SF Signal: A Sneak Peek at the Fall 2005 TV Season

A Sneak Peek at the Fall 2005 TV Season

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, aside from needing a less cumbersome name (sorry, the Seattlt P-I nickname sounds more like a 70's cop show than a newspaper name), has a sneak peek at the upcoming science fiction & horror shows premiering on TV this fall. Their critic also considers the reasons for this burst of "genre programming". (Yes, JP, Lost is considered. )

Those don't sound very good at all -- guess I won't be missing much without my satellite, at least not SF-wise.

Since I know next to nothing about these shows, here are my judging-a-book-by-its-cover impressions:

Surface: Babe factor looks high, I hope this will carry the show for the season -- or at least a couple of episodes. Seeing how water is involved, maybe we'll get to see some skin -- but not likely given its 7PM timeslot.

Supernatural: Ex-transgenic and the not-so-bright boyfriend of the Gilmore Girls chick? Most likely another formulaic show from the WB and since it is WB, I bet the dad killed the mom and send the boys out look for nothing so he can shack up with the babysitter from next door. Or is that FOX?

Invasion: Scary things in a swamp? Listen, the only scary thing in FL after a hurricane is your insurance adjuster!

The Night Stalker: i thought the futon critic said 60 minutes was canceled. What could be more weird than a bunch of geezers doing the news? I'm sure they're all pretty heroic, but it will get scary when they realize the memo was done by a word processor instead of the an old typewriter...

Ghost Whisperer: Huh? Didnt FOX just canceled a showed like this last season called Tru Calling which was truly awful except for the Truly Smokin' Eliza Dushku? Here, instead of the Exceptionally Hot Eliza, we have the not-even-lukewarn Jennifer Love Hewitt! Can you see the thinking there? Horse Whisperer-Horse-JLH... * whisper: c a n c e l e d *

Threshold: What happens when they finds out what happened on the ship? Or will Gilligan come out and screws thing up so they have to start over again?

Posted by Peter on Monday August 08, 2005 at 8:27 AM