new shows 2023

[skippercollector]

The first of the new shows I've watched for 2023 is The Way Home, a title which says little about what is happening in the series. It is a fantasy time-travel series airing on the Hallmark Channel.
Like other Hallmark series, there are many characters and many of them look alike, so that you are not always sure who is who. In addition, in this series, the scenes switch back and forth between the 2020s and the 1990s very quickly, and you are not always sure what decade you are in.
The only cast member in the series I recognize is Andie McDowell, who plays the grandmother. I suspect she is also the person who jumped in the lake at the beginning of the pilot episode, which started in the 1600s with a witch hunt.

[skippercollector]

I wonder what Glen Larson would think of The Ark on SyFy. It's the series he originally envisioned in the early 1970s, about a group of people leaving Earth. That concept later evolved into Battlestar Galactica in 1978, about a group of people whose own planets were destroyed and were looking for Earth.
I loved the first episode. It had a 1960s/1970s feel, with people trying to be positive under extreme circumstances; likeable, attractive characters; a villain who is more pathetic than scary; a long-range story arc (pun intended). All of the cast members are new to me; I've never seen any of them before.

[skippercollector]

I've given up on the new Night Court. It just isn't all that funny. I love John Larroquette but the other cast members are annoying, especially the three women. I like the clerk but he's the only other one besides Dan who I can tolerate.

[samfloor]

Originally Posted by skippercollector

I've given up on the new Night Court. It just isn't all that funny. I love John Larroquette but the other cast members are annoying, especially the three women. I like the clerk but he's the only other one besides Dan who I can tolerate.

Tried to watch, could not make it all the way through Night Court. The worst show I have seen is "Alert". It is a confusing cobbled up mess.