Serier som släpps i USA under hösten 2005

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Vi alla vet att nu börjar produktionsbolagen i USA satsa pengar på att hitta serier som kommer att lyckas och vara kvar under dom närmsta 5-10 åren. Jag kommer att Lägga upp dom nya serierna för följande prod.bolag i USA, The WB, CBS, och ABC.

ABC
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Commander-In-Chief
Tuesdays, 9/8c

Mackenzie Allen has a lot on her plate… She has twin teenagers and a six-year-old at home, an ambitious husband at the office, and she is about to become the first female President of the United States.

Before that happens, however, Mackenzie, who serves as Vice President, has to decide whether or not to go against the dying wishes of the current President, who has asked her to step down and let someone "more appropriate" fill his shoes in the Oval Office. Not only does the President want her to resign, so does the entire party that elected Mackenzie in the first place.

But when the moment of truth arrives, Mackenzie isn't willing to be a mere footnote in history. Instead of allowing her detractors to keep her down, she decides to trust her instincts and accept the most powerful job in the world.

From Rod Lurie, acclaimed Writer/Director of the Oscar-nominated film The Contender and creator of the critically acclaimed ABC series Line of Fire, comes a political dramedy centering around the first female president, played by Academy Award®-winner Geena Davis.


Emily's Reasons Why Not
Mondays, 9/8c

Emily Sanders has many things going for her. She's young, single, has terrific friends and a great job in publishing. In fact, she's got the hottest selling book in town. Unfortunately, she's just closed the chapter on her relationship with the roguishly handsome, two-timing author.

Now a lovelorn Emily must face the fact that the self-described "flutter-flutter" of her heart can't be considered a trusted compass. However, like any successful professional, Emily has a plan. From here-on-out, she's going to listen to the "Reasons." Five "Reasons Why Not" and he's history. The "Reasons" will not only guide her in matters of love, but life in general. For instance, steering clear of her back-stabbing former assistant, Glitter.

Based on the bestselling novel of one successful single woman's search for love, this smart and stylish comedy explores life, love and sex in the city from an independent woman's point of view.


What About Brian
Mondays, 10/9c

Brian is the guy everyone wants as a best friend. He's the guy who'll stand by you at your wedding, drive you to the hospital, cheer your kids on at their little league game... the guy who every wife dotes on and every husband wants to either grab a beer with or live vicariously through. But as all of his friends pair off and Brian emerges as the last bachelor standing, questions begin to arise in his head: Is there such a thing as Mr. or Mrs. Right? Why does love have to be so complicated? What is his problem with commitment? What lies in his future? What about kids? What is going on with him?

At 34, Brian is the last single guy in his group of friends: his best friend Adam was going to break up with picture-perfect Marjorie but proposed instead. Brian's sister, Nic, and her boy-toy husband, Angelo, are trying hard to have kids. The bohemian Dave and Deena have three little girls and no sex life. And, like all married people, they can't wait for Brian to join their "club," though they're not exactly sure why. As for Brian, well, he's a serial monogamist but still holds out hope that one day he'll open the door and be blinded by love.

From the producers of Lost and Alias and the screenwriter of City of Angels and For Love of the Game comes a fresh, fun perspective on friendship and love in L.A.


Freddie
Wednesdays, 8:30/7:30c

Four women to every man are great odds when you're a single guy out on the town, but not ideal when it comes to your living situation. Freddie is a young, successful chef with his own restaurant and a stylish bachelor pad. The world should be his oyster at this stage in life, but bachelorhood isn't working out exactly as he envisioned.

Freddie loved growing up in a house full of women. He loved the energy of everyone running around, loved cooking for them all, but now he's finally realizing why his father used to lock himself in the bathroom just for some piece and quiet. Still, Freddie believes family always comes first which is why he insisted his sister, sister-in-law, niece and grandmother come live with him after his brother-in-law passed away. Slowly, but surely, they are taking over his domain, and voicing their many opinions about his love life. Freddie will have to learn to balance his role as provider, brother, grandson, and uncle, all while trying to enjoy what should be his swinging single days.

The creative force behind The Drew Carey Show and George Lopez serve up a comedic dish based on the raucous femme-filled real life of star Freddie Prinze, Jr. (She's All That, Scooby Doo).



