US TV

In the US: Mondays, 8/7c, The CW

Each year, as the Upfronts season comes round, I post all the summaries and trailers for the new shows set to appear on our screens in the new season. Usually, these trailers have been pretty reliable indicators of the quality of shows, with sucky shows having sucky trailers and good shows having good trailers. Sucky shows appeal to people with sucky taste, good shows appeal to people with good taste – this is how trailers should work.

This year, however, it’s all gone a bit Pete Tong. When CBS rolled out its trailers for the new season, a groan could be heard around the world as millions of people saw the trailer from Supergirl and thought, “WTF?”

Except, of course, the trailer was misleading, and while not perfect, Supergirl is really a whole load of fun.

Meanwhile, despite it being a musical, I was looking forward to Crazy Ex-Girlfriend: 

Coming from the director of 500 Days of Summer and with animated sequences, musical numbers and more, this is actually quite a funny, innovative-looking little piece that could go pretty much anywhere, so I’m certainly going to be giving it a try.

But now I’ve seen it and all I can say now is “Oh, arse. Bloody trailers.”

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