The return of fall television

by Michaela Zelandi      
The one silver lining to school getting back in session may be the fact that this means television’s most beloved shows are gearing up again for their new seasons.  Therefore, students now have even more reasons to procrastinate. Nobody can resist the temptation of a brand new episode on their favorite television show, just waiting to be watched on the DVR.

The CW has a new superhero TV show premiering on Tuesday, October 7, exciting fans of the comic book hero the Flash, everywhere.  This new show, “The Flash”, is a spin-off of another popular CW superhero show, “Arrow”.  “The Flash” is supposedly more upbeat and comical than “Arrow” and stars Grant Gustin as Barry Allen as well as former Disney child star Danielle Panabaker.  Superhero fan and junior Jake Marquis offers his opinion of the upcoming series.        

             “Basically his superhero ability is that he is super-fast, so he’s running all the time, yet they put him in a leather suit.  It’s ridiculous, but the show has promise,” explained Marquis.

                Not only are “Arrow” and its spinoff premiering in October, but also “The Vampire Diaries” and its spin-off, “The Originals”.  “The Vampire Diaries” is due back for its fifth season on October 2 and “The Originals” for its second season on October 3.  Warning: Spoiler alerts ahead.  “The Vampire Diaries” is set up for quite an interesting season, with Alaric back and Damon gone.  Senior Louis Walusimbi is looking forward to all the shows mentioned above.

               “The best parts of the season by far, are the returning TV shows.  I can’t wait to watch ‘Supernatural’, ‘The Originals’, ‘Arrow’ and ‘The Flash’.  ‘The Vampire Diaries’ was pretty weak last season, but I’m still going to watch and hope it gets off to a better start and continues strong,” exclaimed Walusimbi.

              As Walusimbi stated, the fan favorite, “Supernatural” is coming back on October 7 for its tenth season.  The fans of this show are obviously very dedicated and are anticipating a new twist at the end of season nine, which they can’t wait to find out about.

             Junior Mollie Fraser, a “Supernatural” mega fan, gives her thoughts on the upcoming season. Once again: Spoilers ahead!

            “The hiatus was more like a hellatus to me, because I was so anxious to see how the new season is going to turn out.  All my favorite shows, especially ‘Supernatural’, ended on cliffhangers.  With Dean as a demon now, the entire show is going to be completely different than any other previous season, which makes me nervous for his character, but also curious too,” explained Fraser. 

           Another show coming back that is surely thrilling fans everywhere is, of course “The Walking Dead”, whose new season premieres on October 12.  With a new rumor surfacing about the show, followers of the show like Marquis are ready for the upcoming season.

         “I am super excited that ‘The Walking Dead’ is coming back, especially since a rumor dropped that Daryl Dixon may not be straight.  He’s a major character that isn’t the ‘stereotypical gay’, so I feel like this could be major step in not only character development, but also equality,” stated Marquis.
         Other shows that people everywhere are anxiously awaiting for include “American Horror Story: Freak Show” on October 8,(with producer Ryan Murphy stating that he is worried that this season will be too scary for viewers), “Grimm” on October 24, “2 Broke Girls” on October 27 and “Bob’s Burgers” on October 5.