Let's start with the best and work our way down, shall we?
Up All Night
If there was a show about a guy who just sat there and drank glasses of water and didn't really do anything other than drink water and blink occasionally BUT the part of the guy was played by Will Arnett, I would watch that show. Up All Night not only has Will Arnett but also Maya Rudolph AND a premise to which I can relate. Also, I was happy to see that Lorne Michaels is the executive producer.
There were two scenes that I found particularly funny:
1. Reagan and Chris each accusing the other of being asleep while they were awake with the baby. I have had that conversation many times. "I could see that you were asleep because my eyes were completely open because I was wide awake"
2. After getting very little sleep, Chris offers Reagan one million dollars to go take care of the baby when she starts crying. I have had this conversation many times as well.
I give this show 2 thumbs up and will indeed be watching again next week.
New Girl
If you aren't aware, itunes has the pilot episode of this show available as a free download right now. I have mixed feelings about this one. Don't get me wrong, Zooey Deschanel is great. She plays her same old quirky, lovable character but has added a little extra geeky-ness that I really like. I like the character of Nick and the actor they chose to play him. I like the Damon Wayans Jr. character (even though he has been replaced with a different actor since he is shooting Happy Endings) but I do not like that his name is Coach. My biggest, and maybe only, problem with this show is the actor that plays the part of Schmidt. I don't like him, he bothers me.
Overall though I enjoyed the premiere. The positives of Zooey Deschanel greatly outweigh the negatives of other cast members. I have the same habit of making up songs for every aspect of my life (cooking dinner, tying my shoes, shopping for cheese etc.) and it was nice to see this awesome personality trait displayed on the show.
I give it 1.5 thumbs up and will watch again next week.
Free Agents
This one hasn't been publicized as much as some other new shows. I didn't have very high expectations going into the premiere and unfortunately my low expectations may not have been low enough. I like Hank Azaria and some of the other supporting cast. This is the perfect example of a show that may take a few weeks to get into its groove. You know that episode of Seinfeld where Jerry is dating the girl who sometimes is beautiful and sometimes is weird looking? I felt like that's how it was for Kathryn Hahn in this show.
Free agents gets 1 thumb at a 45 degree angle but I will give it at least one more episode.
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