Fall TV Preview - Friday

=Friday=

8/7
ABC - SECRET MILLIONAIRE
CBS - Medium
NBC - Who Do You Think You Are?
FOX - Human Target
CW - Smallville

9/8
ABC - BODY OF PROOF
CBS - CSI: NY
NBC - Dateline NBC
FOX - The Good Guys
CW - Supernatural

10/9
ABC - 20/20
CBS - BLUE BLOODS
NBC - OUTLAW

New Shows:

SECRET MILLIONAIRE - This show actually briefly ran on Fox about 18 months ago. ABC has resurrected the premise, where real-life millionaires go undercover in poor neighborhoods and find people worthy to give at least $100,000 of their own money.

BODY OF PROOF - Dana Delany left Desperate Housewives and now stars in this, as a sardonic medical examiner. It's supposed to contain a lot about her private life so it's not just a procedural each week. Jeri Ryan (Star Trek Voyager, Boston Public, Shark) also stars.

BLUE BLOODS - Tom Selleck plays a cop whose two sons are also cops (Donnie Wahlberg, Will Estes). Supposed to have as much family drama as crime story.

OUTLAW - Jimmy Smits plays a Supreme Court justice who resigns to go back into private practice to try controversial cases across the country.

My Prediction:

Well, it warms my heart that the networks aren't giving up on Friday the way they have Saturdays. The Good Guys is a fun show but its low ratings when it debuted tells me it won't survive too long in the fall. Low expectations abound on this night. I have faith Blue Bloods will stick. I do see this being Medium's final season, and CSI: NY's. Outlaw has a fantasy premise, but Smits might be the guy who can pull it off. I have no feel on ABC's slate. Overall it looks like CBS is #1, Fox is #2 (thanks to American Idol), and ABC is hanging on to #3 thanks to Dancing with the Stars, but NBC is poised to challenge them.