Fall 2005 TV Shows

Here are the shows (that interest me) that are having season/series premieres that are coming up in the next month or so. Sunday and Thursday are looking a little better than last season in terms of conflicts, and West Wing moving to Sunday should ease my woes with losing the last minute of Lost every week. Lots of conflicts on here and obviously I am not going to be able to watch even half of this stuff, but I usually only go an episode or two on most of these.

Date	Time	Show	Network	Conflicts With...
Thu, Aug. 18	9pm	Scrubs	NBC	Reunion, Apprentice
Sun, Aug. 28	9pm	Rome	HBO
Mon, Aug. 29	8pm	Prison Break	FOX	7th Heaven, Surface
Thu, Sep. 8	9pm	Reunion	FOX	Scrubs, Apprentice
Sun, Sep. 11	8pm	The Simpsons	FOX	West Wing
Thu, Sep. 15	8pm	Survivor: Guatemala	CBS
Fri, Sep. 16	9pm	Threshold	CBS
Mon, Sep. 19	8pm	7th Heaven	WB	Prison Break, Surface
Mon, Sep. 19	8pm	Surface	NBC	Prison Break, 7th Heaven
Wed, Sep. 21	9pm	Lost	ABC
Wed, Sep. 21	10pm	Law & Order	NBC	Invasion
Wed, Sep. 21	10pm	Invasion	ABC	Law & Order
Thu, Sep. 22	9pm	The Apprentice	NBC	Scrubs, Reunion
Sun, Sep. 25	10pm	Curb Your Enthusiasm	HBO
Sun, Sep. 25	8pm	The West Wing	NBC	Simpsons
Tue, Sep. 27	9pm	Commander In Chief	ABC	Amazing Race
Tue, Sep. 27	9pm	The Amazing Race 8	CBS	Commander In Chief
Tue, Sep. 27	10pm	Boston Legal	ABC

Conflict resolution predictions (for what I will watch, not ratings or series success or anything!):

• Prison Break will win Monday nights. I love 7th Heaven but I get it in syndication anyway and catching up on those episodes is not hard. Missing a Fox show is harder to make up. Surface looks intriguing but I think it may just get lost in the shuffle. I always think scifi series look good but in practice I tend to dislike them, I cannot accept the relatively crummy production values.
• Apprentice will beat Reunion. Reunion sounds like a cool idea but it could also easily blow. Scrubs will continue to be the only show that I record to VHS!
• I will TiVo either West Wing or Simpsons, and watch the other live. Probably West Wing live so I can see it in HDTV. Sunday night is one of the few nights I think I can definitely commit to a live show of something.
• Law & Order will beat Invasion. I will try to watch Invasion once at least. See notes on Surface.
• First showing of Commander In Chief will be crucial. I'm very excited about this show, I like Geena Davis and I love Donald Sutherland so if the show comes together it might win out. I had a tremendously fun time with Amazing Race last year though, so Commander In Chief has some very high standards to meet.

Two other notes, on FX Shows - I really need to either catch a Shield marathon or wait for the latest season DVDs. I missed the last season and I am not happy about that! And at some point I need to check out Rescue Me.