Everybody wants the next Lost. For everyone that gets it right (Fringe), there are well-intentioned hopefuls who just don't quite connect (The Cape, Invasion, Surface).
I think we're all curious about Steven Spielberg's Terra Nova, with humans from the year 2149 time-traveling back to the prehistoric era to somehow improve the future. It could be really great. It stars Avatar's Stephen Lang, a tremendous actor. Hoping it doesn't end up being less Jurassic Park and more Land of the Lost. anyone remember Earth 2? All I know is that those dinosaurs will have to look better than they do in the trailer. Lang looks like the only non dino with any real choppers:
Fox is offering up J.J. Abrams' Alcatraz -- again with the time travelling (sorry, China). when 302 convicts from 1963 show up in 2011 looking exactly as they did when they were incarcerated.
A lot more intriguing is Jonathan Nolan's (Dark Knight writer and brother of Christopher) Person of Interest, starring Lost veteran Michael (Ben Linus) Emerson as a mysterious billionaire helping a former CIA agent fight the good fight.
I'm really digging the vibe of The River, in which a famous nature show host (Bruce Greenwood - Captain Pike!) disappears in the Amazon. Six months later, his emergency beacon goes off, sending his friends and family into action...
Finally, one of the weirdest shows on the horizon (looking to fill the King of the Hill void?) is Fox's animated take on Napoleon Dynamite, from original writer Jared Hess and The Simpsons Mike Scully, with the movie's original stars doing the voice work. Here's hoping for lots of Rex Kwan Do...
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