Comedy is very hot this TV season — thank ABC's best-of-class Wednesday comedies (all in repeats tonight), CBS' Monday blockbusters, NBC's cult faves and Fox's giddy New Girl — but two lousy new sitcom arrivals buck the trend, leaving a sour aftertaste.
Normally I'd celebrate at any circumstance that shrinks The X Factor to 90 minutes, but in this case, it opens the door for Fox's unpleasant I Hate My Teenage Daughter (9:30/8:30c), which traps two gifted comedians — My Name Is Earl's Emmy-winning spitfire Jaime Pressly and two-time Tony-winning scene-stealer Katie Finneran — in no-win roles as shrill moms who used to be ugly ducklings and are now cowed by their bratty offspring (forgettably rendered by Aisha Dee and Kristi Lauren), who are turning out to be the sort of spoiled mean girls who tormented the moms back when they were in high school.
read moreAfter housewife and church member Betty Gore is found axed to death, a friend of Betty's confesses and claims self-defense. Best-selling author Sandra Brown tells the story of one of the most shocking verdicts ever delivered by a Texas jury. watch
A young man is found brutally murdered in Texas. Sandra Brown offers insight into this landmark hate-crime case, which inspired her book &NFi;The Witness&NFi_;. watch