Traffic Light Premieres on Fox on Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 9:30 PM ET/PT

[TJ]

Fox Tuesday line-up will return in February, as Glee continues with encores until all-new episodes begin in February with a special installment airing immediately following Super Bowl XLV Sunday, Feb. 6 (approximately 10:30-11:30 PM ET/7:30-8:30 PM PT). Then beginning Tuesday, Feb. 8 at 8:00 PM ET/PT, Glee leads a night of all-new episodes of Fox comedies, including the return of Raising Hope at 9:00 PM ET/PT and the premiere of new comedy Mixed Signals at 9:30 PM ET/PT. Mixed Signals is the new relationship comedy created by Bob Fisher that reveals how friendships and romances both enhance and complicate the lives of the men and women in them. The new ensemble comedy stars David Denman (The Office), Nelson Franklin (I Love You, Man), Kris Marshall (Human Target), Liza Lapira (Dexter) and Aya Cash (Law & Order: Special Victims Unit).
Additionally, Fox has picked up the comedy Breaking In (working title), an offbeat half-hour workplace comedy about a high-tech security firm that takes extreme - and often questionable - measures to sell their protection services. Created by Adam F. Goldberg and Seth Gordon, the series centers on a team of uniquely skilled oddball geniuses hand-picked to work for a manipulative mastermind. Starring Christian Slater (the forgotten), Bret Harrison (Reaper) and Odette Yustman (October Road), the new comedy premieres Wednesday, April 6 at 9:30 PM ET/PT following 90-minute American Idol episodes from 8:00-9:30 PM ET/PT.

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2010/1...-athon-on.html

[Pavan]

Love and friendship can be full of red lights, yellow lights, and green lights, and that is exactly what you get in Fox's newest sitcom, Traffic Light, premiering Tuesday on Fox. The series takes three guys who were friends since college into their young adulthood, much like the drama thirtysomething did decades ago, but with a light-hearted and much more comedic approach. Mike (David Denman) finds himself spending his free time in his man cave (his car) watching DVDs to avoid the responsibilities that come with adulthood. Adam (Nelson Franklin) has just moved in with his girlfriend, and is finding that things may be changing in his life, much faster than he'd like. And Ethan (Kris Marshall) is just trying to keep his life straightened out as he moves from one girl to the next every week. The lives of these three guys always come to a stop light at the same intersection in Traffic Light.

See our review of the pilot plus three other episodes:

http://blog.sitcomsonline.com/2011/0...w-traffic.html

[TMC]

Short-Lived Sitcom Potpourri (XXVIII) – 2010-2011 Couple Comedies

But, frankly, Traffic Light reminds me of quite a few sitcoms from this era, like Rules Of Engagement and even How I Met Your Mother, which also includes a settled guy, a trying-to-settle guy, and a never-to-settle guy. We see all of that here, only per the trend as of late (e.g., in Carpoolers and Happy Endings), it’s suburban instead of urban. Also, the uniting principle – the slight conceptual framework used to provide a bit of premised distinction to this otherwise clichéd construct — is that these guys typically converse while in the car. No, they’re not carpooling together, as in that aforementioned comedy, but they’re usually heading to work in their separate cars, talking on the phone. It’s a slight wrinkle and it’s actually easier to justify and maintain. But, of course, that also doesn’t really provide much story unto itself – so this ends up being, like Carpoolers, a show that relies more on its low-concept elements, namely, its characters… well, theoretically.