MONDAY MUST SEES
Heroes, 8pm CST NBC: Watching season one DVD a few weeks back reminded me why I love this show. Sure the finale was a bit of a let down but I’m still jazzed to see what happens to Hiro in ancient Japan and who all lived or died. The addition of Sark from Alias and Miss Veronica Mars herself are the latest testaments to how much the producers care about keeping its geek audience. With this season ending early this spring to be replaced by Heroes: Origins, the new stand alone spin off show, this could be the year of Heroes even more so then last. Premieres September 24th.
MONDAY SHOWS WORTH CHECKING OUT
How I Met Your Mother, 7pm CST CBS: Here we have a classic example of a word of mouth show that desperately needs more mouths. After debuting to poor ratings its initial year this ensemble sitcom picked up a ton critical raves in its second season mostly thanks to the cast including Jason Segel (he of many Judd Apatow productions), Alyson Hannigan of Buffy fame, and of course Doogie himself, Neil Patrick Harris. Yet as the show gets ready for season 3 this tale of young adulthood is still struggling to find an audience. It seems like a slam dunk with the geek cred cast and the complex (for a sitcom) storyline of the main character’s journey towards finding his baby’s mama. Sounds like a show tailor made for me, but I’m one of the many who’s avoided it. Now after catching a couple of repeats and reading a lot of good reviews I’m committing myself to giving the show a serious go. Hope I can get past the laugh track. Premieres September 24th.
Chuck, 7pm CST NBC: The first of two new shows for OC creator Josh Schwartz falls on NBC’s night of sci-fi. Chuck sounds like a lighter toned Alias where the hero is a computer nerd who all of a sudden finds himself in the middle of the espionage game when his brain downloads a bunch of spy stuff. I loved The OC but this will be interesting to see how Schwartz does with a show that sounds completely different. I wouldn’t write him off though, after all we tend to forget the JJ Abrams who brought us Alias and Lost started out by creating sweet little Felicity. Premiers September 24th.
Journeyman, 9pm CST NBC: I’m not so confident in this time traveling, butterfly effect themed show but the premise of a happily married man discovering the ability to go back and save his first love who died before they made it to the alter is certainly one that strums my geek strings. The early buzz is strong but after Chuck and Heroes even I might be geeked out. Then again we should all enjoy this drama renaissance in TV for every moment we can. Premiers September 24th.
MONDAY GUILTY PLEASEURES
The Hills, 9pm CST MTV: Its already been back for a month but I’ve said it once and I’ll say it a million times more The Hills is the best guilty pleasure on TV today. The duo show effect of Lauren and Heidi’s split has kept the show fresh and the return of Beachers Lo and Jason bring the funny and the drama. Premiered August 13th.
The Salt N Pepa Show, VH1: What if you threw a reunion reality show and no one came? The early word on this attempt to reunite the original ladies of rap it that the three of them (don’t forget Spinderella) were in negotiations for months before the show came to fruition. One has kept busy doing The Surreal Life, the other DJ-ing celebrity roasts, and the other found Jesus. Should make for high drama and hopefully some nice retro moments. Premiers October 15th.
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