Fall TV Is Finally Here, But Is Anyone Watching Network Television: Part 3

Saturday is encore day and college sports. 

Sunday

What Am I Watching?

The Simpsons Season 24 premieres on 9.25 @ 8pm on FOX. The Treehouse of Horror will have a parody of Stephen King's "It". Melissa McCarty guest stars as the voice of a child who Homer competes with for attention as a kid. 

Season 3 of The Equalizer picks up at 8:30 on CBS on 10.2. At the end of Season 2 Robyn was kidnapped. Now, at her most vulnerable, she plots her escape. The series deals with mass shootings, abortion, and the transgender community this year. 

One of the new series I am most excited about this year is East New York. It premieres on 10.2 @ 9:30 on CBS. Jimmy Smits plays Police Chief, John Suarez. The series is shot in Brooklyn and Smits reunites with some of the crew from his NYPD Blue days. 

I cannot wait to see how everything plays out this season on Network TV and please stay right here for more updates. 

Fall TV is Finally Here, But is Anyone Watching Network Television?: Part 2

 Thursday 

What Am I Watching?

What's Cookin' This Season? 

Hell's Kitchen is back! Season 21 is a "Battle of the Ages", and it begins on 9.29 on FOX @ 8pm

Law & Order Night

L & O Season 22 brings in a new detective in Mehcad Brooks as Anthony Anderson exits after fulfilling his one season contract for the reboot. Watch for a ripped from the headlines regarding Roe v. Wade, also a racist subway shooter and a debate about whether or not the death penalty should come into play. 

SVU going into Season 24 already dropped a huge bombshell with the news that Kelli Giddish would be leaving the series. Mariska Hargitay expressed that she did not want Giddish to leave. Rollins and Carisi's love will endure despite her exiting. Molly Burnett (Days of Our Lives) joins the series as detective Grace Muncy. Also an arc of episodes exploring Benson looking inward to recognize some of her trauma-- eg. the torture at the hands of William Lewis and Stabler abandoning her. 

Organized Crime enters Season 3 with some new detectives and the unit eyeing a NYC power couple. There will also be a triple crossover event with all three L & O shows. 

Hilary Swank is Back in the Ring 

Alaska Daily stars Oscar winner Hilary Swank as NYC journalist Eileen Fitzgerald relocates to Alaska when an issue involving a source lands her in hot water. She starts looking into a native Alaskans death which may be a homicide.

I <3 Jared

And because I just love Jared Padalecki I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Walker enters it's third season on the CW and is also launching a spinoff series called Walker Independence and both are premiering on 10.6 on the CW @ 8 and 9pm. 

Friday

What Am I Watching?

All CBS!

Wow I am loving the Friday night line up on CBS premiering on 10.7, it's so good! S.W.A.T. moves nights with Shemar Moore and company back for Season 6. Hondo and Nichelle are on their babymoon in Bangkok while some of the team is also there for training exercises. Things go horribly wrong when Hondo's old military friend surfaces and they become entangled with a case related to the drug trade. 

New series Fire County premieres between two veteran shows in the 9pm timeslot. Max Thieriot (SEAL Team) stars in and co wrote the series about Northern California firefighters that worked in the forests near where he grew up. 

Blue Bloods in it's 13th Season never fails to deliver, especially on the family front. Erin is running for District Attorney. Jamie goes to Erin when a perp that he got off the streets is being released and he is a target. Erin starts to feel bad that her office keeps endangering people she cares about. 

Back soon for my Sunday night recap.

Fall TV is Finally Here, But is Anyone Watching Network Television?: Part 1

 Monday:

What Am I Watching? 

Guilty Pleasure-- 

Bachelor in Paradise premieres 10.3 on ABC @ 8pm, here's a who's who of the cast courtesy of The Today Show: https://www.today.com/popculture/tv/bachelor-in-paradise-cast-2022-rcna45758

Major Dramas---

9-1-1 premieres 9.19 on FOX @ 8pm, In the premiere the team tries to avoid a "Hindenburg level" catastrophe, it involves a blimp at an L.A. Stadium. 

All American and All American: Homecoming enter Season's 5 and 2 respectively as the dramas pick up six weeks after where they left off last Spring. They premiere 10.10 on The CW @ 8 and 9pm. Spencer throws a party that brings Simone home to L.A. 

Blast from the Past---

Quantum Leap premieres 9.19 on NBC @ 10pm almost 30 years after the original cult series last aired. 

Tuesday: 

What Am I Watching?

Soapy--

Monarch premiered already but moves to its permanent spot on 9.20 on FOX @ 9pm. Trace Adkins and Susan Sarandon star as country music's Royal Family. If this is anything like Nashville (old ABC series), I'm all in. 

Agent Drama-- 

FBI and FBI Most Wanted are both back on 9.20 on CBS @ 8 and 10pm respectively. I'm not really into FBI International. FBI is the most stable of the three series with the cast staying intact throughout it's 5 seasons. Special Agent Maggie Bell is back after taking time off to recover from being exposed to a near fatal gassing. She looks healed from the ordeal but she may be dealing with some mental and emotional scarring. How will it impact her relationship with her long time partner Zidan? FBI Most Wanted lost a couple of agents last year as Jess LaCroix was killed in the line of duty and Ivan Ortiz transferred. I am excited though for their replacements played by Dylan McDermott and Edwin Hodge. 

Wednesday:

What Am I Watching? 

Chicago Wednesdays-- 

Season 7 of Med picks up with a fire moving through Dr. Halstead's building. Will everyone escape? Maggie deals with the fall out of meeting Vanessa's birth father. Doctor's Marcel, Choi, and Archer will deal with the fire's survivors. 

Fire enters it's 10th season exactly where it left us last season with some baddies targeting Kelly and Kidd while they are at a cabin for their honeymoon. And with Casey leaving permanently last season, where does it leave Sylvie?

P.D. enters season 9 two weeks after the shooting that killed Anna. How Voight and Upton deal with the effects of that will be on display. We also know that Jesse Lee Soffer who plays Detective Jay Halstead and is Hailey Upton's hubby is now leaving the series. I am super curious as to who that will play out. He's been a part of the series since day one. 

Reba joins Big Sky, Oh My! 

Big Sky writes it's third chapter on ABC and this one is titled "Deadly Trails". It premieres 9.21 on ABC @ 10pm. Lots of new people becoming intertwined with Jenny and Cassie this season. Jensen Ackles is back as Sheriff Beau Arlen, Reba McEntire joins as Sunny Barnes, and Henry Ian Cusick (Lost), Luke Mitchell, Seth Gabel, and Rosanna Arquette are also checking in to Big Sky. The show creator promise lots of twists and turns and reminds us that anyone can die on the series.