Fall TV is back! Too bad the fall weather isn’t quite yet…
We’ve got a new batch of new shows, so here’s my latest edition of skip, watch or try.
Universal Basic Guys
8:30 p.m. Sundays on Fox
As part of Fox’s animation domination, this show fits right in.
I just can’t decide if it knows it’s ridiculous or just terrible.
Three minutes in, I was disgusted. It’s all irrelevant dumb “humor” that’s full of misogyny and anti-PC language. And the accents are terrible.
Skip it
High Potential
10 p.m. Tuesdays on ABC
This series has a great cast and a good concept, focusing on a smart woman who is a tad flippant as she navigates being a police crime consultant.
It is still a procedural but with some spunk.
My biggest complaint is the music is cliche and overpowering.
Try it
Matlock
9 p.m. Thursdays on CBS (starting Oct. 10)
Kathy Bates is so good. That’s what you need to know.
While this legal drama doesn’t seem much like the original (it’s a gender swap even), the pilot took its shots at the name and generational divide of those who know the original show and today’s young adults.
The twist in the pilot, involving a crime mystery, got me very interested.
Watch it
Rescue hi surf
9 p.m. Mondays on Fox
This hacky drama is “Baywatch” meets “Grey’s Anatomy” or “Fire Country” with surfers.
It’s nothing special, and it’s hard to imagine it’ll get interesting.
Skip it
Brilliant Minds
10 p.m. Mondays on NBC
If you miss “The Good Doctor,” this could be the replacement for you.
The medical drama focuses on what is alluded to as a cool, rebellious doctor (he has a motorcycle) played by Zachary Quinto. While he is the show’s focus, he falls a bit flat.
Greg Berlanti and Andy Serkis are among the 21 producers, but the show wasn’t marketed well. Quinto’s character has face blindness, and it’s a tough concept to grasp quickly.
They are trying for something different than just a medical show, but it still comes off a little too hokey.
Skip it
Murder in a small town
9 p.m. Tuesdays on Fox
A guy moves back home, becomes the police chief, and starts dating a librarian. Oh, and there are crimes to be solved.
That’s about it for this Canadian crossover crime procedural.
The show felt like it could’ve been a movie, especially with the longer-than-a-hour pilot, and it wasn’t interesting enough to press on.
Skip it
Doctor Odyssey
9 p.m. Thursdays on ABC
Joshua Jackson has aged quite well. But his newly appointed cruise ship doctor character is a bit flawed. Not quite antihero, but flawed.
Don Johnson and Phillipa Soo are also part of the cast, along with some other famous faces, and COVID is part of the pilot’s plot.
I give them credit; they worked on four patients in the pilot, which seems pretty fast-paced. It’s fun and frothy, but it might have been better to air in the summer.
Try it
I may be adding some of these shows to my weekly list, along with “The Golden Bachelorette.” What can I say, it’s so cute!
