Up All Night (NBC) — Series premiere. Will Arnett and Christina Applegate star as a hip married couple who struggle to maintain their hip lifestyle as new parents; Maya Rudolph co-stars as Applegate’s boss, a self-involved Oprah-like talk show host. NBC is trying to give this a viewing bump by placing it after the season finale of “America’s Got Talent” (Nick Cannon, unfortunately, is in both shows); next week, the show moves to its new home on Wednesday nights. Watch an extended preview below.
Free Agents (NBC) — Series premiere. Read my review here. This will be paired with “Up All Night” on Wednesdays, and it will be interesting to see if either survives on a night where NBC has had no comedy foothold for years. Both shows have received reviews that can be called “cautiously optimistic” — there’s a lot of comedic talent in each, but neither pilot was a true home run (not that that’s common for comedy pilots). Let CANCELLATION WATCH 2012 begin!
Survivor/Big Brother (CBS) — Season premiere/season finale. The beginning of Season 23 of CBS’s stalwart reality franchise leads into the finale of Season 13 of CBS’s stalwart reality franchise.
Necessary Roughness (USA) — Season finale. I really hope this gets renewed, not because I like the show (I’ve never seen it), but because Callie Thorne is great and deserves to play a character who’s more than just a buzzkill love interest (see: “The Wire,” “Californication,” “Rescue Me”). It’s the least she deserves after being so cool about getting naked on other shows.
America’s Next Top Model (CW) — Season premiere. Fourteen contestants from previous editions compete in this “all-star” cycle, for lack of a better word. Man, I’d be super excited about this if I were gay.
H8R (CW) — Series premiere. Celebrities — I use the term loosely — like Kim Kardashian and Snooki confront their online critics. Hosted by Mario Lopez. Ugh.
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No Rhonda Shear? I’m out.
I’d watch a Big Brother episode if it featured Andy Millman
Remember when Tyra Banks used to be a hot chick with a huge rack in a bikini in a magazine that didn’t talk? Yeah, that was awesome.
NOBODY gives a fuck about someone else’s baby….
…I’ll try to give this show a shot….
Dan Feinberg wrote an awesomely scathing review of H8R for Hitfix : [www.hitfix.com]
The wife and I gave “Up All Night” a shot since we like Arnett and thought we could relate a little since we’ve been through the new parent phase. It was bad, I see this show not lasting long.
Up All Night was bad.
Free Agents was OK.
Seriously…Will Arnett not being able to figure out a grocery store and calling the wife in a panic to find cheese? So another husband is dumb and stupid sitcom. Great, ill pass though thanks.
Up All Night was garbage.
Free Agents, the whole time I kept thinking it should have been a 90 minute Romcom at best.
Will Arnett is great, but miscast in this roll. Applegate is very likable and totally able to carry a show, but this was pretty disappointing.
Free Agents just doesn’t work. Don’t see a future for either.
….sad to say….I DVR’d this…..thinking it was a comedy….
…but I like my humor to be somewhat funny……and this was fucking painful….
wonkabar23…..
…I have shopped while carrying an infant in the babyseat in the carriage….it is harder than it looks….but there are product locator guides at the end of each aisle in Stop&Shop….
…and they have a deli..