So far this season there are two shows that I’ve reviewed the pilots of here on TV Jab that I just can not sit through to review subsequent episodes. Throughout the new fall season I’ll be posting about more shows that just don’t make it past the pilot for me, but the two that I’m talking about today are…

“Fringe”

This CSI for sci-fi show is just not cutting it for me. Sure, there is a larger mystery involved with the show (ala “Lost” or what have you) but nothing about this show gels together. Joshua Jackson seems to be attempting to play George Clooney – and it shows. His dialogue is awkward, his attitude doesn’t feel real – and the premise behind why he is a part of this time feels forced and silly.

The plots have been uninteresting, and the rest of the cast all seem like puzzle pieces to different puzzles that are trying to fit together to make one picture – and it isn’t working.

I will be surprised if this show gets a season 2.

“Raising the Bar”

This show is just plain terrible. I hate that. I really like most of this cast, and would love to see them work together on a successful show…this show just isn’t it. The writing is predictable, stereotypical, and in many ways laughable.

In the 3 episodes that have aired the show has not thrown us one interesting plot twist that wasn’t viewable from space before his appeared. The show wants to have heart, and wants you to care about the people involved in the crimes of the week – but its not working.

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I fully expect to see both of these shows cancelled in the very near future. There’s just nothing here worth keeping around on television.