No, it's not Tool Time. But it is time for Fall TV 2014, an event so momentous it deserves To Be Initial Capped and End with an Exclamation Point! (Sorry to all my editor friends and to myself.)
Let's get right to it.
Two new shows premiere this week. Well, probably more than two, but only two that I'm going to watch: Red Band Society and The Mysteries of Laura.
Red Band Society is a tough sell. It takes place in a children's ward of a hospital. It's narrated by a kid in a coma. All the kids are really, really sick. BUT. It stars Octavia Spencer (Minnie in The Help, and if you don't know what the "terrible awful" is, don't eat one of her pies), and it's receiving critical acclaim (one of the top six from Entertainment Weekly and an editor's choice from TV Guide). I expect to love it.
The Mysteries of Laura is more conventional. Debra Messing (whom I generally like) is an awesome cop and a seemingly less-than-awesome mom (because she has twin boys who are described as terrors). I don't generally like bratty kids, so if they spend too much time on her home life, I won't like the show and I won't watch it no matter how much I like Debra Messing. Also, it's not getting much critical love.
[Update 9/15: I read the TV Guide review of this show on the bus this morning, and it was not kind. I'm still going to watch it, but I have even lower expectations than I did yesterday.]
None of my existing shows premieres this week, so I won't talk about those.
Do any of your shows premiere this week? Find out here: http://www.tvguide.com/special/fall-preview/calendar.aspx
That's all for this week. Expect a much longer post next week as I review the two new shows from this week and give you a preview of the 20 shows (new and returning) that premiere next week.
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