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!

Back by Popular Demand - My Fall TV Schedule

Yes!  You heard that right.  Back by popular demand!  What that translates to is, my mom asked me when I'm going to do my list.  So, here it is.  What I'm watching this fall.

I'm more excited about this season than I have been the last couple of years.  I'm adding 13 new shows, but two of them don't count because they've been on before:  Will and Grace and Curb Your Enthusiasm.  Looking forward to the return of both of those.  

Last season I added 10 new shows, and five of them lasted.  Insecure aired this summer and was great and Atlanta is coming back at some point.  For the fall, the others include This is Us, Speechless, and Better Things (love!).

The show I was most looking forward to (and just finished watching) is This Is Us.  It's such a good show.  

The show I'm most dubious about is Ghosted.  I'm watching because I love Adam Scott, but I read a really bad review of the show.  I'll give it a couple of rounds and then decide.  

Other new shows include Ten Days in the Valley, which I'll watch because, Kyra Sedgwick.  I'll be watching 9JKL to 1) figure out what the title means, and 2) Mark Feuerstein.  White Famous looks funny.  Law & Order - Menendez Murders is on my list because of Edie Falco.  I just saw a few minutes of it and see that Joel from Parenthood is in it too, so, BONUS!  Kevin (Probably) Saves the World has Jason Ritter--I really like him too.  The actors and actresses are really what is drawing me in this year.  Star power!

I'm disappointed that black•ish is no longer on Wednesdays and that they moved American Housewife to Wednesdays.  That was one of my new shows last season, and though I like the lead actress, I didn't care for the show.  BUT, it looks like black•ish will be a good lead-in for The Mayor which is about a rapper who runs for office to promote his album but then actually wins. It's gotten good reviews, so here's hoping it works out.  

The biggest surprise on my list is Young Sheldon.  I watched the first couple episodes of The Big Bang Theory when it first started, and it just wasn't my thing.  Something about Young Sheldon intrigues me though--a lot of it is 80s/90s nostalgia, and aslo, I like the little kid who was in Big Little Lies.

So, that's the scoop.  If there's anything else I should be watching, please let me know!