NBC Thursday Night Series Premieres

Written by DavidOnMars

NBC debuted two new anticipated series into its Thursday night line-up last night - Southland and Parks and Recreation.  Both came out solid in the ratings, which is great news because a) NBC Thursdays are not easy shoes to fill and b) we’re jazzed about these shows and we want them to continue!

And you can now find both shows in your First on Mars guide!

Parks and Recreation is the new mockumentary brainchild of the producers and writers behind The Office. Hilarious ex-SNL cast member, Amy Poehler, stars as Leslie Knope - a somewhat sweet and doofy Parks and Rec worker in Pawnee, Indiana who takes on a project to turn a construction pit into a park. Parks has received a kinda lukewarm reception in press, but you know people, sometimes critics are just too critical.  A successful TV show is a complex brew, but with production/writing talent of The Office and like Poehler and Aziz Ansari in the lead, it’s hard not to hit a mark, and this show has hit mine.

Southland: Ryan Atwood is all growns ups. He has left the safety of the Cohen family’s friendly O.C. household and is makin’ his way in the LAPD. Okokok…. maybe not (coulda made a good story though). But this O.C. fan is happy to see Benjamin McKenzie in the TV limelight again. This show is a solid police drama. It’s tough, it’s gritty, and much of it is shot with a sort of unsteady camera-hand and grainy evening-news picture quality that gives the show a frenetic tension that goes hand-in-hand with dramatic intensity of the situations these cops and detectives are dealing with. This very well could be the only series that could fill the ER void.

30 Rock Sneak Peek

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New episodes of 30 Rock start up again tomorrow, January 8th, and E! columnist and tv personality, Kristin Dos Santos, has posted some sneak peeks of what’s to come in her Watch with Kristin blog!!!

Selma Hayek joins the show for a stint as a nurse to Jack’s mom, Liz’s baby craving gets weird, and Tracy gets crazy with tha Benjamins.  Take a look at the sneak peek clips below!

Countdown to Scrubs Season 8 Premiere

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Just seven more days until the new season of Scrubs kicks off on ABC!

After moving from NBC amid a year or so full of speculation and rumors, it seems this could potentially be the show’s final season. Although with confirmation that original cast members, Zach Braff and Judy Reyes, will leave the show at the season’s close, it will most certainly be the end of Scrubs as we know it.

Season 8 will kick off Tuesday, January 6th at 9pm with an hour of back-to-back episodes. While you’re waiting for the season 8 premiere, you can catch up on Scrubs episodes from seasons 6 & 7 using First on Mars! And check out this sneak peek of the season 8 premiere episode: