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This is the sixth entry in “Shows You Should Watch,” so I’m thinking we’ll do one more after this to end on lucky seven.  After this little event, what comes next, you ask?  Well, if you haven’t asked, then go ahead and ask now… Okay, there we go.  Coming up after Entry #7 is “TV on DVD That You Should Already Have In Your Collection.”  That’ll probably go for the majority of the summer.  In August, I’ll start with “TV on DVD to Buy This Fall.”

Today’s entry deals with a little show that we all know almost nothing about called “The Ex-List.”  Here’s the dirt on it.

Reasons to get excited for “The Ex-List”
1) Remember I said there was a connection between this show and 90210?  Well, Rob Thomas, who originally wrote the pilot for 90210 is the little connection, in that Diane Ruggiero (who is the CREATOR of The Ex-List) was also an executive producer and writer on Thomas’s Veronica Mars.  And if there’s anything more convincing than “She worked on Veronica Mars, I wouldn’t know what it is.
2) Great, great premise.  The ever loyal (heh) Wikipedia says, “The Ex-Listfollows Bella Bloom - a single, 30-something, successful business owner who is surprised to learn from a psychic that she’s already dated her future husband AND there’s a catch: if she doesn’t find him in the next year, she’ll remain alone forever. During a bachelorette party for her sister Daphne, Bella learns from the psychic she must revisit her past relationships and sort through the mistakes to find her soul mate.”  Sounds like it has a lot of chances to be both hilarious and poignant.
3) Elizabeth Reaser is the lead. Prettttttty.  We wannttsss.  Plus, she gives a great performance in the trailer.
4) It’s replacing Moonlight.  If a show about a man who sleeps all day replaced Moonlight, I’d watch it.

Reasons to be weary of “The Ex-List”
1) That trailer?  Yeah, the psychic lady is horrible.  Since the series is kinda based off what she says to Bella, I’m thinking she’ll be a recurring figure.  Eeek.
2) High concepts grounded in otherwise normal circumstances have a way of being very Sabrina the Teenage Witch, which is always good for a cheap laugh, but I’m looking something more.

So yeah.  “The Ex-List” will air on CBS in the Fall.  The date isn’t set yet.

VERDICT: Watch.

NEXT TIME: The conclusion to “SHOWS TO WATCH IN THE FALL 08 - SPRING 09 SEASON #6″.  What will it be, what will it be?

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