It’s time for Unsupervised to take a look at its possible future
Here’s what’s up in the world of TV for Thursday, March 8. All times are Eastern.
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Unsupervised (FX, 10:30 p.m.): Unsupervised isn’t the show a lot of people expected when it was announced. We’re still amazed the David Hornsby, Rob Rosell, and Scott Marders’ animated series didn’t turn out to be It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia Babies—it’s still pretty reliant on shock humor, but the show’s true nature is something more lighthearted than the Paddy’s Pub’s gang’s eternal dark night of the soul. (Of course, Charlie Day is doing a voice next week, so that could all change soon.) It helps that life has yet to grind down Unsupervised’s protagonists—though they get a good, hard look at what living can do to a person when Joel’s burn-out brother (voiced, like Joel, by Hornsby) moves back in. Brandon Nowalk holds out freaking hope for our freaking heroes.
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The Big Bang Theory (CBS, 8 p.m.): Sheldon’s relationship with Amy pulls him away from a 48-hour gaming marathon. Oliver Sava has a solution to this dilemma: Just make your whole life a video-game marathon.
American Idol (Fox, 8 p.m.):After the annual, government-mandated purging of potential Idols, America begins cutting them away one by one. Claire Zulkey will have no problem with America if it decides it’s finished with Jeremy Rosado.
30 Rock (NBC, 8 p.m.): With his new position in Standards, Kenneth is officially The Man. This puts him at odds with his former TGS colleagues and their “Fart Machine” and “cat anus” comedic sensibilities. If Nathan Rabin ran things, TGS would get way more than three uses of “cat anus” per show.
Parks And Recreation (NBC, 8:30 p.m.): Hey, here’s a fun way to confuse someone who’s just getting into NBC’s Thursday-night comedies: Let them know that tonight’s Parks And Rec has Andy (not the Ed Helms one) wigging out over an exam for his community-college (in Pawnee, not Greendale) course. Work in well-timed “Blerg,” watch his or her brain wrinkle, and make sure you send Todd VanDerWerff a photo.
Project Runway All-Stars (Lifetime, 9 p.m.): Awww yeah. Tonight the contestants are going to learn about running a business. You know how we know? Because it’s Thursday night, there’s a lot of good stuff on TV, you haven’t had your after-work social netball team practice, and Project Runway All-Stars is down to just four contestants. And when Project Runway All-Stars is down to just four contestants, it’s business time. Or learning about business time. Genevieve Koski knows what you’re trying to say, girl.