Trots att CSI tappat tittare efter William Peterson avhopp, och trots att tidigare succéer som The Unit och Without a Trace (som ju faktiskt är den amerikanska serie av alla som finns som har flest tittare i Sverige) gått så dåligt att de nu läggs ned, så hade CBS en av årets stora, nya succéer i The Mentalist (bara Eleventh Hour läggs ned av kanalens nya serier) och hade därför – till skillnad från många andra av de stora amerikanska kanalerna - ökande tittarsiffror under den här säsongen.
Folk verkar tydligen ha tröttnat på evighetslånga dramaserier och återvänt till CBS paradnummer: kriminalserier med ett separat fall i varje avsnitt.
Det betyder såklart att det inte finns plats för så jättemycket nytt i deras hösttablå, men en av de roligaste upptäckterna – även om det inte är en serie jag följer – är kanske att de räddar Medium (som NBC lade ned dagen innan) och parar ihop Patricia Arquettes spökhit med Ghost Whisperer och Numb3rs på fredagar. Jag gillar den här nya trenden med att andra kanaler räddar fan-favoriter när moderkanalen lägger ned dem – även om jag hade klarat mig ett år utan en automatisk Emmy-nominering till Mediums leading lady.
Sjärlvklart fick en hel del piloter stryka på foten när luckorna var få. Några var till exempel serien Back om en kille som försvann under 9/11 men plötsligt kommer tillbaka (med bland andra TV-kändisar som Skeet Ulrich, Sherry Stringfield och DB Woodside), sjukhusserien The Eastmans som innehöll en hel massa stjärnor (typ Jacqueline Bisset, Donald Sutherland och Saffron Burrows), kriminalserien Washington Field och komedin Happiness isn't Everything med Richard Dreyfuss och Jason Biggs. Stora namn är alltså inte allt som gäller för att en pilot ska gå igenom...
Nåväl, så här ser tablån ut i höst (flera av de nya serierna dyker upp först i vår eller mid-season):
Måndag
20:00 How I Met Your Mother
20:30 Accidentally on Purpose
21:00 Two and a Half Men
21:30 The Big Bang Theory
22:00 C.S.I.: Miami
Tisdag
20:00 N.C.I.S.
21:00 N.C.I.S.: Los Angeles
22:00 The Good Wife
Onsdag
20:00 The New Adventures of Old Christine
20:30 Gary Unmarried
21:00 Criminal Minds
22:00 C.S.I.: NY
Torsdag
20:00 Survivor
21:00 C.S.I.: Crime Scene Investigation
22:00 The Mentalist
Fredag
20:00 Ghost Whisperer
21:00 Medium
22:00 Numb3rs
Lördag
20:00 Crime Time Saturday
22:00 48 Hours: Mystery
Söndag
19:00 60 Minutes
20:00 The Amazing Race
21:00 Three Rivers
22:00 Cold Case
Jenna Elfman, Grant Show och Ashley Jensen (färskt avhoppad från Ugly Betty) är tillräckligt för att jag åtminstone ska kolla in nya komedin Accidentally On Purpose - även om jag inte har jättestora förhoppningar om att det skall vara något fräsch i genren. Samma sak med advokatserien The Good Wife, där Chris Noth (alias Mr Big) och Cityakutens Julianna Margulies förmodligen kommer få mig att åtminstone kolla upp piloten.
Däremot är jag mindre intresserad av NCIS: Los Angeles (trots Chris O'Donnell som var så bra i Grey's Anatomy och min evige favorit Louise Lombard från CSI och Huset Elliott) eftersom jag aldrig kollat på moderserien (mer än halvdant på gymmet och den kändes sådär) eller sjukhusserien Three Rivers eftersom jag inte klarar av Alex O'Loughlin sedan aptöntiga Moonlight.
Här följer först ett previewklipp från E! och sedan några kopierade beskrivningar av de nya serierna från sidan Dark Horizons.
Accidentally On Purpose
Comedy starring Golden Globe Award winner Jenna Elfman as Billie, a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy.
