emmie wrote: does anyone know of any good new shows that will be starting this fall? pretty much the only tv I watch is Scrubs and Smallville.
I'd say
"Lost" and
"Desperate Housewives" (both ABC) look both very promising. "Lost" is by "Alias" and "Felicity" creator J.J. Abrams and is about a group of survivors of a plane crash on a lonely island. Yeah, sounds like a scripted "Survivor", but as usual J.J. Abrams added some (scary) surprises. I've seen the two-hour pilot and I liked it very much.
"Desperate Housewives" is an interesting drama about -- well,
housewives -- in a typical American suburb. Well, not exactly, cause when one of those houswives dies suddenly in the first episode, a "Twin Peaks"-like story arc unfolds.
Other shows I'll check out for one or two episodes just to see how good/bad they are:
"Clubhouse" (CBS) - about a teenage boy who gets a job at his favorite baseball club. The pilot episode could easily be your typical family Disney movie like "The princess diaries" - but I don't know how they want to fill an entire season with this story. Oh yeah, Dean Cain ("Superman") and "Doc" from "Back to the future" star in this drama.
"Joey" (NBC) - Well, I was only a casual viewer of "Friends", so I will "casually" check out this spin-off. The pilot episode was average (but the opening joke in the teaser is hilarious).
"Father of the Pride" (NBC) - An animated sitcom about Siegfried and Roy and their animals by the makers of "Shrek". It has some very funny lines, but as soon as Siegfried and Roy (well, their animated counterparts) enter the show, it's hard not to throw something at the TV.
"Veronica Mars" (UPN) - If you like "Smallville", you may check this show out. It looks almost like a copy of the "Chloe" character - young girl and aspiring journalist investigates unsolved cases or something like that.
"life as we know it" (ABC) - ABC dares to call this show "My So Called Life for boys". But it's really a bad written show. Good actors (with a surprisingly well acting Kelly Osbourne), very good camera work -- but what will you do when the scripts suck?
“Jack & Bobby” (WB) - The pilot is pretty good, it is about two young boys, whom one of them will become president of the US in 2047, told from the future. But the show has a very bad timeslot (Sunday after "Charmed") and the first episode gives already all the interesting storydetails away (like which of the boys becomes president, which one dies, which one gets "the girl").
Not worth checking out (after my impressions of the pilot episodes):
"The Mountain" (WB) - Worst. TheOC. Ripoff. Ever.
"Hawaii" (CBS) - lame cop-show with cheap jokes.
"Dr. Vegas" (NBC) - I like Rob Lowe (West Wing) and “Sopranos” Joe Pantoliano and I love “Everwood's” Sarah Lancaster, but this show is such a cheap written "Las Vegas" ripoff ... it's a shame.
I didn't mention the new midseason (January 2005) shows here, but one should already make a note for ABC's "Eyes". A.J. Langer stars in it.
Oh, and here's a list of fall premiere dates - without those annoying reality shows (shamelessly stolen from a poster in my own tvforum).
According To Jim (ABC) Sept. 21
All Of Us (UPN) Sept. 21
American Dreams (NBC) Sept. 26
Arrested Development (Fox) Nov. 7
Bernie Mac Show (Fox) Sept. 8
Boston Legal (ABC) Oct. 3
Center Of The Universe (CBS) Sept. 29
Charmed (WB) Sept. 12
The Club (Spike) Oct. 12
Clubhouse (CBS) Sept. 26
Cold Case (CBS) Oct. 3
Commando Nanny (WB) pushed back till midseason
Complete Savages (ABC) Sept. 24
Crossing Jordan (NBC) Sept. 26
CSI (CBS) Sept. 23
CSI: Miami (CBS) Sept. 20
CSI: New York (CBS) Sept. 22
Desperate Housewives (ABC) Oct. 3
Drew Carey's Green Screen (WB) Sept. 16
Dr. Vegas (CBS) Sept. 24
Eight Simple Rules (ABC) Sept. 24
ER (NBC) Sept. 23
Eve (UPN) Sept. 21
Everwood (WB) Sept. 13
Everybody Loves Raymond (CBS) Sept. 20
Family Bonds (HBO) Sept. 19
Father Of The Pride (NBC) Aug. 31
George Lopez Show (ABC) Sept. 21
Ghost Hunters (SciFi) Oct. 6
Gilmore Girls (WB) Sept. 21
Girlfriends (UPN) Sept. 20
Grounded For Life (WB) Sept. 17
Half & Half (UPN) Sept. 20
Hawaii (NBC) Sept. 1
Hope & Faith (ABC) Sept. 24
House (Fox) Nov. 16
Huff (Showtime) Nov. 7
Jack & Bobby (WB) Sept. 12
JAG (CBS) Sept. 24
Joan Of Arcadia (CBS) Sept. 24
Joey (NBC) Sept. 9
Judging Amy (CBS) Sept. 28
Kevin Hill (UPN) Sept. 29
King Of Queens (CBS) Sept. 29
King Of The Hill (Fox) Nov. 7
Las Vegas (NBC) Sept. 13
Law & Order (NBC) Sept. 22
Law & Order: CI (NBC) Sept. 26
Law & Order: SVU (NBC) Sept. 21
LAX (NBC) Sept. 13
Less Than Perfect (ABC) Sept. 24
Life As We Know It (ABC) Oct. 7
Listen Up (CBS) Sept. 20
Long Way Around (Bravo) Oct. 28
Lost (ABC) Sept. 22
Malcolm In The Middle (Fox) Nov. 7
Medical Investigation (NBC) Sept. 9
The Mountain (WB) Sept. 22
My Wife & Kids (ABC) Sept. 21
Navy NCIS (CBS) Sept. 28
NYPD Blue (ABC) Sept. 21
The OC (Fox) Nov. 4
One On One (UPN) Sept. 20
One Tree Hill (WB) Sept. 21
The Partner (Fox) Nov. 7
Reba (WB) Sept. 17
Rodney (ABC) Sept. 21
Scrubs (NBC) Aug. 31
Second Time Around (UPN) Sept. 20
Seventh Heaven (WB) Sept. 13
Simpsons (Fox) Nov. 7
Smallville (WB) Sept. 22
Star Trek: Enterprise (UPN) Oct. 8
Steve Harvey's Big Time (WB) Sept. 12
Still Standing (CBS) Sept. 20
South Park (CC) Oct. 27
That '70s Show (Fox) Sept. 8
Third Watch (NBC) Sept. 17
Tru Calling (Fox) Nov. 4
Two And A Half Men (CBS) Sept. 20
Veronica Mars (UPN) Sept. 22
West Wing (NBC) Oct. 20
What I Like About You (WB) Sept. 17
Will & Grace (NBC) Sept. 16
The Wire (HBO) Sept. 19
Without A Trace (CBS) Sept. 23
Edited for some minor schedule changes.