Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 79% (Audience)
Developed By: Cheo Hodari Coker
Starring: Mike Colter, Mahershala Ali, Simone Missick, Alfre Woodard and Rosario Dawson
Channel: Netflix
Synopsis:Given superstrength and durability by a sabotaged experiment, a wrongly accused man escapes prison to become a superhero for hire. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 92% (Critics) / 90% (Audience)
Developed By: Melissa Rosenberg
Starring: Krysten Ritter, Rachael Taylor, Mike Colter and David Tennant
Channel: Netflix
Synopsis:Ever since her short-lived stint as a Super Hero ended in tragedy, Jessica Jones has been rebuilding her personal life and career as a hot-tempered, sardonic private detective in Hell’s Kitchen, New York City. Plagued by self-loathing, and a wicked case of PTSD, Jessica battles demons from within and without, using her extraordinary abilities as an unlikely champion for those in need… especially if they’re willing to cut her a check. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 53% (Critics) / 86% (Audience)
Directed By: Jamie Travis
Written By: Dan Dworkin
Starring: Willa Fitzgerald, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Bella Thorne and Tracy Middendorf
Network: MTV
Synopsis: In the premiere, the murder of a high-school student in the small town of Lakewood conjures memories of a similar murder that occurred 20 years earlier in the community. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 85% (Audience)
Directed By: Glen Winter
Written By: Andrew Kreisberg
Starring: Melissa Benoist, Jeremy Jordan, Laura Benanti, Chyler Leigh, Mehcad Brooks and Calista Flockhart
Network: CBS
Synopsis: At 24, Kara Zor-El decides the time has come to embrace her superhuman abilities and fulfill her destiny as a hero in this drama based on the DC Comics character Supergirl. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: NA (Critics) / 100% (Audience)
Directed By: M. Night Shyamalan
Written By: Chad Hodge
Starring: Matt Dillon, Carla Gugino, Toby Jones, Melissa Leo and Terrence Howard
Network: Fox
Synopsis:A Secret Service agent ends up questioning his own sanity as he searches for two missing colleagues in a strange town that he seemingly can’t escape in this thriller based on the novel `Pines’ by Blake Crouch. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 95% (Critics) / 83% (Audience)
Directed By: Danny Cannon
Written By: Bruno Heller
Starring: Ben McKenzie, Donal Logue, Robin Lord Taylor, Erin Richards and Jada Pinkett Smith
Channel: Fox
Synopsis:The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon’s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman’s arrival. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 50% (Critics) / 100% (Audience)
Directed By: Brad Anderson
Written By: Matthew Miller
Starring: Ioan Gruffudd, Alana De La Garza, Lorraine Toussaint and Judd Hirsch
Channel: ABC
Synopsis:A 200-year-old man works in the New York City Morgue trying to find a key to unlock the curse of his immortality.(Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 64% (Critics) / 55% (Audience)
Directed By: Julie Anne Robinson
Written By: Emily Kapnek
Starring: Karen Gillan, John Cho, David Harewood and Da’Vine Joy Randolph
Channel: ABC
Synopsis:After being the subject of an embarrassing viral video, a self-involved 20-something enlists the help of a marketing expert to revamp her image in the real world. (Source)
Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 21% (Critics) / 29% (Audience)
Directed By: McG
Written By: Jeff Rake
Starring: Debra Messing, Josh Lucas, Janina Gavankar and Laz Alonso
Channel: NBC
Synopsis:A single mom NYPD homicide detective cracks case after case while raising wild twin boys and locking horns with her less than helpful police detective ex-husband. (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 61% (Critics) / 80% (Audience)
Directed By: Alfonso Gómez-Rejón
Written By: Sergio Aguero
Starring: Octavia Spencer, Dave Annable, Ciara Bravo, Charlie Rowe and Astro
Channel: Fox
Synopsis:A dramedy set in a Los Angeles hospital’s pediatric ward, where teen patients deal with life-threatening illnesses and bond over their experiences. A remake of the Spanish series “Polseres vermelles.” (Source)
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Rotten Tomatoes Rating: 100% (Critics) / 93% (Audience)
Directed By: Ben Wheatley
Written By: Stephen Moffat
Starring: Peter Capaldi, Jenna Coleman
Channel: BBC
Synopsis:Season 8 begins with Peter Capaldi as the 12th Doctor. In the opener, the Doctor and Clara are in Victorian London where a dinosaur is on the loose and a spate of deadly spontaneous combustions take place. (Source)
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Based on DC Comics characters, THE FLASH and CONSTANTINE TV shows are two of the more hotly anticipated shows set to debut this fall. So you can just imagine what a treat it was to the more geek oriented of us when the pilots for both shows leaked. Now I won’t go into detail about what nefarious means I used to get my grubby mitts on these two shows but get them I did and now I shall share my thoughts on them.
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