Fall 2010 TV Season

Let's start with the fact that I suck as a blogger. I haven't updated this thing in almost a year. In the "Facebook era," I prefer to just say what I have to say in quick spurts. (I'm sure my friends at work who end up having long conversations with me about TV wish I spoke in quick spurts!)

So one week has gone by with new TV on every night of the week. My favorite time of the year! I love the anticipation of a brand new show, how it may possibly bring something new to think about or just something new to enjoy in our everyday lives. Nothing wrong with our everyday lives, mind you, but I love being able to just let it all go at the end of the day and enjoy some mindless television.

So, without further ado, my thoughts on the season so far:

Monday night saw our 2 DVRs working overtime, with all of our favorites returning and four new shows to record. The new ones were The Event, Lonestar, Mike & Molly, and Hawaii Five-O. This night is hands down my favorite new tv night. Number one for me was The Event. NBC, I hate giving in and watching this one because I will hate you forever if you let me down. Give us the entire story, or don't even start it. How hard is that? Just do it.

Coming in close behind is Hawaii Five-O. I never saw the original, but this one had interesting characters, a good story, and kept me hooked from the beginning. Lonestar was good, but I don't get why some critics thought it was the best new show of the season. Yes, the lead is hot and the story line could become very intriguing, and yes, I will still watch (hello, lead is hot, didn't you read that part?) so it will remain on the ole overheated DVR.

Mike & Molly was okay and has potential. The leads are funny and Swoosie Kurtz is hysterical as Molly's mom, but it wasn't "must see tv" for me.

The only new show I recorded on Tuesday was Raising Hope. I originally wasn't going to see this one but Entertainment Weekly did name it one of the top five new shows, so I thought I would give it a chance. It's definitely a different kind of humor (I think a lot like My Name is Earl -- you laugh at things then look around to make sure no one saw you laugh at it). I just wish my DVR would start recording shows for their entirety and not cut them off at the end all of the time! Stupid thing was created for that - not for me to set up every recording to record for five extra minutes.

Wednesday night's only new show for me was The Whole Truth. I love the premise: see the defense's story, see the prosecutions story, then in the end, see what really happened. Loved Maura Tierney in it, didn't love Rob Morrow but also didn't hate him, and only wished that the last minute showed even more details because while I was under the impression it would be a scene of the actual crime, it was only a scene that showed you clues as to whether the person was guilty or innocent. Still, it worked.

And we come to Thursday, where I was most disappointed. I was so looking forward to My Generation. Told in documentary-style, it is the story of 9 high school graduates that were followed in high school for a documentary, and now it is ten years later and the same documentary crew is catching up with them. Maybe my problem with it was all of the important scenes were already spoiled in the commercials. I honestly don't know why I didn't love it because I was so hoping I would. It isn't yet coming off the DVR list, but it may soon.

And we end with Friday night's Blue Bloods. Yes, another cop drama. Yes, another family cop drama. But it's got Tom Selleck and Donnie Wahlburg, so can it really miss? No, it can't, and it doesn't. Ratings were good and I thought it had a very Homicide feel, mixed with any good family drama show.

This coming week I'll check out No Ordinary Family and the new Law & Order LA. And continue watching all of these shows, plus my returning favorites. And, once again, I thank the creator of the DVR for such an incredible invention.