Comedy Without the Funny

Today Fox announced they were picking up a full season of Back to You. CBS has already picked up Big Bang Theory. How is it that some of the least funny comedy on TV is being picked up so early on?

I urge you to try out two other new half hour comedies instead of tuning into Back to You and Big Bang Theory (not that you were tuning into those in the first place).

1. Carpoolers- ABC Tuesday 8:30-9:00pm- Four men, all at different stages of domesticity, carpool together which leads to conversations that get played out in the home. Unlike Back to You this comedy is able to cross multiple age ranges and connect with male and female viewers with great comedic lines and timing. The numbers haven't been helped by a less than mediocre lead in with Cavemen (I couldn't get through the whole first episode). However, this is a laugh out loud comedy that should be invested in for at least a half hour of mindless entertainment.

2. Aliens in America- CW Monday 8:30-9:00pm with replays Sundays 7:30-8:00pm- This may be the new generation of The Wonder Years. Awkward teen boy deals with having a hot younger sister and a Pakistani foreign exchange student to further solidify his low man on the totem pole place in his Wisconsin high school. Think The Wonder Years connection is a bit of a stretch? just compare the ongoing issues of the Vietnam War of The Wonder Years with the War on Terror of Aliens in America and I think you will start getting my point. Aliens in America is a surprising (and definitely welcome) output from a network that seemed to be shedding all connection with functioning family shows.