One fond memory I have of growing up was the fanfare with which the new fall TV season arrived. Of course, I was most interested in the Saturday morning line-up, which was introduced with a prime time special the Friday night before the new season. For some reason, that Friday night special marked the beginning of Fall more than anything -- maybe because I grew up in a region where Fall is a function of the calendar, not the weather. As an adult, though, I'm usually ignorant of the Fall TV changes. We don't watch a lot of television, and what we do watch is generally not on the networks and not subject to the network seasons. However, this Fall we are watching more prime time TV than usual as a byproduct of looking for hands-free entertainment compatible with holding the best baby in the world. Therefore, we've actually seen quite a few of the new shows and season premieres.
So, what are we watching? Two new shows seem to have great potential for us -- Journeyman and Pushing Daisies. We were prompted to watch Journeyman out of our love for Kevin McKidd, who we have missed since Rome fell off the HBO schedule. The plot conceit is interesting, but so is the backstory, which is only being told in bits and pieces. Because the story centers around time travel, though, we keep waiting to see if and when the show will fall apart logically.
Our fourth-grade daughter wanted to see Pushing Daisies because she thought the romantic setup in the previews was cute -- man can bring dead people back to life by touching them once, then send them back by touching them again, which is handy except when he brings his childhood sweetheart back to life and now can have a life with her as long as he doesn't touch her. So far, the show is very charming and not too adult for her to watch. (Paul thinks it is very Moonlighting-like.) However, we will probably start taping it to watch with her later so we can fast forward through the many commercials for Dirty Sexy Money, which are too adult for her to watch!
What are you watching?
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1. Posted by Marianna Moss on October 5, 2007 @ 9:41 | Permalink
Scott and I are addicted to the Office, and we both watch Desperate Housewives. I also watch Ugly Betty. I think it's a show more suited for teenagers, or maybe even Carter, since the good and smart Betty always wins in the end, but there you go -- I have the intellectual development of a teenager.
2. Posted by Colin Miller on October 5, 2007 @ 10:54 | Permalink
My wife and I really like Dr. Who, and BBC-America has recently started airing its spin-off series Torchwood, which I think might be even better. As far as network TV, we've enoyed Reaper and Aliens in America so far.
We both thought that the first episode of Pushing Daisies was okay, but maybe just a bit too precious. That said, its creator, Bryan Fuller, made two shows that we loved -- Wonderfalls and Dead Like Me -- so we'll give it a shot.
3. Posted by mmm on October 5, 2007 @ 14:58 | Permalink
All I have to say is: "How I Met Your Mother".
I also think that I could really like "Heroes" except for the fact that it's so much like a soap opera in that there are lots of story lines but not enough happens in any one of them week-to-week.
And, my guilty pleasure is "Stargate Atlantis." Though I really did prefer the original Stargate.
4. Posted by Anthony on October 6, 2007 @ 13:37 | Permalink
My wife is wathcing ER, now in its 108th season. I refuse to watch it with her, since it's now more a melo-drama than a medi-drama (though it was really cool this last week when the Doogie-Houser-like kid in the ICU diagnosed himself).
As for me, I'm watching House and Boston Legal, both to underscore a adolescent American notion that when you're good enough at what you do, you can get away with anything.
5. Posted by David Zaring on October 8, 2007 @ 21:19 | Permalink
Mad Men! When I'm not watching European soccer or the Cleveland Indians. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia is good if you thought the cast of Seinfeld was too old and not quite venal enough.
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