Get ready to set your DVR’s and TiVo’s, D.C. The major networks have already started rolling out their new line-ups, but this week there are seemingly unlimited primetime viewing options as the new fall TV season kicks into high gear. Family sitcoms are back, as are shows about aliens.
Where does D.C. fit into this prime time muddle? Lucky for us, it looks like the political drama is still going strong. We’ll have more then just The West Wing to tide us over, though. Viewers can catch the obvious E-Ring, an NBC drama about life inside the Pentagon, which premieres this Wednesday at 9 p.m., or ABC’s Commander in Chief, starring Geena Davis. (On a side note, ABC’s website for the show uses a fake blog format to drum up interest. It’s annoying, to say the least.) Personally, we’d rather watch David Boreanaz brood handsomely all over the streets of D.C. as an FBI Agent in FOX’s Bones. Kind of like a Mulder and Scully for the CSI set, the series premiere shows some potential, but they’ve got to be better with their exterior shots of the District. Our plea to network exec’s everywhere: there’s more to our city then the same canned footage of the Capitol building and Pennsylvania Ave. Please take note. And really now, we all know you can’t see the Capitol from Dulles, like a screenshot above of the premiere captured by brownpau seems to indicate. D’oh!
So, what to watch then? Should you pick Supernatural on the WB over Fox’s critically acclaimed House at 9 p.m. on Tuesdays? What about Thursday’s at 8? Is it The O.C? Or CBS’s Survivor: Guatemala? Sadly, DCist can’t decide for you, and a few hard choices are going to have to be made. Post TV critic Tom Shales gave us his opinion on the new season this past Sunday, but what are your thoughts?