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New Shows for 2009

This is one of the most unique and funny shows in a while.  The story chronicles a music teacher and his glee club, which is inherently geeky to begin with.  He starts a war with the established high honcho of the school, the cheerleader coach, and the fight is on.  If you like quirkly sitcoms along the lines of Gilmore Girls, and don’t mind musical interludes, this is a show you should try out.

A remaking of the popular NBC miniseries from the 1980s, this reimaging of the V universe brings it into the modern era.  I loved the original V.  Sure, it had corny 80s special effects, and everything after the original series was not up to par, but the basic idea was science fiction at its best:  using scifi to show humanity’s good and bad side.  It is a political allegory, with links to Nazi Germany, the holocaust…and recently people have even made connections to Barack Obama, though I think that is slightly far fetched.

The first episode was o.k., though it did not get my blood boiling.  They are using a classic recipe of very nice special effects, including a bunch of beautiful people, in hopes people will not notice that some the writing is straight out of the 1980s.  I have high hopes for this, but the major networks have screwed up so many really good scifi franchise (fans of Firefly, raise your hands), that I won’t be surprised if they completely blow it.

Recurring Shows

Love it.  Absolutely addicted.  J.J. Abrams is a god, or at least a demigod.  Heck, even my wife is addicted, and she barely watches TV.  But we don’t miss lost.  And this season, as well as last?  Perfection.  Best show on TV, Period.

NEW EPISODE OF THE FINAL SEASON START ON FEBRUARY 2ND!!!

And anyone that has their own stamps deserves to be on this list…

After 20 seasons, you gotta admit the show has lost a little of its quality.  But hell, it is still the best social satire around.

Dexter is a show that I never saw, because I don’t get Showtime.  But I now have Netflix, and once you run out of great movies, then there is so much TV to watch.  Dexter is dark, gory…and downright hilarious.  Who would of thunk it?  A lovable serial killer.  By the way…at least three of the people above are dead…you gotta love a show like that.

A drama…that is still one of the funniest TV shows on the air.  And Gregory House is that little devil that sits on my shoulder every day at work…and says what I can’t say.

Chuck is kind of a goofy show, and took a while to get its stride.  But there are so few truly funny shows on TV these days.  I may have to boycott NBC for a while if they cancel this show.  The last episode of the season was funny as all hell.  Numerous online bloggers were successful in saving Chuck…some can be seen here, here, and here on Twitter.

NEW EPISODES OF CHUCK START ON JANUARY 10TH AND JANUARY 11TH!!!!

Fringe is a show I started watching early last year, gave up on, came back to, and now am in love with.  It took a while for the story to get going.  At first, I thought it was simply a bad X-Files rip-off.  In actuality, it is that…but much, much more.  Like X-Files, there is a war coming…but the enemy in this battle is not simply bad creepy government types.  Not to give too much away, but alter egos, alternate dimensions, and Leonard Nimoy all play a part.  How can you say no to that?

I am a newcomer to How I Met Your Mother, and I have to say, I am hooked.  With an excellent cast, including Jason Segal (Forgetting Sarah Marshall) and Neil Patrick Harris (yes, Doogie Howser himself), this sexy and funny comedy is along the lines of friends, but with a modern New York twinge.  On its fifth season, it sounds like major hints about the previously-referred-to-mama is coming, which should be fun.

Another show I am a newcomer to.  I have to admit, I had basically ignored CBS for the last decade, especially comedies.  But with the Big Bang Theory and How I Met Your Mother, these are probably the two best comedies on television right now.