Invasion
Wednesdays, 10/9c

For centuries man has searched the skies for signs of intelligent life… but to no avail.

What if the explanation lay in the fact that aliens were already here... already among us? And what if all of the natural disasters we have been experiencing of late were smokescreens designed to mask something far more ominous?

When yet another devastating hurricane threatens Florida, temporarily cutting off a small town at the edge of the Everglades, U.S. Park Ranger Russell Varon takes heroic measures to keep both the town's citizens and his family safe. In the middle of the violent storm, his young daughter is the only one to see small lights floating towards the water, seemingly unaffected by the vicious winds. At the time he thinks nothing of her claim, but begins to suspect that something may indeed be amiss when his missing ex-wife is found naked, with no memory of what happened during the storm.

As the tiny town struggles to recover while his nemesis, the Sheriff, quarantines the entire area, Varon begins to investigate the strange goings on, unwittingly beginning a fight for the survival of the human race.

Veteran Writer/Producer Shaun Cassidy, and celebrated Director Thomas Schlamme (The West Wing) bring you the suspenseful tale of a blended family that finds itself at the center of a conspiracy designed to mask an alien takeover that is happening one neighbor at a time.


Night Stalker
Thursdays, 9/8c

There are things in the dark, things adults deny but children are right to fear…

When a pregnant woman is snatched from her home, the shocked citizens of L.A. believe it's an act of domestic violence. But crime reporter Carl Kolchak suspects that the truth is far more complicated. That's because 18 months ago, Kolchak's wife was killed in a bizarre fashion and he has been the FBI's #1 suspect ever since.

Kolchak's determination to find out the truth behind his wife's mysterious murder has led him to investigate other crimes that seem to have some kind of supernatural component. But he's trying to piece together a puzzle that keeps changing its shape. Who or what is committing these crimes? How are they all related? And why do some victims end up with a strange red mark on their hands in the shape of a snake? With sidekick Perri Reed, a sexy if skeptical fellow reporter in tow, Kolchak will go to any lengths to answer these questions. But when he does discover the truth – will anyone believe him?

Hot Properties
Fridays, 9:30/8:30c

Manhattan real estate is a realtor's market. No one ever gets what they want so they're always looking for something better, a concept that applies equally well to relationships.

Ava, Lola and Chloe have taken the cutthroat out of their real estate business by working as a team with the mantra "What Would Oprah do?" Chloe's single and insecure, Ava's a fabulous 40 with a brand new boy toy husband and Sophia's a Latina lovely who recently discovered her husband is gay. All three worked hard to be successful, but today, their world expanded when naïve socialite Emerson walked though the door. They were supposed to sell her and her fiancé a home, but instead broke up her engagement and got a new partner. She brings to the table her phone book of friends waiting to be housed. Together these four friends will turn over properties while turning heads.

In the tradition of Designing Women, Golden Girls and Sex & The City comes an uninhibited comedy with real career women trying to have real relationships. One of the Emmy award-winning producers of the mega-hit Frasier reveals just how exciting the world of New York real estate can be.


CBS
------Close to home

Megaproducer Jerry Bruckheimer (CSI: CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION, COLD CASE) now turns his focus from crime to punishment in a compelling and suspenseful look at suburbia through the eyes of an aggressive prosecutor (Jennifer Finnigan) with a perfect conviction rate. It's suburbia's quiet and peaceful streets that sometimes hide the darkest horrors and the most troubling offenses. It's up to this working new mother, as determined and skilled as Bruckheimer's many other heroes, to investigate those offenses and bring the malefactors to justice.


Criminal Minds


From executive producer Mark Gordon ("The Day After Tomorrow") comes CRIMINAL MINDS, a thrill-a-minute drama about a group of "mind hunters," the elite squad of profilers in the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit, who meticulously piece together portraits of killers and other major offenders, leading to what they hope will be the arrest of a prime suspect. Emmy® winner Mandy Patinkin ("Chicago Hope") returns to CBS as the leader of a team of investigators as skilled as they are determined to get inside the criminal mind and get the criminals off the streets.


