The Haiku Review: the DebutTubes

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Surveying a selection of new television shows for the 2006-2007 season:

Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip
'SNL' reversed:
Sorkin turns sketch comedy
Into dull drama.

Heroes
Like a comic book,
It's scary, silly and bold --
A geeky pleasure

Friday Night Lights
Season's best new show
For people who like football
And people who don't.

30 Rock
Getting impatient:
How long 'til Alec Baldwin
Makes Tina Fey cry?

The Nine
Ugh, enough whining.
Please just tell me what happened
In the goddamned bank.

Six Degrees
Okay, we get it.
New York City is awesome.
Is that the whole plot?

Ugly Betty
I've never seen it.
I'm afraid I might like it,
And become a girl.

Shark
Like his show's namesake,
James Woods chews the scenery
Leaving only scraps.

Kidnapped
Already cancelled,
This show is taut and complex.
Never had a chance.