Fall TV Reviews

The fall portion of this year’s TV season wrapped up in the weeks leading up to Christmas, so I wanted to take some time to review the entire fall season. You can read my reviews of the premiers here and here.

Fox

The New Girl

Glee

This season of Glee has been pretty weak. Ryan Murphy must have realized that getting rid of the original cast would have been the death of this show because without Kurt and Rachel’s New York story line, this show would be canceled. The new cast members are just not that good, and the story lines are always missing the clever or insightful points they’ve had in the past.

The New Girl

The New Girl has been good so far this season. I like where the story lines are going. I don’t really have anything to complain about.

The Mindy Project

While I was sad about the turn the show took in the Christmas episode, overall I’ve been very pleased with this show. My sadness, though, says more about me than it does about the show. I admit that I’m a huge romantic sap, so anything that threatens that, even though being better for the show in the long run, will make me sad.

NBC

Parks and Recreation

Saturday Night Live

The highlight of the season so far has been Louis C.K. as host. The other hosts have been promising, but they have fallen short. One or two sketches might be good, but the bad in the episodes definitely outweighed the good. Joseph Gordon Levitt, Daniel Craig and Jamie Foxx were all pretty good.

Revolution

Oh, this show is so terrible. The acting and writing are just bad. The story line is interesting, so Nick and I have continued to watch it.

The Office

The final season of The Office has been really entertaining. I am disappointed in the new cast members. They aren’t bad; I’d just prefer to have all of the remaining characters’ story lines finished up without the distraction of new characters and their story lines.

Parks and Recreation

I adore P & R. My favorite episodes so far this season were Halloween Surprise and Ben’s Parents. They were both funny and warm and made me feel happy.

30 Rock

This is the final season of 30 Rock, and it’s been pretty entertaining. I’m going to miss Liz Lemon at the end of this season.

ABC

Revenge

Modern Family

This has proven to be another strong season. The show will probably receive a lot of Golden Globe nominations again next year.

Revenge

I love this show so much. I’m, of course, curious where things are going to go with Emily’s revenge plot, and I want her to stay together with Aiden, but I don’t think that’s going to happen.

CBS

The Good Wife

The Big Bang Theory

I have mixed feelings about this show. I feel like the Leonard and Penny relationship has pretty much run its course, which I do find annoying. However, the rest of the show is still killing it.

How I Met Your Mother

The fall finale seemed to be back to what this show used to be, but for the most part, this season and last have just been filler to get us to the episode when Ted meets his future wife/mother of his children. The filler episodes have not been very good and are not doing anything to help the perception of this show.

The Good Wife

The Good Wife is like fine wine: it’s better with age. OK that age is only, what, like four-years-old? This show has continued to get better episode after episode. I’m so excited to find out where it continues to go.

September Premier Reviews: Part II

see part I of my reviews here

From laugh-out-loud comedies to edge-of-the-seat dramas, the second part of the fall premiers didn’t disappoint.

Modern Family

As always, funny and refreshing. I don’t love all of the story lines, but the characters are still sympathetic and lovable.

The Big Bang Theory

The premier was funny, but I’m a little bored with the Penny/Leonard back and forth relationship. I really want the writers to decide what storyline to use and go with it.

The Good Wife

I’m not sure this show will ever disappoint. I love the strong female characters (Julianna Margulies as Alicia, Christine Beranski as Diane and Archie Panjabi as Kalinda) they are all flawed and unsure about their romantic lives, but the camera doesn’t focus too heavily on those aspects like other shows would. Rather, we see their strengths, their convictions, and their ability to deal with their flaws in a real way.

Revenge

Such a good soap opera. I’m proud to say I’m a fan of this show. They laid a lot of their cards on the table for the premier, but I feel like there’s more in store for us. This show is very well organized. The writers are so far doing a good job of keeping the storyline flowing smoothly.

666 Park Avenue

I watched the premier of this show, but I’m not sure if I’ll continue to watch. I really don’t think it’s good for my blood pressure. The show hasn’t been very scary, but the suspense has been a bit too much for me.

September Premier Reviews: Part I

With the turning of the month I wanted to share my thoughts on the fall premiers I’ve seen so far. I’ll share Part II next week.

Glee

As I mentioned here, I wasn’t impressed with the premier of Glee. The subsequent episodes have been better. I’m interested to see which direction they go.

Saturday Night Live

As much as I like host Seth MacFarlane this wasn’t a strong premier. With the loss of some key cast members, this will be an interesting season.

Revolution

The story and setting are interesting. The writing and acting are not interesting or good. I’m still watching, though.

The Office

This was a good premier. Seeing Roy again was interesting, but the continuing story of Pam and Jim knowing everything about each other was cheesy. I don’t like the new customer service guys. In the last season, I just want resolution for the existing characters.

Parks and Recreation

Loved this political-star studded premier.

New Girl

The premier was delightful and cute, just like it should be.

The Mindy Project

The premier didn’t quite hit the right notes. It was funny and interesting, though, so I continued to watch it. By the second episode it seemed to have hit its stride.

See Part II of this post here.