Summer television: 'Rookie Blue' and 'Louie'

When we noticed that ABC had three new dramas starting in the summer, we decided to split them up between us here at Inscaped.

I was worried that I would get "The Gates."

Luckily, I thought, I got "Rookie Blue."

The general consensus of "The Gates" and "Scoundrels" was a big "nothing special."

And "Rookie Blue" now joins that prestigious club.

The show follows five rookie police officers on their first day on the job in what appears to be a city back East (in reality it's filmed in Toronto).

Of course all of them are fresh faced and good looking. Did you know that ugly people can't graduate from police academy?

The biggest star name of the show is Missy Peregrym who some might remember from "Heroes." She was the girl who could create illusions, then got killed by Sylar.

And of course, Peregrym's character is the star of the show... at least the first episode.

Some of the rookies are paired with veterans, who all are snotty and indifferent to the rookies. One gets a desk job and complains while the last one gets a desk job and seems somewhat content with it.

Of course, as if by magic a few of the rookies seem to earn the respect of their veterans and others by the end of the episode.

It's like an episode of "Webster" when Emmanuel Lewis does something bad, but then learns his lesson at the end and everyone goes "Awwwwww."

I am sure everyone is going to compare this to "Grey's Anatomy" and maybe rightfully so.

Or as I like to call it "pretty people with problems."

Sci-fi fans might be on the lookout for Eric Johnson who plays a homicide detective. Nerds might remember him from "Smallville" and the "Flash Gordon" series.

Another new series premiered this week, on FX.

Now FX has a long tradition of airing great shows like "Justified," "Damages" and "The Shield."

"Louie" might not be ready to join that club... yet.

It stars comedian Louie C.K. as himself, or at least an exaggerated version of himself.

Think of it like "Seinfeld." Jerry played himself, kind of.

And the "Seinfeld" comparisons don't stop there.

Each episode has C.K. doing stand up comedy talking about something that relates in a way to what the episode is about.

I caught the second of two new episodes last night which started as a round table poker game discussion on homosexual sex and how the straight guys in the room were a little too interested about it.

It went on a little too long and wasn't that funny.

That sentence can also describe the whole half hour.

I will say that C.K. does a great job in the acting department. He's great at playing the lovable loser (maybe it's not acting?).

Since it's on at 11 p.m. it can be a little more crass than usual and even show a little nudity (though it was C.K.'s backside last night).

That can push the envelope a little and maybe make for a bit more edgy comedy.

I'll give it another shot because I thought that "Community" was not that funny based on just the first three episodes, but got better later on.

"Rookie Blue" on the other hand, sorry "Burn Notice" is on at the same time.