It's not easy to survive in prime time these days. The competition between the main networks is fiercer than ever and each season a handful of your favorites get the ax, just when you start to love them. Here are 3 shows I look forward to each week, but that I'm trying not to get too attached to...
3. How to Make it in America
Sundays @ 10pm on HBO
I was hooked after the 8-episode arc of HBO's latest dramedy. It's only a 30-minute show, which always leaves me wanting more and I really like the writing, the characters and the influence NY culture and nightlife has on the aesthetic of the show. However, ratings for the first season were not up to par of other HBO heavy hitters like Entourage, which I don't think is nearly as good. I try not to be a pessimist, but I have a feeling these young actors are still going to be wondering how they can make it in Hollywood.
2. Parenthood
Tuesdays @ 10pm on NBC
You would think big names like Ron Howard and Brian Grazer can just call the shots and do whatever they want, but at the end of the day ratings and NBC are the deciding factors in Parenthood getting picked up for a second season. Like medical dramas, a show revolving around family drama is hard to stand out with all of the other prime time TV resembling it. For me, it's all about the cast and I've already grown so attached to these brothers and sisters - loving the casting of Peter Krause, Lauren Graham, Erika Christensen and even Dax Shephard has proven himself in my eyes. I'd really like to see what develops and hope we can see a new family grow up for a while, but something tells me not to get too excited about this show.
1. Mercy
Wednesdays @ 8pm on NBC
When Mercy was shooting across the street from me in Jersey City, I was hellbent against watching it because the crew is full of assholes and my car got towed because of them. After moving back home I decided to give it a chance and was instantly hooked. I'm really not a fan of hospital shows and I worry for the future of the show because it's hard to be a surviving prime time hospital show. They're all the same in one way or another, so I fear it's hard for the stellar cast and writing of Mercy to stand out, even though it's way better than the similar shows it premiered with this season (Trauma and Three Rivers). I think it's my favorite hospital show, even over Nurse Jackie. Granted, I am no Grey's Anatomy fan and would love to see that shark-jumping series get cancelled and have Mercy sweep in for another season. I know they are on competing networks, but I hate that girlie, McShitty show!
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