Ghost Whispers

Jennifer Love Hewitt returns to series television in a riveting look at the link between the living and the dead, between life and death. Inspired by the cases of famed psychic James Van Praagh, it focuses on a young newlywed endowed with the unique ability to communicate with spirits, who has spent her entire life coping with this extraordinary gift, but who also yearns to lead an ordinary life--if only the dead would stop talking. And what they are saying leads her to some unusual psychic investigations.

How i Met your mother

Marshall has just dropped a bombshell on best friend Ted. He's going to propose to his long-time girlfriend. Now don't get Ted wrong: he's thrilled with the news. But it makes him realize that he had better get a move on if he hopes to find the kind of true love that Marshall and all his other friends have. Rest assured, and flash-forward to a happy ending for Ted as he recounts, in flashback, to his young children (and us) the story of how he finally met his one true love, the story of HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER. And with the eccentric company that Ted kept as a young man on the hunt, it's amazing that he met any girls at all.



Out of practice


Ben's (Christopher Gorham) family has never considered him a real doctor. He's just a psychologist, and they are all real doctors. Older brother Oliver (Ty Burrell) is a successful plastic surgeon, sister Regina (Paula Marshall) is an ER-action junkie, Mom (Stockard Channing) is a prominent surgeon whose career eclipsed Dad's long before their divorce, and Dad (Henry Winkler) is dating his receptionist. But all the real docs look as though they could learn a thing or two from Ben. From the Emmy®-winning team behind the legendary "Frasier" comes the story of a family of physicians who each need a bit more practice and the not-so-"real" doctor whose professional advice each of them just may end up seeking.



Threshold


In the middle of the ocean, a cargo freighter makes a chilling discovery: an extraterrestrial craft has landed on earth. Enter Molly Anne Caffrey (Carla Gugino), recruited to await the planet's first contact, along with a carefully assembled team made up of a brilliant physicist with strong religious beliefs, a language and communications expert and a highly trained covert operative. Together they implement the long-gestating Operation: Threshold, charged with finding out the purpose of the landing and the fate of the ship's crew, and preparing for the worst-case scenario of an alien invasion.


The WB
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Just Legal
New Series
Hour Drama
Mondays 9/8c


Jerry Bruckheimer, TV's most accomplished procedural storyteller, has teamed with the co-executive producer of Boston Legal and The Practice, Jonathan Shapiro, to create a compelling new legal drama for The WB.

Skip Ross (Jay Baruchel, Million Dollar Baby) is a brilliant legal prodigy who passed the bar at 18, but because of his youth, can't get hired by any serious law firm in Los Angeles. Grant Cooper (Don Johnson) is a down-on-his-luck, ambulance chaser who makes his living pleading out bottom-feeder cases. When the two form an unlikely partnership, the naïve Skip gains wisdom and much-needed street smarts from Cooper, and Cooper begins to remember the idealism and passion that once made him a successful trial lawyer.

From Jerry Bruckheimer Television in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., with executive producers Jerry Bruckheimer and Jonathan Littman (CSI, Without A Trace) and writer/executive producer Jonathan Shapiro.



Supernatural
New Series
Hour Drama
Tuesdays 9/8c


The WB has a rich tradition of interweaving character dramas and the world of the supernatural. It began with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and continues today with hits like Smallville and Charmed.

This fall, The WB will usher in a new generation of storytelling set in the dark world of the unexplained. Filmmakers McG (Charlie's Angels, The OC), Eric Kripke (Boogeyman), and Midas' touch director David Nutter are teamed to take audiences on the next WB thrill ride.

Gilmore Girls' breakout star Jared Padalecki and Smallville's Jensen Ackles are Sam and Dean Winchester; two young brothers bound by tragedy and blood to a dangerous, "other-worldly" mission. Crisscrossing the country in their '69 Chevy Impala, they carry on their missing father's quest to seek out and silence the supernatural forces responsible for their mother's murder twenty years ago.

A Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision. From executive producers McG and Peter Johnson with writer/executive producer Eric Kripke and director/executive producer David Nutter (Without a Trace, Smallville, Band of Brothers, The West Wing, ER, The X Files).


Related
New Series
Hour Drama
Wednesdays 9/8c

She's the acclaimed Sex and the City writer and the co-author of last year's best-selling phenomenon, He's Just Not That Into You. Liz Tuccillo is one of today's most brutally honest writers about relationships. Now she's joining forces with Marta Kauffman (Friends) to bring to life the quirky Sorelli sisters.

