For me Homeland is the best new series... After that there is a handful of shows I like about the same: Person of Interest and Revenge lead the way, but Ringer and The Lying Game (I have always had a thing for twins) aren't too far behind in the drama category. For sitcoms I like 2 Broke Girls and Suburgatory quite a lot.
Say g'bye then. XD No I can't say that for sure since we all have different tastes, but if you have watched 2 or 3 episodes I think you have seen exactly what Terra Nova is and will be.
I'm hoping Hell on Wheels hits me like homeland did too! Boss has massive potential , but did not grab me just yet. I liked it more than I thought I would though so I will keep watching and hope now that the pilot is done, the story episodes grab me more.
Once Upon a Time, Terra Nova, and Ringer for me. Although I have been pleasantly surprised with this season compared to the last two. I could have easily voted for Person of Interest, since it has been a true surprise to me. I'm still watching Revenge and 2 Broke Girls and I went 6 episodes of Secret Circle. This may be the most new TV I've watched in ages.
As you can imagine from this top 3, I've just watched the new comedies this season, I'm saving the new dramas for December, to watch complete seasons/half-seasons within a few days.
And trust me, the urge to start watching Homeland right now is getting bigger and bigger, but in 6 weeks the pleasure to have all 12 episodes will only be greater as well... I'll stop now or else I'll sound creepy.
Also, now that the first season of The Fades is over, I'll start watching it very soon, I've heard amazing things.
Actually, aside from all the dramas I'm saving up for later (Homeland, AHS, The Fades, Hell on Wheels, Boss, Borgia, Pan Am, OUaT, Ringer, Terra Nova, Person of Interest, Grimm and Revenge), aside from the shows I've stopped watching after the pilot because I thought it was bad (Whitney, Charlie's Angels, New Girl), or the shows I liked that have been cancelled (Free Agents, How to Be a Gentleman), those 3 comedies are actually the only three new shows I still watch weekly !
I decided to stop watching Prime Suspect, I just couldn't bring myself to watch episode 1.05. It's a good show, there's just nothing special, nothing more than the case of the week. If I have to watch a copshow it has to have an extra value, like Justified or Southland.
So far, I love Suburgatory. Jane Levy is a revelation : I thought she was good in Shameless but here she's just awesome, and adorable. Also, the supporting cast is pretty impressive, with actors from shows I love : Cheryl Hines from Curb your Enthusiasm, Alan Tudyk from Firefly/Dollhouse, Jeremy Sisto from Six Feet Under & Rex Lee from Entourage. I love the cyniscm and sarcasm of Tessa towards the people she's surrounded with. It's genuinely funny, fast-paced and well written (the creator, Emily Kapnek, worked on Parks & Rec, so she confirms she's talented), so basically there's all I expect from a sitcom to have a good time. It's not as awesome as last year's revelation (Raising Hope) but it's definitely worth watching.
I'm very satisfied by Enlightened as well and Up All Night is a very decent show, but I'm not going to go on about them here, I'll just make a review of my pilot season in a new topic later, it'll be simpler.
It's good to see Once Upon A Time so high up :) I've watched only 2 episodes and It's already my number 2 show after Fringe. My next favourite is American Horror Story I also like Homeland, New Girl, Terra Nova (yes), and find the Secret Circle and Ringer entertaining.
The acting is not-so-great, the writing is predictable and some of it is just nonsensical, and yet I find myself enjoying it every week for some reason. It's just charming and fun.
It gets a lot more coherent and honed on the whole. I still think it is more about style than anything else and I still have major issues with it.
I mean how many houses have histories that involve owner after owner of murders? I think it would have been much better if they concentrated on one of the murdered or murderous owners for each season.. not one every week.
God, the pilot was awful. The second episode I enjoyed quite a bit more, and the trajectory of the episodes has it getting better each week. Halloween, Pt.1 actually moved it to the point of awesome television for me. If also incredibly upsetting and depressing as all get-out.
hard to pick i watch Revenge, Ringer, New Girl, Grimm plus two episodes each of American Horror Story and the Secret Circle but i plan on catching up eventually i would say Ringer, Revenge and American Horror Story?
Ditto about HOW! For Boss I agree, huge potential but still slow, hasn't completely taken me. To be honest anyway, I watch several new series but no one shines, so I voted for the quality via cable 'temporarily'. Confidence vote, in short. Homeland is the only certainty, and Suburgatory is distinguishes between other comedies imo, a relationship like this on TV (father/daughter) is missing since Veronica Mars I guess.
