THE CLASS (8PM CBS, Debuts Sept. 18) The co-creator of FRIENDS (David Crane) returns to TV with THE CLASS, a comedy that follows a third-grade class reuniting after 20 years. Blessed with a talented cast, including Jason Ritter (JOAN OF ARCADIA), Lizzy Caplan (MEAN GIRLS), and Andrea Anders (JOEY), THE CLASS looks like it may actually be the show to end the FRIENDS curse. At least Crane thinks so, [when speaking to Entertainment Weekly], “Sometimes you do a show and think, ‘Oh my God, we don’t have this one.’ In this case, we feel like we have a show.”
HOW I MET YOUR MOTHER (8:30PM CBS, Returns Sept. 18) And speaking of FRIENDS… not since the ‘Central Perk Six’ have viewers enjoyed watching the adventures of smart, funny and good-looking twenty-somethings in New York City. Last season’s cliffhanger saw Lily (Alyson Hannigan) and Marshall (Jason Segel) break off their engagement and Ted (Josh Radnor) and Robin (Cobie Smulders) finally kissing. But enough about romance, all viewers really want to see is more Barney. Neil Patrick Harris finally casts off the shadow of ‘Doogie’ to portay the funniest sidekick on TV. As executive producer Greg Malins put it [to EW], “Barney is Barney, He’s the character you don’t want to change.”