So obviously I watch A LOT of TV. And since the fall TV season has officially begun for about 3 weeks, here's my thoughts on the good shows for this year (you may have your own opinion of what's good and what's bad, but in my world, everything I like is good :P)...
Glee
Fresh from their multiple nominations and wins at the Golden Globe Awards, People's Choice Awards, and Emmy Awards, they are back for the 2nd season with bigger, better, and more addictive (is that even possible?) song and dance routine that you can imagine.
In this season, they are giving more time for the other characters (and some new ones as well); which is a good thing. If you haven't watch the Britney / Brittany episode, all I can say is WOW. Here's a sneak preview of what you missed : (oh boy, that girl can dance!!)
Modern Family
Also making their debut for the 2nd season, it's the winner of Outstanding Comedy Series at the recent Emmy Awards.
The story revolves around 3 dysfunctional families that are somehow related. The connection is formed by Jay, who is the father of Claire and Mitchell.
OK let's start from the top (see poster for reference)
Jay (the sort of homophobic dad) is divorced and recently married a colombian girl half his age, Gloria, who has a son, Manny, from her previous marriage. Gloria has a very strong accent and a va-va-voom body, and is always proud of her colombian heritage. Manny has the personality of a grown up, trapped in a tiny body.
Claire (a panicky, once succesfull career woman who gave up everything to be a homemaker --> that's a fancy word for housewive) is married to Phil (a real estate agent. He's kinda the opposite of Manny, with the personality of a teenager trapped in a grown man's body) , and have 3 children : Haley (the rebellious teenager), Alex (the smart nerdy middle child), and Luke (the dumb one).
Mitchell (an uptight attorney) is gay and in the first episode, had just adopted a Vietnamese baby (Lily), together with his partner, Cameron (a very flamboyant ex music teacher who now stays at home to take care of Lily).
The story telling style is sort of like "The Office" style, with no canned laughter.
Well, I can sort of understand why this is not everybody's cup of tea.... but personally, I LOVE THIS SHOW! My favorite character is, of course, Cameron with all his dramatic personality. At the beginning I didn't really like Gloria (ugh, too much accent!), but now I think she's funny in her own way.
OK let's start from the top (see poster for reference)
Jay (the sort of homophobic dad) is divorced and recently married a colombian girl half his age, Gloria, who has a son, Manny, from her previous marriage. Gloria has a very strong accent and a va-va-voom body, and is always proud of her colombian heritage. Manny has the personality of a grown up, trapped in a tiny body.
Claire (a panicky, once succesfull career woman who gave up everything to be a homemaker --> that's a fancy word for housewive) is married to Phil (a real estate agent. He's kinda the opposite of Manny, with the personality of a teenager trapped in a grown man's body) , and have 3 children : Haley (the rebellious teenager), Alex (the smart nerdy middle child), and Luke (the dumb one).
Mitchell (an uptight attorney) is gay and in the first episode, had just adopted a Vietnamese baby (Lily), together with his partner, Cameron (a very flamboyant ex music teacher who now stays at home to take care of Lily).
The story telling style is sort of like "The Office" style, with no canned laughter.
Well, I can sort of understand why this is not everybody's cup of tea.... but personally, I LOVE THIS SHOW! My favorite character is, of course, Cameron with all his dramatic personality. At the beginning I didn't really like Gloria (ugh, too much accent!), but now I think she's funny in her own way.
Big Bang Theory
Back for their 4th season, I've actually only come to know about this show a few months ago due to Jim Parsons (who played Sheldon Cooper in the show) winning Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series at the recent Emmy awards. And then the following week, I got to watch a couple of episodes while I was on a plane, and I'm totally hooked. So for the next 3 weeks I was cooped up in my room, catching up on 3 seasons (roughly 60 episodes of pure laughter :P). So to my flatmates, now you know what I was doing in my room.... don't worry, I haven't turn into an antisocial freak.....
Basically the story revolves around 4 scientist (well technically 3 scientist and 1 engineer) and a "normal" blonde girl. Sheldon (a theoretical physicist) and Leonard (an experimental physicist) live together in an apartment, and in the pilot episode, Penny (the blonde waitress with an acting ambition at the cheesecake factory) moved in across the hall and become their neighbor. Howard (a jewish aerospace engineer) and Rajesh (a particle astrophysicist) are Leonard's friends and hangs out with them all the time.
The comedy is often provided by the geekiness of the guys, contrasted with Penny's social life. Throw in some romance and a whole lot of big mumbo jumbo words, and hey, you got yourself a good sitcom! Btw this series is presented in a more traditional style (with canned laughters and sound effects).
BAZINGA! (you'll get it if you follow the show :P)
The Mentalist
From comedy, now we move on to a slightly serious show..... I say slightly, because it does have a good dose of comedy in every episode.
The main character of this series is Patrick Jane (played by the very charismatic Simon Barker). He doesn't really have any special abilities; he's just very observant and is good at talking. In the past, he used these skills to con people into believing that he has psychic powers. Until one day, he appeared on national television and claimed that he is helping the police to track down a serial killer named Red John. Apparently Red John saw this and was not very happy. So he killed Jane's wife and daughter.
Since then, Jane has been living with guilt, and so he decided to use his skills to help the police solve murder crimes. He now works as a consultant to the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation), while focusing on capturing the real Red John.
The show is already into it's 3rd season now, and it's still consistently good. The supporting characters (a.k.a the CBI agents) each have their own distict personality, and their interactions always crack me up, especially Cho (played by Tim Kang) with his straight face and dry humour.
I like this show because it's a good mix of comedy, suspense, action, and intelligence. I usually don't really like "serious" police shows like Cold Case, Law & Order, and even CSI.
The main character of this series is Patrick Jane (played by the very charismatic Simon Barker). He doesn't really have any special abilities; he's just very observant and is good at talking. In the past, he used these skills to con people into believing that he has psychic powers. Until one day, he appeared on national television and claimed that he is helping the police to track down a serial killer named Red John. Apparently Red John saw this and was not very happy. So he killed Jane's wife and daughter.
Since then, Jane has been living with guilt, and so he decided to use his skills to help the police solve murder crimes. He now works as a consultant to the CBI (California Bureau of Investigation), while focusing on capturing the real Red John.
The show is already into it's 3rd season now, and it's still consistently good. The supporting characters (a.k.a the CBI agents) each have their own distict personality, and their interactions always crack me up, especially Cho (played by Tim Kang) with his straight face and dry humour.
I like this show because it's a good mix of comedy, suspense, action, and intelligence. I usually don't really like "serious" police shows like Cold Case, Law & Order, and even CSI.
So, those are the 4 series that I will definitely follow each week. I will write more on other shows on another post.
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