For the 2018-2019 tv season, I have tried a few new shows. I have tried and discarded Manifest, A Million Little Things, and Magnum P.I. I am undecided about All American, but love Single Parents and decided to give Charmed a shot. They had the first episode tonight and it was better than I had expected. The only other new show I have to watch is Legacies, but that isn't on until the 25th.
Honestly, I got 50 minutes into Manifest and was so bored that I deleted it. I watched the first episodes of both Magnum P.I. and A Million Little Things, but neither was interesting enough to make me want to come back for more. As for All American, it was ok and there was a twist at the end that intrigued me enough to come back for seconds, but it has to get better fast for me to stay around.
Single Parents is silly and fun. I love that it doesn't take itself seriously and it is nice to finally see Leighton Meester in something other than Gossip Girl. She is so good at the deadpan comedy that this series calls for. I am really not much for the half hour comedies (not really a sitcom), but this and The Good Place are both funny enough that they are very fun to watch. I also love the kids in the show who are more grown up than the adults.
As for Charmed tonight, that is the one I have been fighting myself the hardest over. I loved the original series, so I have been incredibly wary of this show. What I appreciate is that they keep a lot of the same language (three sisters are the Charmed Ones with a Whitelighter, their guardian died, there is a Source of All Evil, and a Book of Shadows) but they don't try an just copy the first show. Even the powers are pretty much the same. The oldest sister (this is the one who was given away for adoption!) has telekinesis and the middle sister can freeze time. The main difference is that the youngest sister can read minds rather than being precognitive. Yes, I know Phoebe could eventually read minds, but that was well into the series before they did that. I also loved that the election which caused the Orange Menace to occupy the White House is one of the signs of the apocalypse. That was a much needed laugh. This one will definitely stick around for a while.
The only new show left is Legacies. I anticipate keeping that one around for a while unless they really screw it up.