A newspaper film critic, Billie is barely surviving a humiliating breakup with her charming boss, James (Grant Show), who's still trying to resume their relationship. Suddenly expecting a child with her "boy toy," Zack (Jon Foster), Billie and Zack make an arrangement: to live together platonically. Billie's party girl best friend Olivia (Ashley Jensen), and Abby (Lennon Parham), her conventional, younger married sister, eagerly look forward to the new addition and offer their own brands of advice and encouragement.
But when Zack and his freeloading friends, including Davis (Nicolas Wright), start to turn her place into a frat house, Billie isn't sure if she's living with a boyfriend, a roommate, or if she just has another child to raise. Lloyd Braun, Gail Berman, Gene Stein and Claudia Lonow are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios. 
The Good Wife
Drama starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies as a wife and mother who must assume full responsibility for her family and re-enter the workforce after her husband's very public sex and political corruption scandal lands him in jail. Pushing aside the betrayal and crushing public humiliation caused by her husband Peter (Chris Noth), Alicia Florrick (Margulies) starts over by pursuing her original career as a defense attorney.
As a junior associate at a prestigious Chicago law firm, she joins her longtime friend, former law school classmate and firm partner Will Gardner (Josh Charles), who is interested to see how Alicia will perform after 13 years out of the courtroom. Alicia is grateful the firm's top litigator, Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski), offers to mentor her but discovers the offer has conditions and realizes she's going to need to succeed on her own merit.
Alicia's main competition among the firm's 20-something new recruits is Cary (Matt Czuchry), a recent Harvard grad who is affable on the surface, but will use any means to ensure that he, not Alicia, secures the one full-time associate position that's available. Fortunately, Alicia finds an ally in Kalinda (Archie Panjabi), the firm's tough in-house investigator.
Gaining confidence every day, Alicia transforms herself from embarrassed politician's scorned wife to resilient career woman, especially for the sake of providing a stable home for her children, 14-year-old Zach (Graham Phillips) and 13-year-old Grace (Makenzie Vega). For the first time in years, Alicia trades in her identity as the "good wife" and takes charge of her own destiny. Tony Scott, Ridley Scott, Robert King, Michelle King, Dee Johnson and David Zucker are the executive producers.
NCIS: Los Angeles
A drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects (OSP), a division of NCIS that is charged with apprehending dangerous and elusive criminals that pose a threat to the nation's security. By assuming false identities and utilizing the most advanced technology, this team of highly trained agents goes deep undercover, putting their lives on the line in the field to bring down their targets.
Special Agent "G" Callen (Chris O'Donnell) is a chameleon who transforms himself into whomever he needs to be to infiltrate the criminal underworld. His partner is Special Agent Sam Hanna (LL Cool J), a former U.S. Navy SEAL who has seen action in both Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance expert who uses state of the art monitoring equipment to look out for those in the field and feed them crucial information.
Both Callen and Hanna report to Special Agent Lara Macy (Louise Lombard), the OSP team leader responsible for directing the operations and making life-or-death decisions. Assisting the team is Special Agent Kensi Lo (Daniela Ruah), the exceptionally bright daughter of a slain Marine who lives for the adrenalin rush that comes with undercover work, and Operational Psychologist Nate Getz (Peter Cambor), adept at getting into anybody's head, profiling the target and monitoring agents' states of mind before, during and after missions.
Armed with the latest in high tech gear and sent regularly into life-threatening situations, this tight-knit team relies on each other to do what is necessary to protect national interests.
Three Rivers
Medical drama that goes inside the emotionally complex lives of organ donors, the recipients and the surgeons at the preeminent transplant hospital in the country where every moment counts. However, dealing with donor families in their darkest hour and managing the fears and concerns of apprehensive recipients takes much more than just a sharp scalpel.
Leading the elite team is Dr. Andy Yablonski (Alex O'Loughlin), the highly-skilled workaholic lead organ transplant surgeon, whose good-natured personality and sarcastic wit makes him popular with his patients and colleagues.