Homeland, Revenge and Ringer (two shots of glorious bubblegum and a satisfying meal) Where on Earth did that come from. :-) I love Revenge and Ringer...they're a lot of fun. Homeland has me glued to the TV.
American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time, and Ringer. Person of Interest is not keeping mine. I'm already tired of it. Tired of Prime Suspect after two episodes. Up All Night was funny in spots, but not enough spots. I don't have the station Homeland plays on, or I'd watch for sure, with all the good word of mouth it's getting.
It is very polarizing... Many people I know love it and many I know hated it.
I personally thought it was very well done, but not my type of series really. No darkness, no sarcasm or cynicism and everything was straight forward and fairly obvious since it's based on well-known fairy tales. They tweak things as far as the story goes, but you can immediately recognize a character and know whether they are good or evil or how they relate to other characters by the fairy tale alone. It really did not have the charm or humor of say The Princess Bride to pull me into the fairy tale aspect.
Some love it for being based on cherished fairy tales, but I never cherished them so it means less to me.... I don't know where you stand on fairy tales or disney-fied TV shows.
The only two new shows I gave a try were The Secret Circle and Once Upon A Time. Secret Circle was a huge disappointment for me, considering how I was hyped about it, being a fan of the books. Even though I didn't expect it to be the same as the books, I found it just plain boring and far too much teenage drama (even for me!), especially Cassie who has the gift of getting on my nerves whenever her scenes come up - which is a lot. I gave it up after only two episodes. On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed Once Upon A Time, what with me being a sucker for fairy tales. I wasn't really expecting to be swept off my feet by it but lo and behold, I was! It stuck with me so much that I went looking for my old copy of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs just to reinvigorate my memory of the tale, even though I know the story very well. I love their fresh take on the fairy tales and if the spoilers floating around are to be believed, a much more kickass Snow White. All in all, Once Upon A Time is my favourite new show of the season!
Revenge is definitely high on the list. Ringer and Secret Circle.....I watch them, but I'm not that invested I have to say. Homeland and Person of Interest. Saving Once Upon a Time for a rainy day, so I can't say yet.
Person of Interest. It is very clever in all its details, and the end of episode 4 was probably one of the most interesting I have ever seen in television (the inner strugle of Reese trying to convince himself he could change, that people can change, but placing it over the rapist: "Do you think people can change? Please tell me you sincerely believe that, so I won't have to kill you". Amazing.
Grimm is standing head and shoulders above the rest of the new fodder in this lacklustre season. Person Of Interest isn't bad if you're prepared to run your brain in power saver mode for a while. Can't understand the love for Once Upon a Time though. A show filled with unsympathetic characters and it's a rip off of the Fables comics.
well, it's not so obvious. Homeland is my number one this year, but then I have to make a choice between American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time and Person of Interest. And they're so different that it's like mission impossible. Voted for OUAT and POI, because I haven't watched every episode of AHS yet and I think I'm going to leave it for a while.
Homeland and Revenge have been fantastic surprises. They really are the best new shows of the season. But I also had to vote for Ringer. So much fun, that show!
I´m a little surpriced that most people voted for Once upon a time. I had no idea it was so popular. I never watched it, so I really don´t have any oppinion about it.
All the other shows in the top 5 is what I expected. I´m happy to see that I´m not the only one liking Homeland.
I still somewhat watch Person of Interest, but honestly I only half watched the last three episodes. Terra Nova took a flying leap off my TV the first week Baseball preempted it, and I don't miss it one bit, what a stupid show that one turned out to be. That's about it. Still a Fringe head, that is in withdrawal mode.
I hope Alcatraz can and or will hold my attention this midseason, and I have hope for Awake too, but I'm not holding my breath on those at all. TV sucks now, thanks LOST.
Review of Pilot Script here http://travisyanan.blogspot.com/2011/03/pilot-script-review-river.html Video First Look http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/05/abc-pilots-first-look-videos.html
Omg, make sure you get to 7 episodes into the Secret Circle. If you've seen the first 6 episodes, you should definitely go for the 7th. Best episode of the season thus far, and the next episode only looks better! The show is really coming about well! I love it.
The Secret Circle is progressively getting better and better each episode, and after its last episode ("Masked"), I'm probably more addicted to this show than I was at first. The story is building, the characters are building, the magic is increasing. Definitely one of this fall's best new shows imo and my favorite.
Revenge is sooooooo good! Definitely one of the Fall's best new shows this year. I remember just watching this show out of whim (because, let's be honest, the promos looked really boring), but I fell in love with it. Those who are into soaps will enjoy this. It's very well written with great acting.
Ringer took its time to build. Not everyone may have the patience for the show, but I promise you, if you stick with it, it will pull you in. Having Sarah Michelle Geller back on the television screen is great, and the show is really improving, and where it is now, it keeps you at the edge.
Other notable mentions are New Girl, Suburgatory, Terra Nova, Hart of Dixie, Last Man Standing, A Gifted Man, Pan Am, and Prime Suspect; Prime Suspect being very overlooked, because it's scoring low in the ratings, but it's a great show. Once Upon a Time and Grimm just started and I will continue on with the show as they both started out really well and I'm so far enjoying them.
If I start a new show, I never give up on it after the pilot. I stick with it until the first season is over and then decide if I'm going to stick with it for the next season or drop it. Very rarely do I drop a show in the middle (either it's because it had to be reeeeeeally bad or I was just too busy to make time for it and lost track). I never believe in dropping a show just because the pilot started off bad. You can't judge a show based on the pilot alone, it might just end up surprising you!
Well all of the new shows that i really like are once upon a time, terra nova, ringer, last man standing, secret circle, person of interest, and grimm. But my top 3 i know i love person of interest, terra nova is growing on me and im tied in 3rd with ringer and secret circle. Once upon a time, lms, and grimm have barely been on so far so they are next after. But of those 3 im liking ouat more.
Completely agree with you, well said. That being said, this should be a poll of shows that have already had a number of episodes. I mean, I just can't instantly like a show only from the pilot.... as they usually improve from that or get worse. The pilot is the testing stage for the show, laying the foundations of what to come. So you can't tell if is that good from that one episode, it depends on the episodes that follow. On that note, I would remove from the list Grimm and Once Upon a Time. Why would you guys add to the list Free Agents, How to be a gentleman and Charlie's Angels if they were cancelled? They should be removed as well.
So hard to pick just 3 shows. My favorites are :Secret Circle, Once Upon A Time & Revenge -Secret Circle: I love the story about how the parents had a tragic accident and love seeing the circle using their powers and encountering danger. Love the teen drama aspect with the magic. Loving the romance aspect too with Adam/Cassie. Such a good show! -Once Upon A Time: I love this! So awesome to see a fairy tale show on tv. I love the plot of the witch trapping them in a town where time doesn't move. -Revenge: One of my favorite new shows! I love how Emily plots to take down a different person & there are so many twists and turns! This show is amazing!Other favorites are: Terra Nova, Grimm, New Girl & Suburgatory.
Agreed about pilots. I have watched some awesome pilots go down hill fast and watched some terrible pilots that lead to great series. Too hard for me to judge a series by a pilot alone.
Occasionally a series just "pops" in a perfect pilot episode and I know exactly what the show is and what it will be like for the rest of the season. Case in point, Homeland. That's pretty rare though....
I'm hoping it's a solid serial with a bit of mystery. I will never expect another LOST, but I won't lie.... The River promos had me thinking of LOST quite a bit.
I'm glad the series is improving and has captured your interest so much. However, I am not a fan of teen drama and I loathe love triangles more than almost anything. When they added the brother which lead to 2 more love triangles, I figured it was time to get out. I don't think Secret Circle is going to be my thing. I do wish the series well though and hope it remains strong in the ratings.
I've watched and liked both, but Person of Interest is starting to drag a bit and Once Upon a Time had a great pilot. Perhaps after both shows have aired half a season, it will be fairer to judge them. But for right now, I would put Once higher than PoI too.
There's quite a few new shows I'm enjoying so far but I voted for New Girl, Hart of Dixie and Secret Circle because they're the ones I'm most excited to see each week :)
Once Upon a Time and Pan Am. I see Pan Am doesn't have a lot of friends, or more importantly viewers, but I really like it and I'm already sad to think it probably won't be picked up. *crosses fingers* :)
Revenge and Prime Suspect. Once Upon A Time is fun but not very interesting. Grimm has a potential but it's only 1 episode so I can't tell just yet. The New Girl is overrated :P
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That's easy! American Horror Story, Homeland and Once Upon A Time!
ReplyDeleteHomeland, by far.
ReplyDeleteI also watch AHS but it's not really good tbh, just fun :P
Other shows I tried were 2 Broke Girls, Terra Nova, New Girl and Revenge, but they weren't for me.
Boss, on Starz. Off to a good start.
