shows I have yet to see. Star Trek: Discovery, for instance, hasn’t sent out screeners to critics. (That CBS All Access is playing so coy with the show isn’t a great sign, but with a major project like this, it’s entirely possible the post-production process is taking longer than usual.) But I’ve still seen the vast majority of new series — and they’re bad.
So when people ask me what new shows they should watch, it takes but a few seconds to say, “Hey, The Deuce is good!” But if they’re not fans of David Simon or James Franco, or if they don’t have HBO, well … ABC’s The Mayor is pretty charming. Fox’s Ghosted has a good enough cast that I guess it should pull itself together eventually. CBS’s S.W.A.T. is certainly ambitious for a remake of an old TV show, even if it’s not all there yet…
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I gave up on TV seasons about 30 years ago.
I watched the online first episode of Orville last night. The previews looked promising. The show though was pitiful. Figure it will quickly crash and burn. Not sure what else if anything is out this fall—as I really don’t watch TV at all—but if this represents the caliber of production, then it will be a bad season.
My wife and I dumped TV in 1997. We just started using Amazon Prime a few months ago. The great thing is that there are no commercials and we can watch old shows from the past that are truly well done.
My wife is burning through Rosanne right now. I get a few glimpses of it and am amazing how good the writing was for that show.
And we got a REAL surprise last week. We started watching an older show that was nothing like what I remember from back in the day. It was really fun to watch and, again, was surprisingly well written. At least, we were very entertained by it and even enjoyed the message the show was promoting. It was called Petticoat Junction.
Get ready for the new Star Trek. Interview I saw made it clear they were going to push the “first black command officer” every chance they get. Also, they are going to draw parallels between the Klingon Empire and Trump supporters. So that we can observe why we are a split society.
Not watching it. Stick with Rick and Morty. That’s funny and an enjoyable waste of 30 minutes.
I remember when ‘Get Christie Love’ was followed by ‘The Love Boat.’
The Orville initial episode heavily ripped off Galaxy Quest.
Could they be so bad that they are even worse than the garbage they put out last year? I don’t watch much network TV, but will sample a few shows as Mrs. henkster passes through them. Other than “The Middle” which has just about played out, it’s TV Wasteland (yes, I do sing it to the tune of The Who’s “Baba O’Riley”).
So I’m sure it’s the usual leftist PC propaganda masquerading as entertainment. I’ll pass.
Why we have YouTube and MeTV and other such alternatives. At the old family farmstead, I found old TV guides back to about 1959 or 1960. Got a kick out of seeing Westerns like Colt 45 or The Texan or Bonanza or Maverick being on most weeknights, along with Ed Sullivan and the Dinah Shore Chevy Show being both on Sunday nights, etc.
Three’s Company came out in 1977.
Nothing could be worse than that.
I recommend “Mr. Mercedes” on DirecTV’s Audience Network, if you are a fan of the books.
I’m looking forward to “Designated Survivor” and a new series “The Brave” on NBC.
Other than that, I can’t think of any other primetime shows ‘ll be watching.
Yeah that show was pretty terrible.
I had high hopes for that show although I haven’t watched it yet as I recorded it.
I do know the answer. More gays. More edgy, anti-family, leftist pabulum. More commercials packed in. I’m certain if they add more of all these their troubles will be over!
Laverne and Shirley?
Roseanne was a great show. There were so many great characters on that show.
That’s disappointing. I think I’ll skip that one.
Okay, true confession. I did not like Laverne or Shirley, but I watched because of Lenny and Squiggy.
Yep...Mr Mercedes is even better then the books. If you look there’s great shows to watch. Fargo...Better Call Saul...The Last Ship..The Killing..
D’oh!
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