His colleagues include Dr. Miranda Foster (Katherine Moennig), a surgical fellow with a rebellious streak and fiery temper who strives to live up to her deceased father's excellent surgical reputation; Dr. David Lee (Daniel Henney), a womanizing surgical resident who's broken as many hearts as he's replaced; Ryan Abbott (Christopher J. Hanke), the inexperienced new transplant coordinator who arranges the intricately choreographed process of quickly and carefully transporting organs from donor to patient; Dr. Sophia Jordan (Julia Ormond), the head of surgery and a dedicated medical professional; and Pam Acosta (Justina Machado), Andy's no-nonsense operating assistant and best friend.
In this high stakes arena, in which every case is a race against the clock, these tenacious surgeons and medical professionals are the last hope for their patients. Carol Barbee, Curtis Hanson and Carol Fenelon are the executive producers for CBS Television Studios.
Arranged Marriage
A reality series that brings the tradition of arranged marriages, which is still practiced successfully by many cultures throughout the world, to the U.S., where it is virtually an inconceivable option for most single Americans. Three adults who are anxious to get married, but who have been unsuccessful in their own search for a mate, choose a life-altering path.
They rely on their closest family and friends, those who love and know them best, to choose someone for them to marry based on shared goals, values, experiences and the commitment to make it work. The series intimately documents these three arranged marriages, starting with the first meetings of the families and the wedding day; and then follows the couple through the day-to-day joys, challenges, and emotional tumult that results from their arranged union.
The Bridge
Drama about a tough and dedicated police officer who is voted to become the police union's dynamic leader. To serve the public as well as his 8,000 fellow officers, charismatic Frank Leo (Aaron Douglas) battles criminals on the street, corruption in the ranks and his own bosses.
On the force is his able partner and confidante Tommy Dunn (Paul Popowich), who rides with Frank across the bridge that spans the divide between the rich and the poor in the area they patrol; Staff Sergeant Bernie Kantor (Frank Cassini), a voice of reason and moral sounding board; Jill (Inga Cadranel), a detective with a lot of attitude who is moving up the ranks; Billy (Theresa Joy), a young female cop who is determined to prove herself to the guys; and Ed Wycoff (Michael Murphy), the shrewd Chief of Police.
Abby St. James (Ona Grauer) is a sharp prosecutor who begins working with the police union, and shares a mutual attraction with Frank. In his new position, Frank Leo takes on the politically-motivated department brass... and makes many powerful enemies in the process. Craig Bromell, Adam J. Shully, Laszlo Barna, Alan Di Fiore and Robert Wertheimer are executive producers.
Miami Trauma
Drama about a team of expert surgeons who work at one of the premiere trauma facilities in the country, where only patients with life threatening injuries are treated.
Dr. Matthew Proctor (Jeremy Northam) is new to the trauma team, after a tour of duty in a MASH unit during the Gulf war. Dr. Eva Zambrano (Lana Parrilla) is a workaholic surgeon who is more comfortable in her scrubs than she is out in the real world.
Dr. Christopher Deleo, "Dr. C.," is a playboy who thrives on the high-stakes of trauma medicine and is, by his own description, a genius redneck. Dr. Serena Warren (Elisabeth Harnois) is fresh out of medical school, and head nurse Tuck Brody (Omar Gooding) keeps the doctors on track and the patients' families updated in this chaotic corner of the medical profession.
Together, this team of doctors excels in the "golden hour," the 60 minutes after being critically injured, when a patient's life hangs in the balance. Jerry Bruckheimer, Jeffrey Lieber and Jonathan Littman are executive producers for Jerry Bruckheimer Television and Bonanza Productions Inc. in association with Warner Bros. Television Distribution.
Undercover Boss
A new reality series that follows high level corporate executives as they slip anonymously into the lowest level jobs within their companies. Once undercover, they'll get their hands dirty with the rank and file, find out what their employees REALLY think of them and discover how smoothly their companies are REALLY run. In the process, these senior executives learn about themselves, the perception of their company and the spirit of their work force.
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