The new fall season is almost here. Starting next week, the cable and broadcast networks will begin rolling out their new shows to see if they take off like castaways on an island or singing casino managers. Here, then, are the top ten new shows we're most looking forward to seeing.
We feel like the title of Kath & Kim -- like with Showtime's Queer as Folk adaptation -- suffers a little in translation. Which is weird, because of course the original show from which it was adapted was in English. But do you guys even get the pun in the title? Kath & Kim, "Kith and kin?" Mean anything to you? Nor us, but still: with a cast including Molly Shannon, John Michael Higgins, and Selma Blair (who we always enjoy in comedies, and yes, fully cop to crushing on way back when she was part of Zoe, Duncan, Jack, and Jane) we at least have to pay attention to the first few episodes, right? Those promos NBC has been running are funny, but seem to show the same four moments over and over again, which normally would be a huge red flag. But apparently, owing to the writers strike and Ben Silverman thinking he's the shit, Kath & Kim was picked up by NBC practically sight unseen, meaning that they've probably only had the pilot to cut those promos from. Which, yeah, you'd hope that a half-hour pilot would have more laughs than that... right? Um... Selma Blair, Selma Blair, Selma Blair...
Kath & Kim (Thursdays @ 9:30 PM EST) premieres Thursday, October 9th at 9:30 PM EST on NBC.
TOP TEN NEW SHOWS 2008
#1. "Fringe"
#2. "True Blood"
#3. "90210"
#4. "Life On Mars"
#5. "The Mentalist"
#6. "Sons of Anarchy"
#7. "Do Not Disturb"
#8. "Eleventh Hour"
#9. "Kath & Kim"
#10. "Knight Rider"