Can you believe that in Prison Break they need to break out of a prison? Any prison where you throw down a chicken foot to challenge someone to a fight to death rocks. If only work was like that. Anyway…on to the first new shows that popped up.

K-Ville (note: that is not C-Ville) cranked up on FOX. It is a traditional Starsky and Hutch sort of show with the backdrop of New Orleans. The show was better than I thought it would be, but if people would please get over all the Katrina crap. When you choose to live below sea level you should expect flooding. Duh. It should have no problem lasting through the season (of course FOX seasons are always a bit odd). I’m sure we’ll start seeing a few more “women of New Orleans” in future episodes…just to keep the 18-49 crowd in touch (so to speak).

Kid Nation, one of the most controversial new shows of the season, is a true dud. The premise was that kids get shipped off to a ghost town in the southwest and they then try to build it for forty days with no adults or supervision of any sort. Lots of stories about kids getting burnt, fractured legs, and snapped fingers started appearing. Unfortunately, the CBS idiots decided to make this Survivor with kids. They break them in to groups for challenges, give some phone calls home, others get rewards at tribal council meetings, and the host of the show is always telling the kids what tasks must get done. They should rename the show Mr. Babysitter. Since all episodes have already been filmed, and a few idiots are still paying for commercial time, I have a feeling CBS will air all episodes. However…I really think they should pull the plug just like they did with Pirate Master half way through the season (I never did watch the online version to see who won…it may have been the worst reality show of all time).

Now, back to the 90’s with Back To You (aka Frasier does TV News). FOX has gone with yet another sitcom that follows the traditional sitcom script with traditional sitcom characters and traditional sitcom lines. The show is a snoozer, but on FOX it will last for the year, but will probably get moved around a bit as the odd FOX season rolls along (as does almost every FOX show other than Idol). When does Idol start this year?

FOX continues to start earlier than the other networks with Nashville and Kitchen Nightmares. Nashville has country accents in it. I hear enough of that here in Virginny and can’t take it. Since a good chunk of the country loves country music I assume it will survive. Plus it is on Friday when no one watches TV, so they won’t care if no one sees it. Kitchen Nightmares lets the Donald Trump of the chef world run around loose in restaurants owned by others. He yells and screams and tells people they are f*cking idiots. Many stories have popped up about how some of the scenes were faked (reality is all reality….right?), but does it really matter? I love seeing Chef R run around yelling at people while holding a knife. The show will have no problem running throughout the odd FOX season (have I mentioned the oddness often enough?). If like other kitchen-related shows, it probably only has a dozen episodes or so for the complete season.

Next week is the big one for new shows…my TIVO’s will be busy.