Fall 2008 Television Preview
Posted on 16 September 2008 by Jessica Fritsche
It’s Fall TV Time!
It's that time of year again--the days are getting shorter, the mornings and evenings are getting cooler, there's football to watch, and suddenly both my DVRs are really full.
My fall television schedule is really ridiculous. I think I'm up to 19 shows at last count--yes, 19 separate television shows, many of which fall on the same night. But I can't help myself! There is a lot of quality (and not-so-quality, but entertaining) television on these days, and I don't want to miss a single commercial block. If I wasn’t supplementing my recordings with some downloads to watch on my iPhone, I think the DVRs would be packing their stuff and leaving me a Dear Jess note.
One of my most anticipated shows this season is J.J. Abrams' new sci-fi venture, Fringe. The pilot this last week definitely had me intrigued and ready to watch more. The premise is apparently similar to The X-Files (which I didn't watch) and the pilot was pretty ballsy for network television. I have to appreciate a show that wants to take risks. Fringe stars Joshua Jackson, who I just can’t stop calling Pacey.
Another show I've been looking forward to is True Blood, the new HBO drama starring the ever-adorable Anna Paquin. It's based off a series of books about a psychic Louisiana waitress who gets involved with vampires in her tiny town. Yeah, I know, it sounds far-fetched, but I've read all eight books in the series so far, and they're highly entertaining. The show is a lot more explicit than the books (thanks to Alan Ball at the helm, no doubt) but I really enjoyed the first episode. It is staying very true to the plot of the first novel so far, which I appreciate.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles is a show that surprised me last season, which earned it a coveted place on the DVR. I have never seen any of the Terminator movies all the way through, but I hear they’re making one with Christian Bale and I can guarantee I’ll be in the front row for that. Sarah Connor has some great cast members, including one of my favorite young sci-fi actresses, Summer Glau (previously seen as River Tam in the short-lived but much loved Joss Whedon show Firefly) and Brian Austin Green, who is exhibiting the kind of acting we never got to see him showcase on the original 90210. You know, the good kind.
I have quite a few standbys from previous seasons returning to the television lineup this year—Heroes, Gossip Girl, How I Met Your Mother, Grey's Anatomy (we broke up briefly over the whole Izzie-George storyline, but we're back together on a trial basis), Private Practice, Pushing Daisies, Dexter, Friday Night Lights, and more.
Oh, fall television. I love you almost as much as Monday Night Football.
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