Ann, Ginnie, Marjee and Rose are a bundle of contradictions. Best friends one minute. Bitter enemies the next. Tell each other everything. Keep lots of secrets. For these four young women, life in New York City is a rich banquet to share together. But when you add in jobs, boyfriends, exes, husbands, pregnancies and parents, there's not much room for dessert.

A delightful ensemble drama starring Laura San Giacomo (Just Shoot Me), Jennifer Esposito (Spin City), Lizzy Caplan (Mean Girls), and Laura Breckenridge, Related is a poignant reminder that life can be a little easier when you've got family to share it with. (Or to drive you crazy.)

From Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., and Class IV Productions. With writer/co-executive producer Liz Tuccillo and executive producers Marta Kauffman, Steve Pearlman, Andrew Plotkin and director/executive producer Mimi Leder (ER, Pay It Forward).



Twins
New Series
Half-Hour Comedy
Fridays 8:30/7:30c


Having explored the hilarious complexities of sexuality with the wildly successful Will & Grace, Emmy award-winning producers David Kohan and Max Mutchnick bring their unique take on contemporary relationships to The WB with an all-star cast of Sara Gilbert, Melanie Griffith, Mark Linn-Baker and Molly Stanton. This time, they're targeting the societal stereotypes and perceptions of brains vs. beauty with a bitingly funny comedy about twin sisters.

Mitchee (Sara Gilbert) has the intelligence and the determination of a successful businesswoman. Her twin, Farrah (Molly Stanton), is a stunningly "perfect" lingerie model. These very different women are about to inherit their parents' undergarment business - popular for form-fitting inventions like "the buttpucker." "Opposites conflict, I mean attract" must be the mantra in this family as the girls are true reflections of their parents. Mom is a breathtaking beauty (Melanie Griffith) and Dad is well, smart (Mark Linn-Baker). And while that combination has led to a lasting partnership for them, the clashing sisters have been less successful. With the Twins in charge, this business - and this family - are going to need a lot of, um, support.

From KoMut Entertainment in association with Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., and executive producers David Kohan & Max Mutchnick.


Serier som kommer att toppa
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What about Brian tror jag kommer att toppa och vara en lyckad serie för ABC, för att det är en serie som är en manlig variant av Sex and the city. Men problemet är att det är skaparna från Alias och Lost och jag tror att det kan bli en hel Felicity all over again.

Commander in Cheif kan bli en spegel för The West Wing och det är ju en jätte bra serie som har verkligen lyckats. Men grejen är den, kan dom blanda politik med personliga problem på ett bra sätt som The West Wing har.


OSÄKER
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En serie som är är väldigt osäker på är Supernatural, grundmaterialet är bra men har WB tittarna som kommer att vilja titta på serien vecka efter vecka. Serien skulle nog platsa hos Fox och jag tror att en massa X-Files fans skulle vilja följa den.


Flopp
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Invasion är en rejäl flopp, eftersom att det har redan gjorts, detta med The 4400 samt den där Alien komedin på 4:an, tredje klotet från solen. Detta kommer inte att kunna hålla i längden.

Ghost Whispers, mina damer och herrar.. det här är en yngre variant utav Tru Calling samt Haunted och jag tror att den har chansen att lyckas men den är ganska minimal. Jag kan ge den en klarad första säsong men den kommer att vara svag. Den kommer troligen som Tru Calling vara enformig och det kommer inte hålla i längden


LITE INFO
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How i met your mother kan vara en lyckad serie men jag vet tyvärr inte så mycket om den. Men allas vår Alyson Hannigan är ju med, så det kan inte gå fel =)
















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[Chosen]

Oops, sorry för hela flera trådar grejset

[adolvsson]

Efter att ha skummat igenom texten lite snabbt kan jag inte låta bli att känna mig en aning nyfiken på Just Legal. Bruckenheimer (han gör sig bättre på TV än på film) och Jonathan Shapiro (Sista säsongen av The Practice sparkade fet häck, Boston Legal är riktigt bra) och Don Johnson, som jag faktiskt är rätt förtjust i. Ingenting som gör att det känns en självklar vinnare, men tillräckligt för att få en chans, absolut.

