Just in the nick of time - Fall TV

New shows start this week and I'm finally getting around to figuring out what I'll be watching.  Here we go.  I'm doing something different to save time.  No grid...just a listing by time.  New shows are in bold italics.

Sunday

8:30pm - God Friended Me (starts 9/30), CBS
9:00pm - Shameless (started 9/9), Showtime
9:00pm - Ray Donovan (starts 10/28), Showtime
9:00pm - The Deuce (started 9/9), HBO
9:30pm - Rel (starts 9/23), FOX
10:00pm - Kidding (started 9/9), Showtime
10:00pm - Escape at Donnemora (starts 11/18), Showtime
10:00pm - Camping (starts 10/14), HBO
10:30pm - Insecure (started 8/12), HBO
?? - Dirty John (?), Bravo

• Dirty John is based on a podcast I just finished about a woman who realizes she doesn't really know the man she married.  It will be on Bravo in the late fall, but no specific date was given.  
• Camping will star Jennifer Garner and Ione Skye (where has she been?)
• I'm skeptical about God Friended Me.  The title is dumb and it seems like a knock off from last year's Kevin Probably Saves the World, which I loved...but it got canceled.  BUT...it stars the guy who was in The Mayor last year.  I liked him in that show, but it, too, got canceled.  We'll see how this one goes.
• I'm also skeptical about Rel, but it stars Lil Rel Howrey, the TSA guy from Get Out, and I really like him.  Again, we'll see.

Monday

8:00pm - The Resident (9/24), FOX
8:00pm - The Neighborhood (10/1), CBS
8:30pm - Happy Together (10/1), CBS
9:00pm - The Little Drummer Girl (11/19), AMC
10:00pm - The Good Doctor (9/24), ABC

• I'm not all that enamored with the two medical shows on Monday night, but I'm intrigued enough to see where they go after last season.  I might be dropping them soon though.
• I'm also not all that enthused about The Neighborhood and Happy Together, but I like the cast and will give them a try.  The Neighborhood has Cedric the Entertainer and Max Greenfield.  Happy Together has Damon Wayans, Jr.  
• The way this is looking, it could wind up that I'm not watching anything on Mondays until November 19.  The Little Drummer Girl is based on a John Le Carre book, and is done by the team that did The Night Manager.  I didn't watch The Night Manager, but I heard really good things about it.

Tuesday

8:30pm - The Kids Are Alright (10/16), ABC

9:00pm - Black-ish (10/16), ABC

9:00pm - This Is Us (9/25), NBC

9:30pm - Splitting Up Together (10/16), ABC

10:00pm - The Rookie (10/16), ABC

10:00pm - New Amsterdam (9/25), NBC

11:00pm - Mr. Inbetween (9/25), FX

• The Kids Are Alright stars Mary McCormack.  I loved her on In Plain Sight several years ago.  This show takes place in the 70s.
• I added The Rookie to the list because Entertainment Weekly recommended it.
• Mr. Inbetween is another EW recommendation.  There are only six 30-minute episodes--it's about an assassin and his family life.

Wednesday

8:00pm - The Goldbergs (9/26), ABC

8:30pm - American Housewife (9/26), ABC

9:00pm - Modern Family (9/26), ABC

9:00pm - All American (10/10), The CW

9:30pm - Single Parents (9/26), ABC

10:00pm - A Million Little Things (9/26), ABC

• Looks like it'll be a big ABC night in my household.  I tried American Housewife before and couldn't really get into it, but am going to try again based on a friend's recommendation.  It's nestled between all these other shows I watch, so I may as well.
• A Million Little Things looks like The Big Chill.  I'm watching because of James Roday from Psych.
• All American was another EW recommendation.  Taye Diggs is in it.  About a football player from "the hood" is recruited to play football in an upper echelon high school.

Thursday

8:00pm - Grey's Anatomy (9/27), ABC

8:00pm - Superstore (10/4), NBC

8:30pm - Young Sheldon (9/24*), CBS

8:30pm - The Good Place (9/27*), NBC

9:00pm - Will & Grace (10/4), NBC

9:30pm - I Feel Bad (10/4), NBC

• The Good Place is the show I'm most looking forward to this season.  I love that show!  It's premiering this Thursday from 8pm-9pm, but will usually air on Thursdays at 8:30pm.
• Young Sheldon usually airs on Thursdays at 8:30, but will be premiering on Monday the 24th
• The commercials for I Feel Bad look really funny.  This is the new show that I'm most looking forward to.

Friday

8:30pm - Speechless (10/5), ABC

8:30pm - The Cool Kids (9/28), FOX

• I really hate that they moved Speechless to Fridays.  I really like this show.
• The Cool Kids was recommended by EW.  Vicki Lawrence!

Streaming

• Homecoming (11/2), Amazon - Secret govt program thing with Julia Roberts.  Looks interesting.
• The Romanoffs (10/12), Amazon
• Maniac (9/21), Netflix - Jonah Hill and Emma Stone.  EW recommends.
• The Good Cop (9/21), Netflix - This looks really good with Josh Groban and Tony Danza. EW recommends.
• Wanderlust (10/19), Netflix - Toni Collette!
• Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj (10/28), Netflix
• House of Cards (11/2), Netflix - gotta see how this thing ends.
• The Kominsky Method (11/16), Netflix - Michael Douglas and Alan Arkin.  Love Alan Arkin!