So trying to keep up to date on the new shows so I can determine whether they get another shot or I can ignore any future episodes. Magnum and FBI barely managed to be memorable enough to mention while New Amsterdam had a couple of good characters but was both annoying overall and had forgettable cases, pass. In the not good but maybe one more category, Manifest which wasn’t a good show but at least had an interesting enough premise and Million Little Things has some good actors but didn’t manage to make me feel invested in them or the setup. And interest was piqued by Mr Inbetween, the half hour drama criminal for hire and parent among other things, Single Parents with not quite a solid premise but the characters have room to be funny, and Murphy Brown, good return premise but needs time to see if it find its legs, while Cool Kids and Last Man Standing are both very sitcom if that’s your thing.
And excited this week for the return of some funny Superstore, Will & Grace, Fresh Off the Boat, Speechless, Z Nation and some serious with Madam Secretary. And of course there is more new stuff to come.
- Us & Them (SonyCrack) Series Premiere, Monday – Boy meets girl and boy and girl’s friends, I don’t know that I would seek out a canceled Fox show on Crackle but with Jason Ritter and Alexis Bledel in the leads it might be worth it.
- The Neighborhood/Happy Together (CBS) Series Premiere, Monday, 8/8:30pm – Not hearing great things about these but some good peeps so worth a look to see if there are good ingredients.
- Star Trek: Short Treks (CBSAA) Series Premiere, Thursday – Some shorts to wet your appetite for more Star Trek.
- Elite (Net) Series Premiere, Friday – The haves nots introduced to the school of the haves creates some tension and perhaps a murder.
- Into the Dark (Hulu) Series Premiere, Friday – Horror event series by some guy who does this sort of thing.
With some streaming returns: Big Mouth (Net, Friday), Little Things (Net, Friday), The Man in the High Castle (Am, Friday).
The procrastinator lists items that may not be on your regular season pass, though notation does not imply recommendation. Times noted as appropriate are typically PST.
