It seems a little weird to be talking about the new Fall TV schedule when it’s not even officially summer yet. But this time of year is when the major networks tell everyone what their preliminary schedule is going to be. Then they wait all summer to see how good or bad their shows are and then go through and change everything again. And then a few shows bomb out of the gate and they change everything again. I guess what I’m saying is don’t get too excited about the new shows or upset that you want to watch three things in a timeslot and your DVR only records two. So, let’s check out a few interesting new shows for next season after the jump.

Let’s start off with CBS. The only show that looks vaguely interesting is Sherlock. As you could have guessed, it’s a modern day Sherlock Holmes (played by Jonny Lee Miller) and his right hand (wo)man Joan Watson (played by Lucy Liu). I’ll probably give it a try, although preliminary reviews have it pegged as a dud, and not just because they’re comparing it to Moffat’s Sherlock.

Over on ABC, Shawn Ryan (who’s given us The Shield, Terriers and Chicago Code among other shows) is teaming with Andre Braugher on Last Resort. A nuclear submarine (commanded by Braugher) is given orders to nuke Pakistan. They refuse and are declared traitors. The sub ends up on a tropical island where they will figure out…something I’m sure. Now, I’m not exactly the military type. But why would the rest of the crew go along with the commander in disobeying orders? I might check this out (if only for Ryan and Braugher), but I’m not sold yet.

Fox, surprisingly has no new shows that I’m interested in. After watching all three of last year’s new dramas (The Finder, Terra Nova and Alcatraz) and enjoying two of them (hint I didn’t like the dinosaurs) before they were all canceled, I’m slightly surprised that Fox isn’t coming out with anything interesting for the upcoming season.

NBC has what I think is the most interesting new show of the season (for the major cable networks) in Revolution. The show, by J.J. Abrams and Eric Kripke(of Supernatural) is about a society that lost all electricity 15 years earlier (without affecting people’s electrical impulses and I won’t even ask about magnets) and has to rebuild. But, of course, there is something going on where someone (with a magical dohickey) can bring back electricity for a limited area and communicate over primitive IM systems to someone else. It looks interesting, but might get weird (good) quickly.

Over in the minor leagues of the CW, the one new semi-interesting show is Arrow. It’s Smallville, only with Oliver Queen (Green Arrow) instead of Clark Kent (Superman). But with the same teen drama and super heroics without a costume.

Did I miss anything interesting? The comedies look fairly light (although I might give Mindy Kaling’s show a chance, since I think she’s really funny, but I’m not sure I’m the aimed for demographic).