The fall line up
I'm going to quickly sum up each show I've been watching from this fall season in a single sentence.
Prison Break - Getting close to jumping the shark.
Heroes - Not very gripping, needs work.
House - The new shake up has made things very interesting
The Office - Comedy gold all the way.
30 Rock - Sein-vision was the single funniest concept I've seen so far this year.
My Name is Earl - Unsure about the new direction of the show, didn't think it needed this much of a switch up.
Scrubs - Funny but looking tired.
Nip/Tuck - Only seen the one episode so far, but it was a doozy.
Dexter - As outstanding as ever, but the plot would have been better served in season three.
Family Guy - Amazingly it's still funny.
American Dad - Not so great this year so far.
Life - The stand out new show so far, cast is a little thin in quantity though.
On the whole I'm a bit disappointed with the various drama shows, especially the Monday night pair (Prison Break + Heroes). Very few of the new shows have been interesting and as such it feels like a lean season for quality tv. In particular Dexter hasn't been as good as it's first season, it's still miles better than Heroes & Prison Break. But there just seems to be that edge missing to the show. I'll write about it more after this Sundays episode.
Or maybe it's because I'm sat on the edge of my seat waiting for the final seasons for The Wire and The Shield. I don't know. I've also been watching seasons 1 to 8 of Seinfeld again (thanks to 30 Rock having Jerry as a guest star...)