Top 10 TV Shows I am Excited For This Fall

Some old and maybe new faves...

1. Glee: September 2nd. how do I describe a show that has so many parts to it- like a liger a new breed? Equal parts serious, dramatic, musical, large part farce and all around funny. About a High School’s Glee club, but these kids can sing & dance. Lead by a misfit teacher with no funding in a could be happier marriage to his retail addicted wife. This group of outsiders form the Glee club and it doesn’t look like the rest of the school likes them or the club that much. Their music of choice? Here is a sampling of what I have heard so far Amy Winehouse, Kanye West and Journey.

2. Vampire Diaries: September 10th. Yay more vampires (sarcastic voice and fist pump) but this guy made Dawson’s Creek. So it is bound to be full of angsty- hot teenagers dealing with their urges, those urges just happen to be drinking your blood not being secretly in love with their best friend. Oh and don’t forget the small town aspect, along with an evil brother who does not even try to fight his urges, and a hot girl with her soul at stake. What can I say I will be tuning in, and unlike with Dawson’s I won’t even have to make sure my little sister is not around. “Cory your sister cannot watch these things,” mom.

3. Fringe: September 17th. Did you see the double Dawson reference above, yes I will admit it I started to watch this show because I love me some Josh Jackson, have since The Mighty Ducks. It is about Fringe Sciences telepathy, spontaneous human combustion, etc. Involving a mad scientist, his genius son, an FBI agent with some history, a maybe evil corporation, their various cohorts in the FBI, and a handful of other bad mad scientists. I have a lot of really smart friends/live around the corner from 2 sets of National Labs, and they’re not making lipstick, so for me a mad scientist is quite probable. The idea that a person could tap into a little more than that 10% of the brain we are all using and do these things makes sense to me. How much more could this kind of person notice, create, how crazy could would it drive them, and what would they do with it? A smart show that requires weekly watching, but it is worth it, heck even my dad watches it (if you knew him you would see this as a compliment). Oh and J.J. Abrams helped to create this show enough said.

4. Southland: September 25th. A grown up Ryan Atwood from The O.C. !!! A gritty, real look at the cop’s life in LA. This show is not for kids. It is well done, the stories are compelling, the characters are brought to life and it is always original.

5. Dollhouse: September 25th. Joss Whedon! He pushes it too far on occasion but he does more good than bad and keeps you watching. There are dolls they live in a house. The dolls are blank people who have signed their life away for whatever reason (we slowly find out). They then get imprinted with new personalities based on what engagement they are going on (think of an unwilling Sydney Bristow). They have handlers who take them on their missions and watch over them. Throw in a curious federal agent and all kinds of characters and you get The Dollhouse. It’s complicated but not as much as Fringe.

6. Amazing Race: September 27th. The best reality show out there, it has been around forever for a good reason. Here is how it works a set of teams of 2 travel around the world in a race where they have to complete challenges along the way. While all of that is very interesting the best part is watching people adapt, react and get through everything with their partner, the other teams and in a foreign country. Throw in a host who is always calm and polite and this is a show your whole fam can watch on a Sunday night.

7. Gossip Girl: September 14th. Another show not for the kids, most of these are not actually. Completely gratuitous, but you get to see NYC, great clothes and uber rich prep school kids interact. A world otherwise I would never see. Granted it is probably exaggerated or maybe not? But it is a pure guilty night soap pleasure. Plus this year most of them are going off to college.

8. Chuck: February 2010. I know not really fall but this show is so good you should catch up now. Created and ran by the same guy who did The O.C. this show is as funny as that one was. Chuck Bartowski works at Buy More (think Best Buy), in the Nerd Herd (think Geek Squad). But oh wait this is TV, so not only does Chuck work there but he has the entire CIA central main frame downloaded into his head because he is actually really smart. So he gets taken on missions to see if he can flash on bad guys and provide intel to his 2 handlers. Handler #1: Casey he loves America and not Chuck (I think deep down inside he does). Handler #2: Sara a hot blonde with mad skills. Plus his family, his Buy More coworkers, and the mad skill he recently obtained (won’t wreck that for you) and you get this excellent show.

9. Friday Night Lights: February 2010. Another early bird, but you need to catch up and watch this show. Based on the movie that was based on the book that was based on the real town. This show follows the high school football team the Dillon Panthers in a small town Texas. We see the coach and his family, all the players, their families, the booster club, locals and pretty much the whole town. What can’t I say about this show it is amazing. Original, great writing and good acting. Deals with small town politics, racism, touchy subjects and growing up and getting out of this town in a completely believable manner. Oh and did I mention there was football!

10. Community: September 17th. Joel McHale from The Soup stars in this comedy about a shady lawyer who has to go back to college at a community college. I have attended a public university and community college and there is a difference, not good or bad but it is different. He forms a study group with questionable motives & members and we watch the shenanigans unfold. And here is something for the vintage SNL fans—Chevy Chase also starts.

What else do I watch So much: The Office, Lost , How I Met Your Mother, The Big Bang Theory, Rachel Zoe Project, One Tree Hill, Bones, Greek and so much more my DVR should go on strike.
If you want a complete list of premiere dates check out Entertainment Weekly online they always have the most complete premiere list.
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