Fall. Don’t mourn the end of summer, set your sights on the endless parade of television premieres that the TV Guide article below dubs Fall TV-Must Watch New Shows.

Buck up, there are 23 new shows that earn this ‘must-see’ label.

Really, 23?

Among the 23 there has to be something for everyone who has ever grasped a remote control or paid a cable bill.

You’ll find all of the usual suspects on the list: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi, Reality…

As well as plenty of faces – male and female – that you’ve seen before. With hospitals, suburbia, a firehouse, a courtroom, a police station, and a government agency, there are plenty of places that you’ve seen before as well.

Don’t misunderstand, shows don’t have to push the envelope and be completely, utterly different than anything that has come before to be ‘must-see!’ programming. I just happen to think that we, as a viewing audience, will be fortunate to have one of these shows end up on our own personal must-see list.

I’m hoping one of the comedy offerings does it for me. I love Matthew Perry (Friends) and adore Mindy Kaling (The Office), who I will get to see in Go On and The Mindy Project, respectively. And since I court controversy like it’s my job, I am looking forward to The New Normal, which has already been boycotted by a group of angry moms.

As a lover of comedy, I must admit I fail to give other genres their fair share in my viewing rotation. I count on all of you to sift through the sci-fi, drama, etc. to determine which shows are truly the winners among the list of 23.

Choose wisely!

Until Next Time…

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Yawn. I am bored. The formula is obvious. The actresses’ faces don’t move. 

When Cougar Town debuted a couple seasons ago, it made me laugh. First, I think I am apparently the age of cougars and the whole cougar thing was totally at its pop culture apex. I liked the show’s irreverent, self-deprecating humor and the cast had some nice chemistry.  

Now, I think ‘all-things cougar’ are rather gross. The plastic surgery thing, the overdone attempts to be ageless, the whole ‘we are just as blatantly messed-up as men in the midst of mid-life crisis’ stuff…I am over it. It is so unflattering.

The entire premise of Cougar Town seems to be: “Look at us, we won’t grow up. We drink red wine like its water. Jealous?” Actually, no, and it really isn’t all that funny anymore to watch 40-somethings behave like 20-somethings. 

Forty isn’t the new 25, no matter how many facial fillers and lip enhancers one employs, and Courtney Cox’s manic, controlling and anxiety-ridden Jules is just a little too reminiscent of Monica Geller from Friends for my liking.

Gosh, am I harsh or what?! Bottom line: In my opinion, Cougar Town will be leaving town…soon. 

Until Next Time…

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