TV reviews (it's about time)

So my blog description says that I might give the occasional TV show review, but that has yet to happen so I thought I'd start off w/ a few new shows that I've started watching.

I'll start w/ Mr. Sunshine staring the delightful, Matthew Perry. This show has 3 things going for it in my opinion: Matthew Perry, Matthew Perry, and Matthew Perry. Did I mention Matthew Perry? But seriously forks, I loved Matthew Perry on Friends, and to be honest when I heard that he was going to be in a new comedy series, I was like, "When and where?" He plays, Ben, the manager of an entertainment facility called the Sunshine Center and the show revolves around the day to day wackiness that takes place there. But it gets better b/c his crazy boss is played by Allison Janney, and boy is she crazy. Then there's his assistant whose mental stability is questionable at best (she knows the layout of his apartment better than he does) and his boss's son, Roman, who's sweet, but more than a little dim. I love this show, not just b/c M. Perry is in it, but also b/c it is hilariously funny and it has a feel good quality à la an Adam Sandler or David Spade movie (think 50 First Dates, Joe Dirt or Dickie Roberts Former Child Star). Entertainment Weekly claimed in a recent issue that this one might be around next season. Here's hopin'.

Sometime after college (maybe it was during my senior year) I started watching more dramas, specifically crime dramas. Think Law and Order. Well, as I got older, I started watching more and more crime dramas (maybe they're called procedurals?) and lately it seems like all my usual dramas either ended or were cancelled. In the last year or so like 4 or 5 have been canned. And it hasn't been easy replacing them either. I'm not a fan of Grey's Anatomy or any shows like it. The only hospital show that I  liked was ER. Period. And I'm not a fan of the CSIs either. I like the original NCIS but it's not procedural enough for me. There's too much on going stuff to just jump in whenever and if I ask my mom to give me some background, she huffs and puffs and says it's too hard to explain. Well, anyway, I decided to give ABC's Body of Proof a shot. The descriptions made it sound a little like Crossing Jordan and I really liked that show. I've only seen 2 episodes, maybe 3, but so far so good. The characters are likable enough, there's some comedy to lighten the mood, and not too much baggage from show to show - so far. I'll keep tuning in for now.

Another drama, that I was just starting to get into was CBS's CHAOS, but I just read that it might have been cancelled already (and they had another 10 episodes in the can). But I'll say why I liked it anyway. But before I talk about what I liked, I'll mention that it was about 4 guys in the CIA, who ran covert opps and were like under, under cover. Like if they messed up, the director would be all, "I don't know anything about those guys." So on to the likes. First, it had Freddy Rodriguez in it. He played Gio on Ugly Betty and I loved that character. Second, it had Tim Blake Nelson from O Brother, Where Art Thou? among other films. So I tuned in the first night and thoroughly enjoyed the pilot episode. Minus Nelson, it featured some cute guys, great action scenes, and was witty and funny. It was like Ocean's 11 meets The Bourne Identity. Maybe CBS will show the remaining episodes this summer. . .