Grimm
If we're being honest, the majority of everyone who grew up with fairytales and various "happy-ending" type of stories has thought about what the darker side of that story would be like. And some of us have even craved to read or see a plot of that type. While Grimm might not be a fairytale-turned-horror show, it is definitely a decent adaptation that depicts the villains stronger and in a larger number.
It is basically a drama/fantasy/horror TV show that started showing just recently on NBC, and it tells the story of Nick Burkhardt (David Guintoli), a modern-day police detective in Portland, Oregon. Nick is also a "Grimm", or in other words, a person who has the ability to see supernatural creatures. Isn't that cool, walking down the streets and instead of just people, seeing certain people's true creature-form? It sounds really awesome, except the fact that through history the Grimm have labeled themselves as enemies to almost all these kinds of creatures, and now they're all either running away from the Grimm or trying to get rid of them.
The whole thing comes as a shock to Nick, who is living a happy life with his girlfriend Juliette Silverton (Bitsie Tulloch), and at first he tries to completely ignore his Grimm history. However, as the department gets new cases for him and his partner, detective Hank Griffin (Russell Hornsby), he realizes that it won't be so easy to get away from his "new life." He is lucky though, as his ancestors have accumulated their knowledge in books and have acquired various weapons and tools which can help him find any creature's weak spot and defeat it.
He might not be the perfect Grimm just yet, as he doesn't spend all his free time studying the history of the Grimm, but after all he is just trying to get on with his life and making sure he doesn't ruin his relationship and career. Even so, he still relies on the books he inherited whenever he gets in the need of information.
Basically the show has just started, so it's not some major thing you should bang your head in the wall about if you miss it, but if you're a fan of fairytale-gone-bad type of plots, then it's definitely worth your time! Plus, you never know how it'll turn up as it goes on — so far it keeps getting better, which means that the show has yet to make its strongest point and is obviously not a waste of the viewer's time.