Network shows mostly disappoint me, but I'm half-cautious, half-optimistic about some of them (mostly because of the talent)...
CBS has Battle Creek. Directed by Bryan Singer, written by Vince Gilligan and David Shore. Problem is it could wind up just being a regular cop show.
FOX has Empire. Directed by Lee Daniels, written by Danny Strong, and starring Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson. Problem is it could end up feeling simplified and watered down like many serialized network dramas.
ABC has The Whispers (an alien-invasion story with a pilot by Mark Romanek), American Crime (racially charged drama written/directed by John Ridley), and The Club (upstairs/downstairs country club drama which had David O. Russell involved, but he left after the pilot). Same potential problem I mentioned with Empire.
Then, there were a bunch of shows okayed that are based on comics. That means next year for comic book fans...
ABC- Agents of SHIELD S2, Agent Carter
CW- Arrow S3, Flash, iZombie
FOX- Gotham
NBC- Constantine
AMC- The Walking Dead S5
Netflix- Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, Iron Fist
That's 12 series based on comics given the greenlight over the course of the 2014-2015 season with some probably coming in Fall 2015. Quality-wise, it didn't work in film when it felt like every comic property started getting a feature in the early-mid '00s. I'm curious to see if this explodes or implodes on the TV companies.