Upfronts! Fox

It's upfronts season! In case you haven't already checked out the new lineups and schedules from this year's pilot roundup, here's the link to FOX's. Unfortunately, no trailers there, but plenty of cast photos and series blurbs.

The biggest, most exciting pilot of the season is, of course, Mindy Kaling's "The Mindy Project". No, not the best title, but way better than either "Mindy" or "It's Messy". But, hey, "New Girl" is a pretty terrible name and that show's great! I'm positive that this one will be, too.



Fox is actually doing pretty well in terms of pilots this year. In another strong move, they ordered "Ben and Kate" which looks promising, about two siblings, one a single mom, the other a mostly-deadbeat, who unite to raise the sister's child and help put her life back on track.



Another one I'm looking forward to is "The Goodwin Games" from HIMYM creators Carter & Bays. It's another ridiculous HIMYM-style setup: a deceased father wills $23 million to his kids, but they have to play an endless set of games to determine who wins the money. Plus, there's a random guy playing for it, too. I think the strength in this is that the money is clearly a Maltese falcon - there's no need to actually determine a winner, and the games can be as ridiculous or mundane as the writers want week to week, so I think it will take a little while longer to get bored of this premise than with HIMYM. I could be wrong, though.



It doesn't premiere until midseason, though, sorry!

Anyway, three strong sitcoms is more than I expect from FOX in a given year, so I'm super pleased with what we've got. Frankly, even though NBC ordered about half a billion sitcoms this season, I think FOX is leading the pack. But we'll get to that...

PS. Anyone know why some of the upfront trailers are being taken down? Even though they were initially posted by the broadcasting company (this one apparently is a different version than the one they had posted previously). Annoying!