TV previews
Gotham
I had an idea similar to this a ways back.. basically a batman show called gotham that acted as a true ensemble with a larger cast that might never all meet up in the run of the show... the difference was that in my idea young bruce wayne would have been like 20 and just dipping his toe into vigilantism (not as batman.. I envisioned him in a ballistic mask, as a vigilante in black... so I am pretty excited that something like that is actually happening... but I am also a little concerned... in my idea pre-batman,a nd pre-catwoman would both be in it.. but would probably never meet... my idea was to handle it with rgeat caution and focus on consequences... my dream show runner would have been vince gilligan (breaking bad) because he can do gritty realism and heightened at the same time like nobody else... I am excited for gotham as it is.. but also skeptical... the best get IMO is donal logue as bullock... great great actor
Constantine
super super excited.. I do not have a single concern here, I think they perfectly nailed it like none other, looks hilarious and dark, and epic... it is like what took supernatural 2 or 3 seasons to reach but in a trailer
Hieroglyph
I will watch this because it is high concept... but my expectations are low
Wayward Pines
has any creative person's name fallen into the mud even a 10th as hard as what happened with M. Night? I am excited for this show... but the second Is aw his name it was like a pang of depression and lowered expectations hit me...
The Last Man on Earth
I LOVE stuff like this... but how will they pull off a whole series with 1 character.... I am optimistic but cautiously so
Secrets and Lies
Interesting crime series, I like the idea of how first perception can act as judge and jury in our current society
Galavant
so part of me hates this, and party of me loves it.... I love the guy playing the king though (psych was so good) and like that the song at the end of the trailer was entering meta territory as it should
The Whispers
Creepy looking with what appears to be a serialized story.. cautiously optomistic
American Crime
this looks like it might be too preachy.. felicity Huffman's character is just way too overtly racist in a way that feels disingenuous and unrelatable... unless the racist character is nothing but a face value villain they NEED to be relatable.. we need to understand them and feel conflicted
Fresh off the Boat
it is nice to see another comedy with an asian family as central characters and this one looks pretty decent
Black-ish
like above.. it is nice to see a comedy about a black family that isn't tyler perry stupid.... remember Cosby? remember Roc? I do... and it makes me sad...
Extant
so CBS makes me doubtful, and while Halle Berry is a big get she isn't a favorite of mine.. it is also speilberg who hasn't made much quality on TV... but I like high concept serialized shows
Scorpion
this looks like a show with some serialized elements, but that is episodic dominant... shows like this can be good or bad based almost entirely on the chemistry between the actors... the trailer makes it look a bit fun, but also quite dumb...
The Last Ship
again.. high concept.. and oh.. is that Adam Baldwin (firefly, chuck)... sold... probably wont be great... but Adam Baldwin put it over for me
Transporter
this was made by cinemax I think... but was cancelled and never aired in america... but it did air overseas.. so now another network has picked it up... could be fun.... but the fact that cinemax declined to air it even though it was complete doesn't bode well
The Strain
Guillermo Del Toro's first TV series... that is all that needs to be said
Tyrant
from some people behind 24 and homeland comes a show about a Middle Eastern Tyrant and how he comes to be that way.. seems to be a major parallel to Bashar al- Assad (western educated, western wife, worked in the medical profession... but still become a horrible Tyrant)
the Flash
I like Arrow, I like Comic book shows... sold
the Leftovers
unlike some.. I actually look back fondly on Lost... so Lindelof is my reason for checking this one out... even though my anti-religious nature wants me to rally against soemthing about the rapture... my sister (also anti-religious) says that the book is more from a literary perspective than a religious one... more of a what if... and Lindelof is jewish so I can't imagine him making christian propaganda
Dominion
basically a sequel to that evil angels movie with Paul Bettany... I like stuff like that.. so I'll give it a shot
Outlander
Ron Moore... check... a premium cable channel.. check... scotland... check... time travel... check... though it is absed on romance novels.. so ughhh... will give ti a shot because of ron moore (battlestar Gallactice, Caprica)
Legends
Sean Bean... as Jack Bauer... shot like a Liam Neesen action movie... sure
god that took forever
edit: forgot one
Manhattan Nuclear Family
Really excited about this one... a little mad men, a little the americans, and yet something entirely new as well