Well the 2007 Fall TV season may have just started a few weeks ago but the age old tradition of killing the weak and promoting the strong. So far there have been a few pleasant surprises and several let downs. Chuck has definitely turned out to be one of the pluses this time around. The characters are easy to like and the story is light enough that if you miss a week you don’t feel lost for the rest of the season. On the downside, Journeyman turned out to be just as bad as I thought it might. Surprisingly Bionic Woman hasn’t been that good. I watched the first two episodes and I didn’t feel pulled in by any of the characters. The missions weren’t all that great either. Ah well, I guess the next Alias was a lot to hope for.

So which of these will survive and which are about to meet their demise? Yahoo TV is predicting the following five new series won’t make it through to the new year:

• Nashville: the only show to be pulled from the schedule so far. Even though we liked it (pretty people, lots of drama), it lasted just two episodes before FOX benched it due to dreadfully low ratings. The network says the show will return later this month, but we think a final resting place online is very likely.
• Cavemen: Despite premiering to decent ratings, we can’t help but worry about the future of this prehistoric minority. In a poll that asked Y! TV users which new show they thought could be in trouble, Y! TV users picked Cavemen in a landslide (at last count it was almost 60%).
• K-Ville: premiered to pretty good ratings a few weeks ago, but that was before any real competition arrived (hello, Dancing with the Stars!). The audience of the New Orleans-based drama has been dropping substantially each week.
• Journeyman: Could the pre-premiere buzz be wearing off for Journeyman? Considering the sweet timeslot this show has following Heroes, we’re worried about Journeyman’s high-octane leak of over one-third of its lead-in. We smell trouble. The show also dropped 35% in search requests this week to boot. The upside: star Moon Bloodgood is a name searchers continue to look up.
• Big Shots: another show with a great cast, a great time slot and sorry ratings. In the much-coveted post- Grey’s Anatomy spot, the show that’s been compared to a male Sex and the City has hemorrhaged more than half its lead-in audience. Sounds fatal to us.

What do you think? Are any of these shows on your Tivo? Ready to see what mid-season replacements have to offer?