It the beginning of September and the new show wars have started. We are bombarded by previews and trailers from all sides, so I have decided to do a little bombarding of my own.

Private Practice - ABC

Ever since Grey’s Anatomy went down the drain with the “sex sells, but forbidden sex between interns and residents sells better” attitude, I’ve been waiting for the spin-off which will continue on the original concept “medicine, relationships and great music sell” and possibly make it better. First Grey’s Anatomy spin-off, which follows Dr Addison Forbes Montgomery (ex-Sheppard) to LA as she starts her new carrier in the upscale Oceanside Wellness Clinic, just might be the show to do that. We’ll see.

Cast: Chris Lowell, KaDee Stritckland, Amy Brenneman, Tim Daly, Audra McDonald, Kate Walsh, Paul Adelstein, Taye Diggs
Start Date: September 26, 9 pm

Pushing Daisies - ABC

OK, the story sounds a bit iffy, but if nothing else it could be an hour long car crash. And I love’s me some of hour long car crashes! The story goes as follows: A guy has the ability to bring the dead back to life if the touches them. A guy uses his power to solve murder cases. A guy revives his childhood sweetheart as part of her murder investigation. A guy and girl fall back in love. A guy can’t touch his girl ever again or she’ll drop dead, and not in a gorgeous way! Interesting?

Cast: Swoosie Kurtz, Ellen Greene, Chi McBride, Anna Friel, Lee Pace, Kristin Chenoweth
Start Date: October 3, 8 pm

Big Shots - ABC

The series follows four CEOs who try to make sense of their personal and professional lives through male bonding. Well, …, the cast is good so I have great expectations. Just as long the testosterone doesn’t take over the show.

Cast: Michael Vartan, Dylan McDermott, Christopher Titus, Joshua Malina
Start Date: September 27, 10 pm

Reaper - CW

I’m really excited about this show. A Kevin Smith project about a slacker who becomes a bounty hunter for the devil after his parent sell his soul to the Devil. Common this must be a blast. Can’t wait for this one to start.

Cast: Bret Harrison, Tyler Labine, Ray Wise, Valarie Rae Miller, Missy Peregrym
Start Date: September 25, 9 pm

Back To You - Fox

I’ve always liked Kelsey Grammer. He reminds of those Shakespearian actors that bring stature to the screen. Although, this concept of once-popular newscasters reunited once again after he failed in a promotion to a bigger market, sounds a lot like real life Frasier spin-off, but I’m willing to give it a try. Once again the cast is promising and who didn’t like Frasier!

Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patricia Heaton, Fred Willard, Ty Burrell, Laura Marano, Josh Gad
Start Date: September 19, 8 pm

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Well slap me corrected and call me a monkey’s uncle, this show just might not be as bad as I originally thought. In fact, last night’s episode was actually quite good. Yes, I might have been wrong about this show after all. If the show continues on the path they’ve started, they just might have the best comedy in a while. Why were the first three episodes so bland? And why is this a problem of every new show? Why do the producers feel like they have to slowly bring us into the show? Just decide what you want the show to be about and run with it!

Once again Natascha McElhone does a wonderful job. I have no words for her performance; she just blows this show away! And Madeline Zima, can you believe that that’s little Gracie? I must admit she has become a beautiful woman and acting wise, I can dig her performance in the show so far. I still can’t believe that that’s little Gracie! For the Moody part of the show; now that Duchovny’s character got his shit together and stopped teaching us about the meaning of life, he’s becoming sorta likable. In the end I have to take my hat off to the writers of this episode; the jokes about Angelina’s vagina, but plugs and klit-lit is the kind of humor this show needs. This is the link they’ve been missing! If they continue to write this way they will have an awesome show!

NOTE TO SELF: Meditation of the week: “Emergency waxing session of Angelina’s vagina”

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To be honest I was really disappointed by the Showtime’s new series Californicatrion. Aside from crisp writing without all that omnipresent PC bullshit and Natascha McElhone’s and Madeline Zimas’s (Gracie from Nanny) great performances, the show is under par in all aspects. The show follows Hank Moody, established author recently separated from his girlfriend and daughter. His journey through midlife crisis takes him from sexual escapades and whiskey bottles to statutory rape and fistfights during book signings; and he does all that while raising teenage daughter and trying to get his ex-girlfriend to come back to him. O yes, when he catches a free moment of two, from all that fornicating and substance abuse, he writes a blog post or two. He’s just multitalented like that. David Duchovny’s character (Hank Moody) is actually a slight modification of Dr. Eugene Sands, a character he played in 1997 movie Playing God.

