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9-1-1
September 23, 2018  | By David Bianculli

Fox, 8:00 p.m. ET

 

SEASON PREMIERE: This is not a recommendation. This is the second year in a row that TVWW hasn’t provided a mass rundown of the new fall shows on broadcast TV, with many of our critics offering their capsule verdicts, and this is as good a time and place as any to explain why we haven’t. Basically, it’s because, for the second year in a row, the broadcast networks – individually and collectively – have, by and large, come up with such a derivative and disappointing lineup of new shows that breaking them down in such a comprehensive way didn’t seem worth the effort. Any of the new shows that are worth watching, or even sampling, will be singled out, here and elsewhere on the website. Meanwhile, the new season is imminent, with returning as well as new shows beginning to appear. Hence, tonight, Fox gives The Simpsons a one-time Sunday day off to preview Season 2 of its high-action, low-subtlety 9-1-1 drama series. Worth noting? Yes, because it’s a 2018-19 TV season early arrival. Worth watching? Not really – even though it’s leading off with a major West Coast earthquake.

 
 
 
 
 
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