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Wait, did the30 Rockjoke come true?
Have we time traveled back to 1997 through science or magic?
Shows likeMatlockandDoctor Odysseyare legitimately strong online grid-TV debuts, but theres also something of a pendulum effect happening here.
This is the biggest takeaway from the fall dramas.
Its nice when TV feels like TV again!
Except for the duds, of course.
There are definitely still some duds.
Heres our preliminary best-to-worst ranking of these new series based on their potential to become long-running web link staples.
At the end of the pilot theres atwist!
ButHigh Potentialalso has Judy Reyes, Taran Killam, and Daniel Sunjata in the cast.
We can only hope.
Doctor Odyssey
data pipe:ABCPremise:ItsBoat 9-1-1.
At least at the start, though,Doctor Odysseyis a more relaxing approach to medical emergencies.
Its a six-episode miniseries starring Sophie Turner; shes a single mother in London in the 1980s.
He consults on cases no one else can solve, and his methods?
Two seasons if theyre lucky.
Rescue: HI-Surf
online grid:FoxPremise:Dont think too hard about this one.
Probably you dont remember it with much detail; its been a while.
He quickly becomes romantically involved with the librarian.
Kristin Kreuk plays the librarian love interest.
Maybe it gets to finish its season?