Spring TV Here I Come

Even though the mid-season of the television season officially started on March 1 with a couple of new series debuting over the course of the past week (or so) and most shows returning to their usual airings, there is still a great deal of programming coming our way over the next few months.

The shows for which I am eager to see upon their return or debut over the next two months include:

1. The Guard is a new series that will air on ION on March 13 with back-to-back episodes at 9 and 10 PM and covers the lives of an imperfect, offbeat and sometimes difficult Canadian Coast Guard Search and Rescue team. Steve Bacic is part of the cast.

2. The new, gritty FX drama Justified will debut on FX on March 16 at 10 PM. The series stars Timothy Olyphant, as a modern day 19th century-style U.S. marshal, who enforces his own brand of justice in a way that puts a target on his back with criminals and places him at odds with his bosses in the Marshal Service. He ends up reassigned to the district that includes his rural Kentucky hometown.

3. FlashForward will be back on ABC on March 18 with a two-hour premiere starting at 8 PM. While the series garnered rave reviews prior to its initial 10 episode run, it ran into trouble ratings- and storyline-wise. At best the show is standing on unsteady ground for a renewal. The only hope for fans of the show is that when it returns it will be more groundbreaking and provide revealing information along with some surprises during its remaining run.

4. Survivors, the BBC series, about the remaining survivors of a terrible medical pandemic not only through the United Kingdom but all over the world, will debut its second season on BBC America on a new night – Tuesdays – starting March 23 at 9 PM.

5. The ABC remake of the 80’s sci-fi classic V will be back at 10 PM on March 30, bringing with it the tale of visitors from another planet, who claim “to be of peace always,” but are hiding their identities behind a façade and their true plan for our planet is nefarious at best.

6. In Plain Sight will return on the USA Network on March 31, picking up where the season finale left off with Mary being critically wounded.

7. Stargate Universe is back with new episodes on Syfy on April 2 at 9 PM. I cannot wait to see what new adventures befall the inhabitants of the Ancient ship known as the Destiny.

8. One of my favorite series Army Wives will return on Lifetime on April 11 at 10 PM, bringing more stories of the wives at Fort Marshall especially for the Sherwood family after the season finale cliffhanger gunshot ending in their home and the Burton family, which found Joan under fire in Iraq.

9. Glee will be back on FOX on April 13 at 9 PM with more singing and dancing by McKinley High School’s best and brightest, er, well, the Gleeks, who just won sectionals, but now have regionals and Vocal Adrenaline to conquer.

10. Doctor Who is returning to BBC America on April 17 with the new doctor – Matt Smith – and his new companion.

There are, of course, many other shows returning to the prime-time line-up with a number of shows airing their season finales as well as quite a number of made-for-TV movies being aired over the next few months. You can learn more about what is coming up on television by visiting our mid-season (and beyond) TV calendar at https://nicegirlstv.com/2010/03/01/the-new-mid-season-tv-calendar-and-beyond/.