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#12 Aliens in America
Who picked it up? CW
When does it air? Mondays 8:30/7:30
Who stars? No one most of us knows...
Why should you care? While Chris is charming, The Girlfriends has style, and The Game has the occasional laugh, Aliens in America has all three. The winning characters have a goofy awkwardness that are reminiscent of sitcom past while dealing with a topic that is in social present. And that means it might have a future!
Why should you worry? Like all CW comedies, it has moments where it tries too hard. And it doesn't exactly make the best fit (sandwiched between Everybody Hates Chris and Girlfriends) for the CW Monday.
Bottom line? Everybody Hates Chris is already dying in the ratings, probably because it is quiet and mostly uneventful. Girlfriends is starting to show its age. The Game has never quite taken off. The truth is the CW needs Aliens in America -- not only to expand the kind of sitcoms aired on the network, but also to breathe life into the night. This was easily the best choice the CW had in terms of comedy. It should be enough to help the CW continue to grow -- or at least stop the bleeding.