It’s a new year, which means new shows. Say hello to some of your incoming nightly distractions for this semester.
Smash
If you’re a fan of musicals but sick of Glee’s lack of plot or wondering if Chris Colfer has teeth, then Smash is the show for you. This NBC musical drama follows a group of New Yorkers trying to bring a musical based on Marilyn Monroe’s life to Broadway. Featuring all original music and a talented cast including Debra Messing, Anjelica Houston and Katharine McPhee, Smash is sure to make you wish it were acceptable to break into song in real life.
Alcatraz
If you’re a fan of musicals but sick of Glee’s lack of plot or wondering if Chris Colfer has teeth, then Smash is the show for you. This NBC musical drama follows a group of New Yorkers trying to bring a musical based on Marilyn Monroe’s life to Broadway. Featuring all original music and a talented cast including Debra Messing, Anjelica Houston and Katharine McPhee, Smash is sure to make you wish it were acceptable to break into song in real life.
Are You There, Chelsea?
Follow the semi-autobiographical, often drunken, misadventures of Chelsea Handler on NBC’s Are You There, Chelsea? I know what you’re thinking- “Doesn’t Chelsea Handler already have two shows on TV right now?” The answer is yes, but this incarnation is in sitcom form. Chelsea? is based on Handler’s bestselling book, Are You There, Vodka? It’s Me, Chelsea and follows the life of 20-something bar employee Chelsea Newman (That ‘70s Show’s Laura Prepon) and her group of friends as they navigate through life. Handler serves as executive producer and makes frequent appearances as Sloane, sitcom Chelsea’s older sister.
Touch
Touch has one of the most interesting concepts out of all of the mid-seasons shows. Keifer Sutherland plays a father who discovers his mute autistic son can predict the future through a complex number system. The way it goes, son predicts bad events, dad uses his connections to try to stop said bad event. Sounds simple enough, but creator Tim Kring (Heroes) is known to rival J.J. Abrams in the amount of plot twists crammed into one season.
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Got through the first three sentences, found bashing and stopped reading. Now I will go elsewhere to read about the Smash. Have fun figuring out journalism.
“or wondering if Chris Colfer has teeth” wow, how insanely unnecessary and petty and unfunny. Yes, let’s pick on someone who has always shown themselves to be kind-hearted and talented and make fun of something they have no control over (that’s really actually rather cute).