In the end the show portrays above average screw-up in his daily routine struggling to get his old life back, while teaching us about life in general. OK, I can’t say there’s noting good about this show. Nudity scenes, in my humble opinion, make every TV show better, but like everything in this show nudity here isn’t for attracting audience or showing breast just for naked breasts sake; here producers use nudity as a social commentary to portray women’s low self-esteem in today’s beauty obsessed society. No really, this series about drunken sex addict, through main character’s verbal diarrhea, comments on the society today and all the debauchery we are faced with in our daily lives. Now how dares he. That’s my job!

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No, I’m not talking about Kenny from South Park. He is a cartoon so he does not count.

I am talking about Jeffrey Dean Morgan. So far he has been killed in Weeds, Supernatural and Grey’s anatomy and then the writers have resurrected him in some way or another. Enough already!

I have not been following Weeds, but from what I gathered they have finished him off with a heart attack.

In Supernatural he traded his soul so that a demon would spare his sons. Ok the show is called Supernatural so it comes with a territory if your job is to kick some demon ass. Sometimes the demon wins.

But what bugs me the most is Grey’s anatomy. For any of you Grey’s anatomy fans the only thing I will say is Denny. It was my rallying cry for all of season 2 and the resurrection episode in season 3 (remember that episode of Seinfeld when Elaine got doped up on painkillers and went around shouting “Steeela”, yes well it looked like that but I kept saying “Deeeeny”).

There he is, this fabulous actor, his one-liners were to die for and did I mention he is exceptionally easy on the eye as well? They even gave him a new heart and then he just dropped dead. For no reason whatsoever. I bet you season 3 would be much more interesting if they have kept Denny around. Maybe then we would be spared of that whole Izzie-and-George-having-sex nausea.

So please, for the love of God give the man a full season. Preferably with no soul sucking demons or heart attacks or pulmonary edemas or whatnots. Honestly, enough is enough!

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Don’t get me wrong I have nothing against Gil Grissom, he does appeal to my nerdy side and there is the definite gross factor what with all the bugs and whatnot.

But if I was the betting kind my money is on Horatio. No, wait I am the betting kind. Why is it a sure bet?

Horatio has a gun and he is not afraid to use it. I have not seen Gil Grissom use anything sturdier then a flashlight, but then again he is CSI while I do not know what Horatio thinks he is. Uber-cool vigilante or superhero or something. Me thinks he does have a super power, probably laser eyes as he keeps those sunglasses on at all times. He did master that whole standing sideways thing. And I love his remarks just before the opening credits; I still have not decided if they are supposed to be uber-cool or perfectly lame. But then again, Horatio is dancing on thin line between the two the whole time.

What I find fascinating is that both Grissom and Horatio did little or no actual lab work over the last few seasons. At least in the beginning there was the pretence they were actually doing something. Isn’t it the whole purpose of CSI to investigate the crime scene and the evidence?

Be as it may, my money is on Horatio. As I said he has a gun.

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House has grown on me over the last few episodes. I have been quite fond of Hugh Laurie ever since his Black Adder/Jeeves and Wooster days. For all of you unfamiliar with the series he was always the resident moron. With House he has really found himself that sarcasm and wit is unbeatable, but then again that is what Brits are famous for. If they have only let him kept the British accent. But I digress.

This September brings a tinge of reality-show to House (I do hope writers know what they are doing). All 3 of his team members went in different directions and House hires 40 (yes 40!) new people to try and find 3 new replacements. I might be wrong, but knowing House this will give him an opportunity to take sadism to another level. In a way life is imitating art, as the cast and crew still do not know who is going to stay on permanently and who is going to leave the show. Only time will tell but me thinks this will either be ground breaking television at its best or the biggest flop ever.

House season 4 premieres on Fox Sept. 25^th.

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