Fall TV Schedule - 2019

I'm watching the Emmy awards and realized I hadn't figured out my fall TV schedule yet.  I just finished going through my Entertainment Weekly Fall TV Preview issue, and I gotta say, this issue wasn't very helpful and has really deteriorated from fall TV issues in the past.  They're missing the TV grid for each night.  They didn't discuss all the new shows.  It was quite lacking.  I think I'm going let my subscription run out when that time comes.

Nevertheless...between the magazine and a listing from the Vulture website, here's what I came up with.  New shows are in bold italics.  Some are already in progress.

Sunday
8:00pm - Ray Donovan (starts 11/17), Showtime
8:30pm - God Friended Me (starts 9/29), CBS
8:30pm - Back to Life (10/6), Showtime
9:00pm - Shameless (11/3), Showtime
10:00pm - The Rookie (starts 9/29), ABC
10:00pm - Godfather of Harlem (9/29), Epix
10:00pm - Silicon Valley (10/27), HBO
10:30pm - Mrs. Fletcher (10/27), HBO

• Godfather of Harlem looks really good and stars Forest Whitaker.  I don't have the Epix channel, though, and I'll decide this week whether to add it to my cable lineup.  I'm reluctant to add anything because my bill is already high enough.
• Mrs. Fletcher stars Kathryn Hahn, who's always great.

Monday

9:00pm - Prodigal Son (9/23), FOX
9:00pm - The Deuce (started 9/9), HBO

• Not a whole lot going on on Mondays.  I'm giving the Prodigal Son a try because of Michael Sheen who I loved on Masters of Sex.

Tuesday

8:00pm - The Resident (9/24), FOX
9:00pm - This Is Us (9/24), NBC
9:00pm - Mixed-ish (9/24), ABC
9:30pm - Black-ish (9/24), ABC

10:00pm - New Amsterdam (9/24), NBC

• Mixed-ish is a spinoff from Black-ish about Rainbow's childhood.  It could be fun.  We'll see.  (I watch the other spin-off, Grown-ish, and it's decent enough.)  (Can you sense that I don't have a whole lot of enthusiasm?  Maybe this one will take me by surprise.)

Wednesday

8:00pm - The Goldbergs (9/25), ABC

8:30pm - Schooled (9/25), ABC

9:00pm - Modern Family (9/25), ABC
9:00pm - Almost Family (10/2), FOX

9:30pm - Single Parents (9/25), ABC

10:00pm - Stumptown (9/25), ABC

• Looks like it'll be another big ABC night in my household. 
• Stumptown is the show I'm most looking forward to this season.  It stars Cobie Smulders from How I Met Your Mother, and also stars Jake Johnson from The New Girl and Michael Ealy.  In the commercials, I also saw Camryn Manheim from The Practice.  Seems like a really good cast.
• I added Almost Family because it's based on an Australian show I watched on Netflix called, Sisters.  I enjoyed Sisters a lot...I'm curious to see how the American version turns out.  I don't have high hopes though.

Thursday

8:00pm - Grey's Anatomy (9/26), ABC
8:00pm - Young Sheldon (9/26), CBS

8:00pm - Superstore (9/26), NBC

8:30pm - Perfect Harmony (9/26), CBS
8:30pm - The Unicorn (9/26), CBS

9:00pm - The Good Place (9/26), NBC

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

9:30pm - Carol's Second Act (9/26), CBS
9:30pm - Sunnyside (9/26), NBC
10:00pm - Evil (9/26), CBS
10:00pm - Mr. Inbetween (started 9/12), FX

• The Unicorn and Evil are on Entertainment Weekly's "must watch" list.  The Unicorn is about a widowed dad getting back into the dating scene.  Evil is about, "Dr. Kristen Bouchard, a lapsed Catholic and financially struggling forensic psychologist who gets hired by a priest-in-training to help investigate alleged religious and supernatural phenomena."  I don't know, we'll see about that one.  Lapsed Catholics are up my alley, but supernatural phenomena, not so much.
• I only put Carol's Second Act on the list because I love Patricia Heaton.  If I hear a laugh track, I'll probably turn it right off.  CBS comedies and me don't often mix well.  I love Young Sheldon, and guess what?  No laugh track.
• I don't even know what Sunnyside is about, but it stars Kal Penn, so that's good enough for me.
• Oh, and I added Perfect Harmony strictly because of Bradley Whitford.
• I'm so glad Mr. Inbetween is back for another season.  It was my favorite new show last year.

Friday

10:00pm - Couples Therapy (started 9/6), Showtime
10:00pm - Murder in the Bayou (started 9/13), Showtime

• Couples Therapy is fascinating.  It's a view into real couples' therapy sessions with a marriage counselor.  You also see the marriage counselor's sessions with her therapist. It's really interesting.

Streaming

I just looked at the list of streaming shows I said I was going to watch next year and realize I only watched 1 out of 8 of them, so I don't even know if this is worth it.  But, here's what looks good:

• Unbelievable (started 9/13), Netflix
• The Politician (9/27), Netflix
• Raising Dion (10/4), Netflix
• Modern Love (10/18), Amazon 
• Living with Yourself (10/18), Netflix (Paul Rudd!!)
• The Morning Show (11/1), Apple TV+

I have another decision to make regarding Apple TV+.  Yet another subscription to pay for.  I probably will go for this one because I really want to see The Morning Show with Jennifer Aniston and Reese Witherspoon.  We'll see.

So that's it.  Nothing too exciting this year, to be honest.

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

Pumpkinheads by Rainbow Rowell

My rating: 4 of 5 stars

3.5 rounded to 4 stars.

The best words to describe this graphic novel are: "very cute."

I wouldn't even call it a graphic novel--more like a graphic short story. It's a quick read and the art is great. I didn't get a lot of "the feels" with the story like I usually do with Rainbow Rowell's work but this was still an enjoyable read. It would probably be even more enjoyable to read it while sipping hot apple cider in cooler weather.