With finals ending, it is time to start packing up to head on home. I am sure that you all are excited to see what Santa left under the tree or what eight awesome presents you get for Hanukkah. The greatest present of all: being done with school for a month. What will you do with all of your free time, now that you don’t have to be in the library until 4 a.m.? Why, catch up on new fall TV shows of course!
Here are my four new favorite fall TV shows, stamped with the approval of a few AU collegiettes™:
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Once Upon a Time
I knew I was going to be obsessed with this show the minute I saw the first preview. As a passionate fan of all things Disney, specifically the princesses, this show was the greatest thing to ever happen to my Sunday nights. The premise of the show is that there are fairy tale characters living normal lives in Maine because they are stuck in our world by the Evil Queen’s curse. However, the catch is that none of the characters remember that they are fairy tale characters, except for the Evil Queen aka the Mayor.
The show jumps between life in fairytale world and real world. Each episode takes a different focus on a different character. Some of the episodes so far have focused on the Evil Queen, Jiminy Cricket, Snow White and Prince Charming. It is so much fun to see who each fairy tale character is in the real world and vice versa. The acting is brilliant and the men of the show, Josh Dallas and Jamie Dornan, are quite easy on the eyes.
Colleen Hannum, a Junior in Kogod, said, “I started watching OUAT because it looked like something new and I was bored with other TV shows. I would be HEARTBROKEN if they cancelled this show. It is definitely one of my favorites.”
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Up All Night
I started watching this show because I desperately wanted to support one of my main men, Will Arnett, on his TV career. Gob, from Arrested Development, is one of my all-time favorite TV characters, and it breaks my heart that it was cancelled. Because I am such a huge Arnett fan, I tuned into Running Wilde last fall, which also ended up getting cancelled. As I watched the pilot this year, I prayed to the TV gods that they let this smart, hilarious comedy live in the brutal TV world.
At this point in the season, my TV prayers were answered. The show is doing extremely well thanks to the all-star cast and hilariously, believable plot lines. Will Arnett and Christina Applegate play two new parents who have decided that Daddy should stay home and Mommy go to work for crazy Oprah-like talk host, Maya Rudolph. The chemistry between Arnett and Applegate is amazing. Their witty banter, new parent fears and overall sass really makes this show a comedic gem. Oh and their adorable baby, Amy, helps too!
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New Girl
Nicole Slomiany, a Senior Biology (Pre-Nursing major), said “I started watching New Girl because it was on after Glee. I saw the preview and it looked funny, so I decided to add it to my weekly shows. I love Zooey Deschanel’s character Jess. I love her awkwardness and how she makes up songs.”
I, like Nicole, also started watching because of its placement after Glee. Unlike Nicole, I was turned off by Deschanel because I am really not her biggest fan. However, after I realized my all-time favorite TV police officer, Deputy Leo from Veronica Mars, was starring as one of Deschanel’s roommates, I had to offer my support. Needless to say, I am now hooked.
The main reason that I watch every week is because of the ridiculously, hilarious shenanigans of the three male roommates. Although, I am still not the biggest Deschanel fan, she has grown on me. She is definitely not the reason that I come back to the show every week, but I am starting to appreciate her “adorkable” nature.
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American Horror Story
Again my attraction to this show was because of Glee. The creators of Glee, Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk, also are the master minds behind AHS. However, I don’t think you could find two more opposite shows if you tried.
AHS is about a family that moves into a haunted house. Every episode starts with a clip of previous owners in the house and usually their tragic endings. So much happens in every episode that I fear unknowingly releasing a spoiler, but the show is nothing like I have ever seen before. I have longed for a great horror/suspenseful TV show for years and AHS definitely fulfills that desire. As the show goes on, I get more and more absorbed in the characters, plot lines and the mysteriously spooky house.
Demi McLaren, a Junior Secondary Education and American Studies double major, watches AHS each week. “I got hooked a few weeks into the season. Now I keep watching to have all my questions answered, especially after the season finale this week. I love seeing how the character relations are intertwined, both in life and death.”
AHS is definitely a show that you have to watch from the beginning, so use all your free time wisely this winter break to catch up on this awesomely suspenseful show.
Winter break provides the perfect opportunity to catch up on new shows because they are on hiatus until after the holidays. You only have about 10 episodes to catch up on (for each show). Well now that you have your whole winter break planned, go ahead and curl up on your couch, make some popcorn, and start watching your four new favorite shows.
Thanks for tuning into TV with Tori. Happy TV watching!
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