I watch a lot of television for someone who doesn’t watch television but only watches television series as standalone programs which totally doesn’t count as watching television because you’re skipping all the other nonsense that makes up the television experience.
Hopefully—and probably—more than half of the new shows will be off my list by October; heck, some will be scrapped right after their pilots have been aired. Why is it that television pilots are always so disappointing? Oh, well, I’ll have enough returning series to fall back on, though some are currently on probation (well, only Parenthood is; Peter Krause be damned). … H’m. This is one hell of an incoherent article opening.
Let’s just move on. To the list!
ABC
- Better With Younew
- Body of Proofnew/mid-season
- Brothers & Sisters
- Castle
- Cougar Town
- Desperate Housewives
- Grey’s Anatomy
- Happy Endingsnew/mid-season
- The Middle
- Modern Family
- Mr. Sunshinenew/mid-season
- No Ordinary Familynew
- Off the Mapnew/mid-season
CBS
- The Good Wife
- Mad Lovenew/mid-season
- Mike & Mollynew
- Two and a Half Men
The CW
- Gossip Girl
- Hellcatsnew
Fox
- Fringe
- Glee
- Lone Starnew
- Raising Hopenew
- Running Wildenew
- The Simpsons
NBC
- 30 Rock
- The Eventnew
- Friends With Benefitsnew/mid-season
- Harry’s Lawnew/mid-season
- Parenthood
- Parks and Recreationmid-season
And now, cable television.
Comedy Central
- South Park
HBO
- Curb Your Enthusiasm2011?
- HungSummer 20111
Lifetime
- Drop Dead DivaSummer 2011
Showtime
- The Big Cnew
- Californicationmid-season
- Dexter
- Nurse JackieSpring 2011
- United States of TaraSpring 2011
TNT
- The Closer
TV Land
- Hot in Clevelandmid-season
Footnotes
- What? It’s still before September, 2011. [↩]
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