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"Outsourced" Is the New "Cavemen" -- You Heard It Here First!

By Seth Freilich | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (11)

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Ok, so you’ve read all about NBC’s new schedule. Now you wanna see some preview clips for the new fall shows, right? Of course you do.

“The Event”



Prognosis: Actually looks a bit more watchable than I would’ve thought. It’s hard to pull-off a good conspiracy-type show in the long run, and I don’t particularly trust NBC, but I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and give this show a chance.

“Chase”



Prognosis: Meh. I’ll stick with “Justified” for my U.S. Marshals TV, thank you kindly.

“Undercovers”




Prognosis: Oh J.J. Abrams, you sure as hell know how to reel me in. “Alias” turned into a mess, “Lost” looks like it’s going to go bust on the way out, and “Fringe” is a bit up and down. But you generally start your shit off right, and know how to bring the action, so I’m in for starters, even though I’m not particularly wowed by these clips. In fact, I’m entirely unimpressed, so you’re really gonna have to earn my repeated viewing.

“Outsourced”



Prognosis: Fuck you. Seriously, fuck you.

“Love Bites”




Prognosis: First two clips — meh. Third clip — slightly more watchable meh. But since they’re just one-off guest stars, I’m sticking with meh.

“School Pride”



Prognosis: Awwwwww, so heartwarming and over-produced. …I just threw up a little.

“Outlaw”




Prognosis: You can’t really ever go wrong with Jimmy Smits, and this looks watchable enough for what it is, though it would be nice if it could climb over the cliches these clips are buried under.









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Comments

...is that Jesse Metcalfe in Chase? Ugh. If the trailers weren't meh enough, that totally insures my disinterest.

Undercovers looks good though. And I'll probably try Love Bites just because I love Becki Newton.

Posted by: St. Saturn at May 17, 2010 10:52 AM

A Hispanic Supreme Court Justice? Not while Arizona is part of the Union.

Posted by: Tracer Bullet at May 17, 2010 11:32 AM

Why the hell is Pajiba hating on Outsorced? Because the cast isn't primarily white? Plus my friend Anisha is in that show (she's the really quiet one) and she's absolutely hilarious.

So screw you, Pajiba. Seriously, screw you.

Posted by: Littlejon2001 at May 17, 2010 11:57 AM

Hey Littlejon2001 I have a friend on the cast of Outsourced too and I'll be watching it because of him but it does look pretty awful. I don't think it's the actors' faults. The writing seems to stink.

Posted by: JenVegas at May 17, 2010 12:31 PM

That is exactly it! You got us pegged! we hate them browns!

The fact that it looks like shit smeared in vomit has nothing at all to do with it! yay it's people in funny accents acting like fools for the white dude! yeah that looks HILARIOUS! a joke from 2002! why wouldn't we love this?!

Yeah! it's just all racism up in this bitch!

Posted by: figgy at May 17, 2010 12:52 PM

"Undercover" looks like fun. And I actually laughed when the main characters kissed, and the sidekick was like, "Get a room!"

And I, too, love Becki Newton, but that show looks retarded.

I also love Greg Grunberg, but that show also looks retarded.

I guess it's kind of a good thing. Between the ends of "24", "Lost", and "Law & Order", I'll have three more hours to actually get stuff done every week.

Posted by: Jelinas at May 17, 2010 12:53 PM

Whatever. My dad is the producer of the show and even he says it's gonna suck.

Posted by: Name: at May 17, 2010 1:08 PM

Whaaaat? Blair Underwood as POTUS? Does he need any interns?

Posted by: greer at May 17, 2010 7:16 PM

I would watch "Undercovers" with the sound off. Very pretty.

"Outsourced"? Everyone hates you and no one wants to be your friend.

"Love Bites": only made it about 30 seconds into the first clip. Good luck with that.

"School Pride" looks like Extreme School Makeover. It wants to make my cry but I won't do it. I am not that person.

Too tired to watch clip of Jimmy Smits show. The other clips wasted what was left of my attention span. Thanks a lot, NBC!

Posted by: greer at May 17, 2010 7:37 PM

Huh, i didn't think you could get stupider Tracer but ypou managed to lower the bar. So did you forget about Sotomayor or is she not hispanic enough for you? Jackass.

Posted by: Jack Random at May 17, 2010 8:26 PM

Hah, school pride IS extreme home make over, only with middle schools. I'll watch the first episode because the organization I work for helped work on it, and the people who really organized the volunteers - not the producers, but a local church group that has been doing work in Compton for years - do a lot of good in the community. After that, I suspect I'll lose interest.

Posted by: Xan at May 17, 2010 8:40 PM