Hard to believe I'm on the same page as Kevin. Most of these just look vile to me, let alone watchable.
In spite of my love for "The Good Place," I have yet to even snicker at the rest of Mr. Schur's oeuvre, especially the odious "Parks and Rec." --Dave Sikula On Monday, September 9, 2019 at 2:55:54 PM UTC-7, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > I think once the final season of The Good Place ends, I’m done with > broadcast TV. I’ll see what free pilots are offered up on iTunes in the > next few weeks, but nothing on the roster of new shows sounds interesting. > > On Mon, Sep 9, 2019 at 2:50 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> There's a funnier trailer on Instagram I can't link to but this looks >> promising. >> https://youtu.be/vOYqdWp2bqM >> >> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019, 5:53 PM PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >> wrote: >> >>> I too am a Groggins fan, but from what I have read about the show I >>> can’t rate it worthy... >>> >>> On Sun, Sep 8, 2019 at 5:17 PM Steve Timko <steve...@gmail.com >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> I am a Walton Goggins fan, so I will be pulling for "The Unicorn." He >>>> didn't mention it during his WTF interview with Marc Maron. I'm not sure >>>> what to make of it. CBS has been teasing it most of the summer. I can't >>>> believe he did the interview before CBS picked it up. >>>> On Sep 8, 2019, at 4:18 PM, PGage <pga...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It is getting harder and harder to figure out which TV shows to >>>>> watch. And by “TV” here I exclude programs that stream, since I can >>>>> always >>>>> go find them on the service. And by “watch” mean shows that are worth my >>>>> DVR bandwidth, even if I wind up actually watching only some (or none) of >>>>> them. >>>>> >>>>> I am long past the point of actively scanning nightly tv show >>>>> offerings to see what is on that night. When I am ready to watch >>>>> television >>>>> I check out my DVR cue, or review offerings on my streaming services. So >>>>> I >>>>> have an interest in setting up program recordings up front so I have the >>>>> option of watching them later. Of course part of the problem is a number >>>>> of >>>>> good shows start at times other than the Fall. But also I don’t see many >>>>> commercials, so often have little awareness of new upcoming shows, and >>>>> media articles on best new Fall shows are mostly about streaming shows. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Below I list 19 shows, gleaned from recommendations from Forbes and >>>>> something called “Refinery29” (see links below). >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> https://www.forbes.com/sites/annabenyehudarahmanan/2019/09/06/32-new-tv-shows-premiering-this-fall-worth-catching/3/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> * >>>>> https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/08/240186/best-new-fall-tv-shows-2019 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I have grouped them according to my initial estimate of my likelihood >>>>> of recording them (so far only 4 definite “Yes”). I am interested in >>>>> any suggestions for moving shows to different categories, or adding shows >>>>> not included here at all. I am particularly interested in PBS programs, >>>>> since none of the articles I read included anything from them. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> YES (4) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Murder in the Bayou >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date:September 13, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: Showtime >>>>> >>>>> Showtime's new true crime docuseries is based on the eponymous book by >>>>> Ethan Brown, exploring the unsolved murders of the Jennings 8, eight >>>>> women >>>>> killed in Jennings, Louisiana in the 2000s. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Perfect Harmony >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: NBC >>>>> >>>>> The musical sitcom stars Bradley Whitford as a former Ivy League music >>>>> professor who becomes a church choir director in a small town. Anna Camp >>>>> (Pitch >>>>> Perfect) also joins the cast. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Sunnyside(NBC) >>>>> >>>>> Premiere: Thursday, September 26 at 9:30 p.m. ET >>>>> >>>>> What’s it about?: Furthering the Michael Schur universe. Sunnyside, >>>>> like The Good Place >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/06/234895/the-good-place-ending-season-4> >>>>> , Brooklyn Nine-Nine >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/01/220869/brooklyn-nine-nine-nbc-premiere-jake-amy-honeymoon> >>>>> , and Parks and Recreation before it, is produced by Schur. The >>>>> superproducer’s latest comedy is about a disgraced New York City >>>>> councilman >>>>> (Kal Penn) who finds redemption in helping immigrants. >>>>> >>>>> Who else is in it?: Stand-up comedian Joel Kim Booster and Dead to Me >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/05/231807/linda-cardellini-dead-to-me-internet-obsessed>detective >>>>> >>>>> Diana Maria Riva >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> His Dark Materials >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: Fall 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: HBO >>>>> >>>>> Marketed as the newGame of Thrones,His Dark Materialsstars James >>>>> McAvoy, Ruth Wilson and Lin-Manuel Miranda alongside 14-year-old Dafne >>>>> Keen, who plays Lyra, a girl with special gifts trying to unearth a >>>>> secret >>>>> plot to abduct children. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Maybe (4) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Prodigal Son >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 23, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: FOX >>>>> >>>>> Tom Payne takes on the part of a criminal psychologist working with >>>>> the FBI whose father, played by Michael Sheen, was a serial killer known >>>>> as >>>>> "The Surgeon." Scandal's Bellamy Young is part of the cast. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Emergence(ABC) >>>>> >>>>> Premiere: Tuesday, September 24 at 10:00 p.m. ET >>>>> >>>>> What’s it about?: Something Bachelorette >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/the-bachelorette>fans must have >>>>> many questions about. Emergence trailers repeatedly appeared the >>>>> moment the ABC reality show went to commercial over the summer. The >>>>> sci-fi-flavored drama follows a police chief (Allison Tolman), who finds >>>>> a >>>>> young child near a mysterious accident.The little girl (Alexa Swinton), >>>>> who >>>>> may or may not have super powers‚ has no idea how she ended up there or >>>>> what happened in her past. The answers to those questions are the key to >>>>> Emergence. >>>>> >>>>> Who else is in it?: The series brings Scrubs’ Donald Faison back to >>>>> live action primetime network TV. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Stumptown >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 25, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: ABC >>>>> >>>>> Following the cancellation of the great Friends From Collegeand her >>>>> nearly decade-long role on How I Met Your Mother, Canadian actress >>>>> Cobie Smulders returns to TV in this adaptation of the eponymous graphic >>>>> novels about a private investigator in Portland, Oregon. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Nancy Drew >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: October 9, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: The CW >>>>> >>>>> Nancy Drew (Kennedy McMann) and her friends are the witnesses, >>>>> suspects and self-appointed investigators in the murder of a socialite. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> No (11) >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> American Horror Story: 1984(FX) >>>>> >>>>> Premiere: Wednesday, September 18 at 10:00 p.m. ET >>>>> >>>>> What’s it about?: Leotards >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/237645/american-horror-story-1984-spoilers-cody-fern-matthew-morrison> >>>>> . Gus Kenworthy in short-shorts >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/02/223731/american-horror-story-season-9-cast> >>>>> . A Friday the 13th-style killer >>>>> <https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2019/07/239136/american-horror-story-season-9-promo-new-killer-1984>. >>>>> >>>>> What else do you need to know? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bob Hearts Abishola >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 23, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: CBS >>>>> >>>>> Executive producer Chuck Lorre brings us this comedy about the title >>>>> character, who falls for his nurse Abishola after waking up from a heart >>>>> attack in the hospital. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Mixed-ish >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 24, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: ABC >>>>> >>>>> Mixed-ishis the second series to be spinned off Black-ish(the first >>>>> one, on Freeform, is Grown-ish). This one’s a prequel that explores >>>>> the 1980s upbringing of Rainbow Johnson in a mixed-race family that moves >>>>> from a hippie commune to the suburbs. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Carol’s Second Act >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: CBS >>>>> >>>>> Patricia Heaton is Carol Keney, a retired teacher who decides to take >>>>> a plunge and pursue a career in medicine after raising her children. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The Unicorn >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 26, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: CBS >>>>> >>>>> Walto Goggins is Wade, a single father who gets back into the dating >>>>> game a year after his wife's passing with the help of his hilarious >>>>> friends. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bless the Harts >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 29, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: Fox >>>>> >>>>> Maya Rudolph, Kristen Wiig, Jillian Bell and Ike Barinholtz voicing >>>>> the characters of a new animated series about broke Southerners? Yes, >>>>> please. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Almost Family >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: October 2, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: FOX >>>>> >>>>> From the executive producers of Parenthoodand Friday Night Lights,Almost >>>>> Familystars Brittany Snow as the daughter of a fertility doctor >>>>> (Timothy Hutton) who donated his own sperm to conceive almost one hundred >>>>> other children. The show is based on the Australian TV series Sisters. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Back to Life >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: October 6, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: Showtime >>>>> >>>>> After 18 years in jail, Miri Matteson returns to her home in Hythe, >>>>> Kent and tries to adapt to normal life. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Batwoman >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: October 6, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: The CW >>>>> >>>>> Ruby Rose is Batwoman. Do you really need to know anything else? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> The L Word: Generation Q >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: December 8, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: Showtime >>>>> >>>>> The sequel to the famous The L Wordis set 10 years after the original >>>>> series and relocates from West Hollywood to Silver Lake. Expect original >>>>> cast members and new characters to make appearances. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Couples Therapy >>>>> >>>>> Premiere date: September 6, 2019 >>>>> >>>>> Network: Showtime >>>>> >>>>> This new documentary series gets inside four couples’ therapy sessions >>>>> over several months with Dr. Orna Guralnik. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an email to tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c5574b62-b1d3-4495-89c5-092f878c33a2%40gmail.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c5574b62-b1d3-4495-89c5-092f878c33a2%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>>> . >>>> >>> -- >>> Sent from Gmail Mobile >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL50JKaPQQKYhagfKXmMSXnPwCHK4ybKiD84Oe596%2B6qQ%40mail.gmail.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYL50JKaPQQKYhagfKXmMSXnPwCHK4ybKiD84Oe596%2B6qQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvor...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxHFcf0m2i%2BiTgr3qfop_HV%3DcDVuHa53sryq4En-UNwgA%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAH5J8yxHFcf0m2i%2BiTgr3qfop_HV%3DcDVuHa53sryq4En-UNwgA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > Kevin M. 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