The Fall Television Preview

Spotlight — By browngirlmag on September 7, 2010 at 9:50 pm

by Reshma Jae – Georgia State University

I’m shaking, literally shaking. It’s so close, oh so close I can feel it taking over my body and life once again. It hurts so bad, but I want it too much to stop it. Two words, Fall Television.

I kid you not when I say that television isn’t just an essential part of my life, it’s one of the biggest components. While I spend my free time studying the progression on television most of you just want to know what shows you should watch to make your lives as amazing as can possibly be!

This fall their are a number of new shows entering the likes of prime time so it’s hard to know which ones are going to be captivating or entertaining. Most of my critics are based on three things: Is it a new concept? Is it captivating? and is it wildly entertaining?

Here are the shows you should keep an eye out for this fall. You can check out the trailers for each of them on their network websites!

New Premieres

Outsourced

While I’m biased because this show replaced my beloved Parks & Recreation, I am just as curious as every other brown girl out there on how exactly the show is going to impact or reflect Indian culture. While it does look entertaining I just wonder what the laughs will be at the cost of. Komal wrote a great review on the summary of the show, which you can check out here.

September 23rd 9:30/8:30c NBC

$#*! my Dad says

If you are on twitter you’ve definitely caught buzz of this show. The entire premise is on a 29 year old guy, Justin, who moved back home and started tweeting the insightful yet harsh things his dad says to him. For example, his latest tweet reads “Put the rake down. I don’t wanna sit around watching you ‘give it your best.’ Either stop sucking or get the f%ck out of the way.” The hilarious William Shatner will play Justin’s father and if you ever watched Star Trek or Boston Legal, I’m sure you know what to expect from his performance.

September 23rd 8:30/7:30c

The Event

The premise of this show seems like it will follow the formatting of Lost and Heros, because it’s super top secret and they can’t really tell you what it’s about. All you know is that the Event will change everything. What they can tell you is their is a presidential assassination attempt, a missing person, and a CIA cover-up aren’t the super secret event but are a part of the plot. It seems like it’ll be epic and enticing or too complicating and annoying. How’s that for selling it to ya?!

September 20th 9/8c

Returning Must Sees:

Modern Family

ABC

They just won the Emmy for best comedy! If you didn’t watch last season, you need to go and watch that immediately, not to understand the show, just because it was that fantastic. The show is formatted like the 50s nuclear family sitcom but with a Modern family. You know Columbian wives, gay couples, Korean babies, and deranged fathers. I can’t even emphasize how much you need to see this show.

Community

NBC

This show is so underrated but it’s one of the best shows on TV right now. I was never a big Joel McHale fan but the show isn’t all about him, more than it is about the different types of students that attend a community college. Freshman straight out of high school, billionaires wanting to get a degree, stay at home moms, and a girl who traveled the world and is finally back at school. If you’re a big movie buff, you’ll appreciate the show more because it stylizes a lot of the episodes in the format of famous movies like Goodfellas or Good Will Hunting because one of the students it a film major.

The Big Bang Theory

CBS

Putting this on here makes me reveal how big of a nerd I really am. But to be honest, the show is wonderful and hilarious whether you’re a nerd or not. It focuses on the lives of 4 nerds, all brilliant but snubbed at their social lives. Each of them has a different flaw such as being an over womanizer, not being able to talk to women unless intoxicated, being over emotional and then there’s Jim Parsons. He literally steals the show with his unusual character who is socially awkward but in an in your face way. It’s worth checking out to see if it’s your cup of tea or not.

Other shows to watch out for:

Law & Order: Los Angeles

September 22nd 10/9c NBC

By now you know the premise but at least it will fill the void of the original.

Mike & Molly

September 20th 9:30/8:30c CBS

Your All-American couple a cop and a teacher except they meet at an Overeaters Anonymous.

My Generation

September 23rd 8/7c ABC

A documentary crew follows up with the lives of a group of high school graduates 10 years later. (Not actual documentary)

Hawaii 5-0

If you love action then you’ll be excited of this remake of the original cop show.