The Fall’s Top TV Shows: What you should be watching (when you should be studying)! Part-II - Women Campus
Community (premieres Sept. 17 on NBC at 9:30/8:30c) Maybe I'm too much of a television snob (although my love for Gossip Girl kinda contradicts that), but there are only two new shows this fall that look any good. Judging from the previews I've seen, Community has some promise. Starring Joel McHale of The Soup, this show is all about Jeff, a lawyer who must go back to school after the State Bar deems his degree invalid. Usually I'm wary of new comedies that try way too hard to be funny, but the humor in Community is advertised as sharp and witty. After all, it's Joel McHale. I could watch him in anything!
FlashForward (premieres Sept. 24 on ABC at 8/7c) The competition among new shows this season is almost unfair, because it seems that FlashForward has already emerged as the winner this fall. This is odd, as not much is known about the sci-fi premise; all we can glean from the advertising campaign is that a mysterious global event causes everyone to black out and experience a short flash-forward to his or her life six months in the future. But if the series's plot is mostly under wraps, then why is the show being billed as the best this fall? According to recent Nielson polling, FlashForward has an unusually strong intent-to-view sentiment among viewers aware of the show. It seems that ABC is trying to make FlashForward into the network's next Lost; if the pilot lives up to the hype, ABC might just have another hit on its hands.
But enough about the shows I'm looking forward to this fall. On college campuses across the country, students are gearing up for their favorites to return to the small screen. What is everyone else tuning into?
Victoria Guerrera, Emerson College '11: "When Lost is on, no one talks for that hour. When Project Runway is on, everyone talks like Tim Gunn for the rest of the night." Elana Altman, Wellesley College '11: "Grey's Anatomy is doubtlessly the most popular show on my campus. The TV room always fills up, and loud passersby are immediately shushed if they interrupt a life-saving surgery or a flirtation between McDreamy and Meredith."
Cara Sprunk, Cornell University '10: "I personally am really looking forward to The Beautiful Life!" Joanna Buffum, Bowdoin College '11: "I have a ton of pre-med friends and even though I'm not [pre-med], we are all absolutely OBSESSED with House. Hugh Laurie is amazing and this season should be interesting because the season finale was a huge twist."
Now that we've jam-packed your TV schedule, just don't forget to leave a little time for studying!
