Top Five "Fall TV Shows"

Top Five Friday

Topic: New This Fall Season (2012-2013)

Out of the dozen Pilot shows the main networks (CBS, NBC, FOX, ABC, & The CW) have chosen to preview this Fall to get a large audience rating, thereby extending their contract to complete its first season and get signed on for future seasons. Here is a list of new shows I will be watching and hope they last beyond a few shows this Fall.

- Elementary (CBS, Thursdays @ 10pm)



Synopsis: A modern take on the cases of Sherlock Holmes, with the detective now living in New York City.
Created By: Rob Doherty
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller (Sherlock) & Lucy Liu (Joan Watson)

When it comes to the different Sherlock Holmes portrayals my all time favorite is Jeremy Brett. I know some old school followers of Arthur Conan Doyle's peculiar, yet famed, detective like Basil Rathbone. For the 21st Century there are currently two such depictions of Sherlock Holmes. The first is Robert Downey Jr. having starred in two blockbuster movies with Jude Law by his side as his most trusted companion. The other is the BBC's version of a modern day Sherlock portrayed by Benedict Cumberbatch which my mother and I have mixed feelings about.

What I love about this series is the fact that Watson will be played by a woman. And not just ANY woman but Lucy Liu whom I absolutely adore. To round out this already amazing sounding show, it will take place in NYC. What can be better than that? I try to always support shows that film in NYC because that brings much needed revenue to this city that never sleeps. It is elementary my dear Watson...

- 666 Park Avenue (ABC, Sundays @ 10pm)



Synopsis: If you could make one wish, what would it be? And what would you do to get it? At 666 Park Avenue, all of your dreams and burning desires can come true: wealth, sex, love, power, even revenge. But just be careful what you wish for, because the price you pay... could be your soul. Welcome to The Drake, the premiere apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Owned by the mysterious Gavin Doran (Terry O'Quinn - Lost) and his sexy wife Olivia (Vanessa Williams - Desperate Housewives), The Drake is home to dozens of residents who are unaware they're living in the dark embrace of supernatural forces. They think their dreams are all coming true, only to find they've been lured into making, what feels like, a deal with the Devil.
Created By: David Wilcox
Starring: Terry O'Quinn & Vanessa Williams

No matter what, every cast member from the hit cult series Lost will appear on a television show, either starring or otherwise. So many of them have gotten some great gigs. Hawaii 5-0 and Person of Interest to name just a couple. This show is no exception with two powerhouse actors at the helm. I'm sure this show will try to make the young couple the stars of the show but when you have Terry and Vanessa on the show it's a cinch to determine who will be stealing the show! This is definitely a power couple of evil tendencies I will love to watch every Sunday night. What a way to start the work week! ::wink wink::

- Arrow (The CW, Wednesdays @ 8pm)



Synopsis: After a violent shipwreck, billionaire playboy Oliver Queen was missing and presumed dead for five years before being discovered alive on a remote island in the Pacific. When he returns home to Starling City, his devoted mother Moira, much-beloved sister Thea, and best friend Tommy welcome him home, but they sense Oliver has been changed by his ordeal on the island. While Oliver hides the truth about the man he's become, he desperately wants to make amends for the actions he took as the boy he was. Most particularly, he seeks reconciliation with his former girlfriend, Laurel Lance. As Oliver reconnects with those closest to him, he secretly creates the persona of Arrow - a vigilante – to right the wrongs of his family, fight the ills of society, and restore Starling City to its former glory. By day, Oliver plays the role of a wealthy, carefree and careless philanderer he used to be - flanked by his devoted chauffeur/bodyguard, John Diggle - while carefully concealing the secret identity he turns to under cover of darkness. However, Laurel's father, Detective Quentin Lance, is determined to arrest the vigilante operating in his city. Meanwhile, Oliver's own mother, Moira, knows much more about the deadly shipwreck than she has let on – and is more ruthless than he could ever imagine.
Created By: Greg Berlanti & Marc Guggenheim
Starring: Stephen Amell (Green Arrow)

I'm not really a fan of superhero's. I don't know why but I never latched on to the fascination from youth. I never watched the cartoon shows and although I did see every Christopher Reeves as Superman movie, every Batman portrayal from Michael Keaton to Christian Bale, and all the Spiderman movies, none of them did I truly love. Except maybe the first few Batman movies with Michael Keaton. If I had to choose a fantastical fairytale of heroics I could possibly get behind it's the story of Robin Hood.

I have doubts this show will find a place for itself amongst the other great shows (I'm not listing) coming out this Fall, but I don't watch anything on The CW anymore and I want to give it another try. Maybe they aren't as amateurish as I've found them to be in the past.

- Nashville (ABC, Wednesdays @ 10pm)



Synopsis: A fading Nashville superstar is forced to team up with a teen sensation or face the loss of her tour and promotion of her latest records.
Created By: Callie Khouri
Starring: Hayden Panettiere

I loved Hayden in Heroes and if they didn't bring in that damned circus I believe that show could easily have lasted 3-4 more seasons! But due to the writers strike that caused them to have to use different writers the show went all to hell in a hand basket and thus left the GORGEOUS Hayden Panettiere without a show of her own. All that has finally changed! Can she sing is my question? Honestly, I could care less. It takes place in Nashville, home of my all time favorite genre of music! Who could ask for anything more? Besides the fact that Reba also has an all new show coming out this year also (which I may be watching starting in November) I think this year will be filled to the brim with good quality country shows! Oh and can I say THANK GOD GCB was cancelled?

- Last Resort (ABC, Thursdays @ 8pm)



Synopsis: 500 feet beneath the ocean's surface, the U.S. ballistic missile submarine Colorado receives their orders. Over a radio channel, designed only to be used if their homeland has been wiped out, they're told to fire nuclear weapons at Pakistan. Captain Marcus Chaplin (Andre Braugher) demands confirmation of the orders only to be unceremoniously relieved of duty by the White House. XO Sam Kendal (Scott Speedman) finds himself suddenly in charge of the submarine and facing the same difficult decision. When he also refuses to fire without confirmation of the orders, the Colorado is targeted, fired upon, and hit. The submarine and its crew find themselves crippled on the ocean floor, declared rogue enemies of their own country. Now, with nowhere left to turn, Chaplin and Kendal take the sub on the run and bring the men and women of the Colorado to an exotic island. Here they will find refuge, romance, and a chance at a new life, even as they try to clear their names and get home.
Created By: Shawn Ryan & Karl Gajdusek
Starring: Scott Speedman

If I'm being totally honest (and I always try to be) when I chose this show as my 5th choice it was luck of the draw. I wanted to pick a show not based on who's in it or what it's about. But after I read the synopsis I'm totally psyched for this show! It sounds like it "could" be a hit if they do it right! It doesn't hurt that Scott Speedman is in it either since I loved him in Felicity. He was always pretty good in that VERY creepy movie The Strangers.

Happy tv watching!