ReplyDeleteHomeland, American Horror Story, Suburgatory
ReplyDeleteRinger, Revenge, American Horror Story.
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest, American Horror Story and Homeland for me.
ReplyDeleteStill watching Terra Nova but for not much longer if it does not improve
Homeland above all. Then, Suburgatory and Boss maybe...but I hope to replace one of this two with Hell on Wheels next week.
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest, Homeland, American Horror Story,
ReplyDeleteTerra Nova, Once Upon a Time, and am one of the few that like Prime Suspect.
Homeland (by FAR), then American Horror Story (it's becoming an incredible show!), and Person of Interest. (Started good, getting better.)
ReplyDeleteOther notable mentions: Ringer, The Secret Circle.
I will be sampling Grimm and Once Upon a Time.
American Horror Story...best new show. All the other stuff is just the same old, same old, with different characters.
ReplyDeleteNo prime suspect in the list
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest, American Horror Story and Terra Nova!
ReplyDeleteAlthough I do like Ringer, Once Upon a Time and Homeland too, so far :D
For me Homeland is the best new series...
ReplyDeleteAfter that there is a handful of shows I like about the same: Person of Interest and Revenge lead the way, but Ringer and The Lying Game (I have always had a thing for twins) aren't too far behind in the drama category. For sitcoms I like 2 Broke Girls and Suburgatory quite a lot.
I've really enjoyed Once this season
ReplyDeleteSay g'bye then. XD
ReplyDeleteNo I can't say that for sure since we all have different tastes, but if you have watched 2 or 3 episodes I think you have seen exactly what Terra Nova is and will be.
Ah yeah, I've tried POI too but thought it was awful :( lol
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping Hell on Wheels hits me like homeland did too!
ReplyDeleteBoss has massive potential , but did not grab me just yet. I liked it more than I thought I would though so I will keep watching and hope now that the pilot is done, the story episodes grab me more.
I'm still watching AHS too, but like you said... it is not good... just different.
ReplyDeleteAt least it improved over the terrible pilot. That was one sloppy pilot! Wow!
Definitely Hart of Dixie ;) I also like Homeland , Grimm ,Once upon a Time, Person of Interest and Terry Nova ;)
ReplyDeleteHomeland, Revenge, and Once Upon a Time. In that order(for now).
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon a Time, Terra Nova, and Ringer for me. Although I have been pleasantly surprised with this season compared to the last two. I could have easily voted for Person of Interest, since it has been a true surprise to me. I'm still watching Revenge and 2 Broke Girls and I went 6 episodes of Secret Circle. This may be the most new TV I've watched in ages.
ReplyDeleteRevenge is my #1. It is the best new show in the last several years, in my opinion....
ReplyDeleteHomeland is the best so far, but I´m still finding it difficult to imagen that it will go on for 5 seasons.
ReplyDeleteI also watch Hart of Dixie (a lot of terrible acting, but for some reason I keep tuning in), Pan Am and Revenge.
I gave up on AHS after the Pilot. Did it get better?
ReplyDelete"Once Upon a Time" is outscoring "Person Of Interest"?! REALLY?!
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon a Time, Homeland and then a toss up between Ringer for the geeky fun of it and Suburgatory cos it's just fun and easy to watch.
ReplyDeleteYes, it got much better in the 2nd episode and the 4th, which just aired was the best yet IMO.
ReplyDeleteAnd I didn't really like the pilot either...
Person of Interest,Homeland and Revenge....Also American Horror Story is getting better and better for me...
ReplyDeleteAmerican Horror Story and Ringer for me :D
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, The secret sircle and Suburgatory
ReplyDeleteHomeland and Terra nova. I hope to be able add Once Upon A Time after tomorrow night.
ReplyDelete1/ Enlightened.
ReplyDelete2/ Suburgatory.
3/ Up All Night.
As you can imagine from this top 3, I've just watched the new comedies this season, I'm
saving the new dramas for December, to watch complete
seasons/half-seasons within a few days.
And trust me, the urge to start
watching Homeland right now is getting bigger and bigger, but in 6 weeks
the pleasure to have all 12 episodes will only be greater as well... I'll stop now or else I'll sound creepy.
Also, now that the first season of The Fades is over, I'll start watching it very soon, I've heard amazing things.
Actually, aside from all the dramas I'm saving up for later (Homeland, AHS, The Fades, Hell on Wheels, Boss, Borgia, Pan Am, OUaT, Ringer, Terra Nova, Person of Interest, Grimm and Revenge), aside from the shows I've stopped watching after the pilot because I thought it was bad (Whitney, Charlie's Angels, New Girl), or the shows I liked that have been cancelled (Free Agents, How to Be a Gentleman), those 3 comedies are actually the only three new shows I still watch weekly !
I decided to stop watching Prime Suspect, I just couldn't bring myself
to watch episode 1.05. It's a good show, there's just nothing special,
nothing more than the case of the week. If I have to watch a copshow it
has to have an extra value, like Justified or Southland.
So far, I love Suburgatory. Jane Levy is a revelation : I thought she was good in Shameless but here she's just awesome, and adorable. Also, the supporting cast is pretty impressive, with actors from shows I love : Cheryl Hines from Curb your Enthusiasm, Alan Tudyk from Firefly/Dollhouse, Jeremy Sisto from Six Feet Under & Rex Lee from Entourage. I love the cyniscm and sarcasm of Tessa towards the people she's surrounded with. It's genuinely funny, fast-paced and well written (the creator, Emily Kapnek, worked on Parks & Rec, so she confirms she's talented), so basically there's all I expect from a sitcom to have a good time. It's not as awesome as last year's revelation (Raising Hope) but it's definitely worth watching.
I'm very satisfied by Enlightened as well and Up All Night is a very decent show, but I'm not going to go on about them here, I'll just make a review of my pilot season in a new topic later, it'll be simpler.
Secret Circle
ReplyDeleteIt's good to see Once Upon A Time so high up :)
ReplyDeleteI've watched only 2 episodes and It's already my number 2 show after Fringe.
My next favourite is American Horror Story
I also like Homeland, New Girl, Terra Nova (yes), and find the Secret Circle and Ringer entertaining.
Ringer, American Horror Story, and Once Upon A Time!
ReplyDeleteI chose but New Girl suburgatory and two broke girls but I also like gifted man last man standing and how to be a gentleman !! <3 <3 <3
ReplyDeleteExactly my choices!
ReplyDeleteHomeland, brilliantly acted, brilliantly written.
ReplyDeleteUp All Night, has the makings of a great comedy
Once Upon A Time, its not fantastic but it could be a lot of fun and is definitely escapist TV
I understand about Hart of Dixie!
ReplyDeleteThe acting is not-so-great, the writing is predictable and some of it is just nonsensical, and yet I find myself enjoying it every week for some reason. It's just charming and fun.
Homeland and Ringer!!
ReplyDeleteAmerican Horror Story, Homeland & Once Upon A Time.
ReplyDeleteIt gets a lot more coherent and honed on the whole.
ReplyDeleteI still think it is more about style than anything else and I still have major issues with it.
I mean how many houses have histories that involve owner after owner of murders? I think it would have been much better if they concentrated on one of the murdered or murderous owners for each season.. not one every week.
My three regular American network shows includes:
ReplyDeleteGrimm
Pan Am
New ones don't do anything for me
ReplyDeleteI think I'm giving up then, because there's too much going on in tvland lately to waste my time on this show. :/
ReplyDeleteGod, the pilot was awful. The second episode I enjoyed quite a bit more, and the trajectory of the episodes has it getting better each week. Halloween, Pt.1 actually moved it to the point of awesome television for me. If also incredibly upsetting and depressing as all get-out.
ReplyDeleteWell, if ratings were to be matched up, OUAT premiered with a 3.9 in the 18-49s, and POI premiered with a 3.1. :/
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest and Once Upon a Time.
ReplyDeletehard to pick i watch Revenge, Ringer, New Girl, Grimm plus two episodes each of American Horror Story and the Secret Circle but i plan on catching up eventually
ReplyDeletei would say Ringer, Revenge and American Horror Story?
New Girl, Grimm and Once Upon A Time
ReplyDeleteThat's why I quit watching it too.
ReplyDeleteIt was not bad exactly, but not good enough to keep my attention since it is not my type of series.
Ditto about HOW!
ReplyDeleteFor Boss I agree, huge potential but still slow, hasn't completely taken me. To be honest anyway, I watch several new series but no one shines, so I voted for the quality via cable 'temporarily'. Confidence vote, in short. Homeland is the only certainty, and Suburgatory is distinguishes between other comedies imo, a relationship like this on TV (father/daughter) is missing since Veronica Mars I guess.
Homeland, Revenge and Ringer (two shots of glorious bubblegum and a satisfying meal) Where on Earth did that come from. :-) I love Revenge and Ringer...they're a lot of fun. Homeland has me glued to the TV.
