The major networks are hoping you'll laugh -- or at least tune in -- for the new 2008-2009 TV shows. NBC's New TV Comedies:
- The Office Spinoff (Winter/Spring)
The Office will have new characters and locations, but with the same level of comedy.
More Photos Based on the popular British series of the same name, this faster-paced American version follows the daily interactions of a group of idiosyncratic office employees at paper company Dunder Mifflin's Scranton branch via a documentary film crew's cameras. Regional manager Michael (Steve Carell) thinks he's the coolest, funniest, best boss ever - which, of course, makes him the uncoolest,...
Kath & Kim (Fall)
Sitcom about a mother and daughter in middle class suburbia. SNL veteran Molly Shannon stars.
- SNL Elections (Midseason)
A Thursday night extension of SNL's Weekend Update that should lighten up the fall election.
ABC's New TV Comedies:
- The Goode Family (Fall)
A family devoted to good deeds is the newest animated comedy.
- Scrubs (Fall)
Not new to us, but new to ABC.
CBS's New TV Comedies:
- Worst Week (Fall)
A man struggles to impress his future in-laws, with comedic results. - Project Gary (Fall)
Newly-divorced man deals with children, a demanding ex and beautiful new love interest.
Fox's New Comedies:
- Do Not Disturb (Fall)
A hot, hip hotel in New York provides the backdrop for the newest work-place comedy.
- The Cleveland Show (Fall)
An animated show featuring Cleveland Brown, who moves to a small town in Virginia because of a promise made to his high school sweetheart.
- Class Dismissed (Fall)
An animated show formally known as Sit Down and Shut Up, about high school teachers and their unfortunate students.
Showtime's New Comedies:
- Tracy Ullman's State of the Union (Spring)
A satirical look at life today through the many characters of Tracy Ullman.
