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Posted on Sat, Aug. 29, 2009 10:15 PM
Fall TV preview 2009: What’s new, day by day
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MONDAY
“The Jay Leno Show” airs at 9 weeknights on NBC starting Sept. 14, with Jerry Seinfeld as Leno’s first guest and Jay-Z performing with Rihanna and Kanye West. Don’t listen to the naysayers: It will be an out-of-the-gate success.
So should “Accidentally on Purpose,” Jenna Elfman’s fourth sitcom in 13 years, airing 7:30 on CBS (Sept. 21). As befits an actress who has aged before our eyes, she’ll play a cougar who beds a slacker (Jon Foster), who promptly knocks her up. It’s a perfect fit in the network’s edgy-safe comedy lineup.
“Lie to Me” returns for its first full season at 8 on Fox (Sept. 28), with three writers from “The Shield” recently added to the staff.
Also making its debut is emergency-response drama “Trauma” on NBC (Sept. 28), from “Friday Night Lights” producer Peter Berg.
As for returning shows, it’s make or break for Nathan Fillion’s writer-detective show “Castle” at 9 on ABC (Sept. 21). The lead-in from “Dancing With the Stars” will be high, and so too the expectations.
TUESDAY
“NCIS: Los Angeles,” airing in the post-“NCIS” time period of 8 on CBS (Sept. 22), can’t lose. In fact, the LL Cool J-Chris O’Donnell undercover series could put a scare into Fox’s “American Idol” this winter.
“The Good Wife” follows at 9 (Sept. 22), starring Julianna Margulies as a smart, loyal spouse to a powerful pol who has an Eliot Spitzer-like fall from grace. With Chris Noth as the hubby, “Good Wife” should get some DVR love, which CBS will need in this tough time slot.
“The Forgotten,” with amateurs solving murders of John and Jane Doe victims, airs at 9 on ABC (Sept. 22). It has megaproducer Jerry Bruckheimer’s stamp on it, but that might not stop it from being rolled by the second season of “Sons of Anarchy” on FX (Sept. 8).
In reality, Fox’s summer hit “So You Think You Can Dance” gets a September call-up and will move into its 7 p.m. Tuesday slot sometime after its season premiere on Wednesday, Sept. 9. Meanwhile, ABC’s “Shark Tank” at 7 (Sept. 29) asks whether we want to watch entrepreneurs get their ideas shot down by angel investors. Answer: Probably not.
CW’s Nineties-on-Botox night launches Sept. 8, with the returning “90210” at 7 joined by a new “Melrose Place” at 8. Thomas Calabro will revive his role as Doc Mancini, and as for the return of Laura Leighton as Sydney, let’s just say it’s calculated to leave viewers feeling deja vu.
WEDNESDAY
Networks are pairing up shows two by two tonight. Fox’s “Glee,” from “Nip/Tuck” creator Ryan Murphy, passed its audition with viewers this spring. It returns at 8 smartly teamed up with the “Dance” results show at 7 (both begin Sept. 9).
Likewise, NBC has “Mercy” at 7 followed by “SVU” at its new time of 8 (Sept. 23) — two flawed female leads. Taylor Schilling plays an ex-military nurse with PTSD, which would go great with Mariska Hargitay’s “SVU” character ... except the “Mercy” pilot was awful.
ABC will re-pair Kelsey Grammer and Patricia Heaton on Sept. 30, Grammer as an out-of-work CEO in “Hank” at 7 and Heaton as a Midwestern mom in “The Middle” at 7:30. Sadly, both look even less at ease than when they did that Fox sitcom together.
Posted on Sat, Aug. 29, 2009 10:15 PM
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