When Sasha Paley wrote her "young adult novel" about weight problems that are all too common in today's youth, she could have more than likely foreseen the popularity of a television series based on the concept. It is an enormous problem for many young people today and by addressing it within the context of a popular TV program it will be seen by many and perhaps help some who are struggling with their weight. A summer camp dedicated to weight loss, Camp Victory is the destination for the cast of "chubbies" determined to lose weight and become healthier along the way to becoming popular in school. Written capably by Winnie Holzman (My So-Called Life) and her daughter Savannah Dooley, the cast includes Nikki Blonsky playing Willamena, filled with resentment for being sent to "fat camp" by her parents, Hayley Hasselhoff is Amber, thinner and prettier than the rest but lacking self-confidence, and Raven Goodwin who plays Becca, bookworm who is painfully shy and becomes fast friend with Willamena. Good writing and a talented cast make this semi reality show well worth watching.

few months. Babies may sleep 18 hours a day but the time they are awake is never when you want it to be. They are demanding little demons who don't want to see their parents slumber when they awaken starving or with wet diapers. So they do what comes naturally to them"¦ they scream and carry on until someone comes to their aid. New parents must know they cannot win, at least not for a few years. Emily Spivey (Parks & Recreation, Saturday Night Live) created Up All Night and she apparently knows all about the problems caused by newborns in the house. Christina Applegate (Married With Children, Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead) and her husband Will Arnett (Arrested Development, Blades of Glory) are Reagan and Chris, two new parents without a clue! They bring their sweet little bundle home from the hospital and the fun begins. Also starring Maya Rudolph (Saturday Night Live) as Reagan's best friend Ava and Nick Cannon (America's Got Talent, The Nick Cannon Show) as Calvin.

Somebody Somewhere is a TV series that premiered on HBO in January 2022. The show is a comedy drama that follows Sam, a woman in her 40s who is dealing with a midlife crisis after the death of her sister. The series is set in Manhattan, Kansas and stars Bridget Everett as Sam, Jeff Hiller as her co-worker and friend Joel, and Mary Catherine Garrison as Tricia Miller, Sam's sister who runs a store called Tender Moments.

An Australian TV mockumentary, Angry Boys has what it takes to make reality television fun to watch. Take a set of teenage twin brothers from Australia, a rapper from Los Angeles, California, a young Japanese boy who wants to become a champion surfer, and an assortment of other characters who drift in and out of the weekly shows and you have a strange combination that somehow works in the "reality TV" format. It's about the typical issues faced by young males in this, the 21st century. The peer pressures, the hopes and dreams all young people have to begin with. Some see their dreams come true, some simply go another route to find happiness. Twins Nathan and Daniel live with their mother and step dad and lead average lives but Nathan happens to be almost entirely deaf. His brother, Daniel decides to give him a great going away present (before Nathan goes off to a school for the deaf) and invite a few of their heroes to attend. Those include a rap artist from LA, S mouse, a surf pro, Tim Okazaki, and a bikini clad model named Emily Chase. Some unusual character combinations make this fun and interesting viewing.

Their friends acknowledge it always has been this way: Tina Fay gets lots of headlines and personal appearances while Amy Poehler does the majority of the comic heavy lifting. The trend continues in NBC's high-powered Thursday night comedy line-up as Fay continues driving "30Rock" to the top of Nielsen's charts and Poehler brilliantly busts-out gut-busters with her new sit-com "Parks and Recreation." In much the style of "The Office," Poehler's "Parks and Recreation" TV show works the popular mockumentary format; and her character, Leslie Knope, willingly gives voice to her relentless optimism as she speaks directly into the camera. Leslie serves as the Deputy Director of the parks and recreation department in Pawnee, Indiana, where she considers herself a rising star in the local political firmament. Think of her as the female equivalent of Steve Carrell's "Office" character, prone to pretzelating the truth with observations like, "These people are members of a community that care about where they live. So what I hear when I'm being yelled at is people caring loudly at me." Professionals devoted to the sad enterprise of explaining the jokes stress that Poehler's genius lies in her ability to make an obvious ditz both funny and sympathetic rather than just plain weak. Women may not feel inspired to vote for Leslie, but they cannot help loving her.

A talented actor Breckin Erin Meyer (Geezers!, Ghosts of Girlfriends Past and Stag Night) now appears as the author of Men at Work, the TBS comedy series about unfortunate guy Milo, which has had suffered the rupture of relations with his girlfriend. He is trying to start reenter the "Big Sex Scene" with the help of his three friends Gibbs, Tyler and Neal which are working with him in the same magazine. While four friends endeavor to unleash the stratagems of love, sex and friendship issues they find themselves in various comic situations. Men at Work stars Danny Masterson who may be familiar to you as Rooney in Yes Man. He also plays in The Chicago 8 and California Solo. His friends are portrayed by James Lesure, Michael Cassidy and Adam Busch. Sex jokes, funny dialogs, easy to watch actors' play are all the things that Men at Work has in excess.