I want my network series TV
With all the network's fall line-ups being announced this week (aka upfronts for those of you in the know), I thought I'd pick out the premises that suck the most to give you a heads up of what not to look forward to airing for 3-6 episodes before being cancelled:
Kitchen Confidential:
Jack Bourdain (Bradley Cooper) is a rock star chef whose drinking, drug use and womanizing ruined his promising culinary career...Expect to learn lots of nasty secrets about what really goes on in the kitchens of your favorite restaurants.
Why it will suck: Maybe it won't...but a rock star chef? It's just another type of celebrity hanger on that I don't give a sh*t about.
Twins:
Mitchee (Sara Gilbert) and Farrah (Molly Stanton) are twins, but they couldn't be any more different. One's a successful business woman. The other's a successful lingerie model. And their cookie mom is Melanie Griffith. How's that for high concept?
Why it will suck: It wouldn't... if it were a series based on the movie. Then I'd def watch.
Close to Home:
Annabeth Chase (Jennifer Finnigan) plays an aggressive prosecutor who also happens to be a be a new mother. CBS promises that the show "tears away the facade of suburbia to reveal that sometimes quiet and tranquil streets can hide the darkest of crimes." Yes. Because that's never been done before.
Why it will suck: Yawn.
Ghost Whisperer:
A young wife (Jennifer Love Hewitt) can talk to dead people. And -- wouldn't you know it? -- the dead people want her help. Sometimes she gets simple directives from her ghostly friends, but other times the messages are confusing. Based on the work of James Van Praagh, all similarities to NBC's "Medium" are entirely intentional.
Why it will suck: Jennifer Love Hewitt. Enough said.
Thick and Thin:
Mary (Jessica Capshaw) used to be overweight, but now she's sassy and slim. She sees herself differently, but her friends and overweight family still can't get beyond the way she used to be. As the embarrassing situations mount, she remembers that losing weight was less about the other people in her life and more about becoming comfortable in her own skin.
Why it will suck: Because they used the words "sassy and slim" in the premise.
Freddie:
Growing up surrounded by women is one thing, living with them as an adult is something else. A young chef/bachelor-around-town (Freddie Prinze, Jr.) find that a house full of females might be more than he can handle when his sister, sister-in-law, niece and grandmother come to live with him after his brother's death.
Why it will suck: Freddie Prinze Jr. Enough said.
Three Wishes:
Amy Grant leads a team of experts into small towns and makes a variety of wishes come true. The Grammy winner helps perform miracles like reuniting families and saving jobs.
Why it will suck: Because this should be on PAX w/ that Billy Ray Cyrus show.
And here are a few of the ones that might not suck (you think at 25 I would have a better vocabulary that doesn't involve using the term "suck" 20 times a day):
My Name is Earl:
A bully and low-rent crook (Jason Lee) wins the lottery and decides to right the wrongs from his past. He may not be the brightest bulb, but he's oddly effective.
Why it may not suck: Because Jason Lee is funny.
How I Met Your Mother:
When Ted's (Josh Radnor) best friend Marshall (Jason Segel) tells him that he's about to propose to his girlfriend Lily (Alyson Hannigan), Ted decides he has to find his own dream woman. He enlists the help of his friend Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), but the quest for true love may be complicated. The series is told in flashbacks narrated by Bob Saget. Yes, Bob Saget.
Why it might not suck: Because Bob Saget is the narrator. And it has Doogie Howser if Bob doesn't do it for you.
Prison Break:
Why it might not suck: I already expressed my love for Sir Wentworth Miller. Plus, the concept could be cool...if they don't f*ck it up.
This innovative show -- part drama, part mystery -- follows six friends from their 1986 high school reunion through their 20th reunion, with each episode focusing on a seminal event from a year. When 2005 roles around, one of the friends is dead, but which one? And how did they die?
Why it might not suck: I'm just curious as to how this will work. How will they age the actors? I have to know!
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The most attractive college students and professors on television go to Bedford, a liberal arts school in
Why it might not suck: It's like Kinsey, the series.
Just Legal:
Jay Baruchel ("Undeclared") plays a legal prodigy who can't land the job he wants because of his youth. Naturally, he goes to work for a legendary burn out (Don Johnson) barely making ends meet with a beachfront shingle. They become crusaders for the unjustly wronged, as the old man teaches his protege to become a lawyer and the whelp reminds his mentor of how to live again.
Why it might not suck: I just like Jay Baruchel. Loved him on Undeclared, loved him in Million Dollar Baby, I have to give the kid a chance.
And that's it.
R.
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