2007 Fall TV Shows: Your Picks

Oh, what the heck. Out of the new (and somewhat new) shows this year here's what I'm digging.

Mad Men: AMC's (yes, a movie channels) series on the inner workings at a Madison Street ad agency in 1960. Filled with smoking, brutal gender discrimination, and insightful contexts. Plus, it's just Well Done.

Reaper: Kevin Smith oversees this one about a slacker who has to act as a soooouuuuullltaker for the devil. Why? His parents sold his soul. The pilot was really clever; second ep was solid; third was solid too. Let's hope it continues. Funny.

Pushing Daisies: A little worried here: there's starting to be a glut of buddy detective shows with one guy who has unique talent slash skill (Monk, psych, et al). And this one has Kristen Chenowith (hrm.) But! This one's more visually interesting, the unique talent is bringing people back from the dead with massive restrictions (neat!) and, uh, it's got a lot of pie! And humors. I liked this more than I thought I would.

Those are a few of my faves. Yours?

Oh, and I'd like to take a moment to say that I'm a little disappointed in My Name is Earl this season. I think getting away from the list is a stupid idea, and I'm starting to (gulp) Not Care about the characters. At all.