Two new shows this spring that I reviewed for you both came from Fox and both are no longer on my season pass list.
The first was the immortal New Amsterdam and the second was the comedy Unhitched, starring Rashida Jones from Office fame. You can read either review by clicking on the links in the previous sentence.
New Amsterdam stars John Amsterdam, a guy who had a spell put on him over 300 years ago that kept him immortal until he finds his one true love. In the first episode, he suffers a major heart attack, dies, comes back to life and walks out of an ER. Not surprisingly, the woman he is looking for caused the heart attack and is also a doctor at the hospital where he up and vanished.
I will say that I enjoyed a few of the twists early, like the fact that the guy running his bar is his son. I didn’t even see that coming. Perhaps because he didn’t speak to him at all like he was his child, but whatever. For me, the show got a bit boring, but I think it’s mainly due to the fact that almost every show out there it seems has to use a detective or law enforcement profession for their characters and there is just only so much crime solving that one can watch these days.
From Without a Trace, to CSI, to Life and hundreds of others…watching people on TV solve murder cases and mysterious disappearances…it’s just grown tired for me personally. The idea of immortal life is intriguing, but I just couldn’t see where they were going with it and bailed.
Next up on the chopping block was Unhitched, a comedy that is very trashy and sometimes funny, but with absolutely no heart and I really found myself disenchanted with everyone on screen. It’s hard to go from shows like The Office, or Scrubs, where the characters are easy to fall in love with, to something like Unhitched. I think I really only watched 2 episodes of this show, the third I had on while writing a few blogs, and you know if I turn a show on and then don’t watch it, it must not be very good!
Not really for me, and hence buh-bye!
Now, if you are looking for a good new show, then check out John Adams, which is actually replaying this week on a few other HBO stations I saw.
Was last night’s episode of New Amsterdam the only one you’ve skipped? I haven’t seen it yet, but I’m thinking of watching it online and giving it another shot. I still like the concept of it and I’ve already dumped a bunch of cop shows off my list so I’m thinking I could watch it if they can keep my attention.
Of course, it would have to make it past this season…
Well, I think it was Sunday night, but yeah, that’s the one I skipped…
It came on last night…
I watched this week’s episode of New Amsterdam online and I thought it was pretty good. So far I like the show. They did more of the show in the past this week, doing a sort of parallel story. I thought it worked well.
I think with some shows returning in a few weeks, I just don’t have room for it
Hope it keeps getting better though.
Hi Mike, I think you are on to something here. I watch the FBI dramas, and I like New Amsterdam, but I do think that sometimes the creators of these shows try to put way too much into them. For example, I talked to someone this week who said that Numb3rs was no longer their favorite because the math was just too much for them.
I read a synopsis for Women’s Murder Club and found out that all the women have jobs that are related to the law. It’s no wonder they can get together and solve crimes..lol! Ah well, I wish you good TV (and TIVO)… ;D
Alexandra’s last blog post..Numb3rs Casting Call Spoilers
I just found your article and found it quite interesting. I watched the first 3 episodes of New Amsterdam and enjoyed them. However, they did not create as much excitement for me as the “Highlander” or “The Man From Earth” movies. Still I expect that the story is still being developed and could become quite fascinating as the series plays out.
Now, a story about a real immortal would create more excitement.
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