Sunday, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will play host to the 65th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards thus marking the end of the 2012-13 television season and signaling the beginning of a new one.
While returning favorites like “Modern Family” and “Parks & Recreation” are slated to continue their stay on the small screen, a bevy of new programs are hoping to copy their success.
Even though no true “must-see” television show is expected to air this fall, our nation’s TV critics do have declared a number of shows as more than just watchable.
Here’s a look at the fall’s newest and most promising shows.
“The Crazy Ones:” As if he’d been in hiding for the greater part of the decade, Robin Williams will make his way back into the world of entertainment in the CBS sitcom “The Crazy Ones.”
Williams will play Simon Roberts, the father of Sarah Michelle Gellar’s (of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”) Sydney Roberts. Simon heads an ad agency that his daughter also works at. James Wolk plays Zach Cropper, a copywriter at the agency who finds himself thrusted in their professional and personal lives.
Critics are calling Williams’ return a success and claiming that him and Michelle-Gellar are a match made in television heaven.
“The Crazy Ones” premieres Sept. 26 at 8 p.m.
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine:” Andy Samberg’s departure from NBC’s Saturday Night Live certainly was a loss for one of TV’s longest running programs.
However, if “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” is any indicator to the comedian’s success after SNL, Samberg may be on his way to television stardom.
Samberg plays Brooklyn detective Jake Peralta, a skilled but ultimately flawed newbie who finds himself trying to solve some of the city’s most pressing crimes while dodging his no-nonsense boss.
The concept sounds rather low brow but Samberg’s writing gives the idea a fresh take while a supporting cast that includes Melissa Fumero and Terry Crews makes the show one of the season’s best bets for a full-season order.
“Brooklyn Nine-Nine” premieres Tuesday Sept. 17 at 7:30 p.m.
“Trophy Wife:” In this writer’s humble opinion, “Trophy Wife’s” Malin Akerman is criminally underused on both the small and large screen.
Hopefully, Akerman will manage to work on her charm on the new comedy from ABC where she plays the third wife of a hotshot lawyer Bradley Whitford who is still in close contact with his former two wives.
Akerman’s Kate must learn how to juggle her new role as mom with the pressures of Brad’s two wives always sitting on her shoulders.
In its pilot (which can be watched on Hulu) Akerman gets the chance to showcase her pristine comedic timing and natural comic ability.
“Trophy Wife” premieres Sept. 24.
Fall television is one of the entertainment world’s most compelling story as it carries a host of careers on its shoulders and never fails to produce a number of good hits and misses.
As of late, the misses have far outweighed the hits. While the previous three shows are solid choices, the season will also introduce to other potential hits like “The Goldbergs,” “The Blacklist” and more.
Of course, we’ll have to watch and see what happens.
