CBS:
Kevin Can Wait: The show has its usual physical humor to it like most shows with the main character being a big guy (Kevin James). It had all the similarities of the old show with having a wife wanting him to lose weight and do more things around the house. It also had his group of friends and a relative in the mix. The differences are he is a retired cop not a delivery guy and he is married but with three kids and one is engaged to a British guy he isn’t the biggest fan of. It had a great first season with the usual laughs and things he would get himself into but the decision for season 2 to have his wife dead and Leah Remini be apart of main cast isn’t the best. The plot for season 2 is his owning a security company with Remini since they are both retired cops and are eventually going to make them love interests. The way it is going it will probably turn off most people with it being a copy of The King of Queens. It will still have Kevin James who makes us laugh so even if the show goes south people will still watch it.
Verdict: Should be renewed and could be on for at least five years.
9JKL: Newly divorced Josh is an actor between projects who moves home to New York to regroup and into an apartment sandwiched between his parents and his brother’s family. As he gets back on his feet, he’s faced with his most challenging role yet: being a good son and brother while keeping his relatives at bay. As they literally come at him from both sides, he realizes he desperately needs to establish some ground rules, because his loving family is always going to be there for him. The show started off bad and has no real over story arch for the season. It’s in a long line of CBS sitcoms that are still on the air and you question why this show is on still (or the others that lasted five years or more) but others aren’t on the air anymore or were cancelled after one year. It is an acquired taste since the main character is grounded-normal with everyone else being crazy. CBS waited for the show to get better over time since it added a full season order of 16 episodes a few months into the show but didn’t give it many episodes to being win since they weren’t that confident of where it was going. If you waited for it to get better you got rewarded with better episodes. It is also filled with lots of Jewish humor that not everyone understands.
Verdict: Cancelled but since they gave it a full season order and didn’t stay with original number that’s a positive sign for the show to stay on the air.
Bull: It isn’t your typical court room drama since it’s not about a lawyer. He isn’t a lawyer but you see him in court rooms apart of the defendant or prosecutor’s team. He is a psychologist and trial science expert who can help you pick the perfect jury depending on what you need to win the case/to help his clients’ lawyers decide which type of argument will win over jurors best. He has a whole team with their own expertise. One in fashion/how you appear, a former district attorney so if someone needs a lawyer you have one, a former FBI agent to investigate things, a computer expert who can find out everything online about someone, and another psychologist/neurolinguisticswho has built an algorithm to help find mirror jurors to help Dr. Jason Bull practice beforehand/get a judge of how the jury is actually feeling. It has a good combination of light humor but also can be very serious when the case is very serious plus the characters are all interesting and important to the story.
Verdict: Should be renewed and stay on the air for 5-7 years.
MacGyver: You are going to say another reboot come on be original! I can say I have seen both and both are different premises despite the character basically being the same except when they learned their abilities (Vietnam War and Iraq/Iran war/what year of college). They have the same expertise and a Swiss army knife. The current trend of superhero/law enforcement shows of some type is all about teams not just about one man doing it alone. That is the strength of this show is yes MacGyver doing it on his own is but what the show is about is having a team to back him up is great. Maybe because his two best friends are a major part of the show; one is his roommate/childhood best friend who joins the Phoenix Foundation later on based on his talents, and his army best friend Jack Dalton who always has his back. The show has changed who’s his boss and who is computer tech person to help him but outside of the actress playing leader #2 being a little person that just throws off the scene because that’s all you can think about. The character arch of tech person #2 has made the show better since her addition has a back-story with Jack Dalton from her past. Plus they added another female character who’s a secret agent that makes the show better with the skills she brings to the team. Just don’t think of it as a reboot but as a completely different premise and show just with updated technology for current times compared to the 1980’s.
Verdict: Should be renewed and could be on the air for 3-5 seasons.
Me Myself and I: This show was a very creative idea and can be considered one of the most appropriate shows for a family to watch with their kids. It takes place during three times periods of Bobby Moynihan’s (formally of SNL) life. One as 14 year old living with a single mother flight attendant who uproots his life to LA during the height of the Chicago Bulls championship run with Michael Jordan to live with a step dad and a brother in Lakers town after his mother marries a pilot. This is the part of his life he has to navigate a new school, new city and new a family. Then in present day it is Bobby playing a divorced single dad living in his best friend/business partner’s garage as a struggling inventor (something he had been doing since he was a kid). He is trying to be a good father but also trying to become that rich and famous inventor he knows he can be/navigate the dating scene being recently divorced. The last part is in the future when he is 65 years old in 2042 and a retired, rich, inventor and company owner who is struggling with retired life.
