So most of the new fall TV shows have premiered now, and I’m deciding what to give a season pass to and what to give up on.

Of the new shows, I’m enjoying The Mentalist and Privileged the most. I also think Valentine is cute, but I doubt it will last the season since the viewership is so low (which makes me sad). So those are the new shows I’m going to keep watching.

My Own Worst Enemy is okay, but I like Christian Slater better as the bad-ass character than the regular family man. I’ll probably watch a few more episodes to see if it gets better. Fringe didn’t really hook me, and I didn’t care for The Ex List at all. Those two have already gotten scratched off my schedule.

Of the returning shows, I’m still absolutely loving Gossip Girl and Chuck — both are just excellent every single week. I’d also forgotten how much campy fun Dirty Sexy Money is (it’s like a grown-up version of GG).

But some of my old favorites are starting to feel, well, just old. My Name Is Earl and Grey’s Anatomy haven’t wowed me at all this year. Seriously, does there have to be some sort of external crisis every single week on Grey’s? First, it was the car wreck, and then the busted water pipe, and this week, it looks like it’s some super-duper surgery.

I think Heroes has gotten a little better (I love Daphne the speedster character). But Robert Forster doesn’t seem to have much personality as Papa Petrelli, and they killed David Anders off last week (or at least reduced him to a pile of ash). Why couldn’t they have offed Mohinder instead? I would have been much happier to see him go than Sark. Sigh.

Ah, well. I’ll keep watching — for now. :rolleyes:

What about you guys? Which shows are you loving or hating? Share in the comments.