fall lineup!

"Heroes" is returning, because, apparently people still watch that show. "Trauma" is a new show about the tough times of being an EMT and isn't at all like ER, or Grey's Anatomy, or Scrubs, promise!! The Biggest Loser is coming back and is still two hours long for some reason. (Bigger people, Bigger show? That's my incredibly insensitive theory.) Wednesday night is "Parenthood", which, by the thumbnail given by NBC.com, looks like a really awful reality series followed by one of the 8,000 Law & Order series. Thursday night is "Comedy Night, Done Right*" *75% done right, with "SNL Thursday night" (wait, what? I thought that specifically for the election.) early in the year and "Community" finishing the year, probably with a six episode first season. Parks AND Recreation, The Office at 9 and 30 Rock at 9:30. Can you guess the 25% done incorrectly? Friday night is a DIFFERENT Law & Order followed by the super serious look at cops in LA, "Southland"! "It's like ER, with cops!" NBC pleas, "no thanks" I say. Saturday is "Dateline", an encore of ER- I mean "Trauma" and an encore of Law & Order. You know what you could do with 30 minutes of those encore episodes, NBC? Pick up "Nobody's Watching" like you said you were going to a few years ago!

CBS

Monday is Comedy night on CBS: "How I met your Mother", followed by "Accident on Purpose" in which "Jenna Elfman ... “accidentally” finds herself with child and all the comedy that ensues." I took that from the press release. As if you couldn't tell it would be bad by the title, CBS described it by using the phrase "all the comedy that ensues." I've never heard anyone use any variation of that phrase without being sarcastic. At 9 it's "Two and A half men", somehow, I can't believe that show is still on. Season 7, you guys, Season 7! "The Bing Bang Theory" is coming back for its third season at 9:30. I'm always surprised at how funny that show is. At 10 it's... *sunglasses* "CSI: Miami" WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!! Tuesday is something, check this out NCIS is at 8, followed by the new show NCIS: LA! yep. I guess making the same show is easier than coming up with original ideas. At 10 is "The Good Wife" about a man who finds himself trapped in the 1950s, but he soon realizes the 50s are great because all his wife does is cook, clean, and pump out kids. Wednesday means more bad sitcoms!
New Adventures with old Christine" and "Gary Unmarried" at 8 and 8:30. At 9 is "Criminal Minds" and 10 is "CSI: NY". Thursday night is "Survivor" (Season 19, you guys!) "CSI:" and "The Mentalist". Friday is "Ghost Whisperer" at 8, followed by ANOTHER new episode of "Ghost Whisperer", oh, wait, actually "Medium" just switched networks. Numb 3 Rs (Read, Recite, Remember?) is at 10. Saturday is just reruns, but Sunday, oh Sunday means all new "AMAZING RACE", some show called "Three Rivers", and "Cold Case".

I can't find ABC's fall lineup. I do, however, know Kelsey Grammar has a new show and Scrubs has been picked up for its ninth season. Zach Braff will be in 6 of the first 13 episodes.

FOX probably has shows, too. But, really, who cares?

Sit Down, Shut Up will probably be a lesser Arrested Development

FOX premiered the latest installment of "Animation Domination" tonight. "Sit Down, Stand Up" is created by Mitchell Hurwitz, who you'd better know from Arrested Development! It stars Jason Bateman, Will Arnett, Henry Winkler, Will Forte and Kenan Thompson. The show did not bode well amongst critics, but I liked it. The show is an obvious satire of traditional sitcoms. Occasionally you can hear a very subtle laugh track or clapping at a really cheesy joke. The show begins with Will Arnett's character, who is the stereotypical gym teacher character but is actually the english teacher, searching for his "little nut sack" whilst driving. He then runs over a ton of little kids on bikes. He is completely oblivious to the fact that he has seriously injured many children and the show never returns to those kids. Each character is introduced with their name, subject and catch phrase. The only character who uses his catch phrase often is Will Forte's character, whose catch phrase is "I need a catch phrase." In a traditional sitcom people are expected to laugh at catch phrases, but they aren't funny. In this case the catch phrase is anti-humor, so it is funny. The humor is very strange and "an acquired taste." [At this point I was distracted by Wikipedia and its fascinating article on Cash Cab and have now lost my train of thought. If it's any consolation I got to the cash cab page through research I was doing for this post.] Anyway, I think you get the general gist of the show. The humor is very strange and therefor the show probably won't last long. I'm betting on two seasons. (The original also only had two seasons.)