Looks like fall shows have launched and now that I’ve given it a look or two, with my goal as always to keep shows to two per time slot max, until they cancel, reschedule, add, or I just get over something, here’s where I’m at:
Monday
- 8pm – House (Fox) / How I Met Your Mother (CBS)
- 9pm – Gossip Girl (CW) / Big Bang Theory (CBS 9:30)
- 10pm – Castle (ABC)
House is one of those shows I wish I could give up but somehow don’t (Laurie is good but they just almost kill a person until they save them every week), Gossip Girl is a quality guilty pleasure, and Castle has Nathan Fillion who is great enough to pull off this relatively formulaic weekly crime drama; although I do occasionally catch 2 1/2 Men I would love to redo the schedule and put HIMYM and BBTheory in the same hour, both are good fun. I’ve been catching Trauma on Saturday repeats.
Tuesday
- 9pm – Melrose Place (CW)
- 10pm – The Good Wife (CBS)
Melrose has just been so bad I can’t quite turn away, mostly because there is no competition for me on this night (I hope the cheesiness is intended) but I’ll probably tune in until Heather shows, and have found Julianna and supporting cast to be interesting in the mix of personal drama and weekly lawyerness on Wife.
Wednesday
- 8pm – The New Adventures of Old Christine (CBS) / The Middle (ABC) / Mercy (NBC)
- 9pm – Glee (Fox) / Modern Family (ABC)
Christine is finally paired with something that might be kind of funny, too bad it’s on another network, let’s hope they don’t mess up my time blocks, unless they pair Middle with Modern which so far is good; Glee is my favorite new show of the season, and I don’t know why so far I keep watching Mercy it’s not actually good. Have been getting SVU and ANTM on repeat nights.
Thursday
- 8pm – Bones (Fox) / Community / Parks & Recreation (NBC)
- 9pm – Grey’s Anatomy (ABC) / The Office / 30 Rock (NBC)
- 10pm – The Mentalist (CBS)
I still dig Bones and am happy that Community actually seems to be funny paired with P&R which I still find a little uneven but funny. I am almost over Grey’s (I’m never excited to watch but still seem to enjoy the episodes) and still enjoying Office and looking forward to return of 30Rock; oh yeah and Simon is still good on the Mentalist.
Friday
- 8pm – Law & Order (NBC)
- 9pm – Dollhouse (Fox) / ANTM (CW)
- 10pm – Numb3rs (CBS)
L&O is always a good staple but I don’t so much care, Dollhouse is still a little uneven but I love the way they explore the themes of identity, and I really want to be over ANTM (the less of Tyra the better); Numb3rs is a show I just keep on the list just because I kind of like the math FBI brothers and their dad.
Saturday
- 9pm – Trauma (NBC)
- 10pm – Law & Order: SVU (NBC)
I don’t know if I’ll stick with Trauma but we’ll see, and if I miss an ep of any of the L&Os I don’t really notice but keep them in the queue.
Sunday
- Day of rest.
But what about cable? Fortunately those shows I’m still getting tend to repeat in the off hours so I can catch at random times, currently I am mostly catching Sons of Anarchy on FX and am going to have to check online for the final eps of Greek and Monk until I decide on a cable commitment (I’ve got some Dexter waiting for me one someone else’s Tivo as well).
