3 Fall TV Shows Relevant To Your Interests (Teil Drei!)

This should be better than Passions, at least.

PSYCH!

Nothing is better than Passions.

So, the final installment in 3 Fall TV Shows Relevant To Your Interests, isn't really a fall show, it's a summer series. But technically, so is True Blood, and I love that more than Crocodile Dundee lives Vegemite, so I'm giving this a shot.

It's called The Gates and it's about a normal family who moves to an exclusive gated community, only to find that their neighbors aren't at all who or what they seem to be...

GET MULDER AND SCULLY ON THE MOTHER EFFING CASE!

But, I digress.

The Breakdown:

It would seem that Nick Monahan (our story's hero and the town's chief of police), has stumbled upon a neighborhood filled to the brim with VAMPIRES (no word yet as to whether or not they are Daywalkers or members of the Glitterati). Not only that, but there is also a rival WEREWOLF family that has moved into the neighborhood.

So. The. Drama.

Why You Should Watch It:

If nothing else, this show looks like it will be loads of fun. It packs the dramadey aspect of Desperate Housewives in with the hot new Teen Vampire craze while also seeming to be aimed directly at adults, and it ads a dash of wacky fun a la Passions and Supernatural. I would say, if you need a break from (or are jonesing for more) True Blood, and want a more irreverent take on the undead, check it out.

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3 Fall Shows that Are Relevant To Your Interests (Part 2)

Part Deux Suckas!



I see you over there mourning the loss of LOST.

Quit crying.

It won't bring back your beloved Smoke Monster.

Allow me to bring you the new hotness.

It's called Terra Nova, it will be on FOX, and it's from everyone's favorite multibillion dollar director/producer Steven Spielberg.

Oh, is that not a good enough reason for you? Fine.

Other cooks in the kitchen include:

Brannon Braga, homeboy brought you Jack Bauer and Star Trek: Enterprise.
and David Fury, who facilitated LOST (see what I did there) and Buffy The Vampire Slayer.

Have you wiped those tears up yet? I thought so.

This project is still currently in development and is shrouded in magic and mystery tighter than a swaddled newborn Harry Potter Jesus Baby.

The Breakdown:

An ordinary family in dystopian Mad Max year 2149 conjure up an idea (and some fuzzy math!science) on how to rip a hole in the space-time continuum, HG Wells style, so they can experience a world before sandworms (maybe? I'm guessing) and pollution, they are going to try and right the wrongs of humanity in the process.

Go to the past to save the future...because that always works out:



Anyway. back to the wibbly wobbly timey wimey stuff. Their trip is a success and they are loving it harder than a Jason Mraz cover in a Sandals Jamaica commercial. But they have a secret that could change everything.

They also apparently forgot about the fact that dinosaurs existed, which causes much peril. Also, maybe [probably] aliens.

If you liked Jurassic Park and Land of The Lost...you will like this. The cast has not been announced, but one can only hope it will include Jeff Goldblum. I will definitely be tuning in. As hokey as the idea may sound, I take all of the executive producers on board very seriously, and Spielberg has never *really* let me down.



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3 Fall Shows that Are Relevant To Your Interests (Part 1)

Heroes is gone. LOST is gone. What's a girl to do this fall without her primetime sci-fi/action fix this fall? Watch reruns of VIP?

WRONG!

Do you like Action?

Do you like Adventure?

Time Travel?

Intrigue?

Attractive people being attractive?

Well guess what, y'all? Christmas has come early.

There will be approximately 7 brand new genre series airing on many major (and less major) networks this fall. Here's a sampling of the 3 I will definitely be tuning into. Will it be for love or lol's? Only time can tell.

1) Undercovers

This is the new offering from the JJ Abrams camp, the same folks that brought us ALIAS, LOST, the now deceased Heroes, and my personal cocaine Star Trek (2009).

Why am I amped about it?

For one, Alias was my jam. And for two, why wouldn't I want to look at Boris "Brown Sugar" Kodjoe getting his espionage on every week? The series also features Gugu Mbatha-Raw, from Doctor Who (series 3) fame, she played Martha's sister, Martha being the Companion with the best hair. If you haven't noticed yet, this means that Undercovers will be (to my knowledge) the first hour-long primetime drama to feature two lead characters of color, this is no small feat, and makes a show that was already sporting about 10 scout badges in "badassery" even more badass.

What's the buzz?

Since it's Abrams, this show is getting as much hype as any show possibly can, especially following in the footsteps of LOST and Heroes.

What's the story?

Two married ex-CIA operatives get called back into the game to find the Big Bad, in the process, they find that action and intrigue are really great aphrodisiacs. A lot of people have been complaining that the show sounds like a rehashing of the Angelina Jolie/Brad Pitt movie Mr. And Mrs. Smith. To me it sounds more like Remington Steele on the rocks with a twist.

Check the trailer here:

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