Fall '08 Predictions - Mondays

Ok, with the wasteland that is Summer TV, here are my predictions for the Fall '08 season. This time around I'll do a day by day comment rather than by network. Also we'll get to see if the Borelympics will fuck up a show because of preemption or grid changes.

8:00pm
ABC - Dancing With the Stars
CBS - (8:00pm)The Big Bang Theory
(8:30pm)How I Met Your Mother
NBC - Chuck
FOX - Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles
CW - Gossip Girl

Deadpool - I don't actually have show in this time slot in the dead pool. They are all pretty strong in their demographic. Sure, I'm not watching gossip Girl or dancing with the D-list, but hey, the gays and women need something to watch on monday nights. If I had to pick a show, it would be HIMYM.
I'll watch live - The Big Bang Theory. Probably the funniest show on TV so far. Hopefully they don't do anything to screw with it for it's sophomore season. I'll watch HIMYM only because it follows BBT and maybe because of Barney. Otherwise it's a low rent Friends that live in another magical part of New York where white 20 nothings never really have to interact with any ethnicity (read: black folk) unless it's a relative.
I'll time shift - Chuck, The Sarah Connor Chronicles. This way I can zip thru the commercials.
I won't bother with - Dancing With the Stars, Gossip Girl


9:00pm
ABC - (9:30pm) Samantha Who?
CBS - (9:00pm)Two and a Half Men
(9:30pm)The Worst Week
NBC - Heroes
FOX - Prison Break
CW - One Tree Hill

Deadpool - I think the Worst week will die an early death. I watched the original brit series a few years ago and it was just...ok. With the exception of the Office and American Idol, most brit ripoffs just suck. Remember how horrible the US version of Coupling was? It was just painful to watch. Not to mention, the 9:30 slot is the "slot of death". Most shows that were in this slot got canceled fast or were just too damn horrible to watch. My other choice, a very unpopular one at that, is Heroes. Seriously, unless they really pick up the writing (because last season just sucked...yes I said it, sucked) this will be the last season. Fanboys be damned. But the show I just hope dies is that stupid Prison Break. Talk about a show that outlived it's premise. It really should have been a mini series or a STV movie.
I'll watch live - Heroes, hoping it will be good but I still have my doubts.
I'll time shift - 2.5 men and just to see if it sucks or not, the worst week.
I won't bother with - One Tree Hill, Prison Break


10:00pm
ABC - Boston Legal
CBS - CSI: Miami
NBC - My Own Worst Enemy

Deadpool - well, I'll hedge my bet with My Own Worst Enemy. Seriously, has chrissy slater been sobber enough to have done anything decent lately? Maybe a cameo on My Name is Earl and a couple shitty movies no one watched.
I'll watch live - My Own Worst Enemy for starters just to see if it will be surfaced.
I'll time shift - CSI: Miami
I won't bother with - Boston Legal. I neither like nor hate this show, I'm indifferent about it.