A New Season Begins

Well, Cavemen wasn't the absolute worst sit-com ever to pollute the airwaves. That distinction still belongs to According to Jim. Cavemen had its funny concepts and moments. Having one of the cavemen working in a pseudo-IKEA and playing squash was funny. There definitely was room for improvement. I guess it remains to be seen how many Flintstones references we're going to be subjected to. One the whole, I would say it gets 2 stars but has some potential. Given the dearth of interesting new shows on the slate, it may be given some slack to find itself and an audience.

House was at his misanthropic best this week in episode 2. Undoubtedly, Kal Penn will land a spot on the show. He doesn't seem to have a long life-span on t.v. shows, though (see Angel, 24). It will be interesting to see how they have the old team co-exist with the new. I predict an all-out catfight at some point between the newly blonde Cameron and Machiavellian bad-girl, Amber.

Now to see what 24 is going to do. Maybe an episode where Jack gets pulled over for DUI, looks in the rearview mirror at the flashing police lights and mutters, "Dammit!"