I don't like to base much of an opinion on pilots since more serious shows spend a good chunk of time setting up back story. I wasn bored by it and I think it's worth watching so far.
That's true. Most shows do take some time to get 'up to speed'. And, usually, I'll give a show a good 4-6 episodes before I make a decision on it. In actuality, because it was borderline on what I might watch, I originally gave Fringe 14 episodes before I decided I liked it enough to
guarantee I'd keep coming back, and currently it is one of the only shows I watch [prior to that 14th episode, where a much larger concept showed up, I'd described it to people as "basically a horror version of CSI"].
But, for instance, with 'Ringer', there was nothing at all that was of interest to me, and it seemed that everything that showed up was - actually - things I actively dislike viewing. So I figured that was a safe bet to not bother with my usual 4-6 episodes.
Personally, I have not seen a sitcom that made me even smile pretty much since 'Home Improvement' (and that was freshly after my first head injury... so that might have been why I found
it funny
[Watching it did, however, help re-teach me to read, as I would watch it in re-runs every day with the closed-captioning on, so I could hear what I was seeing. I was not having trouble with hearing comprehension, but with the interpretation of certain visual input as being language. {That's the best simple summary I can manage at present, basically it was a functional scotoma from the brain injury that ONLY affected written language and that I had to teach my brain to compensate for.}]).
NBC's Grimm.
And I'm not just saying that just because it's filmed in Portland, set in Portland, and I was a background extra for a day of filming on Episode 5...
It's also got David Greenwalt (Co-Executive Producer of Buffy and co-creator of Angel) on board, and just has a neat premise that fits Portland perfectly: http://nbc.com/grimm
Thanks! I hadn't heard about 'Grimm'. This is one I'll probably check out. Hopefully it's more 'Buffy/Angel-like' horror (and with occasional humor) than it is police drama, just like the preview suggests. Who (what?
) are you in episode 5, so we can look for you?
I'd also planned on checking out 'Terra Nova', and probably will look at 'Once Upon A Time' as well [starts 10/23, ABC], though I wonder if the latter will be like DC Comics' 'Fables' (which I could never get into). k1's mention of 'Person of Interest' reminded me: it sounds a bit like 'Majority Report', but potentially with less Tom Cruise-y acting
. So I think I'll check it out as well.
Hopefully others are getting worthwhile ideas in this thread for things to add to their possible viewing, and hopefully it'll continue, as more of the Fall season gets underway. [And once everything's been on for a while, hopefully this thread will get resurrected for mid-season replacements and any new Summer shows, and again for future year's new shows.]
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