Verdict: Should be renewed. Update: Removed from schedule basically dead.
Man with a Plan: This is Matt LeBlanc’s third sitcom since his days as Joey on “Friends”. It is another family sitcom really about the parent’s life as parents, their jobs and their semi social life. LeBlanc plays a dad who has to be more of a stay at home dad since his wife decided she would go back to work after their daughter started kindergarten. He is a father of three and has to balance his job as contractor with his brother (Kevin Nealon) and being the parent who does all the little things his wife used to like pick the kids up from school or make their lunches Etc. He realizes it’s harder than it looks and some of the humor is how he thinks he knows what he is doing but really doesn’t/his kids outsmarting him. If you’re a fan of his or another cute/safe family sitcom that kids can watch you will enjoy this show about raising kids/how not to raise your kids unless it’s his wife doing the parenting.
Verdict: Should be renewed as it can be long running sitcom and last for at least 5 seasons.
Seal Team: This show can be viewed as its all predicable or not real in the minds of current soldiers or veterans who watch the show but if you not in the service/a veteran you will enjoy this action-drama. You know the code about Navy Seals: They are a United States Naval Special Warfare Development Group, the most elite unite of the Navy Seals that do missions other soldiers can’t do/the government can’t acknowledge they sent them on the mission at all. They don’t get any notice if they succeed like if they don’t get the mission done they get disavowed by the government as collateral damage. David Boreanaz from Bones and Buffy the Vampire Slayer produces so it’s natural he is the leader of his Seal team-Bravo team. The difference between this show and NBC’s the Brave is his unit works with other forms of government like the CIA or FBI Etc to coordinate the plan like the CIA liaison and logistics specialist they have to help them. It also sometimes has too much off the battlefield drama that you hope they cut back once we have fully developed the characters on the show in the future.
Verdict: Should be renewed and could last 3-5 years.
S.W.A.T.: In a long line of remakes/reboots here is another one based off a show that only lasted two seasons and was a spinoff to begin with. The major difference between both is more characters but that the lead Hondo is played by Shemar Moore who is black unlike the original played by Steve Forrest who is white. The premise is the commissioner appoints Hondo to lead the team based on the color of his skin to try to die down racial tensions between cops and African Americans in LA. Also since the original leader Buck was suspended and then quits after he mistakes a perp for a black kid and shoots him. The show is like another cop show they take down the bad guy/solve the crime. There are lots of action and some unneeded drama between Hondo and his female captain but outside of that Justin Lin’s impact is a good one since he is known for the Fast and Furious franchise. You definitely want it to be on for more than a year to get to know the characters more than just what their best at in the field. One great thing is they actually have a theme song unlike most shows nowadays.
Verdict: Should be renewed was given a full season of 22 episodes and stay on for at least 3 years.
Young Sheldon: CBS is full of remakes/reboots and spinoffs but this one is actually worthwhile to watch and to watch with your kids. Think the Wonder Years with Fred Savage and the Big Bang Theory writing put together. For those who watch BBT and wondered about how Sheldon grew up this is a good way to see the child prodigy grow up in Texas with his typical Texan family. The show is how he handles being this prodigy living with his not so smart/not well financially able family and attending high school at age 9 instead of a private school(to get a real life experience) with his older not so smart brother and dad who is the football coach. His stay at home religious bible mother trying to protect her kid at all costs, and his twin sister who’s a trouble maker and his Mema(grandmother) who he talks about so fondly in the BBT. Even if you are the smartest it is hard to navigate high school at age 9. Also has a great theme song like BBT.
Verdict: Should be renewed and could be on the air for 7 years or more like its predecessor. Update: Renewed for season 2.
