New Show Rundown: the FOX Edition
Posted on: September 20, 2012
I’m continuing to check out new shows for fall 2012 with today’s Fox offerings.
The Mob Doctor (Monday 9:00)
Premise: A surgeon protects her career and family from a family debt to the mob.
Thoughts: The Mob Doctor is the winner of this season’s “on the nose” title. We’re leaning pretty heavily on the melodrama here, but it’s a corruption, power, and redemption story. I think it’s leaning too far over the edge.
Ben and Kate (Tuesday 8:30)
Premise: An adult brother and sister move in together.
Thoughts: Ben and Kate is a screw-up story featuring adult siblings, which is a nice take on an old genre. It’s trying to be a warm family story and it might get there; Kate’s five-year-old daughter provides the required precocious child. The jokes in the preview are really rough, so hopefully they can smooth it out.
The Mindy Project (Tuesday 9:30)
Premise: A single doctor tries to navigate her personal and professional life.
Thoughts: I’m not completely sure what the show is about, but the dialogue and plotting in the preview clip seems sharp. The Mindy Project may turn out to be a nice quirky show.
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