The show starts off with a geeky looking kid at his first day of college bumbling around to the new and exciting world of adult life. He decides after meeting his roommate (who is another geek, but a racist devout Baptist from the south) and going to his first college party (that turns out to be all geeks who don’t know how to party) that he wants to join a frat on campus. The series follows him and other characters through this year at college.
The first thing I didn’t get was who the studio is making this show for. It is rated TV-14, but there is no way I would ever approve of a fourteen year old watching this show. Within the first episode there are people drinking, wild parties, guys getting drunk and having sex with random girls, guys getting drunk and having sex with each other, girls defending their decisions to have sex with guys without even knowing them, and many other random college stereotypical situations. Personally, I do not think at all that watching this show gives teens a good idea of what college is like or that young teens should be watching people party and have sex.
Don’t get me wrong, I’m not so conservative that thinking these themes should be banned or anything, just that they are too mature for a younger audience. The problem is, the social drama that is going on the show is just not mature enough for the people who the racier scenes would be appropriate for. It is sort of like a Sex and the City: The College Years feel to it, but with more useless drama. All of which I don’t think apply to a name like ABC Family. The channel name itself tends to make you think that the whole family would enjoy the content, but they are apparently moving in other directions. Hey, it worked for MTV. At least, they think it did..
*1/2 ¶ 12:30 AM
