Top Shows to Look out for this Fall

There will be a number of popular television series returning this fall, including Castle, 2 Broke Girls, Sleepy Hollow, and The Blacklist. While the anticipation surrounding these shows continues to swell, there are also a number of shows that will be premiering that are worth looking out for.

 

Here is a look at a few:

 

 

How To Get Away With Murder

 

Take the time out to watch the trailer of this show, and it is almost a given that you will be hooked by the storyline and be rendered helpless to tune in once it begins to air on ABC. The series stars Viola Davis as Annalise Keating – a law professor – who teaches Criminal Law 100, or “How To Get Away With Murder” as she so aptly puts it. As you can imagine, she’s intent on teaching her students the tricks on how to be the best criminal defense lawyers they can be.

 

Some TV lovers will be tuning in for the plot, but for some individuals, they will be tuning in simply because of one name associated with the production – Shonda Rhimes. Indeed, the producer who has managed to attract millions of viewers to the network with shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and Scandal will be hoping to strike gold yet again with this latest series. Unsurprisingly, it too is scheduled to be aired on a Thursday night, or as some fans are starting to refer it – Shonda night.

 

 

The Flash

 

Grant Gustin stars as Barry Allen – The Flash

In the film industry, it is all but a certainty that a show’s success will result in a spin-off, and it would appear as though this is the case for the upcoming series – The Flash. The series – which is the spin-off of the successful Arrow on the CW – will highlight the exploits of Barry Allen (played by Grant Gustin) after he received his superhuman speeds as a result of the explosion of the particle accelerator in Central City. Oh yea, he was also struck by lightning.

 

Though coming as a spin-off, it is widely regarded that the Flash is a more renowned superhero than the Green Arrow, so there is every chance that with a good script there could be more excitement surrounding this series than its predecessor. That aside, the possibility of there being appearances from beloved characters such as Oliver Queen/Arrow and Felicity Smoak makes the interest in this show all the more real.

 

 

Scorpion

 

It would not be too surprising if not many individuals have heard about this show, but it is quite likely that this will all change the closer it gets to the premiere. The series is centred on Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel), a super genius who leads an organization that consists of other geniuses. Though it may start off looking like a “typical nerd show”, there is quite a twist when Homeland Security Cabe Gallo (Robert Patrick) shows up at their door. As you could have guessed, their services will be required for a matter of national security.

 

As it turns out, some 20,000 people will die if Walter and his associates don’t come up with a way to bypass the hacking of the control tower at the LAX. What makes this show one to look out for? It is not often that a crime-based TV series is all brains and no brawns.

 

Walter O’Brien (Elyes Gabel, seated) heads the group of geniuses.

 

Gotham

 

Though it would appear as though the CW has a monopoly on all the good TV shows based on DC Comics, but this is not the case as FOX is scheduled to premiere another series in the coming months – Gotham. What this series will be showing is quite possibly something that TV lovers have never seen before – Catwoman, Poison Ivy, Batman and all the other popular characters all at a young age. As a matter of fact, in this series Bruce Wayne is pretty far from becoming Batman.

 

Whether you are a comic book fan or not, it would be quite hard to deny that Gotham City may very well be the most popular fictional city ever, and now it will be the centre of attention. Well, the city and Detective James Gordon. The series is intended to be a prequel to all things Batman, and showcase the movements of Detective Gordon who is a new addition to the Gotham City Police Department. His first case? The murder of Thomas and Martha Wayne. That’s right, Batman’s parents.

 

 

NCIS: New Orleans

 

Seemingly taking a page out of the CSI: Crime Scene Investigation playbook, the NCIS franchise has gone about adding another spin-off to its line-up, set in another popular city. Naval Criminal Investigate Service (NCIS) which is itself a spin-off, will now have agents running around in the city of New Orleans. The franchise has been revelling in the success of NCIS: Los Angeles – which is months away from its sixth season, and has managed to average over 16 million viewers per episode – and will be hoping that the latest addition to the team is just as popular.

 

NCIS cast: (L-R) Lucas Black, Zoe McLellan, Scott Bakula, and C.C.H. Pounder.

 

Similar to NCIS: LA, the upcoming series was introduced with appearances in the original NCIS episodes – simply can’t have an NCIS without Special Agent Leroy Jethro Gibbs being a part of it. In this series, the main character is Dwayne Cassius Pride (played by Scott Bakula) who is NCIS Special Agent in Charge, who just happens to be a long-time friend of Gibbs. Not much of a surprise there.

 

 

Top Shows to Look out for this Fall