The Playboy Club
Like any red-blooded American man, Playboy holds a special place in my heart. Since subscribing to the magazine isn’t exactly part of the college budget laid out by my parents and with The Girls Next Door no longer on air, I’ve been suffering some massive withdrawals. Thankfully NBC is giving me a new fix with its drama, The Playboy Club. Set in Chicago in 1963, the series revolves around the iconic Bunnies and the men that patron their establishment.
After one of the women murders a mobster, the entire Club becomes immersed in the dangerous crime scene of 1960’s Chicago. A fast-paced drama full of sex, booze, powerful men and beautiful women, The Playboy Club is sure to be an instant hit.
The Secret Circle
For whatever reason, human beings are obsessed with the supernatural and always have been. If you think back 10 years, it wouldn’t be hard to make a list of a dozen or so TV shows that center mythical creatures. As of now, True Blood and The Vampire Diaries cover the vampire craze while Teen Wolf gives television audiences their werewolf fix. This fall, The CW supplies us with my personal favorite creatures: witches. The Secret Circle explores what happens when six hormonal teenagers discover they possess immense magical powers and can essentially do whatever they want. It’s Gossip Girl meets Charmed and I’m sure to love every second of it.
Terra Nova
The award for the most risky concept for a television show goes to Fox’s Terra Nova. You’d be hard pressed to find a successful prime time show about time travel. You’d be even harder pressed to find a successful prime time show about dinosaurs. Nova combines both. The year is 2149 and Earth is uninhabitable. Scientists invent a time machine to send humans to the colony called Terra Nova, located 85 million years in the past.
The Shannon family are members of the eleventh pilgrimage through time to an Earth ruled by dinosaurs. With Steven Spielberg executive producing, Terra Nova will hold over anyone waiting for the next Jurassic Park movie. And let’s face it, who isn’t?
Up All Night
I friggin’ love Christina Applegate. I friggin’ love Will Arnett. I friggin’ love Maya Rudolph. Needless to say, I’m beyond excited that the three of them will be starring in the NBC comedy Up All Night. Former party-goers Chris and Regan (Arnett and Applegate) recently welcomed their first child, Amy, into the world. The show chronicles the ups and downs of being new parents trying to lead a healthy social life. Rudolph co-stars as Ava, Regan’s outrageous BFF and host of an Oprah-esque talk show. The combined comedic talents of the three leads already has me craving more and the series has just begun.
Person of Interest
If there’s one thing that James Bond has taught us, it’s that a good spy thriller will never go out of style. If there’s one thing that J.J. Abrams has taught us, it’s that J.J. Abrams is a genius when it comes to suspense. The creative mind that brought us Alias, Lost and the 2009 Star Trek movie returns to TV with Person of Interest on CBS.
When a mysterious billionaire invents a program that predicts the indentity of people who will be involved in violent crimes, he hires a presumed dead ex-CIA agent to stop the crimes before they happen.
Far fetched, yes. But with Abrams’ track record, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a shot.