It’s April and many shows have come and gone (Justified, The Walking Dead, American Horror Story) while others are winding up over the next few weeks before others start: True Blood, Breaking Bad, Arrested Development. It might be premature but what follows is a list of new TV shows that have debuted in the 2012/2013 TV season that I am enjoying. Hemlock Grove is anticipated as it is starting on April 19.
Banshee: Antony Starr, Ivana Milicevic, Ulrich Thomsen,Frankie Faison, Hoon Lee
Vikings: Travis Fimmel, Katheryn Winnick, Gabriel Byrne, Clive Standen, Jessalyn Gilsig, Gustaf Skarsgård, George Blagden
Bates Motel: Vera Farmiga, Freddie Highmore, Max Thieriot, Nicola Peltz, Nestor Carbonell, Mike Vogel
Hannibal: Hugh Dancy, Mads Mikkelsen, Laurence Fishburne, Scott Thompson
House of Cards: Kevin Spacey, Robin Wright, Michael Kelly, Kate Mara, Kristen Connolly, Corey Stoll
Red Widow: Don’t hold it against this show that it is done by the screenwriter of Twilight. It’s still good. Radha Mitchell, Luke Goss, Goran Visnjic, Rade Serbedzija, Clifton Collins Jr., Sterling Beaumon, Lee Tergesen, Wil Traval
Legit: Jim Jefferies, Dan Bakkedahl, DJ Qualls, Sonya Eddy
Ripper Street: Matthew Macfadyen, Jerome Flynn, Adam Rothenberg
Arrow: There’s probably a plot but all I know is that he has his shirt off in every episode. Starring: Stephen Amell, Katie Cassidy, Colin Donnell, David Ramsey, Paul Blackthorne, John Barrowman, Willa Holland, Emily Bett Rickards, Susanna Thompson
Hemlock Grove: Famke Janssen, Penelope Mitchell, Freya Tingley, Lili Taylor, Bill Skarsgård, Landon Liboiron, Dougray Scott