Re: 2009 Fall Schedules
And now, the "what I'll be watching" segment begins...
SUNDAY: The Amazing Race, Cold Case
- I may wind up sampling Three Rivers just because it will make recording the other two easier with football overruns, but it seems to be being sold on the appeal of its star, who really did nothing for me on Moonlight
MONDAY: House, Heroes, Castle, maybe Lie To Me and/or Trauma
- House and Heroes at the same time are the only really ugly conflict on my schedule (yeah, I still like Heroes and hold out a fair amount of hope with Fuller at the reigns). I'll check Lie To Me out in reruns this summer.
TUESDAY: Sample The Forgotten, The Good Wife, NCIS: Los Angeles
- Wow; Tuesday used to be a night full of conflicts for me, now there's some things that just look vaguely interesting. Oddly, the cast of NCISLA may get me to tune in, although I've never had much interest in JAG or NCIS.
WEDNESDAY: Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, maybe Glee or Modern Family and Eastwick
- Haven't watched the preview of Glee yet - I suspect that, Jane Lynch aside, I may hate it. Modern Family is ABC jumping on the faux-doc sitcom years after it seemed exciting and new, but Ed O'Neill has yet to do a bad series. Eastwick sounds dumb, but I like Paul Gross and Rebecca Romijn.
THURSDAY: Bones, Fringe, Supernatural
- This year broke my Grey's Anatomy habit, and Fringe is way ahead of Supernatural on the depth chart (which says nothing bad about Supernatural - Fringe is just that good).
FRIDAY: Law & Order, Dollhouse, Smallville
- Weird spot for L&O.
SATURDAY: Maybe the odd crime rerun.
The Bench
ABC - Better Off Ted, V
- I like Better Off Ted as a mid-season show; if they tried to do 22 episodes a year they might decide that we're watching it for quality characterization rather than absurdity. V's got a great cast, but why not come up with another alien invasion concept - V isn't that recognizable a brand name.
CBS - Flashpoint, maybe Miami Trauma
- Hopefully CBS is re-running Flashpoint over the summer, since I like it but pushed it off for other stuff. Miami Trauma may fall by the way side if NBC's Trauma is enough.
FOX - 24, Human Target
- 24 got rough at times this year, but pulled together in the finale. I like the whole darn cast of Human Target
NBC - Chuck, Day One
- The ten-month wait for new Chuck is nasty, but it really solidified itself as a great series this year. Day One has a nifty hook, at least.
Looks like I'm watching a lot less TV this upcoming season, especially since the cable shows I watch - The Closer, Eureka, Leverage, Criminal Intent, Rescue Me, etc. - tend to be programmed for months the networks are showing reruns.
Thanks for that, you might want to revise your abbreviation of Fox though, FX is a totally different network. 
