NEW FALL TELEVISION SHOWS 2015—PART II

I’m proud to say that I covered the new TV season so thoroughly in Part I (which you can read here, if you missed it: itsnotaboutme.tv/news/television-new-fall-television-shows-2015-part-i,) there were only four shows left to review!

Despite the enticing promo poster for Wicked City, (making Ed Westwick look attractive for the first time ever–and I was a Gossip Girl fan!,) once I realized that the series was about a murderous couple, I just could not bring myself to watch it.  Even for you guys.

So, here are the rest:

 

FUN ENOUGH

Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (FOX)–For the first fifteen minutes or so of the pilot, I was hating it. And I’m a major CW watcher! This is what I wrote in real time that night: “She sings very well, and I love the blue-and-pink logo. But I had no idea this is a musical! OMG. I had been thinking that she’s not good-looking enough to carry a show, and she’s actually a bit masculine, but then she sang, and I understood her casting.”  Since then I’ve discovered that the lead wasn’t cast–it’s her show!  She writes and produces it, and she brought the idea to the powers-that-be for herself; the show didn’t go through the usual channels of it being written and then looking for the star.  The show all a little strange, in so many areas, but I can’t look away. The girl, Rachel Bloom, is very talented (obviously,) but why does she pop her boobs out constantly? And at first I thought she was brave to show off her chubby body all the time, including letting her Spanx show, but now I think she may think she’s hot, which is erroneous thinking on her part.

 

OKAY

Supergirl (CBS)–This rendition of the girl superhero is cute, but has tons of holes!  It’s hard for me to watch shows like that, when I’ve known the real fake story my entire life.  I did enjoy the clever castings of Dean Cain (a TV Superman) and Helen Slater (the titular Supergirl in the 1984 movie) as her adoptive parents.  They didn’t say a word in the pilot, but I appreciated it.  As entertaining as it all was, the storyline with the bad guys and her sister’s work was pretty confusing, and not worth my brain power.  So I’m not going back for more.  The show didn’t hold my interest enough for me to use any more of my precious time on it.

 

NOT GOOD

Dr. Ken (ABC)–I always think that Ken Jeong is a riot.  And I’m uber-impressed that he’s a real doctor, too!  So, I thought that someone was a genius to create a doctor sitcom for him.  The trailers had me chomping at the bit to see the show and laugh my butt off.  To say it fell flat and was beyond disappointing would be an understatement.  I barely got through the pilot on this one, and could not force myself to sit through another half hour of it.  Sorry, Hangover fans.

 

AWFUL

Truth Be Told  (NBC)–I gave this awful sitcom only one chance, and I had to force myself to do that, after the first dreadfully boring minute.  Every single actor on there is trying WAY TOO HARD! (Yeah, like that.)  And the writing can’t compensate for that, even if it was good, which it is not.  This was a no-brainer to not go back for more.  I have a feeling it will be gone-zo almost by the time this review is published.