ReplyDeleteON
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, Pan Am and Hart of Dixie
ReplyDeleteAmerican Horror Story, Once Upon a Time, and Ringer. Person of Interest is not keeping mine. I'm already tired of it. Tired of Prime Suspect after two episodes. Up All Night was funny in spots, but not enough spots. I don't have the station Homeland plays on, or I'd watch for sure, with all the good word of mouth it's getting.
ReplyDeleteperson and interest, once upon a time and two broke girls !
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest and Homeland. I like Unforgettable for it is and I enjoyed the pilots of Grimm and Once Upon a Time.
ReplyDeleteRinger and The New Girl :)
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest, Once Upon a Time, 2 Broke Girls, The New Girl, Unforgettable and Grimm.
ReplyDeleteMaybe The Secret Circle.
American Horror Story
ReplyDeleteThe Secret Circle
Ringer
I don't follow any of the others, except Terra Nova.
Is "Once Upon A Time" that great? I saw the trailers, and it's too much fantasy for me.
Very excited that Once upon a time is getting the most votes right now!
ReplyDeleteI love Boss. It's a winner.
ReplyDeleteI've been watching Ringer which is quite good, I haven't watched anything else
ReplyDeleteIt is very polarizing... Many people I know love it and many I know hated it.
ReplyDeleteI personally thought it was very well done, but not my type of series really. No darkness, no sarcasm or cynicism and everything was straight forward and fairly obvious since it's based on well-known fairy tales. They tweak things as far as the story goes, but you can immediately recognize a character and know whether they are good or evil or how they relate to other characters by the fairy tale alone. It really did not have the charm or humor of say The Princess Bride to pull me into the fairy tale aspect.
Some love it for being based on cherished fairy tales, but I never cherished them so it means less to me.... I don't know where you stand on fairy tales or disney-fied TV shows.
"I don't know where you stand on fairy tales or disney-fied TV shows"
ReplyDeleteWell, they're not my type XD
I was only interested because of the LOST guys, and expecting some twist to the story, but I think I'll pass.
Thanks! ;)
Homeland, Revenge and Ringer
ReplyDeleteAmerican Horror Story, Homeland and Boss.
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon A Time, Revenge and Suburgatory. Last week Secret Circle would be on the list, but it's been getting progressively worse.
ReplyDeleteTerra Nova, Ringer e Hart Of Dixie
ReplyDelete1) Homeland
ReplyDelete2) Once Upon a Time
3) New Girl
Revenge (best new show since The Vampire Diaries)
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon a Time
Hart of Dixie
Also watch The Secret Circle, Ringer, Suburgatory, Terranova, 2 Broke Girls
Don't know if i'll catch again New Girl and Person of Interest
Once Upon a Time, Person of Interest, Terra Nova. Also Homeland is pretty good but I've just seen the first 2 so far and i'm not quite sold on it.
ReplyDeleteHomeland, Person of Interest, and Secret Circle!
ReplyDeleteI expected a very down year for new series and have been very surprised too!
ReplyDeleteThis year may not have the big break out hits but it has a number of very solid if not very good new series.
The only two new shows I gave a try were The Secret Circle and Once Upon A Time.
ReplyDeleteSecret Circle was a huge disappointment for me, considering how I was hyped about it, being a fan of the books. Even though I didn't expect it to be the same as the books, I found it just plain boring and far too much teenage drama (even for me!), especially Cassie who has the gift of getting on my nerves whenever her scenes come up - which is a lot. I gave it up after only two episodes.
On the other hand, I thoroughly enjoyed Once Upon A Time, what with me being a sucker for fairy tales. I wasn't really expecting to be swept off my feet by it but lo and behold, I was! It stuck with me so much that I went looking for my old copy of Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs just to reinvigorate my memory of the tale, even though I know the story very well. I love their fresh take on the fairy tales and if the spoilers floating around are to be believed, a much more kickass Snow White.
All in all, Once Upon A Time is my favourite new show of the season!
Revenge is definitely high on the list. Ringer and Secret Circle.....I watch them, but I'm not that invested I have to say. Homeland and Person of Interest. Saving Once Upon a Time for a rainy day, so I can't say yet.
ReplyDeletePerson of Interest. It is very clever in all its details, and the end of episode 4 was probably one of the most interesting I have ever seen in television (the inner strugle of Reese trying to convince himself he could change, that people can change, but placing it over the rapist: "Do you think people can change? Please tell me you sincerely believe that, so I won't have to kill you". Amazing.
