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THE NEW FALL SEASON: 'Suburgatory'

Suburgatory
Wednesday, 8:30 p.m. on ABC

This is a great one. A dad (Jeremy Sisto) finds condoms in his daughter's room so he freaks out and moves her from Manhattan to the suburbs.

"Suburgatory" is darkly hilarious -- the kind of  irreverent humor that I adore, but tucked inside the kind of smart sitcom I can't imagine making it in this cruel "Two and a Half Men"-loving world. Jane Levy is perfect as the daughter, and the dialogue (especially hers) is super sharp.

I love this sitcom. I will watch the fool out of this sitcom. I encourage/beg you to do the same.

Cheryl Hines and Ana Gasteyer are great as neighbor moms. Also stars Alan Tudyk and Chris Parnell.

THE NEW FALL SEASON: "Free Agents"

In "Free Agents" (10:30 tonight, NBC), Hank Azaria is Alex, a recently divorced and still fragile father. Kathryn Hahn is Helen (is it just me or does she look like Ana Gasteyer to you too?), whose fiance died, leaving her with a lot of wine-fueld lonely nights. The two work together at a PR firm and can't seem to stop jumping into bed with each other, although it doesn't seem like the best idea.

The show isn't flat out funny, but the two leads are likable enough that I might stick around and see if they can take this difficult concept in different directions.

But I'm skeptical.

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