Upfronts 2011: The CW

Green TV: Watch.
Yellow TV: Try pilot and see.
Red TV: Nooope.

Ringer -- SMG, always.

Hart of Dixie -- Scott Porter is charming and Southern!! That's enough for me.

H8R -- Will probably watch YouTube clips after the fact.

The Secret Circle -- I don't do CW fantasy.

Remodeled

The Frame

Upfronts 2011: CBS

Green TV: Watch.
Yellow TV: Try pilot and see.
Red TV: Nooope.

I'll preface this by saying I'm not a big fan of CBS shows at all. I hear The Good Wife is good, though. But as of now I don't watch anything on this network.

Person of Interest -- J.J.'s new joint. Stylish and intriguing.

Unforgettable -- Cop drama with a twist, a la anything on the USA network. Looks like it'll be very character-driven, which I do like. If the cast is good and the writing carries them through believable arcs (rather than a bland open and shut COTW) then I'm in.

A Gifted Man -- They had me at "supernatural love story." An American Randall and Hopkirk-y premise. I'm totally into this sort of show (and because I love the genre, I could list the problems this show is inevitably going to run into...), but how are they going to draw this one out for a season, let alone a full series?

2 Broke Girls -- Above average writing and acting can transcend an overdone, tired premise and/or title (See: Cougar Town). From the looks of the trailer, this unfortunately doesn't look like it will be the case for Kat Dennings' new venture.

How to Be a Gentleman -- David Hornsby (It's Always Sunny's Rickety Cricket), Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Rhys Darby are reasons to watch. Script, from the preview, is questionable.

Upfronts 2011: FOX

Green TV: Watch.
Yellow TV: Try pilot and see.
Red TV: Nooope.

I like FOX. They gave us some good stuff in the past. And then they canceled it.

Terra Nova -- Hmm. I had so many FEELINGS watching this trailer. First: I gotta respect FOX for giving us the quality genre shows no one else will (Dollhouse, Fringe... oh. Maybe that's it.). Second: filling the gap LOST left. Will it live up? Green lighting a show like this is clearly a risk because Nielsen has showed dozens of times over that your average American likes his cop/lawyer/doctor shows but is undecided on colonizing new planets in the Future. If you're the least bit science fiction-y and not created by J.J. or Joss, you're on cable. And this one's got dinosaurs.

Alcatraz -- J.J. again. If Giacchino scores, I am so in. (Ah. Even if he doesn't!)

The Finder -- I don't watch or like Bones but I'm willing to try any crime shows TV offers up next season. Turning over a new leaf. Trying things I know I won't like just to prove I don't like them. Maybe I'll be surprised.

Allen Gregory -- I don't regularly watch any of the FOX animated lineup, but they're good every now and then.

The X Factor

Napoleon Dynamite

I Hate My Teenage Daughter -- Unfunny trailer with Neon Trees in the background. The last American show with a laugh track that I liked was probably Friends.

New Girl -- Sorry, Zooey! You're such a dear, bringing your quirky alternative self to network TV, but I'm 99% sure I'll find it just really really annoying.

Upfronts 2011: ABC

Green TV: Watch.

Yellow TV: Try pilot and see.

Red TV: Nooope.

Making Fall TV more accessible for you since May 2011. AKA right now.

In which ABC takes on thirteen new shows and all I do is watch one minute clips from each of them and be judge-y, because to my knowledge there are no official trailers yet:

Subergatory -- What won me over was the trailer. If it's written well and given time, everything else can fall into place and overcome a dumb premise.

Apartment 23 -- Yes, yes, yes. Krysten Ritter and James van der Beek? Sharp dialogue delivery and New York setting? Meta Dawson jokes in the preview clip sealed the deal.

Pan Am -- Is it more than an ABC-ized piggyback on Mad Men success?

Charlie's Angels -- Hands up: who thought, "What we really need right now is a Charlie's Angeles revamp." Anyone at all?

Once Upon A Time -- Among the rest of the new shows, this fantastical show sticks out in a strange way. When's the last time ABC had a legit fantasy genre show? So weird.

Man Up -- Just seems to me like a potential dark horse. If it's funny, it's funny, and the clip was promising.

The River -- V and FlashForward were flops, but maybe this won't be? Maybe the comparison isn't justified. I hope it's not.

Scandal -- It's funny: from the first two lines of dialogue, I found myself thinking, "Wow, this sounds so Shonda Rhimes" without any prior knowledge. And it is.

Last Man Standing

Revenge

Work It -- No. This isn't groundbreaking social commentary about gender roles (let me know ASAP if it turns out to be, but judging by that trailer...); it's probably dumb drag jokes. Probably. If I wanted to see men dress up as women in a quality comedy program, you know where I'd be.

Clips MIA: Missing, Good Christian Belles