Who has two thumbs and seriously dropped the ball on this....this guy! So premiere dates are slowly trickling out. I'm filling out the calendar as they come and when I have all 5 networks, I'll send it out. So far, it looks like it will be a pretty late start to the season, with almost everything starting the last week of September or later.
Welcome back to Upfronts 2013 Breakdown. We'll be going over Tuesday today, and starting with my most highly anticipated show of the fall. Surprise surprise, it's a superhero show.
Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: If this show doesn't just melt my face off with all the awesome it produces, I'll be shocked. With the pilot written and directed by Joss Whedon and the week to week show run by his brother and sister-in-law, who were strong creative forces in Dr. Horrible and Dollhouse, I see nothing but greatness in this show's future. It will follow the missions of a team of SHIELD agents as they cover superhero and non-superhero related weird goings on all over the world in an effort to protect the public from the massive Pandora's Box that's been opened across the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Goldbergs: I hadn't heard anything really about this show. It's a comedy about an 80s era family. It almost seems like a cross between The Wonder Years and Modern Family. I do have to admit, there were parts of the trailer I laughed at, specifically the REO Speedwagon sing along. I'll probably check out the pilot and a couple episodes after that to see if it grabs my interest but I'm not hopeful.
The Goldbergs
Trophy Wife: This show looks surprisingly funny. I think Malin Akerman is a little underrated in regards to her comedy chops and while this show probably won't improve that, I 'll enjoy it while I can. It almost seems doomed for the Cougar Town curse. A show that will change from its initial premise and not get as good ratings as it should because of its name. The pilot however looks exactly like what it sounds. I'm honestly just hoping there's a little more depth to it in future episodes. Also, Michaela Watkins looks to be at least a recurring role. Biiiiiitch pleeze. (What's Scary about Connecticut?)
Trophy Wife
Lucky 7: While sounding like an interesting premise, I don't see caring enough about these characters to really bother watching this on a weekly basis. 7 co-workers win the lottery in an office pool and then consequences ensue. I like Matt Long but not enough to watch this show.
Lucky 7
Dads: I would love for this show to look good but it just looks.....bleh. I like Seth Green, I like Giovanni Ribisi (where the crap has he been?) and I really like Martin Mull but everything about this show just looks boring and cliched. The only bit that was funny was their assistant and the costume they made her wear.
Dads
Brooklyn Nine-Nine: This show looks like it's trying way to hard to be funny. Andy Samberg and Andre Braugher have potential to be funny but most of the trailer just feels like it's a kid in the school yard telling a knock knock joke and looking around with his mouth hanging open just waiting for people to burst out laughing....and it never comes.
Brooklyn Nine-Nine
The Originals: This was a backdoor pilot out of Vampire Diaries. What's a shame is that two of my favorite characters are going to this show. However, my least favorite character who I could not be happier got his own show is the "star" of this spinoff so I refuse to watch it. Add to the fact that the general premise of this show is wildly uninteresting to me. The remaining Original vampires return to New Orleans where they used to rule and attempt to wrest control of it back from the people who run it now. Also, there's an impossible vampire pregnancy storyline. I can almost guarantee you that anything in the plotline, Angel will have done it better.
The Originals
Okay, so now that I've finally done Tuesday, I'm going to attempt to ramp up and get at least one more day out to you guys by the end of the week.