ReplyDeleteGrimm is standing head and shoulders above the rest of the new fodder in this lacklustre season. Person Of Interest isn't bad if you're prepared to run your brain in power saver mode for a while.
ReplyDeleteCan't understand the love for Once Upon a Time though. A show filled with unsympathetic characters and it's a rip off of the Fables comics.
well, it's not so obvious. Homeland is my number one this year, but then I have to make a choice between American Horror Story, Once Upon a Time and Person of Interest. And they're so different that it's like mission impossible.
ReplyDeleteVoted for OUAT and POI, because I haven't watched every episode of AHS yet and I think I'm going to leave it for a while.
1. Once upon a Time
ReplyDelete2. Secret Circle ...but it is losing its edge
3. Grimm
4. Hart of Dixie..hey it's Josh writing it
Homeland, Revenge and New Girl
ReplyDeleteHomeland and Revenge have been fantastic surprises. They really are the best new shows of the season. But I also had to vote for Ringer. So much fun, that show!
ReplyDeleteI´m a little surpriced that most people voted for Once upon a time. I had no idea it was so popular. I never watched it, so I really don´t have any oppinion about it.
ReplyDeleteAll the other shows in the top 5 is what I expected. I´m happy to see that I´m not the only one liking Homeland.
I still somewhat watch Person of Interest, but honestly I only half watched the last three episodes. Terra Nova took a flying leap off my TV the first week Baseball preempted it, and I don't miss it one bit, what a stupid show that one turned out to be. That's about it. Still a Fringe head, that is in withdrawal mode.
ReplyDeleteI hope Alcatraz can and or will hold my attention this midseason, and I have hope for Awake too, but I'm not holding my breath on those at all. TV sucks now, thanks LOST.
Keep an eye out for The River. It might just, I repeat just, be a little gem.
ReplyDeleteWill do! In fact this is the sound on me going to scour the internets for any info on it...
ReplyDeleteWow I just watched the Trailer for it...Wow, it looks really good, Creepy, but in a good way.
ReplyDeleteReview of Pilot Script here http://travisyanan.blogspot.com/2011/03/pilot-script-review-river.html
ReplyDeleteVideo First Look http://www.spoilertv.com/2011/05/abc-pilots-first-look-videos.html
american horror story, revenge and secret circle
ReplyDeleteHart of Dixie, Pan Am, and Once Upon A Time
ReplyDelete"Person of Interest", "Once Upon a Time" and "Homeland" for me.. Great writing, great acted... This season TV breakout shows.
ReplyDeleteHonorable mention to "Secret Circle", "Revenge" and "Suburgatory".. they are great too. Really fun especially "Revenge".
Omg, make sure you get to 7 episodes into the Secret Circle. If you've seen the first 6 episodes, you should definitely go for the 7th. Best episode of the season thus far, and the next episode only looks better! The show is really coming about well! I love it.
ReplyDelete1. The Secret Circle
ReplyDelete2. Revenge
3. Ringer
The Secret Circle is progressively getting better and better each episode, and after its last episode ("Masked"), I'm probably more addicted to this show than I was at first. The story is building, the characters are building, the magic is increasing. Definitely one of this fall's best new shows imo and my favorite.
Revenge is sooooooo good! Definitely one of the Fall's best new shows this year. I remember just watching this show out of whim (because, let's be honest, the promos looked really boring), but I fell in love with it. Those who are into soaps will enjoy this. It's very well written with great acting.
Ringer took its time to build. Not everyone may have the patience for the show, but I promise you, if you stick with it, it will pull you in. Having Sarah Michelle Geller back on the television screen is great, and the show is really improving, and where it is now, it keeps you at the edge.
Other notable mentions are New Girl, Suburgatory, Terra Nova, Hart of Dixie, Last Man Standing, A Gifted Man, Pan Am, and Prime Suspect; Prime Suspect being very overlooked, because it's scoring low in the ratings, but it's a great show. Once Upon a Time and Grimm just started and I will continue on with the show as they both started out really well and I'm so far enjoying them.
If I start a new show, I never give up on it after the pilot. I stick with it until the first season is over and then decide if I'm going to stick with it for the next season or drop it. Very rarely do I drop a show in the middle (either it's because it had to be reeeeeeally bad or I was just too busy to make time for it and lost track). I never believe in dropping a show just because the pilot started off bad. You can't judge a show based on the pilot alone, it might just end up surprising you!
