The
new fall season is almost here. Starting next week, the cable and
broadcast networks will begin rolling out their new shows to see if
they take off like castaways on an island or singing casino managers.
Here, then, are the top ten new shows we're most looking forward to
seeing.
Is there room on the airwaves for yet another Sherlock Holmes-style crimesolver? When they look like Simon Baker, we're thinking maybe.
Look, we're not gonna lie: we're a little surprised to see this show turn up so high in this list. But in our informal polling her at The Remote Island, The Mentalist kept showing up. Another CBS "mind of a killer" show? On CBS? Really? Well, maybe so. From the clips we've seen, Detective Patrick Jane looks to be a little trapped by his ability to read people like a book, as if the more he knows about his collleagues and their suspects, the more annoyed and disappointed he gets with the human race. And that's a creeping misanthropy that we can get behind, particularly when it's embodied by a guy like Baker, who's never more appealing than when he gets to play with a little self-loathing. (See: The Guardian, Land of the Dead, Smith.) Now, could it wind up being The Murderer Whisperer? Sure. And that's gonna keep us from watching how?
The Mentalist (Wednesdays at 9PM EST) premieres Wednesday, September 23 at 9PM EST on CBS.
TOP TEN NEW SHOWS 2008
#1. "Fringe"
#2. "True Blood"
#3. "90210"
#4. "Life On Mars"
#5. "The Mentalist"
#6. "Sons of Anarchy"
#7. "Do Not Disturb"
#8. "Eleventh Hour"
#9. "Kath & Kim"
#10. "Knight Rider"