Wisdom of the Crowd: One of the most creative/original ideas ever for a TV with a good cast lead by Jeremy Piven. A Silicon Valley tech innovator who has a big time social media site like Facebook and Mark Zuckerburg finds out his daughter has been murdered and after the trial thinks they had the wrong guy. It eats at him for awhile until he steps down from his company and sells his share to start up a new site. The site is called Sophie that takes crowd sourcing to a new level, creating a digital platform for people around the world to publicly share and evaluate evidence for criminal investigations. What starts as a mission to find the real murder of his daughter by osmosis becomes the go to site to solve crimes in SF with the help of the detective who originally worked on his daughter’s murder case. With his dedicated staff of computer geniuses/hackers with his girl friend they create this amazing site to help solve crimes with the help of the people AKA you. The SF police only use it initially since it is good PR for the commissioner’s office but becomes the only way the detective can solve all of these cases.
Verdict: Should be renewed. Update: Due to allegations of sexual harassment from the past Piven has denied and taken a polygraph test to prove aren’t true CBS pulled the plug on additional episodes and renewing it. Due to that and the low ratings by putting on Sunday nights in the fall when Fox is king with animated sitcoms and NBC has football it wasn’t the best spot for it. CBS should have given it the 13 episodes and not made a decision to cancel it. Wait till allegations are handled in court and have his character find the real murder in the finale and let his girl friend Sarah take over as the lead. The show has enough creativity and endless types of cases to solve to at least get three seasons.
NBC:
The Brave: A similar show to CBS’s Seal Team about an elite unit of special operators with specific set of skills for each member who go places and do the missions others can’t or are unwilling to do. One of the differences is they work for one government agency the Defense Intelligence Agency and report to one person Deputy Director Patricia Campbell. They also aren’t’ based here in USA but in a remote neutral site in Europe/Asia border. The show does a better job with the team and liking the whole team and its leader. All of the members of the team are likeable and you root for them unlike the other show where maybe you only like or a get a sense from a few of the members of the team or just the lead. The annoying thing is Campbell every time puts on her glasses to only take them off a few seconds later. They also have two agents helping them in DC with Campbell who are also experts at what they do.
Verdict: Should be renewed and could be on for at least 3 seasons.
Taken: This is a prequel to the movie franchise Taken, and it is a good idea since we all want to know how Brian Mills became the man with the very particular set of skills. He is a former Green Beret and CIA operative which is how he got his training and combat skills. He has left that life behind and while on vacation with his sister a man from his past, a very bad man who Brian took down the man’s illegal operations sends a hit man to kill Brian but they kills his sister instead. From that day he vowed to avenge his sister’s death and to not let anyone else lose a loved one nor himself again. On his quest for revenge he is on the same trail as the DNI who happen to be looking to take down the same bad guy too. The leader sees his potential for greater things than just revenge like his need to save everyone who is in danger at all costs. She wants to hewn his skills he has already with his passion to save others to be on her team that already does missions others will not do and lots of rescue missions of people left behind. He agrees to join as long as they take down the guy responsible for his sister’s death.
Verdict: Should be renewed for a season 3 but it’s on Friday nights which is a tough time slot but it was renewed for season 2 despite it’s struggles in season 1. Season 1 was hard to figure out with him being put into a team when he is not a team man. It was also all over the place hoping they fix it for this season and if they do it can be on for 4 or 5 seasons.
The Good Place: From the creator of the American Office, Brooklyn 99 and Parks and Recreation comes a unique comedy no one could have thought off besides Michael Schur. It is a sitcom but with some sense of Sci-Fi to it where the premise for season 1 felt like it could be the premise for many seasons. Schur then threw us a curveball and changed the premise of season 1 towards that bleeds into current season 2 where we still don’t know where it is going to go and what they can do in season three. The show has suspense that makes you want to tune in every week to see what’s going to happen/how they are going to get out of this situation. The premise is Kristen Bell’s dies and wakes up to find out she is not in hell or heaven but in the good place. That this Michael guy played by Ted Danson is the architect of this good place where he made the choices for what shops are there and what other things are put into this particular good place. She soon meets her three other residents who have all joined her on the same day. However, she quickly realizes that she was sent there by mistake, and must hide her morally imperfect behavior, and try to be a better person. She asks for the help of her “Soul mate” Chidi an ethics professor who bound by his morals to help her and Jason another person who feels like he doesn’t belong there. The point of the season is to blend in and be good but oh does Schur throw a wrench in the premise to start the season as it has changed a few times since the original idea.
Verdict: Should be renewed for season 3. Update: Was renewed for season 3.