[Off]

Inte något som fick mig jätteintresserad. Såg ju piloten på supernatural och det kan kanske bli en serie jag följer förstås.

[Illyria]

Ghost Whispers

Ghost Whisperer

Och den verkar riktigt dålig. Bring Joan back!

[eponinethen]

Hm, kan inte säga att jag är extemt peppad på någon av de nya serierna, men.. Jag lär ju kolla på ex-BtVS/AtS-skådespelarnas nya serier, även om det känns helt helt sjukt att tex se David Boreanaz som någon annan än Angel..

[Chosen]

Ghost Whispers

Ghost Whisperer

Och den verkar riktigt dålig. Bring Joan back!

Måste hålla med dig om att GW inte har så stor potential, ganska gulligt att JLH är med men koseptet är faktiskt inte ett vinnande, det kommer att funka under avsnitt 1-4 men sen kommer det säkert bli samma sak om och om igen. Men chansen är ju att dom lyckas..
Jo jag vill också ha Joan tillbaka =)

[poser]

Säsong 2 av Joan var fruktansvärt tråkig, då ser jag hellre på en dålig serie med Jennifer Love Hewitt.

[Chosen]

Efter att ha skummat igenom texten lite snabbt kan jag inte låta bli att känna mig en aning nyfiken på Just Legal. Bruckenheimer (han gör sig bättre på TV än på film) och Jonathan Shapiro (Sista säsongen av The Practice sparkade fet häck, Boston Legal är riktigt bra) och Don Johnson, som jag faktiskt är rätt förtjust i. Ingenting som gör att det känns en självklar vinnare, men tillräckligt för att få en chans, absolut.

Mjo, jag vill också se på Just Legal.. det känns som att JB har touchen för att fixa serier.. Jag menar han börjar starta Law and Order 2 =p hehe med alla serier som är i samma genere (nästan).

[Chosen]

Säsong 2 av Joan var fruktansvärt tråkig, då ser jag hellre på en dålig serie med Jennifer Love Hewitt.

hehe, lugn innan jag börjar garva

[Illyria]

Säsong 2 av Joan var fruktansvärt tråkig, då ser jag hellre på en dålig serie med Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Can't stand her och stora delar av JoA s2 var seg men slutet, det var det bästa som hänt serien sedan Joan började prata med Gud och nu hände äntligen något. En tredje säsong hade kunnat bli otroligt bra, nu får vi denna skiten med en otroligt kass huvudrollsinnehavare istället

[Chosen]

Säsong 2 av Joan var fruktansvärt tråkig, då ser jag hellre på en dålig serie med Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Can't stand her och stora delar av JoA s2 var seg men slutet, det var det bästa som hänt serien sedan Joan började prata med Gud och nu hände äntligen något. En tredje säsong hade kunnat bli otroligt bra, nu får vi denna skiten med en otroligt kass huvudrollsinnehavare istället

Asså är inte rollen lite för "låg standard" för någon som JLH ? =p
Det är Tru Calling med Haunted allt i ett.

[Illyria]

Iom att rollen verkar helkass och även hur JLH spelar den så skulle jag snarare säga att den är för hög standard
Haunted har jag inte sett men det känns som en blandnind av Tru Calling och Medium och vill du se en serie med en gift kvinna som ser och kan prata med spöken och löser fall - se Medium istället!

[Chosen]

hehe ok =)
Men kan man inte också säga att serien har lite "Den andra sidan" i sig, den som visades på kanal5..

[adolvsson]

Mjo, jag vill också se på Just Legal.. det känns som att JB har touchen för att fixa serier.. Jag menar han börjar starta Law and Order 2 =p hehe med alla serier som är i samma genere (nästan).

Å andra sidan är det bara CSI Las Vegas som fungerar, med en usel karbonkopia och en urtråkig karbonkopia. Eller varför inte Cold Case, stöpt i gammalt CSI-stuk, som är både usel och tråkig.

Att se fram emot Just Legal beror mycket på att det är ett koncept som skiljer sig från CSI och därför kan tillföra något nytt.

