So now that we’ve talked about some of the good tv of the last year, there are a few shows that are on my own personal chopping block. I have to admit I’m often kind of relieved when a show I watch gets canceled. Every year there are new shows, plus the shows I’m already watching, it’s just impossible to keep up. But since the networks don’t always put shows out of their misery, or mine, I sometimes have to leave shows that aren’t quite what they used to be. Here are a few in contention:
- The Blacklist (NBC) – So James Spader has always been what’s worth watching on this show, the problem is that the girl he and everyone else devote so much time to is not only not as good, she’s downright annoying and I can only hold out for so long.
- The Grinder (Fox) – This show has a pretty interesting and amusing arc where Rob Lowe’s character has had enough movement that at first I thought it had surpassed the initial conflict but while I still think the dynamic between the two brothers has potential I am starting to get weary of the beloved idiocy vs. schmucky straight arrow.
- Sleepy Hollow (Fox) – The first season was so campy and action packed it was a blast, but since then the show has struggled to find the right plots keeping the characters that we enjoy together and fighting an evil that we can get behind vanquishing.
- Gotham/SHIELD (Fox/ABC) – These shows have both been off on hiatus for so long that I’m not really remembering where they were at, and though there are things about these both that I enjoy the fact that I wouldn’t notice if they never came back isn’t a good sign.
- Elementary (CBS) – I still dig the main characters on this and their relationship (no will they or won’t they action here) but find that I’m less engaged with the overarching plots and I’m less impressed by the specific crime solving skills, but maybe because that’s because I’m paying less attention, I guess this is turning into a mindless procedural for me which maybe isn’t so bad.
- Madam Secretary (CBS) – This show has always been a poor man’s Good Wife/West Wing but since I like the idea of both those shows it’s kept on the roster, but when I start thinking House of Cards is doing a better job portraying politics something is wrong.
- Mysteries of Laura/Rizzoli & Isles (NBC/TNT) – Ok these shows were never ‘good’, but they typically fill the need that I have for something more mindless, is it bad that I seek out palatable shows that I don’t have to pay attention to, fortunately I think R&I is wrapping its run this season.
- The 100 (CW) – I know I just put this show on my best list, but there are two story lines that are bugging me this season, though I continue to love the hard choices that people are having to make and I have hopes that things will bring enough of the right kinds of drama.
Anything in your queue that’s at risk of being cut?