This is Us: This is one unique drama where you want to have the “feels” of happiness, sadness/crying and the feeling of wanting to be close to your family. It stars Milo Ventimigila and Mandy Moore as the parents and Sterling K Brown, Justin Harley and Chrissy Metz as the kids. It is a unique idea of a family drama that takes places over time but mostly in the present with flashbacks to the “Big 3” the main characters during their youth as babies-high school. Those flashbacks help shape who they are today. A hardworking dedicated blue collar middle man marries the woman of his dreams and finds out she is having triplets not just one kid. He gets this idea of a “Big 3” since he is having three kids, but unfortunately one of the triplets dies on the day of the delivery, leading him to still have a “Big 3” still. By miracle the hospital is left with a baby born on the same day and he tells his wife he has to adopt the baby (even though back then having a black kid being adopted by a white family wasn’t common practice). He adopts a black baby boy that becomes his son even though is adopted/black and you would never know it from how he raised him equal to the rest. They are all raised as the “Big 3” during the late 70s-early 80s as the show takes places in present day as they are in their 30s each with their own lives and struggles. Child one is an actor, child two is basically her brother’s assistant and child three is a weather trader with a family of his own. As the show goes on it gets better and better that t makes you grow along with them as they struggle with their issues and try to overcome them.
Verdict: Should be renewed for season 3 since there is so much more storytelling to do in current day but through the flashbacks that help shapes the current story. It could be on for at least 5 seasons. Update: It was renewed for season 2 & 3 last year.
ABC:
The Good Doctor: This isn’t Grey’s Anatomy or ER which are/were long running medical dramas or a sitcom like Scrubs it is actually a show with good merit even if it’s a drama. Dr. Shaun Murphy has a savant syndrome with near-photographic recall and the ability to note minute details and changes. He is a surgical intern at a hospital in San Jose who has never left the small town he is from but leaves to venture out of his comfort zone. The only issue with Shaun is he is autistic and suffered a troubling childhood beforehand and is alone in the world and unable to personally connect with those around him. The advice of mentor Dr. Aaron Glassman(who has been like his dad for years) convinced him to use his extraordinary medical skill and intuition to save lives and challenge the skepticism of his colleagues who don’t think someone who is autistic can make it as a doctor.
Verdict: Should be renewed. I don’t watch many medical shows besides one that are a hybrid of cops/firefighters/paramedics or the sitcom Scrubs. It is the number one new show on tv and the main actor was nominated for best actor in a TV series for his great work. It could be on for 5 seasons. Designated Survivor: When the president gives the state of union or they have important government meetings where all the senators, governors, congress and the whole white house staff (VP, Secretary of State, many of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and all nine of the Supreme Court Justices) is one in building what happens if its blown up in a terrorist attack? Well each party sets a designated survivor in a separate well guarded secret location in case this happens. That person then becomes the leader of country, he becomes the president.
Kiefer Sutherland stars as Tom Kirkman a low level cabinet member who is Secretary of Housing and Urban Development and was chosen to be the designated survivor. He becomes president at the hardest time after a terrorist attack wipes out all of the government officials and he has to rebuild the government with new senators, governors and congress. He has to also figure who blew up the Capital building and decide about who he might have to go war with. He also has to do this without the help of a vice president and forms his own white house staff from his staff being a cabinet member and lots of junior senators/other positions ones with no real experience either at the job like the white house press secretary played by Kal Pen(Harold and Kumar). The show is about him rebuilding America piece by piece in each episode but the show also has the plot line of FBI Agent Hannah Wells investigating the terrorist attack so it’s not just about Kirkman.
Verdict: Should be renewed since even in season two there is so much still that has to be done to fix America and put it back together to how it once was. Plus he has to serve his full term before we end the show so it could be a four-five year show. Probably has 4 seasons at most in it.
Speechless: This isn’t your typical family drama that ABC has on its airwaves it isn’t about a white collared family like in Modern Family or Blackish etc its even below blue collar, since the show starts off with them moving into the poorest/cheapest dilapidated home in the town. The show is centered around a family that moves quite a lot to find the best situation for their oldest son JJ who has cerebral palsy. The mother who is British no-holds-barred attitude mother who does whatever it takes to find ways to help her kid have the same resources and experiences all kids have no matter the disability. They pick this school because it prides itself on being inclusive and where JJ will have an aide to speak for him. The rest of show is about the other kids growing up knowing all the attention will go to JJ while each kid has their own problems like the middle kid who is the moral compass/voice of reasoning to counteract the over the top mother. The youngest kid is the one who is the athlete and goes with the flow kid like the father who just lets his wife do whatever needs to be done and doesn’t care what other people think about him. They find the right person to be their son’s voice and he becomes more than just an aid he becomes a part of the family as well.
