Any good new mid season HD shows?
By Ben Drawbaugh 
posted Mar 29th 2006 7:00PM
posted Mar 29th 2006 7:00PM
I am not sure where I have been, but I just noticed that
there are some new HD shows on TV. I will admit that I don't channel surf and I don't read the daily HDTV Listings, but now I find myself
wondering if any of these new show are worth the space on my HD TiVo. Which new mid season HD shows do you think are worth a look?
IMHO, YMMV, etc, etc.
I like The Unit on CBS. A good kick-terrorist-butt show.
New Adventures Of Old Christine (also CBS) is decent enough for a sitcom.
As bad as Heist is, it's sticking around on my Season Pass list for at least one more week.
Conviction on NBC is OK, but I doubt it'll last.
What don't I like? Courting Alex. Predictable, poorly acted - just kind of blah.
Heist isn't too bad. "The unit" has me interested just because Palmer from 24 is on it. "Four Kings" is pretty damn funny.
Evidence is... um... nothing special. The showing of the "evidence" is just a gimmick that adds nothing to the show. And the rest just feels like the same old thing repackaged. I like Orlando Jones, but I don't see this lasting very long.
I will check out The Unit and Four Kings, I have seen christine, but wasn't that thrilled. Has anyone seen that teachers show?
Um, I think NBC already canceled Four Kings, so too late for that one. I caught Heist repeating this week, and thought it was awful, but if there is nothing at all on tonight, I might watch it again and see if it improves.
I liked Heist and The Unit. As for The Evidence, we had high hopes and they just didn't pan out. I did like Four Kings, but it is done.
I've enjoyed the Unit quite a bit. That's the only one that comes to mind as a must-see.
Btw, that picture you used at the top of the story looks too much like a 4:3 SD picture...you should really letterbox that :-)
I tried watching like 3 episodes of The Unit. I wanted to give it a chance, but I simply cannot stand the woman back home (Dennis Haysbert's character's wife). All she does is meddle in everyone else's business. In my opinion, they made too much of a big deal about "oh you can't talk about what your husband does...he's in THE UNIT." It just got really annoying that anytime there was a problem she showed up. I don't mind the idea of one of the wives kind of being a leader of the rest of the wives, but she's just a nosey person in my opinion.
I like the unit myself.. 4 eps in and I still like it :) - as always, everyones mileage will vary
Come on, guys, get original. All of you have said the same 3 shows.
The best new show is Top Chef (although it's not HD, its awesome).
The best new HD shows are definitely Sons and Daughters and American Inventor. Sons and Daughters is insanely funny and reminds me strongly of Arrested Development, but its also dramatic and serious at times, and very well acted. Its the most entertaining new show on television, and it's HD.
American Inventor is also lots of fun to watch, although the judges are all drama queens who try to take the show over when all anyone wants to see is the cool and/or stupid inventions.
Tivo these shows, you won't regret it.
Thanks.
Not HD, but Dr. Who on SciFi is pretty entertaining (unless its on UHD and I just don't know it).
Also, Four Kings hasn't been cancelled yet. thefutoncritic.com says "on hiatus or fate to be determined." Which usually means its cooked, but we'll see. I liked the show, so its a shame (but then, everything I like gets canceled, like Lucky, Committed, Arrested Development -- officially ended...)
Teachers is pretty good..has more potential than thief