This episode of  The New Normal  was interesting. I’ve never heard of a fake wedding for children before, and I probably never will hear about it again. However, the conceit of a fake wedding helped with the point the show was trying to make abo more

This episode was a more Jane-centric episode, and for that, I’m glad. Even though she’s a bigot, Jane is becoming one of my favorite characters because there’s an underlying layer of humanity beneath her bigotry. It would seem that a lot of her bigotry co more

This episode of  The New Normal  might be the best  ever, and we’re not even deep into the season yet! I’ll talk quickly about what happened in  the episode , then I’ll give my reasons for why I loved it so much. Bryan a more

This third episode of  The New Normal  seems to be the moment when the series has begun to hit its stride. The show is delving into some deeper issues when it comes to gay parents and their surrogates. In short, this is good television. This epi more

With one Utah NBC affiliate already refusing to carry Ryan Murphy and Ali Adler's The New Normal, it's clear that this new, lightly charming comedy has an uphill battle during an election year. Murphy isn't exactly stirring the pot here, but one can tell, more

Credit where credit's due: Perhaps no current TV producer has found so much mainstream success by pursuing offbeat or fringe-appeal subject matter as Ryan Murphy . Starting with his perhaps too-clever-for-The WB teen show Popular and continuing with the d more

On this second episode of  The New Normal ,  everything flowed a lot better. It was a lot less preachy and more story-oriented. You probably just want to know what happened during the episode, so let’s just jump right into the recap. The first&# more

There’s a lot to take in with  The New Normal , created by Ryan Murphy and Allison Adler,but if there’s one thing you must know is that subtlety is out of the window with this show.  The New Normal  makes it a point to drill it into your he more