Verdict: Should be renewed for a 3rdseason since they are figuring out what this season is going to be since they are not moving again like before the show started. It could be a 5 year show.
American Housewife: In a world where being skinny as a rail, rich, doing yoga or working out, eating healthy and letting your kids run free/do whatever they want or have your maids raise them there is one family/wife who isn’t in the norm in the northeast. She is the kind who doesn’t care what you eat, if you’re not super skinny who actually raises her own kids. She only lives in this town to support husband’s career as college professor and her daughter going to the best special needs program for her youngest daughter. She does have to deal with her son turning into one of the rich arrogant men in this town and corporate America that he loses values and morals while her oldest daughter could be turning into one of those skinny blonde robots who is all about looks, dieting/yoga or money. She isn’t your typical housewife but she gets it all done by herself like most blue collar middle class families.
Verdict: Should be renewed since it’s an original creative idea that isn’t like most family sitcoms; where you have the ideal wife and children it is one different family sitcom that isn’t all about being rich and beautiful. It could be a 5 year sitcom.
Inhumans: For those who don’t read Marvel Comics and just watch the TV shows or movies you would be lost watching this show like I was over its eight episode arch. You have no idea who to root for and who is what unless you Google the comic book story. The show’s premise is two brothers fight over the right to be the king of Attilan, the ruler of the all the Inhumans who are super powered humans who live on the moon. Blackbolt one of the brother’s has all of the non inhumans working in the mines. While his brother Maximus doesn’t have any powers and hates that he is not leader because he doesn’t have powers and how people with powers are treated on Attilan. The ones with powers are in the armies and have special places in the kingdom. Maximus devises a coup to take over the throne and succeeds by sending his brother, his sister in law, her sister and some of the most power/trusted people working for Blackbolt to earth. The premise of the season is the Inhumas trying to get back home while being scattered on earth and trying to stop Maximus who has taken over the kingdom. Do you root for the non powered humans on Attlian or do you root for Blackbolt and his crew to take back the throne and kingdom. I certainly didn’t know who to root for so that was challenging not knowing who the bad guy is really.
Verdict: Cancelled. This other Marvel show on ABC is not Agent Carter or the show ABC didn’t green light about agents of shield before they were shield agents. It is hard to follow along and is confusing and too many unknowns to completely fix if there is a season 2 might be best for it to be on Netflix.
Riverdale: For those who read Archie Comics as a kid or saw the many animated TV shows he had like weird mysteries this is a combination of the comics and animated shows but in particular the weird mysteries. The series follows Archie Andrews‘ life in the small town of Riverdale and explores the darkness hidden behind its seemingly perfect image. Archie and friends solve mysteries in both seasons by getting closer and closer to the truth in each and every suspenseful episode. Archie is still going to the lead character, the cool guy who is on the football team, a musician and girls find him attractive. While Betty is still this next door neighbor who is usually a goodie-two-shoes with the perfect grades, running the school newspaper and trying to be the perfect daughter. Veronica is the girl with a bad past that moves into town and wants to start over and of course befriends Betty and they each rub off of each other. Jughead in this one is the narrator; he is actually very smart and gifted as a writer. His dad is head of the motorcycle gang the Southside Serpents. His only friends are Archie and Betty who help him deal with his dad being in a gang and mom moving away with his sister. The major difference from the comics is how PC friendly the show is. Kevin is a main character and not Reggie. Kevin is their token gay friend whose father is the sheriff. Reggie is in the show but he is Asian and the all of the Josie and pussy cats are black (Josie’s mom is the mayor) and so is Pop Tate the owner of the Dinner; while Veronica and her family is Hispanic. The main four try to solve the murder of Jason Blossom the twin brother of Cheryl Blossom, the richest family in Riverdale with all the power. They do so behind their parents and the sheriff’s back despite the danger.
Verdict: Should be renewed for season 3 since season 2 has been as amazing as season 1. It could last 5 seasons.
