What's coming this fall

Since I'm a big fan of several TV shows ( I know it rots the brain, but at this point what have I to lose? ) I look forward to the new fall season. I have a lot of fun watching the shows' pilots and writing reviews. Last year I even tried to pick the one's I thought would stick around. I didn't do too bad. I'm going to try and do the same thing this year. With the new season coming up here's what the big three networks have in store for us - as far as new shows are concerned. I don't watch a lot on Fox so I'll probably catch up on that one later. Of course, I'm not going to make any predictions until I get a chance to watch the first episode, but some do have promise as far as I'm concerned.

CBS

• Big Bang Theory - 9/24 - Looks like this one will feature two geeks and their endless pursuit of women. I can relate to that.
• Cane - 9/25 - Features Jimmy Smits as the heir to a sugarcane empire. I don't know. Maybe. Jimmy Smits is cool and all, but this one doesn't leap out and grab me.
• Kid Nation - 9/19 - Yet another "reality" series where kids run the world. Isn't that the way it is anyway?
• Moonlight - 9/28 - So a guy who is a vampire and about a century old solves crimes on a weekly basis. Hmmm . . . that's something new, I might check that one out.
• Viva Laughlin - 10/21 - Some guy opens a casino in Laughlin Nevada in pursuit of the American Dream. I don't know - not extraordinarily compelling.

NBC

• Chuck - 9/24 - An average, everyday computer geek is a government agent by night. This just might have a chance if it doesn't rely on too many stereotypes.
• Life - 9/26 - This one, I'm looking forward to. Damian Lewis plays a cop that was sent to prison for life, learns Zen, and is then released due to his innocence and becomes a cop again with a different view on life. This guy was great in the miniseries, Band of Brothers. I have high expectations.
• Journeyman - 9/24 - So a guy travels through time and changes people's lives while the whole time attempting to explain to his wife ( and others I assume ) why he didn't come home last night. Been there, done that - just kidding. This one has little appeal to me.
• Bionic Woman - 9/26 - While I'm sure the cool new special effects will really do well resurrecting a show I used to watch as a kid, I have to ask, "Can't we make new stuff instead of trying to breathe new life into what was a lame series in the past?"

ABC

• Samantha Who - 10/15 - A woman gets hit by a car, ends up in a coma and wakes up 8 days later with no memory of her past and has to start over again. I like the idea. I'll probably tune in.
• Cavemen - 10/2 - Please tell me this isn't true. A television series based on a TV commercial? What's next? A series in which the main character provides comic relief by uttering, "AFLAC!!" every 5 minutes?
• Carpoolers - 10/2 - Four guys carpool together everyday and talk about their lives, dreams, families, etc . . . I can't help but wonder if this show's foundation is much like Seinfeld - a show about nothing. Could end up being pretty funny if it's done well.
• Pushing Daisies - 10/3 - A guy who not only makes great pie can bring dead people to life for a short period of time and helps a private investigator solve crimes. Oooooooooooo K.
• Private Practice - 9/26 - Grey's Anatomy. Different people. I didn't watch Grey's Anatomy. No more to say.
• Dirty Sexy Money - 9/26 - Yet another lawyer show about a lawyer who caters to wealthy people. We have enough lawyers in real life.
• Big Shots - 9/27 - A bunch of CEOs hang out at the country club and whine about their tough lives and count their gold. Art imitating life? No thanks, I can read the news and see this kind of crap.
• Women's Murder Club - 10/12 - A woman assembles a team of expert women to climb to the top of the crime solving club. Whatever. Not my cup of tea.
• Cashmere Mafia - 11/07 - Executive women struggle through their day to day lives trying to tough it out in the corporate world. Can't relate unless I see boobs. But this isn't cable so change the channel.
• Eli Stone - Mid Season - A cut-throat lawyer decides to seek his spirituality by answering to a higher calling. The only way this could be believable is if he abandons all his worldly possessions. I can't see a lawyer doing that so I'm skeptical.
• Miss Guided - Mid Season - Her high school past comes back to haunt her when she becomes the guidance counselor. Simple. Could be something there.

Quite a few of them look like they could be of decent substance - hopefully. Since I have all kinds of stuff going on Monday through Thursday I'll do my best to watch and write my reviews. Do you have any thoughts on the upcoming season? Put them in the comments. I'd love to read them. Read my tv reviews.