As I reviewed the list of new shows earlier, let’s not forget that there are a host of returning shows, all of which fall into a set of five distinct groupings, of which the first four are: shows that I watch, shows that I tried and bailed on, shows that I have no interest in, and shows that I have never even heard of before. The fifth group is a bit cross-cutting but basically are shows I didn’t even realize were still on the air as I thought they were cancelled long ago!

However, rather than go through all of them, I’ll just focus on the twenty-two I regularly watch.

• 12 Monkeys — This was new last year, and I thought it was cancelled. I guess SyFy ordered some more, so count me in. Pretty dense, pretty dark, but I like it. It ended with the entire time travel program in jeopardy and a significant time paradox looming.
• American Ninja Warrior — Running every summer, I love this show, and I really enjoy watching it with Jacob and Andrea. Season 7 is great.
• Arrow — This is probably my favorite show right now, although it often gets repetitive of the tortured soul who needs to be alone to be the Arrow but needs friends and family to stay grounded. Add in Thea rising from the dead, and the level of suspension of disbelief required is a bit high. But good escapist fun. It ended with Arrow and Felicity going off into the sunset, so we know that can’t last.
• Big Bang Theory — Practically the only comedy in my roster, it has lost a lot of its spark from the first season or two. But throw in the big changes from the end of last season, and could be an interesting shake up for this year.
• Blacklist — Lizzie knows her past, what fun is that? Might become a ho-hum procedural now.
• Blue Bloods — this is pretty kitschy. Not like Hawaii Five-O, way better than that, but still, I have no idea why I like this show so much.
• Castle — Last season should have been the end, and it was done up to be that with the final episode. Yet they got renewed and now they have to figure out how to avoid turning it into Murder, He Wrote in Washington.
• Continuum — A limited season show, I have been waiting for this time travel show to deliver on the promise of the first season. The fourth and last season is looming, so I hope they spent the long hiatus on some good writing to figure out whether the future is set and will be saved, or is lost forever.
• Dark Matter — I’m really enjoying this show, too bad it is short season. I hope the plot starts moving forward though. Too much time on the ship doing nothing.
• Elementary — It left off last season with Holmes possibly committing murder and using heroin, so we’ll see what new hells await. I hope his protege Kitty comes back (and I don’t mean Watson!).
• Gotham — I still love Gotham, and I’m hoping it will be great this season without Fish Mooney and hopefully minimizing Barbara.
• Grimm — It was a huge cliffhanger for his beloved Juliette, and the return of Trubel. Is she dead? Is it permanent? Did I just write those words?
• Killjoys — This is on my “watch” list but it just finished Season 1 with a revolution starting, so we’ll see if it comes back for Season 2.
• Lost Girl — Another show coming around for a short season finale. Hope it can muster some of the fun from Season 1.
• Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. — Yep, I’m still watching. Or rather, I quit and then I started watching again. Not a must-see, but I’ll bingewatch when I’m bored with other offerings.
• NCIS 1,2,3 — NCIS (the original), NCIS: LA, and NCIS: NO are all on my roster, but NO is the weakest. I like Brody, but the rest could jump in the bay. LA is good, but regularly soap-opera-y, and NCIS is awesome but the same week-to-week.
• Orphan Black — Still on hiatus, and it was a complex messy season, hope they clean up the storylines for next season.
• Person of Interest — I honestly have no idea what to do with this show. It lost its way last season big time with two big departures, and the arrival of Samaritan. Not sure I’ll keep going on it.
• Scorpion — if Arrow required suspension of disbelief, Scorpion blows it out of the water. Okay for bingewatching.
• Sleepy Hollow — it seemed to lose a bit of focus last year with Katrina, curious to see where it goes this season.
• Suits — Yep, it’s soap opera-ish, campy, etc. Fortunately, they have short seasons.
• The Flash — Where the Arrow is dark, the Flash is light and optimistic. Cool. Almost like a palate refresher
• Undateable — Oops, I said above that I don’t watch comedies besides BBT. Apparently I do. Not sure for how long though as they intend to move to an all-live format this year.