This Fall, many new TV series were introduced. Here is my take on some of them.
2 Broke Girls: On CityTv
Max and Caroline are two broke girls, each for different reason. Max for being a born loser, and Caroline a pre-rich girl who went to the lower ranks because of fraudulent father. The story is an imitation of a group of previous series like Darma and Greg. Max is the down to earth pessimistic while Caroline is the optimistic forward thinker. The program is filled with witty comments and thoughtful links to contradictory ideas. I haven't laughes yet. I do not think it will survive more than two season unless they introduce other characters that breaks the monotonous femal-female continuous bickering.
Last Man Standing: On CityTV
Tim Allen is back. This time as Mike Baxter. It is an almost imitation of Tim's old Home Improvement. Tim plays an identical role: a dumb macho man who works in a only man job. The different is that the children are all girls (instead of boys in the previous series). Instead of hosting the Tool Man TV show, he moved into Web Advertisement. Same old type of jokes. Tim still has the energy although he looks bit older. I still need more time to figure out if it will survive to the next season.
New Girl: on CityTV
Jess who just lost her boy friend through cheating moves to live in house filled with men. The program is contrasting the male and female world with an upper hand for the woman. I think this will be another failure to add to 4 Kings and Accidentally on Purpose. I do not think the audience appreciate the boys vs girl struggles.
Pan Am: on CTV
A nice change. Pan Am is the story of flight attendants in the 60's serving on the ill fated Pan Am airliner. The main drift of the series is to live the 60's again. Its history, style, fashion and events. From the era of Kennedy with the start of the cold war to the first race to the moon. The movie is filled with nostalgic scenes and ideas that will attract the new retiring generation, which I think will give it some factor for success.
Happily Divorced: GlobalTV
Another Fran Drescher series that revolves around the same topic. A sex driven woman with a strange force that has struggle with her real husband. This time, the husband is gary. I do not think Fran learns from her mistakes. I suspect it will be another failure unless the gay community put their weight behind it.
2 Broke Girls: On CityTv
Last Man Standing: On CityTV
New Girl: on CityTV
Jess who just lost her boy friend through cheating moves to live in house filled with men. The program is contrasting the male and female world with an upper hand for the woman. I think this will be another failure to add to 4 Kings and Accidentally on Purpose. I do not think the audience appreciate the boys vs girl struggles.
Pan Am: on CTV
Happily Divorced: GlobalTV
Another Fran Drescher series that revolves around the same topic. A sex driven woman with a strange force that has struggle with her real husband. This time, the husband is gary. I do not think Fran learns from her mistakes. I suspect it will be another failure unless the gay community put their weight behind it.