Det är iofs inte det enda Bruckenheimer-producerade advokatdramat i höst, det andra är Close to Home med allas vår egen Christian Kane. Jag antar att oddsen är emot antingen JL eller CtH, men förhoppningsvis är de tillräckligt olika för att kunna fungera båda två.

Inte för att jag kommer följa båda. Någon måtta på rättsalarna får det vara, man har nog att följa i höst ändå.

[adolvsson]

Iom att rollen verkar helkass och även hur JLH spelar den så skulle jag snarare säga att den är för hög standard
Haunted har jag inte sett men det känns som en blandnind av Tru Calling och Medium och vill du se en serie med en gift kvinna som ser och kan prata med spöken och löser fall - se Medium istället!

Ja, det är väl inte någon större hemlighet att Ghost Whisperer (det var det du menade med Haunted, non?) är kanalens svar på Medium. Jag instämmer högtidligt; se Medium istället. Patricia Arquette skulle sparka JLH:s taniga skraniga rumpa i vilken talang och skönhetstvälig som helst.

[Chosen]

Iom att rollen verkar helkass och även hur JLH spelar den så skulle jag snarare säga att den är för hög standard
Haunted har jag inte sett men det känns som en blandnind av Tru Calling och Medium och vill du se en serie med en gift kvinna som ser och kan prata med spöken och löser fall - se Medium istället!

Ja, det är väl inte någon större hemlighet att Ghost Whisperer (det var det du menade med Haunted, non?) är kanalens svar på Medium. Jag instämmer högtidligt; se Medium istället. Patricia Arquette skulle sparka JLH:s taniga skraniga rumpa i vilken talang och skönhetstvälig som helst.

Hehe.. Men asså det börjar bli lite desperata försök i vissa serier att få bli den nästa Buffy.

[Mudbath]

Threshold


In the middle of the ocean, a cargo freighter makes a chilling discovery: an extraterrestrial craft has landed on earth. Enter Molly Anne Caffrey (Carla Gugino), recruited to await the planet's first contact, along with a carefully assembled team made up of a brilliant physicist with strong religious beliefs, a language and communications expert and a highly trained covert operative. Together they implement the long-gestating Operation: Threshold, charged with finding out the purpose of the landing and the fate of the ship's crew, and preparing for the worst-case scenario of an alien invasion.

Klockrent bra och spännande serie. Efter varje avsnitt sitter man och bara längtar tills nästa lördag/söndag så man kan ladda hem nästa.

Supernatural
New Series
Hour Drama
Tuesdays 9/8c


The WB has a rich tradition of interweaving character dramas and the world of the supernatural. It began with Buffy The Vampire Slayer and continues today with hits like Smallville and Charmed.

This fall, The WB will usher in a new generation of storytelling set in the dark world of the unexplained. Filmmakers McG (Charlie's Angels, The OC), Eric Kripke (Boogeyman), and Midas' touch director David Nutter are teamed to take audiences on the next WB thrill ride.

Gilmore Girls' breakout star Jared Padalecki and Smallville's Jensen Ackles are Sam and Dean Winchester; two young brothers bound by tragedy and blood to a dangerous, "other-worldly" mission. Crisscrossing the country in their '69 Chevy Impala, they carry on their missing father's quest to seek out and silence the supernatural forces responsible for their mother's murder twenty years ago.

A Warner Bros. Television Production Inc., in association with Wonderland Sound and Vision. From executive producers McG and Peter Johnson with writer/executive producer Eric Kripke and director/executive producer David Nutter (Without a Trace, Smallville, Band of Brothers, The West Wing, ER, The X Files).

Också en bra serie, men det märks att dom försöker fånga Buffy-publiken med tanke på demoner, andar och liknande. Men bra och välgjord är den. Ibland även riktigt spännande. Klart sevärd.

[HeY]

Supernatural tror jag det kan gå riktigt bra för. Om de får en riktigt bra och spännande arc så de håller kvar tittarna och lyckas snappa upp ännu fler kan det nog till och med bli en utav toppserierna.

How I Met Your Mother hoppas jag det går bra för. Jag tycker serien är skön och riktigt rolig ibland, kom igen!

Har bara sett piloten av Night Stalker, hoppas den blir riktigt spännande med bra arc så kan även den stanna kvar ett par år.