It’s always a great, refreshing and most appreciated thing to hear people speak the truth and say things as they mean it, and not always try to please everyone and be nice to everyone. Which is why I really liked to read the answers Bones star David Boreanaz gave to EW to some 17 pop-culture questions.
Here’s my favorite ones :
The most overrated show on TV is… Heroes. We were doin’ that in ‘97 with Buffy. I love all the people on Heroes, I know all the actors, but I think it’s overrated. I personally don’t get it. Should I go down my list of overrated shows that are coming out? Knight Rider, please, don’t give it a chance. Who cares about a car that can talk? I did — in the ’80s.
Well said, and I totally agree. (For the record, Knight Rider will opposite Bones on Wednesdays at 10.00 starting September 24th, but that doesn’t really change a thing.)
Another one? Okay, and one more I do agree with, about the show being moved to Wednesday : “They should’ve just kept us with House. That was a great combination. Now, we’re the lead-in to ‘Til Death. God, what a mess. But they have to spread us out because they have to develop new shows, I get it.“
Last night for the most part and as far as I’m concerned, it’s not complicated there was only one show on the air : Bones. And how did things go for Fox series in a brand new timeslot? Well, here’s an indication : Fox was the most-watched network of the night, both in viewers and on the demo.
In other words, things are good. Overall the season premiere averaged 9.7 million viewers, and was the most-watched program of the night on the demo. Last season finale was watched by 10.2 million viewers and had a 3.3 on the demo, and the second hour of this season premiere had 10.2 million viewers and a 3.5 on the demo, so the show is still as strong as ever.
(S04E01-E02) Over the summer I didn’t really think about Bones, because it wasn’t as fun as it should have been, and as the show (usually) is. When thinking about it, it was feelings of sadness and anger that rushed into my brains. And it was all about the same thing, and that disastrous crap they pulled during last season’s finale.
Sadness over the way they treated Zack and assassinated a character surely unlike the rest of us, but oh so intriguing and loved, and of course anger at the writers and creator/showrunner Hart Hanson for coming up with this idea, not pressured by the network or anything, but because, well, I don’t really know why anyone would do that actually, I still don’t.
But because I’m a TVoholic and because this is Bones, I still obviously tuned in for this new two-hour season premiere. Well, sort of a two-hour season premiere…
* At 8.00 it’s the big return of Bones on Fox, in a special two-hour season premiere. And as much as they made me hate the show last season, turning the odd, lovely, mysterious and intriguing character of Zack into nothing but another stupid silly killer, I can’t say I won’t be back, because I know I can’t wait to get my Bones back!
* Also on tonight, at 10.00, is FX new series Sons Of Anarchy.
* And of course one might not forget a new episode of the great Lewis Black’s Root Of All Evil, at 10.30 on Comedy Central. This week it’s Disney vs. Scientology: Which is more sinister? The goofy religion? Or the religion of Goofy?
Still going through the fall schedule day by day, we’re now up to Wednesday. Wednesdays are always pretty busy, and this isn’t going to chance. But, between Monday’s CBS comedy night and Thursday’s NBC comedy line up, now there’s another day that wants to make us laugh : Wednesday. At least that’s what CBS hopes, but if they fail I’m sure we’ll have plenty of great laughs from our favorite pie maker, and/or our favorite forensic anthropologist and her FBI agent.
First, a look at what’s to come…
* At 8.00 on Fox this is the new home for Bones, back tonight in a special two-hour season premiere; on NBC we have the return of the talking car in the new Knight Rider, back September 24th; and as promised on CBS it’s a new comedy night, starting with New Adventures Of Old Christine, premiering September 24th; finally it’s the return of the pie maker and all his friends with the sophomore season of Pushing Daisies on ABC, starting October 1st
* At 8.30 it’s CBS new comedy, and probable miss, Gary Unmarried, premiering September 24th of course
* At 9.00 on Fox will no be found Til Death, starting September 10th; CBS hit-drama Criminal Minds will be back, starting September 24th; and on ABC Private Practice will be back, starting October 1st
* At 9.30 the comedy continues (or does it?) with new series Do Not Disturb, making its debut on September 10th
* At 10.00 we have new series Sons Of Anarchy, debuting tonight on FX; on CBS it’s the good old cops of CSI: New-York that we’ll find there, starting September 24th; on NBC after the boys and their talking cars, it’s time for the girls and whatever it is that’s good in Lipstick Jungle (if anything), back September 24th; and finally on ABC the new season of Dirty Sexy Money, premiering October 1st
Every network is trying to get some buzz about their shows and people talk about what’s on their fall schedule, and here’s the latest one from Fox, and I gotta say I like it! I don’t know, I guess I now really like what’s coming out of this network I once hated more than any other…
Anyhow, latest in their “It’s so…” campaign, they had the cast of all their hit shows do some pretty cool photo shoot, So Fresh, and after the pictures here’s a nice little video of the shooting :
…Fox! I don’t like all the shows we see here - by the way is it me or does that new series with Jerry O’Connell, Do Not Disturb, look awfully bad ? - but Fox does have a lot of shows I do watch and am excited about, and unlike others they sure know how to promote them! Finally a good promo.
At this point we have the fall schedule and premiere dates for all the main networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW) so now the only thing that remains is for you to search for the information concerning the shows you love/are interested in.
To make things easier for everyone, I took back the complete new fall schedule compiled before premiere dates were known and updated it. You will find here the complete 2008 fall schedule day by day, with all shows on their slot with their premiere dates included. That way you can see how [insert day here] will be, try to see what you’ll watch and what you’ll have set on your DVR, and when things will be back.
And because sometimes you want to know things the other way around, know what will be on at a given time, I’ve also included the list of all premieres dates ordered by date. With all that, hopefully you should have all the information you need to get ready for next fall.
ABC just released their fall premiere dates, and if on some networks new episodes kick in as soon as early September, on ABC you’ll have to wait a bit longer to get your latest fix. Boston Legal is the first script series to come back, and that won’t happen until September 22 !!
Yep, that late. Could be worse though, imagine you were a fan of, say, Pushing Daisies or Dirty Sexy Money, then September won’t be easy on you, because they’re not returning to the air before October ! Though they do kick on on the first day of the month, if that’s any comfort… If you’re waiting for Samantha Who? or Eli Stone on the other hand, you don’t even get such comfort, as they will return respectively on October 6, and October 14 !
ABC new series are Opportunity Knocks, premiering on September 23; and Life On Mars, coming in much later, on October 9.
Interested in a full listing, followed by a complete listing of all shows premiere dates (ABC, CBS, Fox and NBC) ? It’s all after the jump !
By fred | September 4, 2008 
It’s always a great, refreshing and most appreciated thing to hear people speak the truth and say things as they mean it, and not always try to please everyone and be nice to everyone. Which is why I really liked to read the answers Bones star David Boreanaz gave to EW to some 17 pop-culture questions.
Last night for the most part and as far as I’m concerned, it’s not complicated there was only one show on the air : Bones. And how did things go for Fox series in a brand new timeslot? Well, here’s an indication : Fox was the most-watched network of the night, both in viewers and on the demo.
(S04E01-E02) Over the summer I didn’t really think about Bones, because it wasn’t as fun as it should have been, and as the show (usually) is. When thinking about it, it was feelings of sadness and anger that rushed into my brains. And it was all about the same thing, and that disastrous crap they pulled during last season’s finale.
At this point we have the fall schedule and premiere dates for all the main networks (ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC and The CW) so now the only thing that remains is for you to search for the information concerning the shows you love/are interested in.