You Need to Watch This Sneak Preview of ‘Bunheads,’ a New TV Show

June 3, 2012 | Filed under Entertainment | Posted by

-By Warner Todd Huston

At the risk of having to turn in my “man card,” I am going to diverge from politics for a moment with this post. A new show is giving a sneak preview of its first episode online. I am almost afraid to say I thoroughly enjoyed this pilot episode of the new series from ABC Family entitled “Bunheads.”

Usually if a show doesn’t have a cop, an alien’s head exploding, a car chase, a cowboy shootout, or a space ship in it, I just don’t care to watch it. But I went to this sort of secretive website and put in the pass word “LyingGameFans” and watched this thing.

It was very good. It was sweet, funny, and utterly compelling. I think you’ll like it, too. I particularly liked the lack of a laugh track.

Here is the synopsis from the series website:

Bunheads is the tale of a Las Vegas showgirl (series lead Sutton Foster), who impulsively marries a man, moves to his sleepy coastal town, and takes an uneasy role at her new mother-in-law’s dance school.

From Executive Producer Amy Sherman-Palladino, the creator of Gilmore Girls, the series will be headlined by Tony Award®-winning actor Sutton Foster. Bunheads is set to premiere Monday, June 11.

I know, right? Gilmore Girls?? I never watched a single minute of that show, too girly for me. So, I went into this with no idea what to expect re the writing. And that writing was top notch, I felt.

I really liked this show. I think you might, as well. Go take a look and see if I’m right.

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Warner Todd Huston is a Chicago-based freelance writer, has been writing opinion editorials and social criticism since early 2001 and is featured on many websites such as Andrew Breitbart's BigGovernment.com and BigJournalism.com, RightWingNews.com, CanadaFreePress.com, RightPundits.com, StoptheACLU.com, Human Events Magazine, among many, many others. Additionally, he has been a frequent guest on talk-radio programs to discuss his opinion editorials and current events.He has also written for several history magazines and appears in the new book "Americans on Politics, Policy and Pop Culture" which can be purchased on amazon.com. He is also the owner and operator of PubliusForum.com. Feel free to contact him with any comments or questions, EMAIL Warner Todd Huston: igcolonel .at. hotmail.com"The only end of writing is to enable the reader better to enjoy life, or better to endure it." --Samuel Johnson

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  • Commander_Chico

    Why would you have to turn in your man card for watching a show full of lithe female dancers?

    I’ll check it out.

    • jim_m

       Agreed.  I’d be far more concerned if you had problems with watching a bunch of pretty women in tight clothing.

    • warnertoddhuston

      Dancing. Dancing is not for men. Any men. EVER. No man looks manly dancing. None. No, not even Fred Astaire. Not even American Indians. Dancing is as far from anything that interests me as anything I can imagine. Yet, I really liked this pilot episode. 

      • http://opinion.ak4mc.us/ McGehee

        I never dance (where anyone can see me) (except maybe my wife) but I can sit and watch lithe women dancing for hours.

        Or until I run out of ones.

  • Cecil Bordages

    Not bad.  But I hate shows that go for “hanging suspense” endings to make sure you will “tune in ” next week.

    • Guest

      Same bun-time, same bun-channel.