Genre: Drama
Cast: Jeff Daniels, Emily Mortimer, John Gallagher Jr., Alison Pill, Olivia Munn, Adina Porter, Chris Chalk, Margaret Judson, Thomas Matthews, Trieu Tran, Dev Patel, John F. Carpenter, Wynn Everett, and Charlie Weirauch
Channel: HBO
Premiere Date: June 24,
2012
Plot
Summary: The series is about respected news anchor Will McAvoy who is
very comfortable on his nightly cable news show. However, his world is shaken
up when he is forced to work with a new team of colleagues.
Why
It Made the List: The Newsroom is the new show from Aaron Sorkin who
gave us the TV series Sports
Night (my personal favorite of his), The West Wing and Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,
as well as the screenplays for A
Few Good Men, Charlie
Wilson’s War, The
Social Network, and Moneyball.
To say the least, he is a wonderful writer, who seems to be at the top of his
game when writing a series about making a TV program (alas Sports Night and
Studio 60). It also features a great cast. Fans of great writing and Sorkin’s
past work should definitely be watching this. Reviews so far have been very
strong.
Genre: Adventure Drama
Creator(s): Eric Kripke
Cast: Billy Burke, Tracy Spiridakos, Anna Lise Phillips, Graham Rogers, JD Pardo, Zak Orth, Maria Howell, David Lyons, Giancarlo Esposito, Tim Guinee, and Elizabeth Mitchell
Channel: NBC
Premiere Date: September
17, 2012
Plot
Summary: One day fifteen years ago, all the planet’s power sources
stopped working. Now, humanity carries on surviving the way people lived before
there was electricity. Charlie Matheson is a young woman living in a small
fringe community. Her life is further changed when a local militia shows up and
murders her father, leading to her discovering a mysterious secret – something
linking her family to the blackout fifteen years ago. She set out on a journey
to find answers.
Why
It Made the List: Revolution is the new show from creator Eric Kripke, who gave us Supernatural, and executive
producer J.J. Abrams, who has
had a few TV missteps lately but has a great track record overall. The premise
of the series is what fascinates me. It sounds very ambitious and different
from anything on TV right now. I also usually enjoy dystopian narratives. I
imagine that NBC hopes that this could be the new Lost (something that a new
series claims to be each year, but none have lived up to the hype – this
certainly has the potential to be great). Fans of adventure dramas/mysteries
should check this out.
Genre: Adventure Drama
Cast: Andre Braugher, Scott Speedman, Robert Patrick, Autumn Reeser, Daisy Betts, Dichen Lachman, and Jessy Schram
Channel: ABC
Premiere Date: September
27, 2012
Plot
Summary: While out on patrol, the USS Colorado, an Ohio-class ballistic
missile submarine, is relayed orders to fire nuclear missiles towards Pakistan.
The order is given without confirmation or explanation, thus the commanding
officer Captain Marcus Chaplin refuses to carryout it out, and loses his
command. The vessel’s XO also refuses the order, and the sub is fired upon and
the crew is left for dead. However, they survive and take refuge on the island
of Sainte Marina. As enemies of their own country, they declare the island a
sovereign nation with nuclear capability, while also trying to find out who set
them up.
Why
It Made the List: Last Resort is the new series from Shawn Ryan, one of
TV’s great talents. He is responsible for The
Shield and The Chicago Code.
He also worked on season two of Angel,
and executively produced Terriers
(one of the great short-lived series) and The Unit. Writer Karl Gajdusek (who worked on Dead Like Me) is executively
producing the show with Ryan. The Shield is one of the greatest TV series of
all-time, and so whenever Ryan is working on a new show it is well worth paying
attention and checking it out (though, with Terriers and The Chicago Code, he
has had bad luck on his last two projects). Fans of adventure/action dramas
should tune in.
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