Shows have been coming and going (some things sure get cancelled quickly!), but the season has mostly settled in for the fall. For what it is worth, here are the shows I consider worth watching (Sunday through Friday..since Saturday is usually a movie or sports or…). The + indicates shows I really don’t want to miss.

Sunday
8 PM Simpsons (+)
8 PM The Amazing Race (+)
9 PM Desperate Housewives (+)
9:30 PM The War At Home

Monday
8 PM How I Met Your Mother
8 PM Prison Break (+)
9 PM Heroes
10 PM Studio 60 (+)

Tuesday
8 PM Friday Night Lights
9 PM House
10 PM Boston Legal (+)

Wednesday
8 PM 30 Rock
8 PM Jericho
8 PM Bones
9 PM Lost (+)

Thursday
8 PM Survivor (+)
8:30 PM The Office (+)
9 PM Grey’s Anatomy
10 PM Shark

Friday
10 PM Numbers

A few new shows have trickled in this year. Shark, Heroes (gotta love all the Star Trek references), Studio 60, Friday Night Lights, 30 Rock, and Jericho. The lattermost show is definitely the closest to making it off my list. 30 Rock is still rather new and has some potential as a sitcom, but I’m not yet sold on it. Friday Night Lights is a quality production but the time slot isn’t great for it. Heroes is just plain bizarre sometimes to the point where I’m not sure if I follow it all. Some episodes have bored me until the final five minutes…but it keeps me hanging on. Shark is a brutally formulaic lawyer dramedy (so far every script has been identical), but James Woods makes it amusing. Studio 60 is definitely my favorite, but it has been sinking in the ratings. I hope they give it a full season to develop…or at least film a full season and get it out on DVD.

There were (and some are still on) some shows that were rather high quality in nature, but the scripts just couldn’t keep me interested (Six Degrees and The Nine both come to mind). Others such as Kidnapped and Captured (or some such name) were all cloned from some early version of 24. One episode = 1 hour of real time = 1 day of plot line…with someone getting kidnapped. Ugh. Some of the new sitcoms were destined for cancellation from the day the were put on, and one that I found rather funny (but predicted early death) was canned after one episode aired (4pm…martini hour). And of course there were new game shows. How many buffoons will watch one buffoon try to beat the minds of a 100 while looking at 50 mostly naked women standing in front of a briefcase? I’m so boggled that people continue to watch these. Luckily they are getting ready to start Name That Tune next year with Donny Osmond as the host. Hey Donny, I can name that tune in three notes. Twang, twing, tweet. Is it “I Leashed My Nig Bitchin Ho’s” by Master DD? Yes! You win $5 after taxes. Yippee. [Story of interest]

If you want to know why I do/don’t watch something, just leave a comment and I’ll probably drop a reply.

There are still a few shows that haven’t even made it out yet, so stay tuned…