Fox:
The Gifted: There is no X-Men or the Brotherhood of Evil to protect mutants anymore after the government law prohibits using your powers and they can arrest you for using it. The underground is the only thing projecting mutants and their families from prisons cells or from being tested. The show centers on the Strucker family whose lives change course forever when they discover by accident their children have developed mutant powers. The father is a lawyer who tries mutants to their prison sentences but soon realizes he has to protect his and see how he was in the wrong with his job. When the threat of a hostile government forces the family to go on the run and they join the ranks of an underground network of mutants who have their own leaders and plans on surviving which sometime differ from the Strucker family. Together they fight to save other mutants and survive without being caught by Sentinel Services.
Verdict: Should be renewed for season 2 since there is so much that hasn’t been uncovered in the world of X-Men comics and other characters to introduce. Update: Was renewed for season 2.
Lethal Weapon: This reboot is based off the movie franchise of the same name but does it even better since there is time to build story plots and character arches. We all know about Roger Murtaugh’s life story already: Married to a successful lawyer, has a big home, has three kids but one was added later late in life by accident, has a heart condition and is thinking about retirement. We saw his whole life story in all four movies what we didn’t see is any sort of real story arch of Martin Riggs just where he is from and that he used to be in army/little crazy/likes to be in danger/people think he wants to kill himself. Say what you want about Mel Gibson but he didn’t do that much for the character this new actor bringing life to the character that we didn’t see before. We actually care what happens to him in this show. We learn more about his back-story, more about his current life and what motivates him every day. He is actually growing as a person in this show over two seasons almost. I can’t give away the things we learn in this show but only say what we do know the former navy seal turned cop from Texas who is married with a kid on the way but his wife tragically dies in a car accident killing the baby too. Grief-stricken he moves to LA to become a detective is paired with Murtuagh. There a few different support characters but that is only some of the differences.
Verdict: Should be renewed want to know more about the complicated character Martin Riggs is and it’s a great buddy cop/action comedy show. It could be on for 7 seasons.
The Orville: Think Star Wars, Star Trek and Galaxy Quest morphed into a one hour show that is mostly about Sci-Fi and a great blend of comedy. Say what you want about Seth McFarlane and his Family Guy humor but he is a great writer of drama and comedy. The premise is he been an officer for the planetary union for years never getting that captaincy until now. He picks his best friend, who is the best helmsman in the fleet but has issues with authority, Bortus an alien from a single gender planet as his second in command, Isaac, an artificial life-form from a machine society to be his chief science officer, navigator John Lamarr; Alara Kitan, a young, inexperienced security officer to be head of security and highly regarded physician of exceptional credentials Dr Claire Finn as chief medical officer. The only problem is he has no first officer. The issue that arises is there is only one available and it’s his ex wife who cheated on him a few years back. He has to learn how to be a captain for the first time with a qualified but eccentric crew and to work side by side with his wife as they embark on various diplomatic and exploratory missions.
Verdict: Should be renewed. There is soon much to be on in Sci-Fi you have endless ideas and with writing of McFarlane and co they can come up with so many future plots. It should last at least 3 seasons maybe 5. Update: Was renewed for season 2.
Ghosted: In a long line of half hour sitcoms on Fox to be put during the Animation Domination block on Sunday nights comes an original idea. It is about a secret government agency called the Underground Bureau who investigates paranormal cases. Think of a sitcom version of X-Files but not anywhere close to the level of a show with that magnitude but not a copy cat either since the characters/plot is different. It stars comedy actors Craig Robinson (From the Office and many movies) and Adam Scott(From Parks and Recreation and many movies). Scott plays a Stanford professor with a PHD who wrote a book about the multiverse and who also believes in all of the paranormal things after his wife was abducted by aliens. While Robinson is a former missing person’s detective who doesn’t believe that aliens could be real and abducting humans. This agency turns to Scott and Robinson who are both at low points in their life and are asked to work together to save one of the agents that have gone missing. The head of agency asks them to join permanently and since they both don’t have jobs (both fired from their jobs) they agree to save Earth and investigate all of the unexplained paranormal activity.
Verdict: Should be renewed and put in the same hour time slot with Brooklyn 99 to help its rating since it’s on Sundays during football and in the middle of the animated shows. There are enough paranormal things to explore in a half hour Sci-Fi comedy for awhile. Probably will last 2 seasons if it gets renewed.