Well all of the new shows that i really like are once upon a time, terra nova, ringer, last man standing, secret circle, person of interest, and grimm. But my top 3 i know i love person of interest, terra nova is growing on me and im tied in 3rd with ringer and secret circle. Once upon a time, lms, and grimm have barely been on so far so they are next after. But of those 3 im liking ouat more.
ReplyDeleteCompletely agree with you, well said. That being said, this should be a poll of shows that have already had a number of episodes. I mean, I just can't instantly like a show only from the pilot.... as they usually improve from that or get worse. The pilot is the testing stage for the show, laying the foundations of what to come. So you can't tell if is that good from that one episode, it depends on the episodes that follow. On that note, I would remove from the list Grimm and Once Upon a Time.
ReplyDeleteWhy would you guys add to the list Free Agents, How to be a gentleman and Charlie's Angels if they were cancelled? They should be removed as well.
So hard to pick just 3 shows. My favorites are :Secret Circle, Once Upon A Time & Revenge
ReplyDelete-Secret Circle: I love the story about how the parents had a tragic accident and love seeing the circle using their powers and encountering danger. Love the teen drama aspect with the magic. Loving the romance aspect too with Adam/Cassie. Such a good show! -Once Upon A Time: I love this! So awesome to see a fairy tale show on tv. I love the plot of the witch trapping them in a town where time doesn't move. -Revenge: One of my favorite new shows! I love how Emily plots to take down a different person & there are so many twists and turns! This show is amazing!Other favorites are: Terra Nova, Grimm, New Girl & Suburgatory.
Agreed about pilots.
ReplyDeleteI have watched some awesome pilots go down hill fast and watched some terrible pilots that lead to great series. Too hard for me to judge a series by a pilot alone.
Occasionally a series just "pops" in a perfect pilot episode and I know exactly what the show is and what it will be like for the rest of the season. Case in point, Homeland. That's pretty rare though....
I'm hoping it's a solid serial with a bit of mystery. I will never expect another LOST, but I won't lie.... The River promos had me thinking of LOST quite a bit.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad the series is improving and has captured your interest so much. However, I am not a fan of teen drama and I loathe love triangles more than almost anything. When they added the brother which lead to 2 more love triangles, I figured it was time to get out. I don't think Secret Circle is going to be my thing. I do wish the series well though and hope it remains strong in the ratings.
ReplyDeleteI've watched and liked both, but Person of Interest is starting to drag a bit and Once Upon a Time had a great pilot. Perhaps after both shows have aired half a season, it will be fairer to judge them. But for right now, I would put Once higher than PoI too.
ReplyDeleteRinger! Once Upon a Time is second, then Revenge
ReplyDeleteForgot to mention another notable mention of mine, but Person of Interest is one of them too.
ReplyDeleteNo question Homeland all the way!
ReplyDeleteWeren't interested in the Sawyer/Kate/Jack triangle then, huh? Yeah, me neither.
ReplyDeleteNot one iota.
ReplyDeleteRevenge by a landslide for me, then Suburgatory.
ReplyDeleteThere's quite a few new shows I'm enjoying so far but I voted for New Girl, Hart of Dixie and Secret Circle because they're the ones I'm most excited to see each week :)
ReplyDeletePoI and Homeland. I expected to like em both and I did. Although. Homeland was much better than I initially thought.
ReplyDeleteRevenge and Homeland are in first place. American Horror Story and Up All Night in second place!
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon a Time and Pan Am. I see Pan Am doesn't have a lot of friends, or more importantly viewers, but I really like it and I'm already sad to think it probably won't be picked up. *crosses fingers* :)
ReplyDeleteWithout any doubt Revenge. Though Secret Circle is a part of my must-watch list as well now, so those two shows get my voting.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the Once Upon A Time pilot seemed more than promising. But since I've only seen the pilot and nothing more, I'm not gonna vote for it now.
American Horror Story for me. It was love at first sight and no other new series have had the same effect.
ReplyDeleteWaiting for Awake.
Revenge and Prime Suspect.
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon A Time is fun but not very interesting. Grimm has a potential but it's only 1 episode so I can't tell just yet. The New Girl is overrated :P
Hart of Dixie FTW! :D
ReplyDeleteI also like Ringer & The Secret Circle!
Once Upon a Time, Hart of Dixie and Pan Am.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand "Hard Of Dixie" is in top 10? Really.. "Suburgatory" was so much better than that.
ReplyDeleteOnce Upon A Time, Person Of Interest and The Secret Circle but i also like Homeland and New Girl
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