Plan of Attack....

So. Because I really have nothing better to do, this fall I plan on (and will attempt to follow through with, we'll see how this goes) writing a weekly post about the shows that I watch and a reaction to the episode, without giving any spoilers. I may do it differently, but I will attempt to at least post once a week (if I follow that idea it will be on Saturdays).

To give you an idea of what I will be posting about (and so you don't have to look at my older posts (not that there are many at this point) I will list for you the ones that will be airing during the Fall 2018 season, many of which will be continuing through to what is considered the Winter 2019 season (usually April or May 2019). I already know that some are going to have shorter seasons and therefore most likely will not continue past December, and I have two shows in particular that won't start until the New Year, but I will make a note of those when appropriate.

Without further ado, the Fall 2018 season shows that I will be watching.

Sunday
Staying at the 8 o'clock hour but moving to Sundays, Supergirl (CW network) makes it's season four debut October 14th. I felt that this show held it's own for it's third season, but like the other shows that air on the CW, it may tank this season or may be stronger than previous.

Monday
Since Supergirl moved to Sunday, the CW show Arrow will be taking the 8 o'clock spot. The season seven debut is October 15th. I felt that this show was losing it's potential, and pretty quickly. The writers wrapped up the whole Lian Yu story line a few seasons ago, and the story to me just fell flat. It has gotten to be repetitive and quite frankly: boring. I will try to stick with this one, but this show may just join a short list of shows that I've abandoned because it just wasn't enjoyable any more.

Airing concurrently to that, on the Fox network is returning show The Resident. While the first season was short--only 13 episodes-- I have not seen how many this second season, set to debut September 24th, is expected to have. All I know is that they have a lot of potential coming off a strong first season, this medical drama has amazing actors in the spotlight and a lot of room for growth.

In the 9pm slot is another CW hit Legends of Tomorrow. Season four debuts October 22nd, so quite a bit later than the other CW shows, this show is expected to only have 16 episodes, dropping 2 from last season. It could be an indication of a couple of things (in my opinion): a) that the show isn't going to be around much longer or b)that they are keeping the seasons short so they have more flexibility with the story writing. Or c) they just like making this short so they have more air time for other shows.

New to air in the 10pm slot on NBC is Manifest. Set to debut also on September 24th, this new drama is about a flight that disappeared, only to reappear five years later to everyone but those on the plane. To those on the flight, it was only the time of the flight. It is bringing Josh Dallas from Once Upon a Time (ABC, which ended it's final season back in April), so I'm pretty excited about that, but also the premise behind it just sounds interesting. We'll see on this one!

(In case you haven't noticed, Monday is going to be pretty packed.) 

Tuesday
Airing at 8pm is the CW show The Flash. Returning for its season five on October 9th, I'm not really sure that this will be one that I continue. Much like Arrow, which this show is a branch off of, I just feel like the story line is repetitive and that there is not much that they can do differently. It's gotten to the point were you can easily guess what is going to happen. And to a degree that's a good thing. But when you can guess pretty much what is going to happen when you weren't really paying attention.... yeah.

Also airing at 8pm, but not until sometime in 2019, is the Freeform supershow Shadowhunters. Which sadly will be airing the final 12 episodes of the third season, which was deemed the final season because Netflix pulled it's funding of the show (which I am still very bitter about). They released sometime in the past two days the titles for the final two episodes, which are "Alliance" and "All Good Things..." and I may have teared up a bit upon reading that. Freeform however, has not released exact dates for when the final episodes will air, but I will update that info when I happen upon it. I also fully expect to cry when the finale actually airs.

Wednesday
I do have one show airing at 9pm on Wednesday, The Magicians on the SyFy network, but again this one will not air until sometime in 2019. If it follows suit with the third season, it will air from January to April with 13 episodes, but even the number of episodes hasn't been confirmed to the public yet (at least that I've seen). So more on that when I have more information.

Thursday
Airing at 8pm on the CW, is returning Supernatural. Once my favorite show, this milk cow of a show is airing its fourteenth (FOURTEENTH) season starting October 11th. Recapping previous posts of mine, this show has been airing since 2005, and I feel like they've done all they can with the show, but because they can market the crap out of it, they keep renewing the show even though the initial brain behind the story felt the natural end to it was season 5. This one may also join the short list of shows that I've stopped watching if they continue on the way they have.


Airing at 9pm on the SyFy network is returning show Van Helsing. However, this show does not have a definitive start date as of the time I'm writing this (which is 11pm on Sept. 2nd). It was confirmed however, that the third season will contain 13 episodes. I will keep you updated as I find out more.


Friday
Airing at 8pm on NBC is returning champ Blindspot. Its fourth season debut is scheduled for October 12th, but they haven't released much information about it that I can find (not that I'm looking very hard but still...). I felt that the third season had a bit of a rocky start, but they recovered well and I look forward to the upcoming season.

Airing at 9pm also on NBC is sophomore show Midnight, Texas. Based on a book series by Charlaine Harris (the brain behind the Sookie Stackhouse novels, which HBO's True Blood was based on), this show originally aired during the Summer of 2017 but was moved to the Fall schedule with a debut of October 26th. So I'm hoping that means the season will be longer than the 10 episode first season, but I haven't found anything that gives an expected episode count for the second season.

That is it for those types of shows. If you recall from earlier posts, there were two more shows that I was on the lookout for, TNT drama Good Behavior and WGN's Bellevue. Both of which were neither confirmed for a renewal or for cancellation. However, unless I hear something about either one, they are most likely going to be swept under the rug by their respective networks.

I do have two Netflix shows that I will be looking out for, Marvel's Jessica Jones and A Series of Unfortunate Events. However both of those will most likely not be out until sometime next year.

ABC's Marvel's Agents of SHIELD will not return until July 2019 for a shorter season, but I will update on that as I learn more about it.

So until then, TA!

Edit on 9/16/18:
The SyFy network finally announced that Van Helsing will air on Friday nights at 10pm starting October 5th. However, they have not released the episode title or anything else as of 9/16.