“Fall”ing in Love with New Shows
by Stacy Chirayath
This fall, a new line of television shows are competing against each other for the top spot. FOX and NBC are going head to head with many new comedy and drama shows with competitive time slots.
One of NBC’s newest sitcoms, “Go On,” stars Matthew Perry as the sarcastic protagonist, Ryan King. King is a sportscaster trying to move on from the loss of his wife by finding solace in his group therapy sessions. Perry made his comeback to TV comedy after the end of the “Friends” series in 2004 portraying the funny and witty Chandler Bing. On Tuesday September 25th, “Go On” competed against FOX’s returning show “New Girl”, tying with 7.3 million viewers. Although “Go On” will rival other shows on Tuesday nights, NBC is expecting to keep the show running. You can watch “Go On” Tuesdays at 9 PM on NBC.
Matthew Perry isn’t the only star who’s making a big return to TV this fall. Mindy Kaling, the star of the new comedy series, “The Mindy Project” returns to television after her run as an actress and producer for the hit show, “The Office.” Kaling portrays Mindy Lahiri, a successful OB/GYN who is unlucky with love, yet still a hopeless romantic who desperately tries to get her personal life back on track before her friends and colleagues try to intervene. It is the first U.S. TV series that stars a South Asian American as its lead role. “The Mindy Project” made its first airing on FOX pulling in only 4.7 million viewers, competing with NBC’s “The New Normal”, which had 5.2 million viewers. To watch “The Mindy Project,” tune in to FOX Tuesdays at 9:30 PM.
Speaking of “The New Normal”, the show stars Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells as David and Bryan, two successful men who are a couple living in Los Angeles and who desperately want to start a family. They decide to find the perfect surrogate mother and meet Goldie (Georgia King), a single mother and struggling waitress who decides to assist the couple. The show demonstrates how the normal family doesn’t always have to be the “traditional” nuclear family and that love can come in all shapes and forms. The show adds a splash of comedy with Ellen Barkin’s performance as Goldies loud and conservative grandmother who wreaks havoc everywhere she goes. “The New Normal” started out with close to 7 million viewers. If you would like to watch it, tune into NBC at 9:30 PM.
NBC has also introduced a new drama to their schedule, “Revolution.” The creator and producer Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”) J.J. Abrams (“Fringe”, “Lost”) of “Revolution” introduce a post apocalyptic science fiction drama about a family’s struggle to reunite when every single piece of technology-computers, phones, even lights, have mysteriously blacked out forever. As a result, America has turned to a retro agrarian culture. You can watch “Revolution” on Mondays at 10.
Every year, new TV shows have had troubles with maintain positive ratings and staying on air for the remainder of the season.Despite this, many shows do last around for a full one to two seasons and many shows this fall are expected to do so. However, you can always pick up the remote and flip through the channels until you discover a show that you might enjoy. With so many new shows, it’s almost hard not to find a show that suits your interests.
One of NBC’s newest sitcoms, “Go On,” stars Matthew Perry as the sarcastic protagonist, Ryan King. King is a sportscaster trying to move on from the loss of his wife by finding solace in his group therapy sessions. Perry made his comeback to TV comedy after the end of the “Friends” series in 2004 portraying the funny and witty Chandler Bing. On Tuesday September 25th, “Go On” competed against FOX’s returning show “New Girl”, tying with 7.3 million viewers. Although “Go On” will rival other shows on Tuesday nights, NBC is expecting to keep the show running. You can watch “Go On” Tuesdays at 9 PM on NBC.
Matthew Perry isn’t the only star who’s making a big return to TV this fall. Mindy Kaling, the star of the new comedy series, “The Mindy Project” returns to television after her run as an actress and producer for the hit show, “The Office.” Kaling portrays Mindy Lahiri, a successful OB/GYN who is unlucky with love, yet still a hopeless romantic who desperately tries to get her personal life back on track before her friends and colleagues try to intervene. It is the first U.S. TV series that stars a South Asian American as its lead role. “The Mindy Project” made its first airing on FOX pulling in only 4.7 million viewers, competing with NBC’s “The New Normal”, which had 5.2 million viewers. To watch “The Mindy Project,” tune in to FOX Tuesdays at 9:30 PM.
Speaking of “The New Normal”, the show stars Justin Bartha and Andrew Rannells as David and Bryan, two successful men who are a couple living in Los Angeles and who desperately want to start a family. They decide to find the perfect surrogate mother and meet Goldie (Georgia King), a single mother and struggling waitress who decides to assist the couple. The show demonstrates how the normal family doesn’t always have to be the “traditional” nuclear family and that love can come in all shapes and forms. The show adds a splash of comedy with Ellen Barkin’s performance as Goldies loud and conservative grandmother who wreaks havoc everywhere she goes. “The New Normal” started out with close to 7 million viewers. If you would like to watch it, tune into NBC at 9:30 PM.
NBC has also introduced a new drama to their schedule, “Revolution.” The creator and producer Eric Kripke (“Supernatural”) J.J. Abrams (“Fringe”, “Lost”) of “Revolution” introduce a post apocalyptic science fiction drama about a family’s struggle to reunite when every single piece of technology-computers, phones, even lights, have mysteriously blacked out forever. As a result, America has turned to a retro agrarian culture. You can watch “Revolution” on Mondays at 10.
Every year, new TV shows have had troubles with maintain positive ratings and staying on air for the remainder of the season.Despite this, many shows do last around for a full one to two seasons and many shows this fall are expected to do so. However, you can always pick up the remote and flip through the channels until you discover a show that you might enjoy. With so many new shows, it’s almost hard not to find a show that suits your interests.
