Fall TV Season 2009 (pt. 1)

By popular demand (no, really), my take on Fall TV--in two sentences or less.

in order of appearance:

• Glee--I can easily see myself growing bored with part of this/all of this. But 'til then, the show is as much fun as you can have on TV.


• Supernatural--good to have the Winchester boys back in action for what very well could be (should be?) their last hurrah. The theology's horrid, but at least they take good and evil seriously (esp. evil).


• Bones--nice little series reset there thanks to Booth's tumor. Fun to have this pair back, but time to focus on the crime's more than the will they/won't they.


• Fringe--I thought Olivia's line from the premier summed it up well: "There really isn't a point where things just can't get weirder, is there?" Thankfully, no. Made some gutsy moves this season, hope they keep it up.


• Community--Good to see Chevy in action again. Not the best sitcom around, but this is good for some laughs.


• House--absolutely stunning premier, okay follow up. Am sure they will soon resort to House the cranky addict again, like they always do (alas), but 'til then, this show I'd stopped watching is better than it's been since House fired Chase.


• Big Bang Theory--oh I missed this show far more than I realized. Funniest show on TV as long as they don't focus too much on the Penny/Leonard storyline.


• Castle--season premier wasn't the strongest mystery, but who watches this thing for the whodunit? The interplay between Castle/Beckett was strong as ever. Michael Connelly r0x0red.


• NCIS--how awesome is Gibbs? Tony as interrogation subject is a sure-fire winner, now just kill the Ziva-centric storyline for a while and get back to the procedural bread-and-butter stuff.


• NCIS: Los Angeles--not quite what the original is, but it has promise. Linda Hunt's enough of a reason to stick with the thing through growing pains (see John Noble on the first half of Fringe last year)


• The Good Wife--not sure this isn't a mini-series, but so nice to see a new show populated by nothing but seasoned vets. Julianna Margulies, Christine Baranski, Josh Charles, Matt Czuchry, Chris Noth--hopw can you go wrong? Another entry in the "better than I expected" category.


• Modern Family--wow. Such a great pilot, a little afraid to try the next episode, can't live up to it--but how can I resist the pull? Seriously folks, find this on hulu or whatever if you missed it the first time. (not safe for the whole family) See Ken Levine's write-up on it from yesterday.


• Cougar Town--far better, far funnier than a show with this horrible title has any right to be. Ignore the title and give it a shot (even less safe for the whole family) So good to see Busy Philipps back in action


• The Mentalist--even Simon Baker's charm is wearing thin...'bout the only reason to watch this is to see if they return fire on all the jabs Psych's made lately at their expense. Premier was far too tedious to start off a season


• Family Guy--what can I say? If you like the show, you'll find enjoy it. Not that sure I enjoyed the premier, honestly (great title sequence, tho)


• Lie to Me--not sure I see the effect of a new show runner on the premier, but it's still a decent way to kill 42 minutes, and am more than willing to give the new blood a shot.

What I haven't seen yet:
The Simpsons, How I Met Your Mother, Numb3rs, Dollhouse, Dexter (all due to that hospitalization thing...should catch up with them this weekend or so)

What did ya'll think?