The new fall season is almost here. Starting next week, the cable and broadcast networks will begin rolling out their new shows to see if they take off like castaways on an island or singing casino managers. Here, then, are the top ten new shows we're most looking forward to seeing.
You tell us, kids. Are we supposed to not be pins-and-needles about a show that's half-X-Files, half-every-J.J. Abrams-show ever? Are we supposed to be turned off by early reports that the pilot's a little underwhelming, or the empty rows at its Comic-Con panel, or the fact that it's co-created by the team responsible for Transformers? 'Cause we are, actually, a little – and yet, despite all that, we're still more hopeful about getting wrapped up in this show (which in a nutshell tells the tale of a weird, worldwide conspiracy that causes the FBI to ally themselves with mad scientists) than in any of the other new shows this fall. Don't get us wrong: J.J. Abrams is due for another failure right about now; our money's just on it being his big-budget Star Trek reboot that flops. (There, we said it.)
And, like we said a while back, Joshua Jackson could be the next TV-era Clooney if he plays his cards right -- and there's no way we'd miss that. It's Pacey Witter, for God's sake!
Fringe (Tuesdays at 8PM EST) premieres Tuesday, September 9 at 8PM EST on FOX
TOP TEN NEW SHOWS 2008
#1. "Fringe"
#2. "True Blood"
#3. "90210"
#4. "Life On Mars"
#5. "The Mentalist"
#6. "Sons of Anarchy"
#7. "Do Not Disturb"
#8. "Eleventh Hour"
#9. "Kath & Kim"
#10. "Knight Rider"