Comments on: Disappointment vs. um… appointment

By: Michael Rebain

Michael Rebain — Tue, 30 Oct 2007 14:47:43 +0000

I pretty much avoided just about any word concerning the new shows so I had next to zero expectations for all of them. Pushing Daisies is the obvious winner in terms of best new show, and I would probably put Chuck just above the borderline towards awsome. I find Big Bang Theory funny in spite of Kaley Cuoco, but my biggest surprise is Cavemen which I find laugh out loud funny. In terms of returning shows I would probably agree with the placements here of 30 Rock, Heroes and the Office. Oh, and I find the lead on Moonlight hot, so there.

By: Tom the Dog

Tom the Dog — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 07:33:32 +0000

I love this idea. A lot of placements are dead on with my assessments, especially Bionic Woman (what a bitter, bitter disappointment).

Right now, I’d put Heroes in the lower half of the chart; the opening of this season has been painfully bad. I’d put Back To You way in the lower right corner — I was expecting bad, and it’s so far worse. And, suprisingly, I’d put Big Bang Theory up in the upper left quadrant with Samantha Who? — two shows I thought would be awful, but I’m enjoying a great deal.

By: procrastinator

procrastinator — Sun, 28 Oct 2007 03:10:01 +0000

Love the chart! I would rate Chuck way higher, I think it’s better than Reaper. And Cane would def be below the line for me. And really high expectations for Viva Lauglin?

By: Aleks

Aleks — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 20:26:35 +0000

I would give Samantha Who? a small bump leftwards and upwards only because I completely expected it to be terrible when its actually kind of good. I felt the opposite for Chuck: I thought it would be good, but it’s actually pretty terrible.

By: sarah

sarah — Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:20:27 +0000

I’d bump The Office up a little higher, although yesterday’s episode wasn’t quite as sharp. Elsewise, everything looks good.

By: Liz

Liz — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 21:06:43 +0000

I’d trade Reaper and Chuck, personally. Man, looking at that graph just shows how few pleasant surprises there were this season! Sure, there were some shows that we expected to be good, and were, in fact, good, but many more disappointments than shows with low expectations turning out well.

By: maggie's dad

maggie's dad — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 17:44:08 +0000

I might switch Reaper and Dirty Sexy Money, but otherwise, ‘Right on, Son!’