TV Reviews, Continued

Heroes
Network: NBC
Status: Returning
Review: After a great first season and a so-so season finale, I was going to love this episode whatever happened, short of Claire being killed for reals. It wasn't a shocking episode with lots of cool stuff going on, but you can't save the cheerleader or save the world every week. It did give us some nice stories to carry through for the season. Unfortunately, one of those stories was the death of Sulu, and another was the introduction of a boyfriend for Claire. A big plus, though, was the absence of the annoying kid who talks to computers.
Grade: A+
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 103%

Journeyman
Network: NBC
Status: New
Review: In a show that absolutely isn't Quantum Leap, a guy takes random trips back in time to affect changes, setting right what once went wrong, or something. The male lead (Kevin McKidd) was one of the principles on Rome, and I liked him on that show, but I couldn't make it through the entire pilot of not-QL. It was plodding, and I kept waiting for Al to show up and tell him what he needed to do. I don't like CSI: Miami, which is the only show opposite J-man, but I may have to channel surf rather than watching this show.
Grade: C-
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 20%

NCIS
Network: CBS
Status: Returning
Review: It's a procedural, but they have some interesting quirks with the format. It's also about the military and a spin-off of J*A*G. The premiere continues a story line I'm not particularly thrilled with, but I think they wrapped it up and will get back to the case-a-week format that works for them. The characters really sell the show, and Mark Harmon.
Grade: A-
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 85%

The Unit
Network: CBS
Status: Returning
Review: Another show with a storyline I didn't care for. This show makes up for it with U.S. Army Special Forces soldiers doing all sorts of completely AWESOME things. There are also storylines dealing with the wives and kids back home. And lots and lots of shooting and exploding.
Grade: A
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 93%

Cane
Network: CBS
Status: New
Review: Jimmy Smits as the head of a sugar cane producing, Cuban-American family in Florida. He was adopted by this family and was put in charge ahead of the natural-born children. Well, sort of. You see, he married his sister, his adopted sister, and they were given 40% control of the company while the two sons were given 30% each. Smits' family uses its sugar cane to make rum, but there is a movement to take sugar cane and make ethanol. And there's another sugar cane family that wants to corner the market on sugar-ethanol. Add in some murders, random hot women in bikinis, and I'd watch, except that it's against the Shatner.
Grade: B
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 70%

Boston Legal
Network: ABC
Status: Returning
Review: The season premiere was 90 minutes and overlapped The Unit and Cane, so I haven't seen it yet. The show is a comedy with some drama thrown in relating to the legal system in Boston (original title, huh?). When they stay away from the politics, it's a good show. When William Shatner shows up, it's a great show.
Grade: A-
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 85%

Eureka
Network: SciFi
Status: Returning
Review: Small town full of geniuses who occasionally get themselves into world-ending trouble brings in a normal-guy sheriff to fix these problems once a week. Helping him is a very hot deputy who has a thing for weapons. Most of the techno-babble is just babble, but occasionally they talk about some fun science. It's a summer series that's about to end, but it's on the air for another week, I think, and it's worth finding on reruns.
Grade: B
Odds I'll Keep Watching: 75%

That catches me up to today, and Wednesday seems to be a little light on shows I want to watch, and they're all at the same time. So, back to a real update tonight.