Due to the recent cancellation of Veronica Mars, this edition of the Fall TV Preview will be extra snarky (I know its not CBS's fault, but they happen to be the closest target right now)...
Awesome! Today CBS announced some early pick-ups, days before the official Fall schedule announcement. As everybody knows, CBS is the one bastion for unique, intelligent genre/serial programming---always willing to support a formula-breaking show for months on end until it finds an audience. Shows like Smith and Threshold simply couldn't exist on any other network.
Here's a peak at the latest batch of future-hits from The Eye:
Laughlin:
A musical mystery, based on the BBC's Viva Blackpool, Laughlin follows a small-time casino owner (Lloyd Owen) who tries to turn small town Laughlin into the next big tourist destination. Murder and melodies ensue. Hugh Jackman is an executive producer and guest-stars in the pilot. The musical nature of the series doesn't worry me as much as the crime element...will CBS support a program with MURDER as a key ingredient?
Moonlight:
Now here's an original premise---Alex O'Loughlin stars as a private investigator who also happens to be a vampire seeking redemption! This seems like something that hack Joss Whedon should have thought up eight years ago. Surely, this forever knight will see weeks and weeks of quality entertainment on the Tiffany network.
My guess is four.
Other dramas include Swingtown, about a bunch of partner-swapping couples in the 1970s and Cane about duelling families in the rum/sugarcane business.
Honestly, I would really like to watch something on CBS (I'm not a procedural guy), so I'm hoping they're willing to take some chances this Fall.
Like rescue Veronica Mars from the CW? :(
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