Monday, September 10, 2007

Fall Season Predictions Part 2

Journeyman (NBC): This will follow "Heroes" on Monday nights. Show about a man who goes back in time to change history for the better. Success will depend on whether viewers want two sci-fi shows back to back. It didn't work a couple years ago for ABC and I don't know if it'll work here either.
Samantha Who? (ABC): New sitcom with Christina Applegate as a woman who has amnesia and is finding out what a bad person she was. Interesting premise that could work. I hope so, because there haven't been very many good sitcoms the past few years.
Carpoolers (ABC): Again, a possibly interesting premise focusing on the lives of a group of carpoolers. I saw some of the pilot and it wasn't terribly funny. Also, there would necessarily have to be scenes in the car, and I think that'll get old pretty quick.
The Big Bang Theory (CBS): Your basic brainy nerds who want to go out with the foxy girls. This time, though, one of the foxy girls is a brain as well. Limited appeal show and seems like a strange fit for CBS, one of the highest skewing networks. Success seems doubtful.
Big Shots (ABC): Think "Desperate Housewives" from the male perspective. Think failure.
Nashville (Fox): New reality show following a group of musicians trying to make it in the Music Capital of the World. This is not a "voting people off" reality show. Some country fans might like this, but unless there are some very charismatic cast members, I don't see this as being a hit.
K-Ville (Fox): I was going to wait on this until I actually saw the pilot, which is available now on the Fox network web site, but I still haven't had the chance to check it out. A drama set in post-Katrina New Orleans, this could be a hit if it doesn't constantly hammer on what wasn't done and focuses on what is and isn't being done.
Chuck (NBC): Comedy/Action series about a uber-nerd guy who apparently has all kinds of government secrets on a chip in his brain, so naturally everyone wants to get him and the chip to achieve world domination. Makes me want to up-chuck.
That's most of the new shows for the fall and what I think they should do, based on concept alone. Next up, looking at the respective schedules to try to pick what they will do, based on when they air and who they're up against.

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