New Fall Season - Part I

The new fall season is under way and every year there seem to be more and more shows vying for our attention. Here’s what I’ve seen so far (both old and new) in the first week and thank you TiVo for making this possible. I’ve already written about Ringer and The X-Factor previously so check out my older blogs for my thoughts on those.

How I Met Your Mother – A nice start to a show that is starting to feel a little old. During the first few years of the show, the mystery of the mother and plot movement were never part of my motivation to watch the show. I was more interested in the antics of this great ensemble. Now I watch mainly for the plot, meaning it’s not nearly as fun as it used to be, but I am still enjoying it. The return of Veronica at the end of the episode could bring a lot of fun back as I loved those episodes during the first season.

2 and a ½ Men – I had never watched a single episode of this show until this year and I don’t plan on returning now. As I was interested in how they would get rid of Charlie and the wife had already gone to bed, what would it hurt to check it out. Well it turns out the answer was my mind. The beginning scene was dumb meta commentary on Sheen. The only scene with the ½ man involved a bunch of fart jokes. And Ashton Kutcher acted like a robot. This is for the audience that doesn’t like to think, and that isn’t me.

2 Broke Girls – This show was full of characters that fit into a very clichéd role. However, it is just the pilot so it needed to go after the easy comedy. However, beyond the racist and sexist jokes were a lot of smart funny ones. I can see this show having a kind of funny first season, but then being awesome once it ages a little. My first like of the new season.

Up All Night – I was really looking forward to this comedy as it starred several people that I love and the commercials looked pretty funny. Overall I found the pilot to be okay. It was at least enough for me to check out a few more episodes and see where the show goes. It does hurt a little that I knew that originally Mya Rudolph was not a talk show host and all of the scenes referring to herself as one were shoe horned in. It made her character inconsistent. Hopefully future episodes will be able to feel more complete.

The New Girl – Probably the show I was looking forward to the most. It stars Zoey Deschanel in a great quirky role. The ensemble cast works well together and the addition of the Douche Bag jar was brilliant. It’s too bad that one of the members has to be replaced already, but I’m sure the writers will be able to make this show work. So far this is the best new show of the season.

More to come next week!