Shows see early sucess, demise this fall

So most of the fall TV shows have started their season, and, just like any freshman class, some have risen to the top and some have sank to the bottom. Let's size up these new shows.

One show in particular that has performed well is "New Girl," staring Zooey Deschanel as a girl who moves in with three guys after her boyfriend cheats on her. FOX has already picked up this show for a full season, the first smart decision this network has made all year (I am still mad at FOX).

Also airing right after "Glee" helps this show a lot. The show airs Tuesdays at 9 p.m., although you are going to have to wait until November to see a new episode due to the World Series.

Another show given a full show pickup was "2 Broke Girls," which airs at 8:30 p.m. on Mondays on CBS. This show, starring Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, centers around two broke girls (duh) living in New York City, trying to raise enough money for their own cupcake business.

On the flip side of things, the first cancelled show of the season was NBC's controversial drama "The Playboy Club" after three episodes. The show's major problem was that it didn't find its audience.

It was set in the 60s and younger audiences aren't going jump at the chance to watch a show about a time period inaccessible to them.

Further, older audiences, the ones who lived through the ‘60s, aren't going to jump at the chance to watch a show about Playboy bunnies. The Parents Television Council was also protesting the show. The Council was obviously pleased with the shows cancellation and issued the following statement:

"Bringing ‘The Playboy Club' to broadcast television was a poor programming decision from the start. We're pleased that NBC will no longer be airing a program so inherently linked to a pornographic brand that denigrates and sexualizes women … we hope other broadcasters heed the important lessons of this programming debacle."

I think this show should have been aired on a cable network. The premise sounds like something right down HBO or Showtime's alley. It was an interesting idea, but the PTC was correct when they said it was a poor programming decision.

Another show that bit the dust was NBC's workplace romantic comedy "Free Agents" after four episodes. The show was hemorrhaging viewers ever since it debuted. "Free Agents" starred Hank Azaria, Kathryn Hahn and Anthony Stewart Head and was adapted from a British series by "Party Down" writer John Enbom.

We shall see how the rest of the shows fair in the coming weeks. Hopefully, the blood bath is kept to a kiddie pool.