After the first Monday of premiere week, I believe my DVR
player might be about to combust…
Here is your Tuesday Grid:
Let’s talk about the new—
I covered NBC’s new programs yesterday, but to
remind—Chandler Bing is back and Utah is angry. Enjoyable comedic fair. Two
thumbs up.
Now, onto the other new. Ben
& Kate is a top pick by many critics for the fall. Brother and sister
hijinx ensue, The New Girl’s
production team (and that show went from hard to watch adorkability to a quality
program week to week), plus a plum spot on the schedule? Seems like a good bet.
Fox’s other new show, The
Mindy Project, gives Mindy Kalling from The
Office her shot at the mainstream limelight. They had the premiere on Hulu
awhile back and I really enjoyed it. I can see that like most shows it will
need to find its groove, but the romantic comedy premise behind the doctor
office set-up makes it very chick friendly and the perfect partner for The New Girl.
Adding to the glut at 9 p.m. is Emily Owens, M.D.,which should pair very nicely with Hart of Dixie, as they are both about
female doctors. The show takes the premise that hospitals are like high
schools—yikes—that’s not a fun comparison, btw and our lead protagonist has to
find confidence she doesn’t really feel. Despite being a surgeon. Starring Mamie
Gummer (aka Meryl Streep’s daughter), I’d like to think this one could last,
but the CW is a tricky network.
The final new show on Tuesdays is Vegas. And as much as I
would like to relive the days of Robert Urich pulling out of a his living room
(yep, how many of you had brain cells explode on that jaunt down memory lane?)
in a really cool classic ‘vette as Dan Tanna, this is not that show. It is the
history of Vegas from the early days with Dennis Quaid as the former
cowboy/rancher who becomes sheriff. Michael Chiklis is the bad guy and the rest
of the cast is pretty top notch. A perfect fit for CBS. Can’t imagine that it
won’t do well.
Also, quasi-new (it premiered last spring) is Don’t Trust the B—in Apt. 23 (we wouldn’t
want to offend the people in Utah with the whole world in the title, now would
we? Because abbreviating makes it so much more civil and appropriate…) I’m
always surprised that I laugh at this show—it is truly outrageous and
outlandish. But paired with Happy Endings
(a Friends for the new
generation), it is a pretty good one-two combo.
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