I’ve reached the
end of yet another Fall TV preview. It was, by far, the least successful in the
blog’s history. I am on my way, friends and well-wishers. NBC has Jimmy
Fallon’s Tonight Show, which is about all that’s positive for the network.
THE BLACKLIST
returns Monday, September 22 at 10PM
Season 2 either
begins in Berlin or introduces a new villain named Berlin. Perhaps the new
villain named Berlin comes from Berlin and disrupts a planned vacation for the
main characters to Berlin. There’s a new antagonist to introduce. NBC wants
fans to wonder “Is Red Liz’s father?” Fans speculated about that exact
possibility months ago, in the weeks after the premiere. Yes, Red is Liz’s
father.
CHICAGO FIRE
returns Tuesday, September 23 at 10PM
Death to the
main characters! Across the networks shows will kill off a main character.
Ratings suck for every network except for CBS. The Simpsons taught folks that
struggling shows or networks will add a flashy new character or kill off an
existing character for the sake of more eyeballs. A major character will die
this season on Chicago Fire.
LAW & ORDER:
SPECIAL VICTIMS UNIT returns Wednesday, September 24 at 9PM
Warren Leight,
executive producer, said Olivia Benson would make choices that’d affect her
life. I assume that means Mariska Hargitay will leave the show mid-season.
Another character will work the traffic beat in Queens. There’s nothing of note
about Ice T’s character. The remaining Dick Wolf shows may cross over this
season and beyond.
CHICAGO PD
returns Wednesday, September 24 at 10PM
There’s a murder
mystery to solve in the season premiere, which is like saying there’s dough in
chocolate chip cookies. Crime procedural solves murder mysteries every week;
however, every crime procedural reserves its personal murder mysteries for
premieres and finales. The Chicago police department will solve the mystery of
how one of their own died—and get their answer by season premiere’s end. I
inserted the dash for the purpose of drama. It’s a hook.
PARENTHOOD
returns Thursday, September 25 at 10PM
NBC revealed a
‘major’ spoiler for Parenthood during Monday’s Emmy Awards. It’s the other
major storyline besides ‘a character will die’, though that seems in the cards
for Parenthood this season, too.
ABOUT A BOY
returns Tuesday, October 14 at 9:30PM
GRIMM returns
Friday, October 24 at 9PM
Nick lost his
powers in the finale after falling for the classic ‘female nemesis uses magic
to look identical to your girlfriend and sleeps with you’ trick. Trubel will
kick ass for him while he waits for his abilities to return or while Rosalee
concocts an antidote for what happened to him. Greenwalt teased that a piece of
mythology introduced in season one and rarely seen since will return. Renard
was left dying in the finale. Wu may piece together what’s been happening to
him and around him. That will rock. Grimm’s consistently solid.
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