There are three types of people in this world. There are TV Addicts, who are acutely aware that tonight marks the official start of the Fall TV season. There are Network Executives, who will be spending the next week or so collectively holding their breath as they anxiously wait to discover whether the hundreds of millions of dollars they invested into their new fall slates was put to good use. And then there are the regular people, who have absolutely no clue as to the significance of this evening.
No, really. As it turns out, there are actually people whose life — get this — doesn’t revolve around waking up first thing tomorrow morning and looking up just how many viewers in the 18-49 demographic tuned into last night’s instalment of CHUCK! And what’s more, we spent and evening with them and lived to tell the tale.
Yet rather than judge these so-called “normals” who spell Joss Whedon’s name with an “h” at the end and wouldn’t know their Booth from their Brennan, we thought we’d use them as an opportunity to gain a little perspective. Which new shows are the average person looking forward to this Fall? We collected a cross section of people who may-or-may-not-have been already attending a family gathering to find out. See for yourself, after the jump.
Regular Person #1: Amy, 33
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: No need, she works at an actual Parks and Recreation department!
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 7 or 8
Current Favorites: Shows she classifies as “chick stuff” including PARENTHOOD, GREY’S ANATOMY, and shows we classify as “embarrassing stuff” like DATING IN THE DARK.
New shows she’s looking forward to: Struggled to name a single new show. Ouch!
Regular Person #2: Jonathan, 22
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: Eric from ENTOURAGE
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 22
Current Favorites: BREAKING BAD, MODERN FAMILY, ENTOURAGE (Secret Shame: JERSEY SHORE)
New shows he’s looking forward to: Claims THE EVENT “looks pretty cool,” and mentions HBO’s BOARDWALK EMPIRE. Latter of which may simply be in an effort to combat the fact that he’s been known to quote “The Situation” on more then one occasion.
Regular Person #3: Cara, 50ish
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: Nora Walker. If Nora’s husband was both alive and faithful.
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 20
Current Favorites: MAD MEN and much to the chagrin of certain members of her family, any show with the word “BACHELOR” in it.
New show she’s looking forward to: NIKITA, and sadly, THE BACHELOR.
Regular Person #4: Jeff, 30
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: Richard Fish on ALLY MCBEAL.
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 16
Current Favorites: Anything that involves Tiger Woods.
New show he’s looking forward to: A golf tournament that Tiger Woods doesn’t lose.
Regular Person #5: Rebecca, 27
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: Real Housewife of Toronto.
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 20
Current Favorites: GOSSIP GIRL, VAMPIRE DIARIES and JERSEY SHORE
New show she’s looking forward to: A Snooki spin-off.
Regular Person #6: Heidi, 50ish
Occupation, if life were a TV Show: Regional Manager of Dunder Mifflin Sabre
Number of hours per week of TV watched: 4
Current Favorites: THE GOOD WIFE and anything on the BBC.
New show she’s looking forward to: New show he’s looking forward to: “Superpower Family,” but you might know it by it’s real name, NO ORDINARY FAMILY! 
