Before I get to 2016, let me do some 2015 clean up as there were two shows that I watched last week (granted their aired five hours between them); three if you count the remaining Wicked City episode ABC dumped On Demand this week (I have only one thought on the unaired episode: it still sucked). As for the other two, TNT burned off Legends with three straight hours which is a shame because the show was vastly improved and probably the most improved from season to season ever. Not unexpected because the first season was mostly bad, but if you gave up in the first episode you should give season two a try, you do not really even need to see the first season to enjoy it (and maybe would enjoy it more because you would not have the stink of the first season in your mind) and it has a satisfying ending, no annoying cliffhangers, everything is tied up nice and neat.
For reasons unknown, MTV also aired back to back episodes of The Challenge this week and just like the recent Survivor back to back episode I came away extremely disappointed and Nany got the boot because she could not figure out to push a mattress into a bell. Hurumph. This format this season really sucks, they really should have kept the pairs of teams. But we did get a trailer for the rest of the season which again teased CT though he was wearing a grey shirt (along with Zach) instead of the red and blue of the current teams. So maybe he is not coming to replace whoever Abram kills. Are they going to add a third team or are we going to get another Johnny Bananas backpack elimination challenge (which remains the greatest moment in The Challenge history).
As for 2016, the advantage of the winter season as apposed to fall is that shows returned staggered as opposed to all at once then seasons start to finish while others are just returning or beginning. I guess the big new for winter 2016 is that I will be watching PBS regularly for the first time since they stopped airing Bob Ross on a regular scheduled (they still have some decent specials, documentaries and specials that I check out on occasion) with Mercy Street starring Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Sign me up for anything with Ramona Flowers, I even made it through that horrible The Returned reboot last year. Fox got me to lift their ban with a Batman show and they are going to get me to watch another funny book adaption Lucifer. Really the only other new show to catch my eye is Angie Tribeca which TBS is bizarrely premiering with a 25-hour marathon of the first season. Most everything else new looks kind of dreadful though I will probably end up hate watching Shaddowhunter because I always end up hatewatching everything that airs after Pretty Little Liars now on the very stupidly titled Freeform channel. There really cannot be a way it is any good since the movie starring Phil Collin's kid was horrible and a television version has worse acting and a smaller budget. But anyway. Here is what I will be watching while waiting for the weather to warm up. The list is incomplete as there a few shows without a return date; NBC has not even bother to announce what they are doing after football end (aka after this month) which has been mostly a disaster day for years.
Mondays
8:00 - Supergirl (CBS, January 4)
8:00 - The X-Files (FOX, January 25; season premiere the night before after the NFC Championship game)
8:00 - Gotham (FOX, February 29)
8:00 - The Voice (NBC, February 29)
9:00 - Lucifer (FOX, January 25)
9:30 - Angie Tribeca (TBS, January 25; note this is the second season premiere date, the first season will air during a 25 hour commercial free marathon starting Sunday, January 17 at 9:00, or just watch it at your leisure On Demand starting that day)
10:00 - Castle (ABC, February 1)
10:00 - Blindspot (NBC, February 29)
Tuesdays
8:00 - Pretty Little Liars (
8:00 - The Muppets (ABC, February 2)
9:00 - Marvel's Agent Carter (ABC, January 19)
9:00 - iZombie (The CW, January 12)
9:00 - Marvel's Agents of SHIELD (ABC, March 8)
Wednesdays
8:00 - The Middle (ABC, January 6)
8:00 - 2 Broke Girls (CBS, January 6)
8:00 - Survivor (CBS, February 17)
8:30 - The Goldbergs (ABC, January 6)
9:00 - Modern Family (ABC January 6)
9:30 - Blackish (ABC January 6)
10:00 - Nashville (ABC, March 16)
Thursdays
8:00 - The Big Bang Theory (CBS, January 7)
8:30 - The Odd Couple (CBS, April 7)
9:00 - The Blacklist (NBC, January 7)
9:30 - Angel from Hell (CBS, January 7)
10:00 - Vikings (History, February 18)
Fridays
8:00 - Last Man Standing (ABC, January 8)
9:00 - Grimm (NBC, January 29)
Sundays
7:00 - Grease: Live (FOX, January 31)
8:00 - Galivant (ABC, Tonight)
8:00 - Once Upon a Time (ABC, March 6)
9:00 - Shameless (Showtime, January 10)
9:00 - The Walking Dead (February 14)
10:00 - Mercy Street (PBS, January 17)
10:00 - Billions (Showtime, January 17)
10:00 - Quantico (ABC, March 5)
TBA
The Americans
Orphan Black
Bates Motel
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