I Miss Tom the Dog

Longtime readers may remember that, in years past, renowned Pop Culture Blogger and TV Game Show contestant, Tom the Dog would browse the upcoming tv schedules, and bring forth his Unfair Previews, which I invariably relied on to tell me what new shows I should look forward to.

Tragically, Tom has been lured away by the bright lights of Twitter. I must therefore venture forth to try to find myself some gold among the televisual feasts which will be showing up after the summer.

Let's start with Fox, shall we, since they were the first out of the gate.
Brothers
"Mike is a retired NFL player and his wheelchair-bound brother Daryl are brought together with life altering changes. Both brothers find their sibling rivalry heightened with age."
It's a sitcom, and other than the fact that Apollo Creed plays the brothers' dad and Claudette from The Shield plays their mum, I can't say it calls to me.

Glee
"Will Schuester, a young optimistic teacher, has offered to take on the Herculean task of restoring McKinley's Glee Club to its former glory. Everyone around him thinks he's nuts. He's out to prove them all wrong. "
I had to look on the internet to find out what a glee club is. It seems a bold choice for a primetime drama show, even from the man behind Nip/Tuck, seeming a bit too "Fame"y for my taste. Mind you, the trailer seems quite fun:

Plus it's got Jack Bristow as a recurring guest star! I'll mark this one as a "maybe", for now.

The Cleveland Show
"Everyone's favorite soft-spoken neighbor CLEVELAND BROWN moves to his hometown in Virginia with his 14-year old son, CLEVELAND JR. Many years ago, Cleveland was a high school student madly in love with a beautiful girl named DONNA. Much to his dismay, his love went unrequited, and Donna wound up marrying another man. Cleveland once told Donna he would always love her, and if this man ever done her wrong, he'd be there when she called. Well, this man done her wrong."
If I was a fan of Family Guy, this would probably be a source of excitement. Oddly, although I've seen a couple of episodes of the show, and enjoyed them, mostly, I've never been as drawn to this show as I was to The Simpsons. Too many odd little cutaways for me. Anyway, in case you are a fan, here's the trailer:


Well, that's Fox done. To sum up, I'm losing two of my favourite shows (Prison Break and Terminator), and, unless Glee turns out to be appointment tv, gaining nothing. What a gyp. Let's hope the other networks do a bit better.