Prime Suspect
Thurs. Sept 22, 10 p.m. EST (NBC)
“Jane is confident and focused – and also rude, abrupt and occasionally reckless. She has her vices, and rumors of a questionable past follow her everywhere – but at the end of the day, she’s an instinctively brilliant cop who can’t be distracted from the only important thing: the prime suspect.”
So, Maria Bello plays Jane Timoney, a badass Homicide Detective who looks good in menswear. Jane is transferred to a NYC Homicide Department presently composed entirely of douchebags who make a lot of lame sexist jokes to which she volleys clever retorts. In other words, she’s going to give you all a lesbian boner.
It’s based on a British series and is produced by the guy who did Friday Night Lights, a very popular critically-acclaimed program about football.
Verdict
Grimm
Fri. Oct 21, 9 p.m. EST (NBC)
This show is gonna be rad.
“”Grimm” is a new drama series inspired by the classic Grimm’s Fairy Tales. Portland homicide Detective Nick Burkhardt discovers he is descended from an elite line of criminal profilers known as “Grimms,” charged with keeping balance between humanity and the mythological creatures of the world.”
Verdict:
 
Pan Am
Sun. Sept 25, 10 p.m. EST (ABC)
“Passion, adventure and espionage… They do it all—and they do it at 30,000 feet. The style of the 1960s, the energy and excitement of the Jet Age and a drama full of sexy entanglements deliciously mesh in a thrilling and highly original new series, Pan Am, premiering SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, on the ABC Television Network.”
I’ve wanted one of those Pan Am bags for probably years now, and now that this show exists, I feel like I’m never going to be able to afford one. That bitterness aside, Pan Am stars Christina Ricci, the outfits are cute, and it’s directed by the director of The West Wing.
Verdict:
Ringer
Tues. Sept 13, 9 p.m. EST (CW)
“Sarah Michelle Gellar stars as a woman who, after witnessing a murder, goes on the run, hiding out by assuming the life of her wealthy identical twin sister – only to learn that her sister’s seemingly idyllic life is just as complicated and dangerous as the one she’s trying to leave behind.”
Once Buffy the Vampire Slayer gets to New York City, she and her estranged twin sister go on a boat trip from which her sister never returns. So Bridget takes on her sister’s identity but unfortunately her sister is even more fucked up than she is. I assume I will enjoy this based on my present enjoyment of The Lying Game.
Verdict:
New Girl
Tues. Sept 20, 9 p.m. EST (Fox)
THE NEW GIRL, starring Zooey Deschanel as JESS DAY, is a single-camera comedy about a dorky awkward manic pixie dream girl who walks in on her boyfriend at their apartment with another lady (this scene is identical to the same scene in 2 Broke Girls) , therefore breaks up with him, and is henceforth forced to move in to a new apartment with a bunch of duders.
THE NEW GIRL allegedly will provide a “fresh” and “outrageous” take on our favorite topic, “male/female relationships.” Everybody will love this show except me. Â The best part is that Damon Wayans JUNIOR is in it.
Verdict:
What are you gonna watch? This is what I would watch if I watched television for three hours a night which would never actually happen but anyhow:
