Watch It: Fall Television

Television has transitioned from standard weekly shows airing September thru May complete with bi-annual sweeps to a rolling year-round affair crowded by both network and cable television.

Despite new season schedules, non-interrupted airings, and the advent of DVR's, Fall Network is still where it's at. But shows are only as successful as viewers so please, I'm begging you (especially you Nielsen Box Owners...you know who you are), to consider the following:

The Show: CW's "Vampire Diairies"
The Plot: LJ Smith's angst laden YA-vampire books come to television
The Sell: Do I really need to sell vampires these days?

The Show: ABC's "V"
The Plot: A remake of the 80's miniseries (I still get chills thinking about the hot alien chick swallowing the rat) about a sinister alien plot to take over the world!
The Sell: Scott Peters (of 4400 fame) is penning the script. Besides, Battlestar is over. What else you got going on?

The Show: CW's "Body Politic"
The Plot: Jason Dohring (V. Mars Alum!) and Brian Austin Greene (he's back - accept it)
The Sell: Ditto

The Show: Fox's "Masterwork"
The Plot: National Treasure + DaVicini Code Meets Television (the network's words, not mine)
The Sell: In these budget crunching times it makes sense that shows would revert to set work not site work. But Masterwork is actually going global and filming in multiple locales - an authenticity few shows can claim.

The Show: NBC's "Day One"
The Plot: Survivors of a global disaster (to which attractive people are somehow immune judging by the cast) rebuild the human race.
The Sell: Buffy's Xander Berkeley is back on television!!

The Show: NBC's "Parenthood"
The Plot: Remember that 80's movie with Steve Martin, my boyfriend Keanu Reeves, and a young Joaquin Phoenix? Yeah, that.
The Sell: Peter Krause acts and Friday Night Light scribes pen!