Television Rolls in Hot Fall Season

Burning Sensations Return with Heated Competition

Melissa R. Mendelson
The boys of summer have gone. Sayanora, Michael Westen, but we hope for a swift recovery. The flames of Rescue Me are left trickling over the return of its series finale. The doctor is out, and the Psych is closed. Eureka is a ghost town, and Haven and Warehouse 13 will be closing their doors soon. And the skies are Dark Blue with farewell for summer is officially gone but not forgotten, and the heroes of television, the spy of Covert Affairs and con man of White Collar will fight again another day. But it is time for the reign of drama and spiral of Science-Fiction's new season and series to commence.

1. Monday Nights Roar

What is The Event? Is it a blend between 24 and Flash Forward? A heart is beating, a pulse driven, but will it be the intensity from this hot, new series? Or is it new life breathing through Doctor House, and will love cool down his biting personality, bringing a smile to his face? Or could nothing tame this savage beast? The hours are counting down, giving Chase to riveting drama and suspense, and the beaches burn with anticipation across the Hawaii 5-0. And another chapter unfolds in the life of Chuck.

2. Tuesday Knights of Drama

Who will it be? The man that broke her heart, or the one that could set her free? Choose wisely, Alicia for the trials of your decision may come back to haunt you. Beware the ghosts of your past for they are rising, targeting the city of angels, and chasing the footsteps of the NCIS. The scales of justice are weighing down with suspense, vibrating with anticipation, and the jury is ready, ready and waiting to deliver their verdict on the new competition, Detroit 1-8-7. Who will reign supreme across Tuesday night?

3. Wednesday Nights are Criminal

The streets remain deadly. Predators continue hunting their prey. Sirens break the night, but hope lingers across the flashes of red and blue. The gavel sounds, and justice is delivered. Our heroes of Law and Order: SVU have returned, ready to take down those bent on destroying lives, but what of the true predators left hunting for another kill? Will they fall into the hands of the B.A.U., Criminal Minds to peel back their layers of evil to reveal what truly lies beneath, but what of the innocent left victimized? Who will defend them, making sure that justice is delivered? Would that be The Defenders?

4. Moonlight Over Thursdays

There is no rest for the wicked, no peace for the dead. Razor sharp are the triangles of love ready to pierce the heart, but is Elena ready to face-off against her doppelganger, Catherine? And what fate lies in wait for Mystic Falls, howling with mystery in The Vampire Diaries? Intrigue dangles across the wire of suspense, and the hunt is on. But will Nikita be victorious? Will Jane succeed in unlocking the bizarre message left by his adversary, Red John, or will The Mentalist be at a loss when faced with the next challenge? It is a full moon rising over Thursday nights, flooded with biting drama and suspense, but what lurks behind shadow? What evil waits to be unleashed, and will our heroes be ready for the dawn of a new season, the rising of a new show?

5. Friday Nights Witching Hour

The fate of the world no longer rested on his shoulders, but it was his brother that made the ultimate sacrifice. And he was bound by his promise, his word to live a normal life, but would the hunt return, calling Dean away from home? Would the fate of the world once again become his, locking him into the heart of the Supernatural, or would it rest upon the shoulders of another hero, one called upon to save us? Has the time come for Superman to rise and finally leave Smallville behind, but is he prepared for the villains that will define the legend that he will become? The wings of heroes are ready to take flight. Driven and determined, they are sworn to protect us. Their blood runs blue, Blue Bloods, and the wave of crime will fall back against their shields of gold for they are no match to beat the system, the science of forensics. And the team of CSI: NY will take them down.

6. Sunday Night's Crime Spree

Summer might be over, but the temperature has reached its boiling point. Waves of red are washing over blue. Revenge are cold winds stirring, stinging with the loss of one taken away. The sun is blazing, burning ground with drama, and the heat is riveted with intensity, suspense of a new chapter waiting to unfold. So, get your sunglasses ready because Miami is about to ignite, and the team of CSI: Miami will rise up to take their enemy down. But grief will be the rider at their side, the companion of Dexter, whose humanity may now hang by a thread. But can the cold-blooded killer, his dark passenger finally be silenced by the warm embrace of compassion, the cry of innocence, and the child now in his hands?

Published by Melissa R. Mendelson

Newspaper Reporter for Long Island's Smithtown Messenger Newspaper and its sub-issues, The Brookhaven Review, The Ronkonkoma Review, and Medford News; Freelance Writer for Hudson Valley's Photo News; Movie a...  View profile

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