Category Archives: Fall TV Preview

It’s no secret that it’s the worst new fall TV season in years. As networks allow cable take the mantle of quality drama, broadcast execs inexplicably play it safe. Really only a couple of shows stood out at all. And in the end we couldn’t. “Last Resort” (ABC, Thursday, 8 p.m.). Shawn Ryan of “The [...]

Here’s the list that was tough to compile – so many shows qualified! How to pick the very worst? Each of the worst shows were different on their own. “Animal Practice” (NBC, Wednesday, 8 p.m.) Monkeys with clothes may be the tipoff. “666 Park Avenue” (ABC, Sunday, 10 p.m.). The super is satan. “Made in [...]

We wind up a week’s worth of looking at the new fall season night by night with what has become the most prestigious night for television (at least on cable). The networks stick largely with what they’ve been doing the past few years – football, cartoons, reality and, new to the night, “Revenge.” NEW SHOW [...]

Fridays are almost as bad as Saturdays when it comes to starting new shows. But there are at couple of new ones scheduled for the last night of the workweek, as we continue our night-by-night survey of what’s coming up in the fall broadcast season. NEW SHOWS “Malibu County” (ABC, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 2). To [...]

We’re previewing the season’s new shows on broadcast TV all week, night by night. Thursday is traditionally one of the most important and competitive nights, which is why a lot there aren’t many new shows planned for the night. NEW SHOWS “Last Resort” (ABC, 8 p.m., starts Sept. 27) One of the most promising new [...]

We’re looking at the new fall season day by day this week. With a half dozen comedies and six new shows, here’s how Wednesday shape up in the new fall TV season. NEW SHOWS “Animal Practice” (NBC, 8 p.m., starts Sept. 26). Hopeless comedy about an animal hospital run by a cad and his monkey [...]

We’re looking at the new fall schedule all week, night by night. Here’s what up for Tuesdays – though no new shows start tonight. NEW SHOWS “Ben and Kate” (Fox, 8:30 p.m., starts Sept. 25). What would seem to be just another variation of a not very successful feature comedy trend – the annoying brother [...]

Tough to say exactly when the new season starts on broadcast TV. Some networks are sticking with reruns until the Emmys Sunday. NBC has trickled out its new roster since the Olympics. And this week a few more shows start. So we picked this week to preview the season night by night, starting with Mondays. [...]

Touting another successful primetime season, CBS announced just four new series for its fall season, only one of them a comedy, at a time when other networks have been loading up their schedules with sitcoms. It’s keeping 19 of its shows, but moving some around – “2 Broke Girls” to Mondays at 9 p.m., “Two [...]