Upcoming TV season

[WhyNot]

@Nightingale

Ooh, I hadn’t heard of Ugly Betty, but I’ll tune in just because I adore America Ferrera. She’s a great young actress. And not the least bit ugly, IMO.

I think she’s freaking adorable. She’s not always as gorgeous as that glamour shot, but she’s always interesting and pretty.

The producers are claiming the title is ironic. “Asked whether the show’s title might offend viewers, Hayek said, ‘It’s sarcastic. Anybody who isn’t super skinny and really tall, some people think they’re really ugly. We’re making fun of it. We’re not really calling her ugly.’”

[carnivorousplant]

@WhyNot

Anybody who isn’t super skinny and really tall, some people think they’re really ugly. We’re making fun of it. We’re not really calling her ugly.’"

Indeed. She’s a rather attractive, normal looking woman.

[Kat]

I got the DVD pilot of Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip, and I really enjoyed it, so I’ll be watching that. And Kidnapped looked decent, so I’ll probably give that one a shot.

Other than that, the only definite will be to keep watching House.

[Push_You_Down]

@pizzabrat

Talk about warped standards. Have you ever seen a single second of British television?

WTF are you talking about? Warped standards? What about personal preference? I think its an apt title. And yes I have seen “a single second of British television” and I have no idea what you are talking about.

[pizzabrat]

@Push You Down

WTF are you talking about? Warped standards? What about personal preference? I think its an apt title. And yes I have seen “a single second of British television” and I have no idea what you are talking about.

British TV puts a lot less emphasis on looks in their casting (and a lot is an understatement) than ours does. That, or they purposefully choose unattractive actors to better reflect reality. Either way, I was just suggesting that a diet of British TV can yank your standards back down to Earth. Whether or not that woman is your “type”, she’s certainly not unattractive. Hollywood’s campaign of showing us only prime examples of human beauty can screw up the average man’s expectations.

[HeyHomie]

30 Rock
Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
Jericho
Heroes
Ugly Betty
The Class

[Push_You_Down]

@pizzabrat

British TV puts a lot less emphasis on looks in their casting (and a lot is an understatement) than ours does. That, or they purposefully choose unattractive actors to better reflect reality. Either way, I was just suggesting that a diet of British TV can yank your standards back down to Earth. Whether or not that woman is your “type”, she’s certainly not unattractive. Hollywood’s campaign of showing us only prime examples of human beauty can screw up the average man’s expectations.

I think your assumptions are ridiculous.

[Gozu_Tashoya]

I also have guarded optimism for NBC’s The Singles Table. It’s slated as a midseason replacement for whatever washes out, but based on the clip they have linked here, it might rise above your run-of-the-mill sitcom.

And of course I’m really looking forward to Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip.

[MovieMogul]

I liked the pilot of Studio 60 a lot, so I’ll give that one a chance.

I really like the cast of Smith a lot (plus the premise sounds promising), so I’m hoping that turns out well.

Knights of Prosperity looks like a really funny premise.

I’d give Ugly Betty a shot except it’s opposite Earl/Office, so there’s no contest there.

I may give Shark a chance, but I’m sick of lawyer shows and this one doesn’t look much different except for a lead I like (ditto Justice).

[iluvurmom]

@Rodgers01

I was at a test screening for a new comedy, “The Class.” The premise is that a guy in his late-20s is proposing to his girlfriend, whom he met 20 years earlier in the third grade. In celebration of the event he gets together everyone he can find from their third grade class and throws a big party. Everyone starts to catch up and find out what’s happened to these peoplethey haven’t seen since they were kids.

I thought it was pretty weak (seemed to be trying too hard to hit that “Friends” vibe, which isn’t surprising since I found out later it’s by one of the same producers), and I gave it a bad review. To my surprise, it looks like it’s already been greenlighted – apparently there are commercials already running for it.

I keep thinking that maybe it’ll be a huge hit and years from now when it’s being inducted into the TV Comedy Hall of Fame they’ll dig up some of the bad reviews from the test screening and laugh that I could have been so wrong in my review.

I can’t imagine it being bad, being that its done by the same people who did Friends and Mad About You…

Piolets are hard to judge, I remember seeing the first episode of Friends on reruns the other day, I would have never pinned that as a show i would love…

[Wile_E]

I don’t understand why a network would schedule two shows so similar in concept and name as 30 Rock and Studio 60. This seems like it will just be too confusing for the average TV viewer. At least they are playing off that confusion with some new ads for 30 Rock that show Alec Baldwin thinking he’s involved in the “good” show with Aaron Sorkin and all the others and Tina Fey tring to set him straight despite his vehement denials.

I’m interested in Heroes and The Nine, but I am a bit discouraged of getting interested in new shows thanks to networks cancelling shows that I watch even when they didn’t fare badly in the ratings.