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For the umpteenth time I'm singing the praises of my favorite season because, really, what's not to love?  I've covered most of it but now let's talk Fall TV.  Dare I say that there's almost too much to watch?  I dare because there really is and there aren't enough hours in the day.  But here is a short list of old favorites I've welcomed back and new shows I'm giving the old college try.  Here's a short list of the standouts:

Frank Dillane as Nick in Fear the Walking Dead

1. Ray (freakin') Donovan!  -  The season finale was this past Sunday and I swear- never a dull moment with the Donovan clan.  So good from start to finish.  Love it!  (And Liev Schreiber is hawt!)
2. Fear the Walking Dead  -  Next Sunday is the finale for the first season of this spinoff and I feel like it didn't really get good until the last episode.  I know new characters and storylines have to be introduced but I'm super impatient and I don't feel like I was able to form a connection with any of them so I wouldn't be sad if they all died in one big zombie pit.  I was mildly amused by Nick's antics but they've grown tiresome (fun fact: Frank Dillane's father plays Stannis Baratheon on Game of Thrones).  We'll see what happens this Sunday.  It's definitely holding me over until The Walking Dead premier in a couple weeks.   
3. The Bastard Executioner  -  I will say that the first episode took a while to get into (almost the whole two hours) but it culminated well in the end.   I feel like if Game of Thrones and Sons of Anarchy had a baby this show would be its offspring.  Not in a bad way.  I'm actually into it. Fun fact: Ed Sheeran guest stars on tonight's episode.
4. Heroes Reborn  -  I liked Heroes in the first couple of seasons and then I felt like it fell off so I stopped watching.  I have no clue how it ended but I dig the reboot enough to go back and watch.  I'm pretty lazy so I might not but even if I don't it holds its own pretty well.   I'm curious to see how many of the old characters come back in this version. 
5. Empire  -  I have a love/hate relationship with this show and I have since the first season but I just cannot not watch.  I appreciate the irony of Chris Rock as an intimidating thug (and cannibal) but I felt like the premier was really all over the place.  I've got a lot of questions I hope to have answered in the coming episodes. That being said- man, I love me some Cookie! 
6. Minority Report   - Visually it's pretty imaginative and I think that's a lot of what keeps me watching but I'm two episodes in but I'm still not hooked. I'm going to give it one more episode.
7. Blackish  -  I love the family dynamic and the relatable subject matter the show covers.  They came back pulling no punches in tackling the use of the N-word but they handled it in a way that was both humorous and thought-provoking.  Still discussing it, actually. Glad to have Blackish back.
8. The Simpsons  -  We've been waiting to find out what the deal was with Marge and Homer since rumors of their split began a few months back. I'm not joking. I've been watching this show since I was a pre-teen so the idea of them breaking up is like an aunt and uncle calling it quits.  While I'm glad to see the Simpsons are still very much together I didn't enjoy the premier. Like, it was trying to hard to be shocking. Maybe if there hadn't been a buildup.  Meh.

Upcoming Season & Series Premiers:

1. The Walking Dead (10/11)
2. American Horror Story (10/7)
3. Ash vs. Evil Dead (10/31)
4. Jane the Virgin (10/19)
5. The Leftovers (10/4)

They say you can tell a lot about a person by what they watch on TV (no they don't).   I wonder what my programming choices say about me.