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This is the ninth in an ongoing seriers of entries where I look at the upcoming TV season. Why? Cause I am a TV junkie. I need a hit!
The networks have a special set of shows they call midseason replacements. These shows sit in the vault waiting for one of their predecesors to weaken and die. Or at least weaken and be taken out behind the woodshed and shot.
We have already covered the NBC contributions to this group. Let’s look at the other freshed faced kids who are waiting in the wings.
ABC
Lost
This series is back for its penultimate season. I predict that a new group of castaways, called the Cargoies will join the island team. Their name comes from the fact that they were illegal immigrants hiding in the cargo section of the plane. I also predict Locke will do something cool. This one will last the season and be back next year.
Scrubs
Not a genre show per say, but it has legions of followers among the geek set. The show has found a new home after NBC discarded it like a piece of used Kleenex. It too will the last the season. Next season? Depends on whether or not Zac Braff wants to do Garden State 2.
CBS
Harper’s Island
This series tells the tale of a group of friends who go to an island near Seattle for a wedding. And then a serial killer starts picking them off one by one. How festive! Don’t look for this to last. It is being retooled and recast as you read this. Wave bye-bye.
CW
Reaper
YEAH!!!! Sam, Sock and the Devil are back for another season of tomfoolery. Watching the boys go after the escaped souls is fun and, let’s be honest, casting Ray Wise as the devil is genius. To be honest, this show doe not have to get super high ratings to be renewed next season. It is on the CW after all. So hopefully this means more Reaper.
Fox
Dollhouse
This is the show that has caused the most buzz on the internet. Joss is back. And he’s bringing Eliza with him. And Fred/Illyria too! And FOX has increased their order fom nine to thirteen episodes. But FOX has broken our hearts before. The fans are already mounting a ”Save Dollhouse” campaign. Will this last? Hard to say, I hope for Joss’s sake it does, but FOX has burned me many a time. I am not holding my breath.
Sit Down, Shut Up
This animated show appears to be an Americanization of Bromwell High but without Natella, Keisha and Latrina. It has the voice talents of a bunch famous people. Will it last? The clips they have released don’t look funny, and it appears there is a laugh track. Not good.
The Cleveland Show
This Family Guy spin-off is getting hype. Not many details beyond this:
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| Cleveland moves to Stoolbend, VA with his son, his high school sweetheart Donna and her daughter. The wacky neighbors include a loudmouth redneck couple, a British family seemingly stuck in the Victorian era and a family of bears in this "Family Guy" spin-off. |
Will it last? Hard to say. American Dad has lasted this long and it isn’t very funny. Some people also say that about Family Guy. It has at least thirteen episodes. Beyond that, hard to tell.
Next time: back to your regularly scheduled Ubalblog.