With all the new series premieres this fall, television enthusiasts will have their hands quite full. Unfortunately its tough to foresee just how enjoyable most of these new series will be.  One show that looks particularly interesting but could certainly miss its mark is a new series premiering on CBS called The Eleventh Hour. The show is based on a British mini-series of the same name that starred Patrick Stewart. (Yes, the bald guy who played Captain Picard in Star Trek.) The new series stars Rufus Sewell (A Knight’s Tale, Tristan & Isolde, The Illusionist) as Jacob Hood, a leading biophysicist who is called in by the government to solve abnormal scientific crimes at a late hour.

In the British series the same character, Jacob Hood, was brought in to investigate cloning, a more intensified global warming problem, and even a religious scandal involving the cure for cancer. If the US show follows the established roots of the original show carefully, the CBS version should prove quite interesting. Although the series is categorized as a sci-fi thriller, the show is more along the lines of a realistic crime series like CSI. None of the science is too unbelievable, and most of the solutions could be closely tied in to actual truths.

Both the series trailer and pilot trailer can be seen on the official CBS website.  They tell as much about the show, however, as a piece of grass would tell about life’s secrets. The one thing I do know for sure after watching is that the main character’s dialogue will be filled with plenty of dry, sarcastic humor. This seems very familiar, but I’m not sure where else we have seen it… [*cough* CSI *cough*].

On a side note, doesn’t it seem like most new shows these days are stealing something from CSI? Such shows like [*ahem] Fringe, The Mentalist, and so on and so forth. Anyway, I digress…

Judging by the trailer alone I would have to say this show will more than likely just fall in the ranks with the rest of the genre, providing very little new material, if there is any at all. I hope however that I am wrong. It is worthy to note that Jerry Bruckheimer is producing the series.

We will bear witness on Thursday, October 9th, 10 pm et/pt when The Eleventh Hour premieres. God save the queen, or President, I suppose, in the US series’ case.