Wishing for Some Good New Shows

While other U.S. TV networks are spewing forth dreary remakes, TNT might actually have stumbled onto some worthwhile crime-drama projects for the near future. In addition to Eric McCormack’s forthcoming series, Perception (in which he plays a crime-solving neuroscientist named--wait for it--Geoffrey Pierce), those hopefuls include a program inspired by Laura Lippman’s series character, Tess Monaghan, a movie-of-the-week series that will “feature contemporary crime dramas adapted from bestselling authors of the genre,” and Enigma, “a modern-day mystery ... in the style of Sherlock Holmes.” I live in hope ...