Preview for ABC's 'The Forgotten' , My Name is Earl Moving to TBS, New 24 Cast Member & More

In continuing with my review of upcoming shows this fall today I looked at 'The Forgotten' that is slated for ABC Tuesdays at 10pm. The series stars Reiko Aylesworth (24), Rochelle Aytes, Michelle Borth, Anthony Carrigan, Rupert Perry-Jones, Grace Olivo and Bob Stephenson . Although, I hear from another review site that the two leads played by Reiko Aylesworth and Rupert-Perry Jones will be recast.

The premise of the story is not unfamiliar. Person found dead and unknown. You need to find out who she is, why she's dead and who killed her. The only difference between this and other cop shows is that the actual people doing the investigation are not cops but are regular average crime fighting citizens. The group calls themselves the Identity Network.

I've read two early reviews of the shows and according the them the show needs retooling. As one critic eluded to, it's predictable and if you watch enough shows like this it will be easy for you to figure out who did it.

I have to say I do not much like predictable. I like when a show kind of surprises me. Last nights episode of 'The Closer', one of my favorites, BTW, was disappointing last night. I immediately picked up on a few things and pretty much figured it out way early. The only excitement I got was watching how "right" I was about where the story was going. The Closer is usually NOT that predictable. If 'The Forgotten' is predictable without any twists to keep you guessing it won't be much fun to watch at least for me.

The show also looks a little grim and depressing. It's up against the new entry "The Good Wife" on CBS. If I had to chose (which fortunately I do not thanks to the DVR) Good Wife would be more appealing to me than yet another crime show.

As another little note, it is quite hard to review upcoming shows without actually seeing the full preview. Their job at the networks is to make the shows look good, and so far they are doing a good job.

In other little tidbits for today, I have some DVR catching up to do. For one, I'm still behind on 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out of Here'. Honestly, it's not holding my interest enough. It's like the show that sits on my DVR and I'll watch it when I have nothing else to watch. I've been a little busy . Heidi and Spencer annoy me anyway and it's cheesy, really. In the ratings, it's holding at an average of 5.18M viewers.

I also haven't watched Nurse Jackie yet and tonight after I put my little boy to bed I'll cozy up on the couch and watch it. With all the hype, I hope it's good. I have to watch the Tony Awards that I recorded the other night too, because theater is a lot of fun and so I expect it will be fun to watch.

Raising the Bar was good last night. Mark Paul Gosselar is yummy. Speaking of, I caught a clip of him on the Jimmy Fallon show at EW.com. If you have a moment go and watch it. He appeared and interviewed with Fallon as his character Zack from 'Saved By The Bell'. Yes, I did watch that show and I'll admit it... LOL. I'm sure a lot of you did too ! You know you did! Anyway, the interview was hysterical and what a good sport he is. He's excellent on 'Raising the Bar' on TNT which is in its second season.


My Name Is Earl, cancelled from NBC's line up, is in talks to move to TBS. If sucessful it will be the second TV network show that was picked up by a cable network after a major network cancellation (Law & Order Criminal Intent was picked up by USA last year). The talks are in its early stages and so nothing is definate, but if you are an Earl fan ( I never got into that show) keep your fingers crossed.

And, my last bit of news today is that Kate Sackhoff (Battlestar Galactica) is joining the cast of 24 as an expert CTU analyst with a secret past that is romantically involved with Freddie Prinze Jr's character.

Tonight looks like a good night to catch up on that DVR build up. Not much in the way of new programming on. I you are looking for something interesting, however, and you get BBC you might tune into the Apprentice UK. Jimmy Kimmel Live is on at 8pm on CBS and I may tune into the Real Housewives of NJ on Bravo, since I'd never seen the show but heard good things about it.