What's the Best New Show on TV This Fall?

The Fall TV Season is well under way and November sweeps are just around the corner. But how did all the new offerings this season fair up? Here's my look at the best new shows.

A friend of mine commented that nothing really wowed him this season like Heroes did last year and Lost a few years before. I disagreed with him. However, I found that the shows that did wow me were a different kind of show than either Heroes or Lost. In fact, humor is what impressed me this year.

Without further ado, here are my Top 5 new shows:

1. Reaper
In this show, the devil once said, "Life's too short to drink domestic." I say life's to short not to watch Reaper. My favorite show of the season, Reaper, has some of the best one liners on TV and they are delivered by none other than the devil himself. Ray Wise steals every scene he's in as the boss that won't let Sam out of his contract, but wants to help him be successful in his role as the devil's bounty hunter. While Wise might not be a kinder, gentler devil, he's definitely a friendlier, funnier devil.

But Wise isn't the only star of the show. Sam and his two slacker friends -- Socks and Ben -- will keep you rolling with their attempts to catch escaped souls using vessels given to them by the devil that include a dirt devil hand vac, a remote control car and a Christmas sweater among other things. There's also Sam's super caring parents -- you know the ones that sold his soul to the devil when his dad was dying (or at least that's what they are telling Sam, but what aren't they telling him?).

Of course, there are also girls involved. Missy Peregrym (Candice from Heroes) stars as Andi, Sam's dream girl that he can't quite pair up with. Valerie Rae Miller (Original Cindy from Dark Angel) rounds out the cast as Socks' ex and the only one of the friends with real career aspirations.

Maybe this show holds as special place in my heart because Sam's antics at The Workbench (minus his devil duties) remind me of stories my husband has told me about his days in college working at a home improvement store with his pals.

Reaper airs on CW on Tuesdays at 9 p.m.