So far, I’m not very impressed with the TV shows that will premiere this fall on US network TV: Lots and lots of sitcoms, priviledged white people, bitchy and shrill female idiots and domestic, cookie-cutter premises.
Here are 8 shows that look solid and a little bit more interesting.
Scroll down to see my favourite, NBC’s Awake!
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1) The New Girl, FOX:
’Dirty Dancing‘, an overdependence on guys, male attention and romance and LOTS of traits of a stereotypical ‚Manic Pixie Dream Girl‘… but still: Zooey Dechanel’s fluffy new series ‚THE NEW GIRL‘ looks like a fun way to spend 30 minutes:
Bonus: Feminist Frequency’s awesome video about ‚Manic Pixie Dream Girls‘:
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2) Terra Nova, FOX:
Why do we have 8 shows about crime scene investigators, but only ONE show about people running from evil dinosaurs? Steven Spielberg’s „TERRA NOVA“ looks a lot like Steven Spielberg’s „Earth 2“ and Steven Spielberg’s „Jurassic Park“… but when it comes to dinosaur action, I’ll take what I can get:
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3) Scandal, ABC:
Shonda Rhimes, the black, feminist producer of ‚GREYS ANATOMY‘ does a TV show about a Washington, DC PR firm with a competent, black, intelligent female protagonist. ABC’s ‚SCANDAL‘ could still be a pretty conservative / sensationalistic show… but I’m happy that this concept garnered enough mainstream attention for a TV show
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4) Alcatraz, FOX:
I’m not very interested in J.J. Abram’s new FOX mystery thriller about time-travelling criminals – but it’ll be fun to see ‚LOST’s Jorge Garcia play a (serious) San Francisco detective:
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5) Apartment 23, ABC:
Evil, sex-crazed, bitter people, ‚Californication‘– and Bret-Easton-Ellis-style: „DON’T TRUST THE BITCH IN APARTMENT 23“ has two crazy, feuding women… and James Van Der Beek (‚Dawson’s Creek‘) playing a jackass version of himself.
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6) Free Agents, NBC:
Neurotic, middle-aged accountants and ad execs, too clueless for romance? NBC’s ‚FREE AGENTS‘ looks silly… but with excellent actors and an interesting tone. (Ah: It’s the remake of a British show. That explains the tone!)
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7) RINGER, the CW
Here’s Sarah Michelle Gellar („Buffy“) playing criminal twin sisters in a ‚Damages‘-like psychological thriller on the CW, ‚RINGER‘.
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My favourite trailer? A drama about a mourning detective living in two different, parallel realities, NBC’s „AWAKE“. Story sounds clichèd… but the acting, writing and editing look mature and intelligent:
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