Bunheads on ABC Family shares the story of a Las Vegas showgirl, 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.


Premieres tonight! I'm definitely watching. Gilmore Girls is my favorite show. Bunheads is supposed to share many similarities, including Kelly Bishop, who was amazing on Gilmore Girls.

Reviews have been good: http://www.metacritic.com/tv/bunheads/critic-reviews

its a solid start but man the ending is a mistake

it solves the show's biggest problem so its not the development i take issue with, merely the execution

I was very worried during the first half of the pilot that this wasn't going to be any good. It took me until towards the end before I started to be won over, and by the very end I was for the most part. There are so many Gilmore Girls similarities that it's almost distracting. This isn't really a bad thing though, but it makes me miss that show. I know Sutton Foster is a 2-time Tony Award-winning actress but I'm not sure how I feel about her yet. For most of the pilot I didn't care for her. The main character is very Lorelai Gilmore, like, exactly. So most of the time when the main character would talk I kept thinking, "Lauren Graham could have delivered that so much better." During the first half I was wishing they'd cast someone else in the lead role. Sutton does share similarities with Graham though and hopefully as the show progresses and she gets more comfortable in the role she'll get better. I definitely started to like her better towards the end. She has some very big shoes to fill though.

The music is, of course, very Gilmore Girls-esque what with it being composed by Gilmore Girls composer Sam Phillips. I didn't even know it was before watching the pilot but it was instantly recognizable. That is fine with me as I loved the music on Gilmore Girls. It even used a variation of the "la la la" bit that Gilmore Girls itself had different variations of.

It's great to see Kelly Bishop back in Emily mode. Sure it's a different kind of character, to an extent, but still very similar.

The little twist at the end was a big surprise. I didn't see that coming.

All in all I enjoyed it, thanks in large part to the winning second half. It does show promise. I've seen much more underwhelming pilots than this that ended up blossoming into great shows. I just hope eventually I can see it as its own show rather than just Gilmore Girls warmed over. I definitely do think it's worth watching for any fan of that show though.

I'm actually totally fine with how it ended.

The pilot is airing again tonight after new episodes of Pretty Little Liars and Jane By Design.

Futon Critic has the ratings and it held almost 100% of Secret Life's audience.

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/ratings/2 ... _20120611/

After seeing the second episode I'm still on the fence about this show. I can't help but compare it to Gilmore Girls and think that show did everything so much better. Nor am I sold on Sutton Foster. The young dancers on the show are so far pretty annoying, especially in the second episode. But I'm not going to give up on it. If Gilmore Girls never existed (and I don't want to imagine a world where it didn't ) I'd probably be enjoying this show more.

Can you really take this show seriously though? I mean this clip is straight out of the writing style of Secret Life.

Holy shit... What an awful, hilarious clip.

Oh my god that is insufferable.

It really was a bad part.

After seeing the second episode I'm still on the fence about this show. I can't help but compare it to Gilmore Girls and think that show did everything so much better. Nor am I sold on Sutton Foster. The young dancers on the show are so far pretty annoying, especially in the second episode. But I'm not going to give up on it. If Gilmore Girls never existed (and I don't want to imagine a world where it didn't ) I'd probably be enjoying this show more.

I wish Mike would tell us a third time how he feels after watching the second episode.

LOL! I didn't realize I had posted that here .

I just watched the last two episodes and I have to say it's definitely improving. I enjoyed these episodes a lot and thought they were pretty damn funny.

Part 2 of Season 1 premiered last night. I haven't gotten to watch it yet but I'm glad it's back.

I just watched the last two episodes of this. I love this show, it's such a nice slice of life drama. It's not big on plot, but it's incredibly entertaining and fun. Definitely reminds me of Gilmore Girls. I like that Paris from that show is now seemingly going to have a big part.

I wish someone else would watch this. I'm sure Libs would really enjoy it. It sucks that it's on ABC Family though. I always feel embarrassed when I talk about it.

I watch this too. I like it, I just wish it wasn't such a carbon copy of GG. At least they make fun of themselves and the style of the show and talking a bit here.

I liked the bit with Michelle and Fanny when they said they wouldn't take up much of their time because they talked so fast. The fact that it borrows so much from Gilmore Girls is honestly probably the reason I love it so much, that is my favorite show.

Oh Bunheads.

On Monday several projects applied for a California tax credit. They went into a lottery and 28 were picked. One of them being Bunheads (Season 2). There hasn't been an official announcement yet but with it getting the tax credit it's looking good for it happening.


http://www.thewrap.com/movies/article/c ... dits-95276

I likes me some Bunheads but I wouldn't read too much into that, it's still probably dead