Agents of change?

You'll be getting a lot of TV news from me this week as the networks announce their upcoming fall lineups. One show that we already know will be on the fall lineup is the spinoff to the Avengers franchise, focusing more specifically on the group known as S.H.I.E.L.D. Set to air on ABC, you can already get your first, albeit extremely brief, look at what you can expect from Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

2012 Fall Television Schedule Announcement (CBS)

This will wrap up the fall TV posts. I won't bother with the CW's lineup since I don't watch anything on that network and hardly anyone else does either. But if you're dying to see what they have in store, you can check it out at this link.

2012 CBS Fall Lineup

CBS has sat atop the ratings throne for several years now and the moves they made for the fall suggest they don't plan on losing that crown anytime soon. They cancelled the few deadweight shows that they had (adios CSI: Miami) and kept most of their hits in their same timeslots. The biggest change was moving Two and Half Men to Thursday nights and pairing it with The Big Bang Theory. Given that Men is getting a bit long in the tooth, it's a shrew decision to not rely it as the Monday anchor and instead have it along side the very popular Bang. That will no doubt further solidify CBS's hold on Thursday night programming. While I gave up on 2 Broke Girls, it's clear the CBS has enough confidence in it to make it the new anchor on Monday nights. Given how successful CBS has been, they really don't have too many new shows coming out. Of the ones that did make the fall lineup, the most intriguing one for me is Elementary - a modern day take on Sherlock Holmes with a female (Lucy Liu) in the Watson role. It'll take some time for me to wrap my head around the gender switch, but otherwise it looks like it could be another solid procedural for CBS.

2012 Fall Television Schedule Announcement (ABC)

Moving on down the dial (or up depending on where you live I suppose), we come to ABC's fall schedule.

2012 ABC Fall Lineup

This past year, there wasn't one regular primetime show that I watched on this network. For whatever reason, the shows they create don't seem to cater to me. That may, and I stress may change next year as based on the trailers for their new shows, there are a few that seem like they may have potential. The best of the bunch is Last Resort, a submarine drama that involves a U.S. nuclear sub being attacked by its own country and the ensuing cover-up. I don't know if it has the legs to be a decent series, but I'm intriguing by the premise alone. This may be the show that finally helps fill the void left by Lost. Speaking of which, John Locke aka Terry O'Quinn will be back on ABC in a new show called 666 Park Avenue. From the look of its trailer, I can't tell if this will be a cool, supernatural thriller or a campy mess. As for ABC's returning lineup, almost everything that got renewed is staying in its current timeslot, which should make fans of those shows happy. The biggest move came from them shuttling Revenge over to Sunday nights to fill Desperate Housewives' old slot, which seems like a sensible move, even if it means Revenge will be facing some stiffer competition.