2009 Previews

[Cat]

Bob started a discussion on Three Rivers and it looked interesting enough to share with everyone. I really like O'Laughlin and am happy to see him back so quickly after Moonlight was cancelled.

[Cat]

I've decided to post the 2009 previews on the main page until they run out, and hope folks will either leave comments on the video or start discussions in this thread.

Accidently On Purpose <-- Link to Video

Based on Mary F. Pols' autobiographical novel, Accidentally on Purpose is a comedy starring Golden Globe Award winner Jenna Elfman as Billie, a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy. A newspaper film critic, Billie is barely surviving a humiliating breakup with her charming boss, James (Grant Show), who's still trying to resume their relationship. Suddenly expecting a child with her "boy toy," Zack (Jon Foster), Billie and Zack make an arrangement: to live together platonically. Billie's party girl best friend Olivia (Ashley Jensen), and Abby (Lennon Parham), her conventional, younger married sister, eagerly look forward to the new addition and offer their own brands of advice and encouragement. But when Zack and his freeloading friends, including Davis (Nicolas Wright), start to turn her place into a frat house, Billie isn't sure if she's living with a boyfriend, a roommate, or if she just has another child to raise.

[Karen]

sounds like a lot of people behaving badly....
she plays these unconventional types well.

[Cat]

Yeah, but I don't think it's my cup-a-tea.

[Karen]

mine either...seen enough of people behaving badly...lol

[the Captain]

What kind of heterosexual agrees to a "Platonic" roommate situation w/Jenna Elfman? Sounds like an unacceptable plot flaw to me!!!!!!

[Juli]

I don't like sitcoms, only dramadys. Cannot sit through any of the sitcoms and haven't for years.

[Cat]

Brothers

Brothers -- starring Michael Strahan and Daryl “Chill” Mitchell -- is a new half-hour comedy about a former NFL hot shot who learns that even though you can always go home again, the trip back might be tougher than you think. Mike Trainor (Michael Strahan) seemingly has it all – he’s a good-looking, wealthy and recently retired NFL player living the high-life in New York City, but he’s about to get sidelined. When Mike gets a phone call from his Mom (CCH Pounder) who orders him home to Houston, he quickly realizes the more his life has changed, the more his family has stayed the same. His brother Chill (Daryl “Chill” Mitchell), whose life was altered drastically after a car accident left him in a wheelchair, is struggling to keep his restaurant afloat with the help of his loudmouth associate, Roscoe (Colton Dunn). The dynamics between Mike and Chill are the same as when they were kids, and their sibling rivalry hasn't lessened with age. If they can stop their bickering, put aside their differences and learn to be teammates, the brothers might just turn out to be each other's biggest asset. Wedged between Mike and Chill are their parents. Their father, whom everyone refers to as Coach (Carl Weathers), is the local high school football coach and the conservative, opinionated alpha male of his clan. Coach thinks he runs the show, but really it's Mom who calls the shots. Saucy, stern and a schemer, she is the mastermind of the family. And when she learns that Mike's business manager took off with all his money, she orchestrates a plan to keep Mike in Houston, save Chill's restaurant and bring the family back together under one roof again all without anyone realizing what she's up to. Mom's plan helps Mike realize that his family however dysfunctional they may be is the only family he's got. And although he may not have a penny to his name, as long as he's surrounded by people who love him, he'll always be a rich man.

Source: FOX

[Karen]

sounds like the whole show is pretty much summed up here...
what's left? sort of a cliche...

[the Captain]

I doubt that Strahan has the chops to carry this off! Sadly--I hate to be the resident cynic--BUT----it looks like FOX is hoping to reclaim some of the viewers that felt left out when the "WB" morphed into 1/2 of the CW!

[Cat]

Community

From Emmy Award-winning directors Joe and Anthony Russo (Arrested Development) comes Community, a smart comedy series about higher education -- and lower expectations. The student body at Greendale Community College is made up of high-school losers, newly divorced housewives, and old people who want to keep their minds active. Within these not-so-hallowed halls, Community focuses on a band of misfits, at the center of which is a fast-talkin' lawyer whose degree has been revoked (Joel McHale), who form a study group and end up learning a lot more about themselves than they do about their course work.

[Bob J Puckett]

Does Courtney get nekkid in Cougartown?--should be a hit, untill FCC finds out

[Cat]

Since it's on ABC rather than FX or even TNT or USA, I kinda doubt she'll strip for ya!