It’s the Upfronts!: 2007-2008 Wrap-Up Polls
Posted by Maggie
May 18th, 2007 at 10:40am
In All Things TV Polls
The delightful week of pure television speculation is over, and now we’re left with four months to mourn Veronica Mars and psych ourselves up unrealistically for Viva Laughlin.
But I want to know what you think. If each network only gets one awesome show, which are you betting — based on nothing except what you’ve read, and that hot picture of Starbuck — will be a winner?
But those were just the ones that I personally found most intriguing. There were others that might pop off the screen better than they present on the page, especially for people who might not have my particular musical theater/Amy Sherman-Palladino/unrequited love/Katee Sackhoff baises.
And then there were the shows that were just similar enough to create a trend.
I don’t know about you, but I’m cautiously optimistic. There isn’t a single show about cutting up dead people and poking at their bones!
I left a comment on one of your upfronts posts before, but I think it ran away. Somehow. Anyway, what I was going to say is that Patricia Heaton/Kelsey Grammer show is terrifying. Two Hollywood republicans on one show is two too many.
Also, fun fact: when I was reading the question to the final survey, I was all “Oy, is there a ‘none of the above’ option?” And lo and behold, there was! You know me so well!
While I am moderately intrigued by the premise of New Amsterdam (and may be the only person who’d recognize the guy playing the lead as Paul Bettany’s hunky German training partner in Wimbledon), it’s reminding me uncomfortably of Blind Justice, that Fox show where Ron Eldard played a BLIND COP WHO SOLVED CRIMES BY SNIFFING. Or touching people’s faces, or something. That is, something that sounds ridiculous and will be immediately canceled because everyone thought it sounded ridiculous except Peter Liguori, who was high.
Oh man, I miss Blind Justice. First question everyone asked after they saw a promo: Is this for real? As in, not a Conan bit or sometihng?
Second question: Is it a good idea to give the blind cop a gun?
Thank God for the “None of the above” option. I am tired of hearing about high-powered men/women in their 30s/40s who meet for lunch sometimes. Let’s see a series about some low-powered trans-genders in their 20s/70s who have brunch together.