Big Fat TV Nerd, Part 4

Fox has most of my current favourite shows, but it will be interesting to see what comes of this new season. First, last year's predictions. (d)=drama, (c)=comedy, (r)=reality

(C) Happy Hour - "Happy Hour... free buffalo wings... half priced drinks... and the time between the end of one relationship and the start of another". CANCELLED, but I'll take the free wings and half priced drinks.

(D) Justice - "An unflinching, behind the scene look at the way high profile cases are tried in the media age. Starring Victor Garber, Kerr Smith, Eamonn Walker. CANCELLED

(D) Standoff - Two of the top ranked negotiators in the FBI's Crisis Negotiation Unit are sleeping together and when it's revealed, it cause friction with the group. Gina Torres stars. NOT CANCELLED 'cause of my girl Gina aka Zoe aka good to see you on TV again Torres.

(C) 'Til Death - A comedy about new marriages vs. old marriages. Starring Brad Garrett and Joely Fisher. Two funny people and a good comedy for Fox. NOT CANCELLED

(D) Vanished - A woman disappears and the investigation into that disappearance brings up more than anyone ever thought. Rebecca Gayheart, Ming Na star. NOT CANCELLED out of sheer voyeurism and guilty pleasurism.

The Wedding Album - "Things are definitely more interesting when every day at the 'office' is the most important day of someone else's life." CANCELLED - doesn't seem to have much substance. I couldn't even tell if it were a comedy or a drama.

(C) The Winner - A 43 year old looks back to the tender age of 32 when he became a man. Now rich, he leads us through the steps he took to get there, with the help of his true love's 13 year old son. Stars Rob Corddry (of Daily Show fame - And some Arrested Development), Julie Hagerty (Airplane!) and Lenny Clarke (funny!) NOT CANCELLED

I was wrong about Standoff and Vanished. I loved Standoff and wish it could have continued. I hated Vanished from the first episode. Of course, I suppose my girl crush on Gina Torres helped with Standoff, but I liked the show for its other elements. I'm pretty excited about a few shows coming to Fox this season. I was also VERY wrong about The Winner. So sad. It had its very funny moments.

(D) K-Ville - Stupid name, but interesting concept of cops trying to take New Orleans back after Katrina. It stars Anthony Anderson who has his funny moments but is really good as a serious actor, as he's shown us on The Shield. NOT CANCELLED

(D) New Amsterdam - Actually, as of last minute information, this show will become a midseason show. That does not bode well at all. Maybe they are trying to keep it from competing with CBS' Moonlight. Maybe they want to see how well Moonlight will do. Maybe they feel they are too close and want to change some elements... If there is something wrong, that will be too bad because I thought this drama, of a guy who gives his life saving a Native American woman from his own people killing them and gets the "gift/curse" of eternal life until he finds his one true love from the saved girl, would actually be good... although I hear he gets killed when he is near his true love and then comes back to life when he is far from her at the morgue and must find out who she is so that he can be with her.... hmm, maybe that's why it's a midseason show... but still, NOT CANCELLED

(C) Back To You - Kelsey Grammar and Patricia Heaton are news anchors at the same station... Kelsey Grammar's character made it to the big times and then a cursing spell gets him pulled from the show and the only place that will hire him is the place where he started. I hope it's good. We need new comedies. NOT CANCELLED

(R) Kitchen Nightmares - Gordon Ramsey is the chef from Hell... and he brings his own style of dealing with people to a kitchen near you. Modeled after the BBC show Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares, Gordon Ramsey goes to different restaurants to help their kitchens become better. Since I loved Hell's Kitchen this year, this deserves a look. It's done well on BBC America, so NOT CANCELLED.

(R) American Band - American Idol for bands. I hear one of my husband's friends made it on the show, so worth watching to see how far he and his band got. Here's also hoping they have the horrible bands episode that's as funny as the horrible singers episodes on American Idol. NOT CANCELLED

(D) Nashville - Country music's version of The O.C. NOT CANCELLED because almost everybody and their mama loved The O.C.

(C) Unhitched - 4 friends look for love. Rashida Jones is in this, which means that she's left The Office and although it's sad to see her go (she was funny to me), I'm one of those saps who were hoping Pam and Jim got together. However, this show just seems unfunny. CANCELLED

(C) The Return of Jezebel James - The reviews of this show is not good. From what I saw, it was pretty unfunny and slightly sad, even though I really like Parker Posey. CANCELLED, unless they do some massive rewrites.

(D) The Sarah Connor Chronicles - Another version of the Terminator. Summer Glau (our girl from Firefly/Serenity) is a badass again... and what can be better to watch than Summer Glau badassing it up? NOT CANCELLED

(D) Canterbury's Law - Julianna Marguiles out sharks Shark. From the creators of Rescue Me, which in and of itself is a phenomenal show. This seems like an edgy lawyer show, what I though CBS' Shark would be and have been disappointed by. NOT CANCELLED, although the buzz about it has not been as good as it looks to me.