The new Fall TV Season has finally kicked off and I'm as happy as a pig in mud. During the summer, I manage to keep my sanity with The Closer and Law & Order reruns on TNT...but my little heart grows three sizes come late September when original episodes return like the swallows to Capistrano to the networks. So, here's a day by day breakdown of what I'm watching this year.
MONDAY 8PM
The Big Bang Theory Live
How I Met Your Mother Live
Chuck DVR
I like Chuck...but Sheldon & Leonard over at the Big Bang Theory own this hour, coupled with Neil Patrick Harris reinventing himself as Barney Stimson on How I Met Your Mother rock my world.
MONDAY 9PM
Two And A Half Men DVR
Worst Week DVR
Heroes Live
Ordinarily, I'd watch "Men" live & record Heroes. But since Sainted Wife (a) likes Alan & Charlie better than Peter Petrelli and (b) she's usually fallen asleep before they start, I record 2.5 Men & the new (and funny in a "Meet The Parents" kind of way) Worst Week and check out Heroes live.
A brief word about Heroes...I like it a lot, but really enjoy weeks like this one that don't feature Mohinder "Dumbest Scientist Ever" Suresh and his "Cry Me A River" girlfriend.
MONDAY 10PM
Boston Legal DVR
My Own Worst Enemy Live
Denny Crane rules (you know he does!) and Sainted Wife is still napping, so when Christian Slater's new show premieres, I'll watch it live. Bamboo shoots under my fingernails couldn't make me sit through Caruso & CSI Miami.
TUESDAY 8PM
House DVR
NCIS Live
Sainted Wife is not as big a fan of Dr. Gregory House as I am...and, truth be told, I usually don't hang with him all season anyway, so we get comfort TV from Mark Harmon & the gang at NCIS
TUESDAY 9PM
Fringe DVR
Fringe is really cool, but I enjoy it more watching it without commercials.
WEDNESDAY
The only show on Wednesday for me is Pushing Daisies...so weird, so funny, so Kristin Chenowith!
THURSDAY 8PM
My Name Is Earl
I'm out on Thursdays, so everything will be DVR...and it begins with Jason Lee in the criminally underrated "Earl." Consistently funny and who knew Jamie Pressley could be this good in anything. I'll give "Kath & Kim" a couple of weeks, but Molly Shannon and Selma Blair appear to be playing characters that I wouldn't want to meet in real life, so why should I watch them on TV?
THURSDAY 9PM
The Office
30 Rock
CSI
Three great shows in the same time slot...thanks networks.
THURSDAY 10PM
Life On Mars
I loved the original BBC version and with Harvey Keitel as (presumably) The Gov, I'm really excited about this one.
FRIDAY 10PM
Life
Damian Lewis and Sara Shahi are fantastic in this quirky cop show...unfortunately it's got a terrible time slot.
SUNDAY
The Simpsons
King of the Hill
Family Guy
American Dad
No contest here. Cold Case is interesting, but it's the most depressing show on television.
Some may note there is no "reality" programming on my schedule. This is not a mistake. I hate the genre, hate the way it takes work away from talented writers and actors, hate the people who participate it and will not support it in any way.
There you have it...my Prime Time Lineup. Enjoy, discuss, debate.
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