What I’ll be watching, fall 2013 SFTV

To follow up on recent posts about genre entertainment, here’s my tentative viewing schedule for this coming fall. Even if half of the new television shows fail this season, there’s still more than enough to keep fans busy!

Sundays

• 11:00 a.m., Disney XD: Ultimate Spider-Man (animated superhero, currently airing) **
• 7:00 to 10:30 p.m.: “Vortex: Terra’s Pride,” Gene D.’s telecom space opera RPG (using FATE 3e Starblazer Adventures/Mindjammer, Bulldogs, Skype, and an online dice roller), to be replaced in October by “Vanished Lands: A New Dawn” (using AD&D1 Oriental Adventures and the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game)
• 9:00 p.m., PBS: Masterpiece Mystery: Foyle’s War/Sherlock (Holmes) **** 9/29
• 10:00 p.m., History, Vikings (historical drama) *** 2014
• Other genre: Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, Avengers Assemble (** dropped), Black Sails (coming soon), Comic Book Men, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Masters of Sex, Mentalist, Once Upon a Time, Ripper Street, The Simpsons, True Blood, Walking Dead

Mondays

• 6:00 to 10:30 p.m.: The “Vanished Lands: Vistel’s Circus,” Gene D.’s fantasy campaign (using the Basic Fantasy Role-Playing Game), alternating with Jason E.R.’s “Star Wars: Dark Times” miniseries (using Savage Worlds)
• 10:00 p.m., Fox: Almost Human (robot cop, new) 11/4
• 9:00 p.m., SyFy: Defiance (postapocalyptic drama) ** June 2014
• 9:00 p.m., Fox: Sleepy Hollow (paranormal procedural, new) 9/16 ***
• 10:00 p.m., ABC: Castle (mystery) *** 9/23
• 10:00 p.m., SyFy: Warehouse 13 (supernatural conspiracy) ** ending 2014
• Other genre: Beauty and the Beast (remake)

Tuesdays

• 7:30 p.m., Cartoon: The Looney Tunes Show (animated comedy, currently airing) ***
• 8:00 p.m., ABC: Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD (comic book procedural, new) 9/24
• 9:00 p.m., CW: Tomorrow People (metahuman melodrama, new) 10/9?
• 10:00 p.m., CBS: Person of Interest (technothriller) *** 9/24
• 10:00 p.m., History: Top Shot (marksmanship, summer) ***
• Other genre: Fangasm, Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle (PBS, 10/15), How Sherlock Changed the World (PBS, 11/19 or 11/26?), The Originals, Ravenswood, The Voice

Wednesdays

• ~7:00 to 9:00 p.m.: Weekly historical weapons class in Burlington, Mass.
• 8:00 p.m., NBC: Revolution (postapocalyptic drama) ** 9/25
• 8:00 p.m., CW: Arrow (superhero drama) *** 10/9
• 9:00 p.m., PBS: Death in Paradise (mystery) ***
• 9:00 p.m., CW: Tomorrow People (metahuman melodrama, new) 10/9?
• 10:00 p.m., USA: Psych (comedic sleuths) *** 12/15
• Other genre: American Horror Story, Archer, Bitchin’ Kitchen, Ironside, Kung-Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness, Man vs. Food Nation), Superheroes (PBS, 10/15), Supernatural

 Thursdays

• 7:30 p.m., Nickelodeon: Dragons: Defenders of Berk (animated fantasy) *** 9/19
• 9:00 p.m., USA: White Collar (sleuth/caper) *** 10/17
• 10:00 p.m., CBS: Elementary (Holmes in NYC) *** 9/26
• Other genre: The Big Bang Theory, Covert Affairs, Once Upon a Time in Reign, Wonderland, The Vampire Diaries

Fridays

• 7:00 p.m., Avatar: the Legend of Korra (animated fantasy) *** 9/13
• 9:00 p.m., SyFy: Continuum (time travel) ** 2014
• 9:00 p.m., NBC: Grimm (supernatural procedural) *** 10/25
• 9:00 p.m., PBS: The Hollow Crown (Shakespeare; new miniseries) 9/20
• 10:00 p.m., Starz: Da Vinci’s Demons (historical fantasy) ** 2014
• Other genre: Dracula, Haven, The Hunters, Merlin, The Neighbors, Lost Girl, Nikita

Saturdays

• 10:00 a.m., Cartoon: Beware the Batman (animated heroes, currently airing) ***
• 10:30 a.m., Nickelodeon: Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles (animated heroes) *** late Sept.
• 11:00 a.m., CW: Phantom Gourmet/NECN: TV Diner (local food, currently airing) ***
• 8:00 p.m., BBC America: Doctor Who (time travel) *** 11/23
• 9:00 p.m., BBC America: Orphan Black (clone conspiracy) **** 4/2013
• 10:00 p.m., BBC America: Atlantis (fantasy, new) 11/23?
• 11:00 p.m., VH1 Classic: That Metal Show (talk) ***
• Other genre: Copper, The Graham Norton Show, The Nerdist, Metalocalypse, Monsters vs. Aliens, Teen Titans Go!